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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1973
Page
5
Tad keeps a varied menagerie including a turtle herd housed in a pen and cooler storage for hibernation, two dachshunds, and a white footed mouse. He plans to buy a Japanese deer from a local farmer and has owned hawks, an owl, a sheep, pigeons, rabbits, alligators, a parakeet, hamsters, a rooster, flying squirrels, horned toads, African frogs, and other insects.
Editorial explores the concept of hobbies, outlines four main classes, and highlights unusual hobbies from the Pelladium issue. It cites Webster's definition and a survey by the American Hobby Federation noting stamp and glassware as popular collections. It quotes Sir William Osler on the value of hobbies for leisure time.
Dennis Goemaat, a high school sophomore, started keeping tropical fish two years ago after a friend sparked his interest. He maintains ten aquariums from two to 55 gallons in his basement, raising angelfish guppies and a piranha among sharks, totaling about 200 fish. The largest is an eight inch angelfish, the smallest a one inch guppy. His favorite is the piranha, with fish prices ranging from one to ten dollars.
Band director Blair in his first year at PHS calls the recent soup supper a big success and publicly thanks Band Parents for their time. Special gratitude goes to Mrs Klein and Mrs De Goey for their assistance.
Hobbyist David Boot, a PHS junior, collects electric trains for about five years. He owns a 600 outfit with five engines 25 to 30 cars 75 feet of track two transformers stations and signs. The setup sits on a plywood basement table built with his dad and runs off a home transformer. He hopes to add a small town to enhance realism. The trains run slowly due to the short track corners.
A PHS senior Tad Mills amuses classmates with a home zoo featuring 14 turtles, including Box Turtles in several varieties and two water turtle species. His largest turtle weighs about 20 pounds and hails as a Yellow Legged South American.
Kevin maintains a library of about 683 science fiction books valued over two thousand dollars, with roughly 80 unread. He catalogs by hand, has read through the C's, and lends to classmates. A fourth grader, he began writing sci fi about plants that eat people, now exploring treadmills in stories. He hopes to sell a short tale to a major magazine.
John Smalley a PHS senior and Gordon Graber a junior are described as talented young painters. Smalley has long practiced graphics and sculpture and explores acrylic wash with tissue paper textures. Graber began art in Florida at age nine and has painted continually.
Mr Reeves a social studies teacher has earned 17 trophies in horse raising while pursuing painting. He collects ribbons in equestrian events and now creates abstract landscapes. His latest work shows three birds in an interdimensional plane using acrylic washes and surreal tones.
Kathy Van Waardhuizen a PHS Junior has 124 napkins in her collection begun in 1970. She describes her growth collecting napkins amid family help with ponies and horses and notes two unique pieces a floral round napkin and a Dutch gift from her piano teacher.
Tony Schippers a junior hunter enjoys hunting with six guns including 20 gauge and 410. He began at eight, learned from his father, and pursues spearing fish and hunting rabbit quail pheasant and deer. He notes the walking and quiet scenes, especially when snow falls.
Chris and Cindy Arkema, sisters at PHS, raise tropical fish as a hobby in their north Main Street home. Over about three years they have built a collection of more than 30 species across 16 to 30 gallon tanks. They grow fish from sharks to Oscars, using regular and colored lights, pumps, and aeration, with some catfish from Lake Red Rock for feeding trials. The hobby also provides a small income from selling fish and aquarium supplies, while offering hard work and enjoyment for the students.
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