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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1965
Page
10
Co editors Ruth Ven Rozkel and Key Butler Exchange editor Musgrove. Reporters Jane Heeremz Dennis De Penning Sonja Sheterly Wayne Whitney Susie Van Steenis Lila De Penning Tom Wheiley Myra Heusinkveld Tom Pal tzer Calvin Van Niewaal Nancy Paris Ray Sparks. Sports Editor Tom Whalley. Academic Editors Nancy Cruzen Barb Nelson.
Report cards loom as teachers burn midnight oil to grade and assess citizenship. The Loafer's List reveals students who waste study hall time. A Dean De Bruin is discussed in class, with jokes about safety rules. Band trip to Iowa bridge causes minor tune mismatch. Fire drills disrupt schedule but provide practice and corrected student-teacher notes.
An anonymous student writer argues for intelligent use of freedom through conversation. The piece critiques modern quips about vandalism and extremist groups, urges responsible engagement with world issues, and calls for revived debating and active student participation to build intellectual strength in high schools.
The Duchess staff has started editing the 1966 yearbook and preparing senior and Homecoming photos for printing. The crew aims to finish by June first to meet annuals deadlines, listing editors Connie Ter Louw and staff members.
The week’s school menu lists daily offerings from November 15 to 19. Meals include Spanish rice with relishes and blond brownies on the fifteenth, baked beans and donuts on the sixteenth, chow mein noodle casserole with fruit on the seventeenth, barbecued wieners with potatoes and peas on the eighteenth, and a Thanksgiving dinner with creamied turkey and sides on the nineteenth plus schoolmade desserts and milk with each day.
The United States Marine Band directed by Lieutenant Colonel Albert Schoepper performed at KRNT Theater Des Moines on Saturday Oct 31. The varied program opened with The Star Spangled Banner and featured solo marimba by James Preiss and vocal by William Jones with songs honoring the armed forces ending with a medley including Anchors Aweigh Caisson Song and The Marine Hymn. Seventy Pella students attended for an educational afternoon.
Juniors voted on the junior class ring last Thursday with six ballots counted for ring number. The fragmentary report shows only six people backing a ring option, leaving the outcome unclear.
The article describes three rings with stones and vote counts among 33 and 85 voters, juniors receiving rings in February or March. It also notes Marilyn Van Zee Group’s cross burning as attention seeking, with leaders labeled misled. Teachers criticize hooded bullying and un-American, un-Christian views attributed to Mr Shiley and Mr Hoekstra.
A Pelladium survey of high school students gathers varied views on the Ku Klux Klan. Responses range from strong opposition citing anti American aims to supportive hints about policies toward Negroes and concern over violence.
Five students from Pella High attended Indianola State Chorus tryouts for All-State groups. A mixed vocal quartet including Susan Kuyper Jane Heerema Wayne Whitney and Marty Blecha was accepted. Ed Vander Linden joined All-State Orchestra on French horn, having been in All-State Band last year. During Thanksgiving break they will rehearse in Des Moines and perform a public concert at KRNT Theater the next day.
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