Teachers Discuss Nat's Education Week at P. HS Meeting
In observance of National Education Week November 9 15 educators at P. High held a faculty meeting in the homemaking room. Miss Helen Hopley spoke on strengthening national morale citing Hitler and urging teachers to foster loyalty through athletics, school papers, and personal conduct.
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P. HS
Helen Hopley
America
Maurice Birdsall
Birdsall
C. C. Buerkens
Tempo
Leona Schilder
Normal Goodell
Delores Lankelma
Francis Reed
Dorothy Reynolds
Pella Schools Celebrate American Education Week
Pella Schools observe American Education Week with themes on world order physical fitness morale and democracy. Parents are invited to visit schools to meet teachers view student work and enjoy tea served by the Homemaking Department while art exhibits by William Chesley and others are featured.
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America
Pariching Family
Ite
Aoa Et Somatine Durit
Ecudente
Ith
Little Dutch Win 6 0 Over Lincoln Railsplitters
Pella's Little Dutchmen dominated Abraham Lincoln High 6 to 0 on a muddy night. Ray Klootwyk led the offense with strong runs and passes while Monks Klootwyk and Kempkes anchored a tough defense. Lincoln threatened briefly with a punt block but Pella held, finishing with a decisive win.
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Pella
Abraham Lincoln
Des Moines
Lincoln
Downs
Klootwyk
Pelly
Keyard
Pell Onev
Ray Klootwyk
Peely" Kempkes
Lefense
Blick
Grundman
Evers
Tait
Koopmans
Ver Plong
Elimas
Joss
Tin
Little Dutchmen Capture 6-0 Gridiron Triumph
Pella High’s Little Dutch clinched a 6-0 victory over Lincoln Railsplitters to finish with five wins, one tie, and two defeats. The season featured 122 points for, 33 against, and praise for coach Hi Miller as eight seniors played final game for the Little Dutch.
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Pella High
Lincoln
Des Moines
Newton
Fury
Chariton
Pella
Knoxville
Panthers
Gridiron Masters
P. H
Osceola Indians
Little Hawks
Brad Wilson
Tribune
Ironmen
Winterset
Indianola
P.hs
Igh
Klootwyk
Grundman
Yeas
Pissing
Kempkes
Evers
Tait
Black
Ver Ploeg
Koopmans
Hi” Miller
Abiity
Mrs Olcott Shares India School Life With Pella High
Mrs Eleanor G Olcott spoke to the Pella High School student body about her work supervising village schools in India. She described one room and open air classrooms, mud walls, sand writing, many languages, arithmetic taught to twenty, and English lessons in high schools. Poverty is widespread with meager wages, housing costs at twenty five cents a month.
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Eleanor G. Olcott
Pella
India
Showboat to Return to Pella This Winter
Captain Robert Ruby announces the Showboat will stop in Pella for its annual appearance while northern performances shift south for the winter. Uncertain opening date due to a frozen river, but the famous show is expected to draw a full crowd with familiar and new talent. More details to follow.
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Pella
Robert Ruby
Ruby
Oral English Classes Learn to Outline Speeches
Under Maurice Birdsall guidance high school pupils in oral English classes strive to outline speeches. Freshmen and others describe with boards and objects, while seniors present on salesmanship with gestures. By week six, students aim to grasp outlining and delivering talks.
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Maurice Birdsall
Birdsall
Bewildered bug and Polly in a public gaze scene
In a perplexing moment the speaker contemplates shoving Polly by the elbow yet asserts she won’t trip or fall. The passage hints at girls preferring kind words while being exposed to scrutiny from a devoted escort, creating tension between protection and public attention.
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Polly
Noirl
Sunday Family Reunion Brings Local Kin Together
Having a brother in the army nearby prompts weekly Sunday gatherings at Ruth Van Essen's home with her two married sisters and families. P. H. S. welcomes Robert Vroom back after a week away for a severe cold that could have become pneumonia. Band practice experiences no chair shortages, and swollen cheeks prompt speculation on overblown winds or possible mumps.
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Ruth van Essen
Ruth
Robert Vroom
Clarence Van Zee Breaks Foot in Cow Incident
Monday in sociology class Clarence Van Zee named occupational hazards. Tuesday a cow stepped on his foot, injuring it severely. Both bones in his foot broke in three places. He was hospitalized, foot casted, and will use crutches for a week or two before walking again.
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Clarence van Zee
Doring
Clarence
Polly the Puzzled Conflicts Over Public Image
Polly contemplates how to act around Bob in public without changing her demeanor. She worries about embarrassing him by stepping ahead or behaving ostentatiously and stresses giving him a chance to open doors.
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Bob
Halloween at Lincoln School Brings Masks Fun and Projects
Lincoln school students enjoyed Halloween with kindergarten costumes and classroom door visits. First graders hosted parties for a moving classmate, planned mothers’ refreshments, and wrote home notes inviting relatives. Second and third graders made jack o lanterns, masks, and centerpieces while studying squirrels and Egypt. fourth graders explored Egypt and the Nile. sixth graders staged a parade, play, and poetry as part of a broader unit.
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Lincoln School
Gordon
Michael Farmer
Honolulu
Michael
Miss Hyde
Crannell
Marilyn de Cook
Elizabeth Kempkes
Marilyn Verploeg
Carol Ver Steeg
Egypt
Nile
Dawn Hargrave
Beacon
New York
Lubbers Designs Divided Set For All High Play
Pella High School dramatics stages the all high show On Borrowed Time with a divided set by Bob Lubbers who plays Mr Brink and has previously designed stage pieces for The Night of January Sixteenth Trial by Jury and Blind Alley. Burns Mantle cited On Borrowed Time among ten best Broadway plays in 1938.
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Mr. Birdsall
P. Is
Bob Lubbers
Mr. Brink
Rob
State of
New York
Theresa Wormhoudt
Christopher Bean
Bob
Burns Mantle
Pella
Future Farm Boys Observe National Educational Week
Garden City FF A presents a balanced dairy cow ration in the Farmers Co op Exchange show window from Nov 10 to Nov 22. The Guernsey cow example uses 1 lb oil meal 6 lbs corn and cob meal 30 lbs silage and 10 lbs hay to yield 30 pounds of milk daily with 5.7% butterfat. The exhibit promotes National Education Week and encourages farmers to feed balanced rations to boost milk production, highlighting milk as a staple for national defense and soldiers.
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Garden City FF. A
Guernsey
America
Education Week Reflection on Schooling's Progress
The piece recalls past hardships in education to value today's system during Education Week. It contrasts early schools with minimal equipment and strict schedules with modern conditions, urging readers to appreciate current educational advances.
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Teachers of America
Wiliam Chesley
Webster
Pella High School
Ne van Gorkom
Clyde Evers van Gorp
Jes
Exchange
Monk” Klootwyk
Husky Ray Klootwyk
Pella Lincoln
Yai Jost
Paes
Grand Mudders
Raymond
Monk
Tommy Grundman
Epocketers
Smi
Tom
Mrs. Olcott
Esther Marie Mol
Marjorie Schultz
Alice Buwalda
Ada de Haan
Marjorie Blom
Miss J. Gosselink
Lorraine LeCocq
Madeline Vander Zyl
Carl Vogelaar
Don van Haalen
Lynn Gosselink
Lucille van Zee
Viola Beyers
Susanna Mac de Jong
Ruth Tysseling
Lela Belle Jarman
Mae Douglas
Society IN the News
Aine
Anothero
Ana
Lubbers
Senior
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