Sept Buerkens Leads Devotions At First Meeting
High school opened Monday morning September 3 with teachers and students gathering in the auditorium at 9 am. Mr Buerkens led devotions reading scripture and offering a prayer about preparation. He spoke briefly comparing student preparation to operations crossroads in the recent atomic bomb experiment. He introduced new teachers and recognized classes. Miss Gosselink outlined the schedule and short class periods for the rest of the morning.
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High School
Buerkens
Five veterans attend P. H. S
Five ex servicemen attend P. H. S this year. They are Robert Budding Bill Koopmans Don Toom Jack Fi and Don Van Gorp. These boys will probably graduate next spring with this year's senior class. They have all had some high school education and with the training they received in the service they will have the required credits to graduate.
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Robert Budding
Bill Koopmans
Don Toom
Jack Fi
Don van Gorp
Time to get up for a new school year
Editorial urges students to seize September opportunities and pursue broad knowledge. Peggy Leu argues learning benefits all careers, not just "important" jobs, highlighting practical typing and bookkeeping, constructive knowledge, and English, math, and cultural subjects as essential.
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Peggy Leu
Miss Tysseling Selects Girls For Glee Club
Misa Tysseling has chosen the Girls Glee Club roster for the year with First Sopranos including Gertrude Steen hoek LaVelma De Penning Pauline Tysseling Wilma Van Gilst Betty Toll Susan Grundman Virginia Groendyke Ruby Leydens Ruth De Jong Marcile Van Zee Beulah De Heer Second Sopranos list Nancy Bogaard Lorraine De Haan Betty Van Heukelom Dixie Ralstad Carol Ver Steeg Betty Den Hartog Ruth Vogelaar Elia Jane Van Sittert Elizabeth Kempkes Rose Mary De Bruin Altos include Betty Kempe Beverlee Nihort Mary Inne Mennenga Bertha Rozendaal Marcella Van der Wilt Marcia Van Maanen Louise Rysdam Elaine Vander Ploeg Myrtle Evers Bonnie Thomassen Accompanist Peggy Leu
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Misa Tysseling
Glee Club
Gertrude Steenhoek
LaVelma de Penning
Pauline Tysseling
Wilma van Gilst
Betty Toll
Susan Grundman
Virginia Groendyke
Ruby Leydens
Ruth de Jong
Marcile van Zee
Beulah de Heer
Nancy Bogaard
Lorraine de Haan
Betty van Heukelom
Dixie Ralstad
Carol Ver Steeg
Betty den Hartog
Ruth Vogelaar
Elia Jane van Sittert
Elizabeth Kempkes
Rose Mary de Bruin
Betty Kempe
Beverlee Nihort
Mary Inne Mennenga
Bertha Rozendaal
Marcella Vander Wilt
Marcia van Maanen
Louise Rysdam
Elaine Vander Ploeg
Myrtle Evers
Bonnie ‘Thomassen
Peggy Leu
School minds on track or stuck in a rut debate
A speaker urges continuing progress in education, asking what decisions have been made and whether to keep expanding minds or remain stagnant. The remarks highlight opportunities in school and the need for ongoing improvement.
Pelladium staff unorganized this week reports editors
Reporters responsible for this week's news are Colleen Renaud Virginia Greendyke Gordon Nesbit Pegey Leu Gertrude Steenhoek. The editorial team notes the need to assign duties and coordinate coverage for upcoming editions.
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Pelladium
Colleen Renaud
Virginia Greendyke
Gordon Nesbit
Pegey Leu Gertrude Steenhoek
Books and supplies arrive for year orders
Most orders placed last May have arrived this year. Grades 11 and 12 in high school have new English books and Irish books.
Pella football outlook with veteran captains and schedule
The piece previews Pella’s football season led by famed athletes nicknamed Little John and Stonewall Jackson. It notes new players Daryl Walker and Billy Hart, a coach quip about Dirk Van Zante, and lists the season schedule including games at Sigourney Albia Des Moines Tech Chariton Knoxville Indianola Melcher with an optional date.
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Pella
Montezuma
Sigourney
Albia
Des Moines Tech
Chariton
Knoxville
Indianola
Melcher
Grade Teachers Hold First Meeting At Lincoln And Webster
The grade teachers met Monday September 8 to arrange building assignments and acquaint new teachers with duties. At Lincoln Miss Ver Stee led the meeting and at Webster Mr. Demry conducted it.
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Lincoln School
Pella High Enrollments Shift Amid Staffing Changes
The four high school classes are unevenly sized with seniors near 67 and freshmen around 52 while juniors and sophomores close to 57 and 58. Five servicemen are counted among total enrollment of 239. New staff include men replacing retiring women. Whalley leads band, Van de Voort teaches social studies, Schulz handles literature and dramatics, Nieburg runs home economics and art, while Vriezelaar heads physical training. Latin I is small, sociology classes were doubled, and two plane geometry sections were needed to accommodate demand.
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Sopho
Pella High
Whalley
Vande Voort
Shhulz
Newton cut cat door holes for his cats in door
The text notes Sir Isaac Newton, renowned English mathematician, carved two openings in a door to accommodate his cats, with a larger aperture for the mother and a smaller one for the offspring.
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Isaac Newton
OPA Office to Be Continued At Knoxville
The Marion county OPA price control board remains active despite orders to close 26 offices by Sept 30. New county boards will be created in Creston Carroll Oelwein Hampton Davenport Le Mars Cresco Estherville Des Moines Estherville Clarinda Mason City Boone Grundy Center Council Bluffs Burlington Fort Dodge Sioux City Town City Clinton Cedar Rapids Washington Fort Madison Red Oak Charles City Centerville Newton Rockwell City Atlantic Marswill town Mount Ayr Fairfield Webster City Cuts Coat 140 000.
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Marion County
OPA Price Control Board
Knoxville
Knoxville Journal
Abbamakee
Benton
Buena Vista
Clayton
Dubuque-Delaware
Guthrie
Kossuth
Lucas-Clarke, Madison, Muscatine, O'Brien, Pocahontas
Sioux, Story, Decorah
New County Price Board
Creston
Carroll
Oelwein
Hampton
Davenport
le Mars
Cresco
Enmetsburg
Des Moines
Estherville
Clarinda
Mason City
Boone
Grundy Center
Council Bluffs
Burlington
Fort Dodge
Sioux’ City
Town’ City
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Fort Madison
Red Oak
Charles City
Centerville
Newton
Rockwell City
Atlantic
Marswalltown
Mount’ Ayr
Fairfield
Webster City
Manly Signal reporter recalls staunch Democrat family
Rush Culver recounts a southern man who raised a large all boy Democratic family. The governor praises the record and jokes about seventeen boys all Democrats except one who recently started reading, named John, the mischievous rascal.
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Rush Culver
Manly Signal
Smed
Sam
John
E.K.P
Northwood Anchor
Peach Tree by Window Boosts Factory Pickings
Rolscreenings Tt employs a peach tree grown on the south side of the factory near the carpenter shop, allowing workers to pluck ripe fruit from inside during peach season. The piece notes multiple staff changes, a new banister, and a steel slat cutting machine increasing blind production.
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Carpenter Shop
Viola McComas
Knoxville
Pauline Rozendaal
Mercy Hospital
Oskala
Ruth van Ee
Central College
Lila van Vliet
Rob Crawford
Poem Snippet Reflects Labor and Capital Themes
Fragmentary lines show Mary Lou writing about putty and staying with a task. The excerpt contrasts labor with capital in a casual, witty tone. It hints at themes of effort, perseverance, and economic commentary through personal voice.
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