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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1952
Page
7
A Bennett Bureau cast will perform Arthur Cavannaughs sparkling comedy at a student assembly next Friday morning December 5. The program offers the chance to learn about two fictional characters Peter and Penelope through the play.
Freshmen at the high school held a class party on Thursday night November 7 to start a three day vacation. They toured Pella on a scavenger hunt then gathered for refreshments in the gym and enjoyed dances before the Rye Waltz to end the evening.
A newcomer to Pella is described in detail by height 5'3" blue-eyed blond with a passion for music. She belongs to the Glee Club and plays cornet and piano, enjoys golf and tennis, and is active in Pep Club GAA and Palladium writing.
Naomi Ruth Kaldenberg known as Ruthie stands 5'6" with long light brown curly hair and brownish green eyes. Her preferences span favorite foods movies Dean Martin and Debbie Reynolds, hobbies singing and piano, and aims of college or career success. She enjoys swimming tennis cycling hikes and values cleanliness.
The document lists staff roles including Editor-in-Chief Nancy Groendyke Associate Editors Shirley Rook and others Sports Editor Wayne Vander Pol and a long lineup of Copy Readers with multiple names and towns omitted. It reads as a newsroom masthead with team credits and contributor names.
Editorial laments student body apathy during basketball season after strong pep efforts for football. It notes yelling is directed at wrong things, paper wads fly at games, and only the pep band preserves football spirit. Authors urge students to perk up and rally to beat Knoxville.
A gathered snapshot shows Carol Veenstra aiming to eat, sleep and be merry while others mention hunting, visiting relatives, church, or work. Mary Ann Fox jokes about sleep, writing, reading, chemistry, dancing and eating as main Thanksgiving pastimes.
Fragments describe patchy school notices about student attire sporting yellow black and white argyles, a refurnished gym floor, bulletin boards, a typewriter repair man for Pelladium staff, and a junior high paper The Eagle. snippets mention Melvin Petersma, Harold H, Helen V Z, Dorothy D C and Patsy St with unspecified context and timing.
The piece notes Derald Zickel’s famed reaction style and Wink Van der Pol’s Letter Club role. It highlights De Wild’s Deacon following at Monteza, Boyert’s shoe size jokes, Wer Ploeg’s Monte game coverage, Pella’s memory hint, Dutchesses’ scrimmage win over a star-studded Christian High lineup, rumors about Lloyd, and a bold claim to beat Knoxville.
A WWI era message from Woodrow Wilson urges high school students to join the American Junior Red Cross through their homerooms. Students donating 100 or more receive a certificate of membership and will engage in community service and nationwide relief efforts under teacher supervision to become good citizens.
First graders have brought all dental cards and enjoyed poems and stories during story time. They dramatized The Three Little Pigs for visiting day. Bobby Wilkerson joined First Grade, bringing total to 25 students in Marengo. Second Grade:
Second graders made turkey and pilgrim decorations and explored new library books. They play a math game named Put Together to reinforce addition and subtraction. They created clay objects for reading stories and practice spelling. Third graders study pioneers with a Pilgrim table display and models of wigwams and Indians. The bluebird group reads animal stories and uses an index. Redbirds read about Country Roads. Fourth graders discuss an American Democracy chart bought by Mr Kuyper and compare American and Communist systems. They view a wild animals movie by Mr Wilkins and enjoy drawings of thankful things. Fifth graders spell for visitors, study the solar system in science, and learn the Great Lakes and their cities in geography.
The large chart American Democracy was a gift from Mr. P. H. Kuyper of the Rosscreen Company. Artwork featured Thanksgiving scenes. Helen Frandt earned first recognition, Beverly Bontsma second, and David Kuyper third.
Mrs Lola Schild in Belle Plaine escaped injury when a stray .22 bullet pierced her dining room window. No one else was reported harmed. The incident underscores the danger of stray gunfire in residential areas. Local authorities investigate the source of the shot.
Harold Hiemstra is a senior with a passion for football and sports practice. He lists chicken as a favorite food and geometry as a preferred subject along with social science and English literature. He stands 6 feet tall with blue eyes and curly light brown hair and aims to attend college to become a coach. He participates in the Letter Club and has no stated hobby beyond his sports interests. His pet peeve is a personal one he does not want to share publicly. He cites I Went to Your Wedding as a favorite song.
A fire trapped the Verne Anstey residence near Aurora. Mrs. Anstey saved her infant and led her two year old daughter Susan to safety, then returned for one year old Ricky before leaping from a second story window with him. Susan, unaware of the danger, reentered the blaze and died.
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