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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1949
Page
14
Mr Whalley reveals the results of school band tryouts with names of first hand and second hand selections across woodwinds brass and percussion. The pep band will be chosen soon and results reflect a large pool of student musicians from Marilyn Ver Ploeg to Orville Tyssel and many others across multiple sections.
Parents and friends toured the high school and grade buildings for visitors night. Teachers explained lessons and parents discussed grades while home economics prepared cookies. Refreshments fed about 100 attendees after classes, with Webster and Lincoln buildings hosting similar sessions and several grade levels reporting strong turnout.
In a student poll Shirley Hoeksema dismisses favorites with study hall, Roland Eysink jokingly probes about a freshman girl, Janella De Zwarte quips curiosity, Vernon Trueblood notes Women as a favorite subject, Norma Kuiper cites Algebra for Chuck B, Ronald Grandia reports Arvin Boot assisting, Prescnla Dingeman names Men and basketball ironically, and Arvin Boot suggests writing about his pet lizard. No one mentions girls seriously.
A list of names appears as staff reporters and contributors including Audrey Roorda Helen Van Zante Judi Allen Mary Alice Huwalda June De Geek Marilyn De Cook Roy Denburger Doris Dockendorf Sara Anne Gosselink Nancy Groendyke Anna Hagen Donald Van Hemert Greta Palmquist Arlene Ver Ploeg Beulah Roor da Gary Thomassen Donna Veenstra Delores Vander Will Honnie Van Zomeren Pauline At Jerry De Prenger Dorothy Vos Elsie Van Wyk Pauline Lautenbach Darlene Van Zomeren Eleanor Vander Bet kk.
An Armistice Day initiation admitted thirteen juniors with B average or better to the Honor Society. Officers for the year were installed by Mr. Buerkens, with Raymond Den Adel as president and Miss Ver Heul leading the program. Previous events included a history review of Pella’s chapter and a screening of the film Operation Mercy for the student body.
A fragmentary bulletin describes a chaotic school scene with a volleyball game interrupted by clothing mishaps, a crowded senior class awaiting advancement, a film projector mishap, and a mysterious bulletin board caption. It mentions Ver Plow releasing many goldfish, and a high school island foliage reduced to ashes.
A readable fragment identifies a freshman girl in Pella with blond hair and blue eyes, height five feet five inches, loves blue, chocolate malts, and sings first soprano in the Girls Gf Club. She is a Student Coins preventative and plays basketball, with the clue ending noting Pauline Tautenbach as last week’s answer.
Delores Vander Wilt questions whether parents and teachers across schools are true partners. The piece recalls past gaps in parent involvement, praises growing social events, and notes the open house Tuesday evening. It urges continued parent and friend attendance next year.
A lively event titled the singing bus drew attendees. various local voices teased oddities from shorthand quirks to seniors tips. The mini notes referenced playful asides about girlfriends, drivers, and wingless chickens, all in a casual, humorous tone.
A playful reflection imagines senior names altered to odd variants such as Joy becoming Andaughter and Helen turning into Vancoffee. The verse muses on a strange schoolyard where familiar surnames morph into humorous forms, ending with a lighthearted note on a queer place for the class.
News from 205 Herbie Rumbaugh, a former Pella Ifigh student, joins the Air Force and is stationed in San Antonio Texas. Lorraine De Haan and Eugene De Wild, Pella high graduates, lead roles in an Ottawa University Kansas college play titled East.
Miss Sayler led devotions on National Book Week with librarians Norma Bricker Patty Vriezelaar Tomi Ikuta Mildred Vander Veer and Marlene Sels reading excerpts from The Book of Life at Pella High School Marlene closed with a prayer from The Apostle Paul drawn from The Book of Life.
Notes from study hall reveal Miss Ver Heul as a fine pianist and singer who even composed a piece. The chatter mentions bus routes on Pel la’s Public School Bus Number Three and Arvin De Cook collecting about 18 neighborhood students from Wheatgrow district. Also noted are bowling plans for girls PT classes, upcoming absences during pheasant season, and senior girls’ primping and late library sessions amid birthdays listed for Virgil Boertje Viola Hasselman Spencer Grand Wilma Keuning.
The Co-op Grocery adds a refrigerated dairy case and a deep freeze unit to expand offerings. Expect luncheon meats cheese bacon eggs milk cream and a wide ice cream selection plus frozen meats fruit vegetables. Free 5¢ Dixie cup with each pint of Flynn's ice cream during limited intro. Also notes CCA district meetings in Iowa with dates and venues.
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