Lincoln Log Visitors Day Notes At Lincoln School
A visitor tally for Lincoln School shows 1st and 2nd grades with numbers 2x 14 26 24 and 6th grade serade 2K totaling 120. Activities include Junior Red Cross joiners, pheasant feather hidings, Pilgrims bulletin board, a group of eight reciting a poem, a $7.22 donation to Amerivan Red Cross, and home economics demonstrations by Marvin Klein and Betty Petersmal after school on November 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
of Peigh
Marvin Klein
Betty Petersmal
Report on Junior Red Cross Contributions at High School
The high school raised a total of $17 for the Junior Red Cross last week through home room collections. Various rooms reported different sums: freshmen girls in room LOO contributed $11, room £04 with 300 juniors gave $1.15, room 281 with 26 sophomores added $8.08, room ra i contributed $3.40, room 200 with 84 juniors gave $5.70, room 27 contributed $4.45, and room 801 recorded days of activity toward the total.
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Red Cross
Armistice Day Program At Pella High School
Pella High School hosted an Armistice Day program in the auditorium on Tuesday November 11 featuring the high band, a history talk on Armistice Day, narrators Flor ence Tan Maanen Gertrude Steenbock Marvin De Heus Melvin Hagen and Henry Vander Kieft, and readings by Phyllis Godown and Joy McCain. The event included a prayer for peace a vocal solo by Fred Whalley taps a moment of silence and the Girls Glee Club closed with God Bless America.
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Pella
R. Buerkens
Samy
Tomer
K. T Th
Marvin de Heus
Florence Tan Maanen
Gertrude Steenbock
Melvin Hagen
Henry Vander Kieft
Peggy Leu
Violet Kuiper
Phyllis Godown
Central College
Joy McCain
Buddy
Fred Whalley
Taps
Glee Club
If I Were a Reporter Pelladium talk by Godown
Phyllis Godown spoke to Pelladium staff on November 11 about newspaper writing. The Cen tral College business manager urged reporters to keep news clean clear and concise and to include all prominent participants regardless of personal opinion. She stressed reporters should be friendly with faculty and involved in outside activities to stay aware and have a nose for news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Godown
Pelladium
Miss Godown
Central College
Central Bay
Enjoying the Seasons Despite the Weather
A reflective piece urges readers to slow down and savor nature. It notes how rushing through life makes us miss seasonal beauty and suggests appreciating rain and sunshine alike for outdoor pleasure.
Dental Honor Roll Achieves 100 Percent Grades
Mrs Gerald Ter Louws fifth grade earns 100 percent dental honors as every pupil in the class has visited the dentist and completed repairs since September. The program, tied to the health initiative, aims to prevent future toothaches with timely care.
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Johnny Or
Mary
Gerald Ter Louw
Ver Steeg
Webster
F. F. A. Elects Officers for Year
The FFA elects officers for the year: President Dick Ver Ploeg, Vice President Ivan Kaldenberg, Secretary Howard De Prenge, Treasurer Robert Pippel, Reporter Keith Van Zee, and Student Council Representative Marvin Nunninkhoven. They plan noon basketball in the gym under coach Jim Cooper of Central College. The group met Thursday November 6 with a business session followed by ham burgers in the home economics room.
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F. A
Dick Ver Ploeg
Ivan Kaldenberg
Howard de Prenge
Robert Pippel
Keith van Zee
Marvin Nunninkhoven
Jim Cooper
Central College
FFA
Home Economics
Vocational Film Shown to Students
Miss Sayler placed Thelma Grandin in charge of Monday morning devotions November 10. Mary Jane Menninga read the scripture and Bertha Rozendaal led in prayer. A movie on choosing one's vocation was shown and building blocks for finding a suitable job were discussed under health character general education citizenship special interests ambition will to work knowledge of subject and special training.
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Miss Sayler
Thelma Grandin
Mary Jane Menninga
Bertha Rozendaal
Parents Respond To High School Visit Impressions
Reporter surveys evening high school visitation, capturing parent opinions. Many reference teachers and courses, praising talks by Mr. Vande Voort, the presence of a college classmate as a teacher, and the Marriage and Family course. Parents express appreciation for closer school and home contact and remark on changing times.
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John den Martog
Vande Voort
Everett
Fred Lautenbach
Groendyke
Ernest de Cook
C. van Berkum
G. M. Gosselink
Herbert Mentink
H. C. Vander Meulen
Jansz
Bern Menninga
C E Hay Rack Ride Guests Welcomed and Local Notes
Leland Van notes warm reception at Second Reformed C E hay rack ride. Mentions Donna Jean Veenstra and Larry Wendell in blue shirt. Des Moines Tribune item on Ivan Kaldenberg’s coon hunting letter chosen among best eight, rewarding a pup. Band splits into reed and brass, practice plan outlined. Ruth Bowalda departs for new school with high workload. Ruthie, a long-time cornet player, bids farewell.
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Leland van
C. E
Donna Jean Veenstra
Des Moines Tribune
Ivan Kaldenberg
Ivan
Ruth Bowalda
Ruthie
Little Dutchmen Begin Season With Hard Practice
Pella's Little Dutchmen work in the gym for two weeks ahead of the first game. Five returning lettermen lead the squad: David Prins, Bob Pippel, Raymond Pope, Harry Weyers, and Dale Van Wyk. A 20-man team will be cut soon, with candidates from last year's second team and new players. Coach Renaud Rysdam, aided by Eugene Andrew and Earl P. Les, has the program underway as scrimmages loom against Gennell and Grinnell.
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Pella
David Prins
Bob Pippel
Raymond Pope
Harry Weyers
Dale van Wyk
Renaud Rysdam
Eugene Andrew
Earl P. Les
G Nell
Grinnell
Jack Simms
Basketball Schedule 1947 48 Home Games List
The schedule shows 1947 48 basketball home games starting November 26 at Montezuma and continuing through February 20 against Knoxville, with dates including December 2 Dowling December 6 Albia December 12 Chariton December 16 Oskaloosa December 19 D M Tech January 9 Indianola January 16 Knoxville January 30 Lincoln February 3 Albia February 5 Dowling February 11 Indianola February 13 Winterset February 17 Valley and February 20 Knoxville.
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Montezuma
Dowling
Albia
Chariton
Oskaloosa
D. M. Tech
Indianola
Knoxville
Lincoln
Winterset
Valley
Webster School Notes Show Candles Play and Heritage
Webster School notes describe a kindergarten candle mold from a great grandmother as students study colonial child life. Fourth grade created Indian themed elements for a play Little Scar Face, while eighth grade girls crafted scrapbook covers for a county teachers council dinner. American Education Week activities included devotions and Armistice Day readings. Eighth grade foreign correspondence club now enrolls about twenty five students seeking Dutch English Irish Hawaiian and Swiss partners.
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Webster
Bonnie
County Teachers’ Council
Jordan Hall
International Students’ Society
Holland
England
Ireland
Hawaiian
Switzerland
Contests Planned at Saran and City Projects Highlight Local News
Be Noo schedules entertainments and contests for Saran on April 3 and the following Saturday, while the city launches its Christmas Seal sale for Pella. Marion Aalbers substitutes to drive the bus amid a pheasant-hunting engagement, and Marvin Rumbaugh, selected for instructor school, reports strong trainee results and class loads at Wing I. Orchids to Nieburg’s homemaking team for coffee and orange bread during visitation.
Miss Carlson Addresses Grade Teachers on Science Interest
Miss Alice Carlson of Central College biology spoke at the grade teachers monthly meeting on Tuesday November 11. She offered several helpful heptal suggestions to stimulate interest in science and nature study and shared tips for managing a classroom aquarium. Additional projects included observing mice and ant colonies.
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Alice Carlson
Central College Biology Department
Miss Carson
Classroom Keyhole Through the Classroom Keyhole
Miss Gosse link's American history classes study 1800 to 1860 from multiple angles including expansion, politics, westward movement, and economics. Students contributed family background information while drawings and maps anchored the lesson and a new picture history volume was acquired to enliven instruction.
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United States
Marvin de Meus
Marion County
Audrey de Jong
Harlan Kloostra
Buerkens
Mi Nieburg Hosts Annual Visit To Home Economics
From Des Moines, Mi Nieburg's home economics classes met Monday November 10. The main topic was plans to build a lounge between the two rooms. Slides on Remodeling shown from various parts of the state accompanied the discussion.
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Des Moines
Mi Nieburg
Freshman Girl at P H S Charms in Blue Plaid Dress
A lively freshman at P H S is described as small with brown hair blue eyes and red shoes. She rides the Otley cookie wagon to school each morning and notes highlight her soprano singing in Glee club and Mixed chorus.
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Otley
Council Plans Social Activities of Winter Season
The student council discussed Christmas social activities at a November meeting. It planned an all high school Christmas party and assigned home rooms to manage their own parties. Council guides were appointed to assist in high school visitation activities. The program committee reported noon movies have been selected and will be shown soon.
Notable lyric note and casual crafts in evening
The fragment notes a person who plays a saxophone in band and enjoys making cup o'clock in the evening with Geraldine Klein. It ends with a prompt to think and guess as an answer to a past Who's Who item about Joe Brummel.
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Geraldine Klein
Joe Brummel
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