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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1948

Page

7

Girls Glee Club picks for 1948 49 by Miss Tysseling

Miss Tysseling selected members for the Girls Glee Club 1948 49 meeting Mondays and Wednesdays sixth period. Sopranos include Ruby Leydens Marcile Van Zee Patricia Rydam Low Anne LeCocq Dorothy Ver Meer Noa Bricker Ann Toll Phyllis Greta Palmquist Wilma Keuning Frances Van Maanen Sara Ann Gosselink Geraldine Klein Dorothy Kakel Peggy Kuyper Donna Eenstra Louise Ryedam Lorraine De Haan Patsy Herrick Alma Van Rockel Joy Denburger Marlene Sels Nola Boot Sylvia Goemaat Pauline Steenhoek Dorothy Toom July Allen Donna Van Dusseldorp Alto members listing Bonnie Vande Voort Marilyn Tanis Bonnie Thomassen Elaine Vander Ploeg Carol Ver Steeg Marilla Vander Meulen Marcia Van Maanen Shirley Van Roekel Darlene Van Zomeren.

Miss Tysseling Girls’ Glee Club Glee Club Sopranos I Ruby —Leydens Marcile van Zee Patricia Rydam Low Anne LeCocq Dorothy Ver Meer Noa Bricker Ann Toll Phyllis Greta Palmquist Wilma Keuning Frances van Maanen Sara Ann Gosselink Geraldine Klein Dorothy Kakel Peggy Kuyper Donna Eenstra Louise Ryedam Lorraine de Haan Patsy Herrick Rma van Rockel Joy Denburger Marlene Sels Nola Boot Sylvia Goemaat Pauline Steenhoek Dorothy Toom July Allen Donna van Dusseldorp Bonnie Vande Voort Marilyn Tanis Bonnie Thomassen Elaine Vander Ploeg Carol Ver Steeg Marilla

The Feature Begins with Four Days Till School Starts

The feature notes mixed feelings as the school year nears, contrasting joyful anticipation with mournful thoughts. It reflects on campus life and the transition from long summer to organized learning, setting a tone of both excitement and nostalgia.

Insurance and savings offer from WM Dieleman Sully IA

See me for farm and city property insurance and bail on crops and auto cover in various branches. Insure now for safety and start a savings account with a life insurance company to secure income in old age. Call 50 Sully IA or write P.O. Box 146. WM Dieleman, Sully, Iowa.

Sully P.O WM. Dieleman Iowa

Editorial Doodling and Desk Etiquette in School

The piece asks if doodling is a lasting habit, noting scribbles on desks and urging students to keep desks clean while preserving their names through worthwhile deeds rather than doodling. It stresses refinished desks and long term reputation over superficial markings.

Feature at Pounds Hall Captures Halls in Motion

A vivid snapshot of Pounds halls during a school feature. Freshmen girls search for the English room while class dramas unfold in literature and American history. The piece notes a lively rhythm of lockers, bells, and shifting crowds over a thirty six week feature.

Heinie

Pep Club Elects Officers for 48 49

Pep Club members gathered in the auditorium on September 7 to elect officers for the coming year. Elected were Dixie Balstad as president Nonnie Thomassen as vice president Marlene Sels as secretary and Patty Rysdam as treasurer. The issue of cheerleader selection was discussed and resolved with last year’s cheer leaders leading the first game.

Pep Club Dixie Balstad Nonnie Thomassen Marlene Sels Patty Rysdam

Enrollment Keeps Growing Despite Injuries at Practice

The freshman class leads enrollment with 77 students while boys outnumber girls. Total enrollment reaches 254 characters roaming POH. Five transfer students join seniors Robert Sheets Hammond Indiana Patsy Herrick Shenandoah Larry Easton Eddyville Melvin Hartgers Sully Richard Cook Farmington Iowa. Football players were injured at practice with Carroll hospitalized but released next day. A county teachers meeting at Newton followed a two week old school start.

Poh.s Robert Sheets Hammond Indiana Patsy Herrick Shenan Farmington Iowa Carroll Newton

First Grade Through Sixth Grade News Summary

In a progressive school, 23 kindergartners with new cupboards explore art, clay, puzzles, and bows while aiming for stars. First grade showcases fall art with students Sally Jo Schultz, Robert Van der Veer, Carlyl Bosch, and Karen Wesselink and features Indian designs and Science Corner caterpillars. Fourth graders include John Van Waardhuizen and Jimmy Armstrong from Webster building as the 0 d7 girls. Fifth graders plan an eggshell garden as Melvin Vander Schel recovers from a bee sting. Sixth grade has 32 pupils with speed tests in arithmetic, perfect spelling scores, and current events updates under librarian Shirley Greendyke.

Sally Jo Schultz Robert Vander Veer Carlyl Bosch Karen Wesselink Beverly Bontsma Webster Building John van Waardhuizen Jimmy Armstrong Larry Renaud Melvin Vander Schel Lincoln Log Alvin Hiemstra Sally Int’Veld Aldora Buwalda Janis Kuyper Beth Ann Brom Roger Atkins Lila Joy Margy Dingeman Cummings Paul Buwalda Harold Vos Shirley Greendyke

Senior Band Elects Officers for Year

The High School Band held its business meeting on Friday September 3 electing Dick Ver Ploeg president Janice Van Zomeren vice president Ruby Leydens secretary treasurer and Bonnie Van Zomeren library They discussed raising the uniform fund and changing practice from morning to 12 20 to 1 1 each afternoon to accommodate bus riders and prevent absence.

Dick Ver Ploeg Janice van Zomeren Ruby Leydens Bonnie van Zomeren

Communiques From Headquarters at Pella Teach ers Club election

School notes report Everett Vande Voort elected president of the Pella Teachers Club with Fred Whalley as vice president and Lois Sayler as secretary-treasurer. Teachers plan a Des Moines convention November 5 and seek another teacher for Lincoln grade as bus capacity strains.

Someon Margery King Albert Nikkel Webster Gerrit. van Maaren

Pelladium Staff Not Fully Organized This Week

This year's Pelladium staff remains unorganized with reporters for this week's news listed as Joy Denburger Judy Allen June De Cook Melvin Hagen Bonnie Van Zomeren Marilla Vander Meulen Nola Boot Donna Veenstra and Ruby Leydens.

Pelladium Joy Denburger Judy Allen June de Cook Melvin Hagen Bonnie van Zomeren Marilla Vander Meulen Nola Boot Donna Veenstra Ruby Leydens

Town Crier musings mix politics and small-town tales

A reflective column blends partisan platform notes with personal asides on politics. The writer cites Lincoln and Gettysburg, praises community figures like Hilda Verhoort and Verle Lautenbach, shares light anecdotes about a hitchhiker named Copeland, and notes a Central College journalism enrollee with two and a half years in the Marines.

Lincoln Oskaloosa Copeland Central College For Journalism Marines

Central girls and returning student friendships bloom

A fragmentary diary style note recalls names and places in Massachusetts and Japan. John Vanden Ban sails from the Netherlands and is due by the 24th or 25th, with a long absence noted. The writer muses on education, knowledge, and the value of learning to human progress.

Japan Massachusetts Vella Central John Vanden Ban Netherlands New York City

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