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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1949
Page
8
Mr Ruthven led Monday Morning Devotions on October 10 focusing on Wisdom. He read Proverbs 4 1 9 and 3 5 and emphasized Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thy own understanding before closing with prayer.
Student responses reveal playful and mischievous ideas. Pauline asks what wouldn’t be done, Norman V B says to peek in answer books, Phyllis V W would attend a teachers meeting, Carl Boot won’t comment, Arlene Tuinstra plans a trip to New York, Carl De Goey asks what wouldn’t be done, Pat Van Englenhoven would keep current actions, Eddie Buwalda would play pool, Pat Vriezelaar seeks mischief, Loren Much finds it hard to tell, Gerry Klein wants to discover unknown truths, Jerry De Prenger hints at a statement not printworthy.
Local column notes Douglas Jansz returning to class with crutches after illness. Several high school students are reported to have stayed home to avoid catching measles, while others in the community including Arvin De Cook Violet Kuiper Helen Van Zante and Donna Veenstra are listed as having or having had the disease. Miss Bloemendaal recently visited her Orange City home with a group of Christian Endeavorers.
Co editors Audrey Roorda and Helen Van Zante headline a roster of reporters including Judie Allen Mary Alice Buwalda June De Cook Marilyn De Cook Joy Denburger Doris Dockendorf and other staff names. The article catalogs a long list of contributors from various departments.
On their way to a convention at Sioux Center, high school delegates Joy Denburger, Vivian Walster, Donna Veenstra, and June De Cook attended. Last Thursday noon report cards were distributed for the first time this year, prompting varied reactions from students based on their grades.
A reflective verse asking how daily actions reveal true character. The poem notes how friends, speech, leisure, spending, dress, laughter, burdens, tastes, habits, and choices expose who we are beyond any false front and urges honest self-examination. It ends by asking readers how others judge them and how they tell on themselves.
The class reports a marionette show titled The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at the High School Auditorium. Fourth grade showcased their transportation display with models of an airport, roads, boats, and wagons. Spelling work by Leorajane Quinn spanned six weeks, and a list of students maintained perfect attendance and punctuality in the period.
Reminder for the Junior Class Play titled My Favorite Girl Friend with show dates on Wednesday October 19 and Thursday October 20 promising entertainment for families and friends and a memorable evening ahead.
Attendance percentages for the first six weeks show freshmen and sophomores healthier than juniors and seniors. Measles and flu are blamed for many absences, with boys and girls displaying notable differences across classes.
P H S opened with Onward Christian Soldiers as the student assembly held its first music hour Friday. The program featured performances by the girls trio sextet and glee club with pieces including Thanks Be To God In The Theme of Roses and a spiritual So I Can Write My Name.
A brown eyed sophomore girl from a farm near Pella is described with details of her daily ride to school in a black car or a Dodge with her Dad. She is in the band and enjoys bookkeeping studies aiming to be a stenographer or secretary after high school. she just turned fifteen.
In the shop six new work benches arrive as students craft book racks lawn couches end tables and more. Freshman science study heat after visiting Pella pump station while agriculture classes attend Field Day near Runnells and tour nearby farms judging livestock.
Next week four sophomores and one freshman will have a birthday. Best wishes to you Ronnie Van Niewaal. October 25 marks Bernice De Geus, October 26 for Leo Van Vark, Elvin Vander Werff, and Shirley Van Roekel, with October 27 for Shirley Van Roekel.
Samuel Olsen of Extra died in a basement accident when he looped a belt around a water pipe and slid down, the belt looping and choking him. Authorities describe the case as accidental and unusual with no signs of foul play.
Over the past two weeks the Lumber Yard has seen much building of corn cribs and hog houses. Six men work at times delivering a 1 pen hog house to Wm Van Zee Prairie City a 3 pen hog house to Alfred Mott New Sharon and multiple 1000 bu and 800 bu cribs to local buyers. Additional projects include new chicken houses garages and office ticket filing plus restocks of aluminum corn scoops and winter coverings from Co op materials.
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