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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1966
Page
3
Last week at PHS students enjoyed a Friday off after parent teacher conferences. Freshmen led in cheer while teachers and guests recounted classroom pranks and kindnesses including gifts for injured peers, and seniors weighed in on the draft with varied views.
With the Viet Nam war intensifying the draft looms larger as seniors near eighteen. Each approaching eighteenth birthday faces the issue squarely as public opinion shifts toward a present draft law.
Pella Community Schools tabulated a week’s lunch menu and the foods used to feed 807 students at the high school. The tally lists hamburger 120 pounds, 120 eggs, 250 pounds potatoes, 20 cans green beans, 125 pounds flour, 3 pounds yeast, 20 pounds butter, 14 cans cherries, and 800 half pint milk bottles.
Principal Jean Wilkins reports a new door and frame for the Pella High safe have been ordered and will arrive in two to three weeks. Plaster on the safe side will be repaired where thieves first tried entry. Storeroom and ticket window doors damaged have been fixed, with repair costs covered by insurance.
The Junior Class won first place for its homecoming skit and earned fifteen dollars for depicting a football crowd. The Senior Class placed second and received ten dollars, while the Freshmen finished third and took five dollars.
The piece argues for student run campaigns at Pella High to elect class officers. It suggests nominations and hand votes, platforms, speeches, posters, and student council involvement to boost interest and participation in student government.
Pella High will field an 86 member mixed chorus for the annual festival at Knoxville High on November 5. Students from multiple schools will join in a massed choir for the Saturday concert and also sing in boys or girls glee clubs. A smaller group from each school will perform separately. Ken Lucas, Pella vocal director, said Pelle’s ensemble had not yet been chosen. The program includes Elijah Beck, The Sound of Music, Cantate Domino and Handel’s Sing Unto God.
Towa State Education As sociation annual convention will be held Friday October 21 at Veterans Auditorium in Des Mines. All teachers will join thousands of Iowa educators to hear speakers and view displays of books and equipment. No classes will be held while the convention is in session.
Mr. John White, Counselor, informs senior boys at PHS about draft and military obligations, detailing branches. Colleges across the state send brochures while trade, beauty, and business schools promote programs. The Iowa State Employment Agency provides job hunting info for noncollege plans.
Verlan Den Adel, a 1958 Pella High School graduate, has returned to teach algebra and geometry at PHS. He earned a 1962 Central College degree, a 1965 Iowa State master's, and has taught at West Marshall in State Center and Sheboygan Falls before joining PHS. He is married with a son born on September 2.
The Lake Prairie Township 4 H club held its annual family night on October 3 at the Legion hall in Pella. Guests included Mr and Mrs John De Rhonde, Mr and Mrs John Grandin, Mr and Mrs John Ver Meer, Richard Steenhoek and son Paul, Mr and Mrs Wilbur Neuendorp and son Vincent, Art Bokhoven, Mrs Gerrit Van Haalen. John Patterson, the new county extension director, spoke briefly and record books were handed in. Duane Ver Ploeg was selected to run for county office and members agreed to donate 1.00 each due to a low club treasury. The program featured a demonstration What to do in case of an accident by Karen Ver Ploeg and Linda Ver Heul, baton routine by Karen and Marilyn Ver Ploeg, flute duet by Linda Ver Heul and Ann Kuiper, and folk songs by Andrea and David Ver Meer with Andrea on guitar. Slides titled Tractor safety on the highway were shown along with club-tours photos.
A concise editorial note argues that visible activity may exist without real advancement, using chewing gum as a metaphor for stalling momentum. It emphasizes clarity over busy work and calls for tangible results rather than perpetual motion.
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