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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1947
Page
7
The K T T group held a meeting to elect officers and plan future activities. Members discussed charity work and a social hour after meetings, with the last Monday evening of each month chosen for regular gatherings.
La Velma De Penning announced chairmen for F H A committees at the October 6 meeting. Thelma Grandia recreational chairman Artie Ruth Van Wyk public relations Florence Van Maanen project chairman Janice Van Zemeren historian Marcia Van Maanen elected songster. The club voted to join state and national organizations. Several members plan to attend an F I A convention in Newton on November 1. Meetings will be held at noon on the third Thursday each month. Cupea cake was shared by the second year home making class.
Mr Marion Aalbers agricultural instructor led Monday devotions narrating waste and its impact on world brotherhood. He cited waste of forests soils industrial materials and food and argued personal selfishness and high living standards fuel wastefulness.
An earnest appeal urges better study time and observation in class. The piece notes declining participation as discipline and attention affect grades and attendance in a failing six week period.
K. T. T. members heard Norman Cousins, editor of The Saturday Review of Literature, speak last Friday on the need for a world government. He described the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb drop and urged global governance and shared consciousness.
Bulletin boards in Webster school feature cat witches elves and ghost friezes for Halloween. Fourth grade welcomes two new students Jack Robson and Leona Jane Quinn. Seventh grade plans a masquerade Halloween party with a hay rack decor. Eighth grade to start foreign correspondence and girls learn soccer football skills.
The October meeting of the strade teachers was held in Miss Ver Steen's room with focus on a fourth grade transportation unit. The group discussed helpful suggestions for setting up experiments and reading lists. A display of new library books and notes on Red Cross programs were shared, along with brief college course plans for the upcoming term.
The school’s fire inspector from the insurance company visited P H S on Tuesday October 14 and examined doors stairs cloak rooms and dark corners. Teachers wondered at the process but the inspection extended to Webster and coin buildings. Final results await written notice from headquarters.
Activity ticket sales for the football season reached 109 total tickets with freshmen purchasing 31, the largest share. Basketball season tickets go on sale December 1 at $1.40, with students urged to buy, noting each event costs about fifteen cents.
Pelladium staff members met at noon on October 14. Miss Slobe, sponsor, distributed style sheets outlining rules of correct newspaper writing and provided specific suggestions for a variety of regular Pelladium news articles.
In a survey of busy reporters on the Pelladium star, J Menninga notes little spare time. others including D Cook and L Vanez share hobbies from reading and drawing to horseback riding. Janice Van Zemeren mentions many hobbies while Sarah Ann Gosselink cites reading.
Verna Van Hemert and Dorothy Van Den Oever led the year with the most books read. Dorothy Dicleman Andrea Boat Verno n Hemert and Dorothy Van Den Gever posted perfect arithmetic tests. The Korney Kob Klub elected Robert Vander Lugt Glen Boat Ralph Wendell and Ralph Jan er as officers planning a Wiener roast. Witch and goblin decor fills Lincoln School as Halloween prep begins.
The council met Wednesday in the auditorium. Officers elected were Mary Jane Menninga president Artie Ruth Van Wyk vice president Marvin De Heus secretary Dick Tantenbach treasurer The group urged discussion of the penny milk fund and “toon” movies with homerooms and suggested carrying over the present council until next year’s election.
A junior lad details his hopes and traits in a candid sketch. He plays accordion and prefers farming, agriculture, and a future after high school. He teases a political stance, noting no party loyalty, and hints at personal tastes and ambitions.
The school board met in regular session with all members present. The building and grounds committee moved to lay more gravel between the school and the pavement in the high school alley. The east terrace will be torn down and reseeded, and maple trees on the south will be trimmed to deter the "nasty blackbirds" that roost there at night.
The commercial department enhances its facilities with a comptometer secured from the Educational agency at a nominal cost. Miss Sayler notes this nearly completes the department’s needs for the year. The department now includes 14 typewriters, a Monroe calculator, a Felt-Tamant Comptometer, mimeograph, mimeoscope, heetograph, and a Burroughs adding machine.
Honor society met Monday morning October 13 in the auditorium to elect officers. Fellows named include Jimmy Van Vliet as president Mary Janet Menninga as vice president Marcie Valster as secretary Thelma Grandia as treasurer.
Mies Tysseling has chosen eight glee club members to form this year’s Octet. The selected performers are Arvin Men pinga, Bob Vander Weiden, Lae Velma De Penning, Ruby Leyden ne Menninga, Marein, Dick Law Rosveld. The Octet meets every Friday during the period.
A set of scattered school items notes a class query on grades, a report card for AU tom dated October Th, and a school board meeting in Des Moines on October 16 attended by the secretary. It mentions a junior play invitation, a Monmouth College release pledging Ariyn Verploey to Pi Beta Phi, a correction about Marvin De Heus in the cast, and staff approvals for Edith Nikkel to teach afterschool classes at Lincoln. Also references a planned Marion county bus inspection, a music assembly featuring Symphony of Young America with Interlochen setting, Technicolor film depiction of lessons, and recreation such as tennis and swimming with pieces by the Girls' trio and sextet.
Officials reported defective brakes caused 667 traffic accidents in Towa during 1946. The review cites widespread brake failures across multiple vehicle types and urges improvements in maintenance standards and vehicle inspections to prevent future incidents.
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