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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 01, 1938

Page

15

Pella School Bus Service Expands For Local Pupils

Riley Glendenning adds a larger bus to transport Pella high and local grade pupils from Leighton with 22 signed up and more possible. Freshmen and sixth graders will ride via routes to Lincoln and Webster, with supervision and noon guidance, beginning September 5. Piano lessons in public schools led by Prof G F Sadler will run at Lincoln on Wednesdays with free materials and regular grades each semester.

Riley Glendenning Pella Leighton Oskaloosa Glendenning Francine de Prenger Betty de Prenger Ernest Brummel Virgil Veldhuizen Ray den Hartog den de Prenger Clarence Goemaat Mary Lois van Zouk Clarence Flietstra Juliana Plietstra Betty Glendenning Juanita Glendenning Dorothy Fleck Marjorie van Heukelom Mark de Prenger Blanche de Prenger Jimmy Huyser Billy Huyser Edna de Jong Theresa van Heukelom Laura Grandia Robert Vroom Clarence Goemaat G. F. Sadler Lincoln Sadler

School Assignments for Next Year Announced

The Board of Education approved next year’s assignments at Webster and Lincoln. Webster lists Kindergarten afternoon Miss Beebe, Grade Two Miss Jackson, Grades Three-Four Mrs Brooks, Four-Five Miss Ver Heul, Junior High Carl Brown Principal Miss Lautenbach Miss Prange. Lincoln includes Kindergarten morning Miss de Three M, Grade Four Miss Ver Steeg, Grade Five Miss Van Sittert, Grade Six Miss Bootsma. Free bus transport will operate between buildings with a stop at the American Legion Hall for Webster pupils due to single first and second grades.

Lincoln American ‘Legion’ Hall Webster American Legion Hall West Washington Legion Hall Board of Education Miss Beebe Miss Jackson Brooks Ver Heul Carl Brown Miss Lautenbach Prange Ver Steeg Miss van Sittert Bootsma

Light in the Schoolhouse shines in Solomon Kansas

The Rotarian editorial lauds evening use of public schools as cultural and social centers. In Solomon Kansas, about 1,000 residents plus 5,000 nearby people use the high school five nights a week for meetings, plays, lectures, and recreation. A forward thinking superintendent championed the idea, securing lights, heat, and showers. The schoolhouse becomes a communal hub, renewing neighborly life and education beyond class hours.

Denmark Solomon Kansas

Education and community aims in a growing U.S. system

The text notes one truancy in seven years and describes a 100 piece school band amid large education spending. It mentions parental support for a ten billion education plant and asserts investment in education can enrich life for both old and young across communities.

Kansas Chio Unite

School Schedule 1938 39 District Contests and Meets

The 1938 39 schedule lists district marching band preliminaries declamatory contests and district events from February to June. It includes boys and girls basketball tournaments, wrestling, track, tennis, golf, and the Iowa State High School Speech Festival at Iowa City with festival events and final debates.

Get Dee State University of Iowa Iowa City Iowa Forensic League Iowa Ate Baseball Tournam

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Clarence Buerkens Buerkens Agriculture Department P.hls R. Glendenning Seege Seeee Webster Tinantn Pella High School State Department of Public Instruction U. S Welfth F.F.A Pella Public Schools A Progressive Board OF Education H. O. Wormhoudt Andrew Verploegh John N. Vander Linden C. C. Buerkens W. C. Verploeg Paul Lautenbach Sam Versteeg Jane, Gosselink
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