FFA Meets To Arrange Seed Testing
FFA members held a meeting Tuesday morning November 18 during homeroom. A committee was appointed to oversee seed testing with Wilbur Root as chairman. Repairs and supplies have been arranged for the electric germinator. Boys will test vats and clow seed. A fifty cent charge will be collected for each test, funds to FFA treasury to support other projects. Seed samples are to be clearly marked with the variety name and owner’s name and address.
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FFA
Wilbur Root
Assembly Presents One-Act Comedy A Pair of Lunatics
A one act comedy titled A Pair of Lunatics was staged at Assembly on Monday November 18. Marvin Rumbaugh and Ruth Vogelaar played the two characters with Mr Shhulz in charge. Gordon Nesbit read the morning scripture and Sheldon Vos led the group in The Lord's Prayer.
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Marvin Rumbaugh
Ruth Vogelaar
Mr. Shhulz
Gordon Nesbit
Sheldon Vos
Thanksgiving Devotions Centered on Gratitude Program
Monday morning devotions focused on Thanksgiving with a radio style program. Daryl Walker announced pieces including Thanksgiving Prayer by Virginia Greendyke and A Treasured American Holiday read by Betty Van Veen. The program featured two poems by Myrtle Evers and a skit with named characters.
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Daryl Walker
Virginia Greendyke
Betty van Veen
Myrtle Evers
Joan
Dolores Swank
Bob
Melvin
Hagen
Prudence
Lorraine de Haan
Alden
Leo Sels
Miss Slobe
Students urged to buy activity tickets at Pella High
Editorial argues students can save about 3.50 by purchasing an activity ticket covering four football games seven basketball games three plays and at least five student assemblies. Despite potential savings, fewer than half of students buy tickets, threatening an activity fund used for trips by teams debaters and clubs. Tickets will be reduced to 1.40 to boost sales and sustain school activities.
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Pella High School
Sports as compulsory course for high schools
A columnist argues sports should be mandatory in high schools, teaching cooperation, temper control, and healthy discipline. Advice on handling referees follows: make friends with the ref, never admit fault, ask questions and look respectful, avoiding public heckling.
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Gordy
Nesbit
Grade Teachers Meet To Discuss Child Literature
Grade teachers met November 19 in the home economics room to discuss Literature in the Grades. Mrs Ter Louw and Mrs from Lincoln building led char. They reviewed Miss Snedek s suggestions and evaluated their program. They agreed to replace comic magazines with more worthwhile reading. A fine supply of new books has been ordered for departments.
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Ter Louw
Lincoln
Char
Snedek
Office Grooming Club Debates Workplace Dress Code
The Commercial club held its first meeting on Wednesday November 20 with a luncheon. Colleen Renaud led discussion on Office Clothes and Grooming, showing good and bad outfits and stressing that attire should be attractive yet simple and not conspicuous. Virginia Greendyke and Margie Van Zee modeled outfits. Gladys De Geus and Bernice Dykstra served the meal.
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Commercial Club
Gladys de Geus
Bernice Dykstra
Colleen Renaud
Virginia Greendyke
Margie van Zee
P. S
What is a skibett and what would you do with it
A reader asked about a skibett a small box and responses show varied ideas from riding and eating to hiding and reading The piece ends by noting most high schoolers could not identify the object and confirms it is simply a small box
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David Prins
Ray Vander Waal
Ruth de Jong
Dorothy van Zante
Doris
Marvin Nunnikhoven
Carl Roorda
Arvin de Cook
Henry Vande Kieft
Pauline Tysseling
Gerald Angove
Girls Tournament In Full Swing
The volleyball tournament has started with seniors defeating juniors 27 to 14 in a lively opener. The crowd was small but the juniors fought hard. The freshmen met the sophomores last Tuesday and the final result was not yet known.
Gossip Columnist Hails Ear for News In Hallway Frenzy
A confessional style piece describes a gossip columnist chasing hot off the press material. Bonnie Thomassen is approached for tips while the writer mocks eavesdropping as research, noting classrooms and weather as backup sources. Local slang and school life details, including Sadie Hawkins day jokes, pepper the diary style prose.
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Bonnie Thomassen
Billy Hart
Kittle
Teri
Roving Reporter Touts New After School Activities
The article describes students exploring varied after school options such as volleyball handball table tennis and calisthenics to break routine. It notes the Pelladium star competition and mentions plans for an American history student newspaper review of 1800 to 1860 and other class projects including furniture making from salvaged materials.
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Rysdam
Pelladium Star
American History Students
Navy training memories and campus notes in 1945
Chester Beintema and Bob Robertson return from Navy training and face future postings. Six week tests are praised, poetry by Cleo Joy Kuyper gains publication in Stephens Standard. School honor tests, faculty changes, and a 1945 traffic safety report round out the item.
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Chester Beintema
Bob Robertus
Navy Hoth
Chester
Chicago
Bob
Air Corps
Corpus Christi
Cleo Joy Kuyper
Stephens
Stephens Standard
Cleo Joy
Pella High
School programs show history slides and new bus routes
Pupils viewed 137 slides on Town history including Tulip Time and local mines. A new school bus arrived with plans for routes to Leighton Otley and a future north route. Student Council ponders free movie Fridays with Life Line of Nation shown last week and budgeting this week.
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Pella
Leighton
Otley
Melvin Hagen
Bombay
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