PHS enrolls a record 485 students this year
Pella High reports an all time enrollment of 485, up from 478 last year, with 14 new students from other communities and one Thai exchange student named Wanlop Chandarasiri known as Wally. New pupils include Jo Ann Markarion from Beirut and others, as the football team is tipped for a winning season under Coach Elwell. Labor Day marked the first long break since school began, with many students off to picnics, lakes, and pools.
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Pella High
Wilkins
Pella
Thailand
Wanlop Chandarasiri
Wally
Jo Ann Markarion
Beirut
Terry Humphrey
Dean Reeves
Eric Ryerson
Susan Ryerson
Leela van Zee
Steve Sneller
Larry Schippers
Don Vander Hart
Rich van Waard
Elwell
Freshmen Welcome by 67 68 69 Classes at College
The Pelladium staff greets new freshmen as green troops entering the ivy halls. Notable sights include Mr Greendyke in a white shirt with blue snowflakes and students Jerry Vos Steve Van der Waal in latest Mod look. Welcomes Wanlop Chandarasiri from Bangkok staying with the Van Zantes for his senior year.
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Pelladium
Ivy
Jerry Vos
Steve Vander Waal
Steve
Jerry
Wanlop Chandarasiri
Bangkok
Thailand
Wanlop
Wally
Arvin
Karin van Zante
Pella High Adopts Textbooks Across Eight Subjects
Eight sets of new textbooks ordered for Pella High mark a major curriculum update this school year. General Business for Everyday Living replaces five year old texts in the business course. England in Literature covers two parts of English literature with 820 pages of stories poems and essays and includes a glossary composition guide and dictionary. Juniors and freshmen gain varied new literature titles praised for colorful illustrations and broad selections. French I II receive new editions by O'Brien Lafrance with tapes. Senior science texts are replaced due to age and condition while old texts remain until delivery. Art and journalism books also updated with content on ancient to modern art and news gathering respectively.
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Pella High
Ostrander
England
Shiley
Heusinkveld
VanderWerff
Gibson
O'Brien
Lafrance
Wilkins
Louis Valdez
Busy counselors guide freshmen to start and aid seniors
The counselors will devote most of their time the first month of school to the freshmen. Mr. White and Miss Gosselink will give aptitude tests and ensure proper start. Next they will direct their attention to the seniors to help them select college courses and enroll.
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Mr. White
Miss Gosselink
Pella High Adds Driver Education and Journalism Courses
Pella High School expands curriculum with two new subjects for fall. Driver education, a one semester course taught by Mr. Bender, meets twice weekly with afternoon driving sessions. state laws drive the change as students must be 18 or 16 with training. Journalism returns after five years with 24 juniors and seniors led by Mrs. Heusinkgeld, producing Pelladium yearbook and a KNIA radio news report.
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Pella
Pella High
Bender
Pelladium
Knia Radio
Knoxville
Heusinkgeld
Custodians Ed Vos and Clarence Rempe Run Summer School Prep
Ed Vos and Clarence Rempe, school custodians at Pella Community High, worked long summer weeks cleaning vents, lights, windows, and desks. They waxed floors, painted canopies, weeded flower beds, drained the heating system, and replaced elm trees due to Dutch Elm disease. This year they shift to two alternating daily schedules from 7 to 3 and 1 to 9, changing every two weeks.
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Pella Community High School
Clarence Rempe
Ed Vos
Vos
PELLADIUM EDITORIALS A Leader’s New Year Message
M F Whitney the superintendent of schools offers greeting and advice for the 1966 67 school year urging students to keep a positive attitude, meet responsibilities, and take pride in their work despite obstacles.
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M. F. Whitney
The Strength in a Name by Arvin Van Zante
A reader essay reflects on the identity of the high school student as a burden of responsibility and a stage of growth. It urges freshmen at Pella High to embrace learning, critical thought, and mature discussions amid a world of change and opportunity.
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Arvin van Zante
England
Lebanon
Thailand
Pella High
PHS 68-piece marching band opens fall season
The PHS sixty eight piece band directed by Darrell Dobernecker begins fall with a program drawing from Bye Bye Birdie, Little Me, and Mame. Four twirlers Nancy Deal Teresa Shetterly Martha Vermeer and Karem Ver Ploeg perform with drum majorette Linda Bensink as the band prepares for the first football show with four rehearsals and fifteen freshmen new to marching.
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PHS
Darrell Dobernecker
Little Me
State Instructor Direct Teachers Pre School Workshop
The teachers returned to school August 29 for a workshop. Consultants from the Department of Public Instruction led the session. The department lost Mrs Beorge Burge English Richard Gage history Jack Williams math Paul Tweden science and Gerald Barton vocational-technical.
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Department of Publc Instruction
Beorge’ Burge
Richard Gage
Jack Williams
Paul Tweden
Gerald Barton
Library books ordered for the year
Students who used the school library last year will find more titles this year. Head librarian Mrs Grace Lautenbach orders a full quota of new books including everyday life and science fiction. She plans to place five or six books on shelves each week to sustain student interest.
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Grace Lautenbach
Lit tle Dutchmen Scrimmage Shows Bright South Central Hope
Hometown fans preview the Lit tle Dutchmen in an inter squad scrimmage. Coach Jim Elwell praised team balance and blocking as a solid contender for the South Central Conference this year.
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Jim Elwell
Hunting Seasons Open Saturday in Iowa For Small Game
Des Moines reports the Iowa State Conservation Commission announced season openings for fox and gray squirrels and cottontail rabbits on Saturday September 10. Squirrel bag six with twelve possession. rabbit bag ten with no possession limit. rabbit and squirrel seasons run to February 19 and January 2, 1967 respectively. Daily hours 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. All residents must have a hunting license unless under 16 with a licensed adult.
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Des Moines
Iowa
SDC
State Conservation Commission
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