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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1963

Page

6

Otley News notes weddings and obituaries in brief

Otley residents enjoyed vacations at the Wisconsin Dells and a couple wed at the Otley Reform ed parsonage. Mart in Wittenburgh dies in Mt Pleasant Hospital. services held in Pella. Funeral attendees include James Witzenburg and Allen Witzenburg. Mrs Walter Van Dorland, 44, dies at her daughter’s home with survivors listed. Local school year opens with Mrs Ethel Ustermarkt cooking. State Fair visit noted.

Duane van Haaften Wisconsin Dells Judith Bandstra Scarsboro Lorence van Dusseldrop Otley Otley Reformed Parsonage van Dusseldrop Pella van Dusseldorp Rosscreen Company Martini Wittenburgh Mt. Pleasant Garden Chapel Harvey James Witzenburg New York Des Moines Allen Witzenburg National Guard Camp Ripley Minnesota New Ton Bill Vriezelaars Gerald Koopmans David Cedar Rapids Ethel Witzenburg Mr. Witzenburg Fae Koopmans Jennie Vander Kolk Allen Beyer Janice Allen Camp Westconson Grandma Ethel Ustermarkt Marvin Staal John Staal Otley Reformed Church van Dorland Walter van Dorland Daniel Fisk William Castel Keith Dickerson Bean Verners William Marion Tunis Vonk Third Reformed Church

Sugar firm unveils non lumping brown sugar in tests

A major sugar company claims a granulated brown sugar that will not lump and flows freely, now tested in four cities as it moves toward market. A new fluorescent lamp promises up to 25 percent more light than current types. Affluent smokers can spruce up rooms with an imitation leopard skin smoking accessories set including ashtrays lighters and an eight inch cigarette s.

Banter Aoostie High School Humour Column

A humorous school column by James Shiley and English IV students at Pella High School notes the origin of the word banter, jokes about class tone signals, a near indoor pool look at cafeteria ceilings, animal languages lectures, locker combo struggles, and thumb mechanics linking to Oddfellows.

James Shiley Shiley PHS Ginny Mr. Shiley Ned Hedrick Rotary Ned Wilkins

Pelladium Editorial Staff Credits

The Pelladium lists staff editors Don Shetterly and Ann Veldhuis with assistants Ann Veldhuis, Jean Morgan, and reporters including Carol Gosselink Arlene De Geus Lois De Haan Kay Butler Rose Ann Van Essen Tim Caldwell Clarence Van Essen Judy Steenhoek Sandra Cowell. Cartoonist Mary Van Nimwegen and advisor Miss Mary Rutter are named.

Don Shetterly Ann Veldhuis Jean Morgan Carol Gosselink Arlene de Geus Lois de Haan Kay Butler Rose Ann van Essen Tim Caldwell Clarence van Essen Judy Steenhoek Sandra Cowell Mary van Nimwegen Miss Mary Rutter

Name of the week Sarah Clapsaddle

A cautionary verse warns against assaults in school corridors and urges maintaining a safe building. The piece centers on a student named Sarah Clapsaddle and stresses zero tolerance for violence.

Sarah Clapsaddle

Miss Mary Rutter Named New Pelladium Sponsor

Mary Rutter, Newton High and Central College graduate, will guide Pella High students as Pelladium sponsor and house mother in Central College French House. She teaches English to 121 students, advises the Palladium staff, and enjoys reading biking and church singing while aiming for a fun, engaging year.

Pella High Mary Rutter Rutter Newton High School Central College Central Pella High School Palladium Baptist Church

Miss Rutter to Teach at Pella High School

Miss Rutter announced her plan to join Pella High School staff, expressing enthusiasm for teaching and for helping students learn more about American heritage through literature.

Miss Rutter Rutter Pella High

Cookout at Lake Keomah First GRA Activity

The Girls Recreation Association of Pella High held an overnight cookout at Lake Keomah near Oskaloosa. About fourteen girls and chaperones attended. They left Pella Friday at 5 30 p.m. and stayed in the lodge with a cookout, a four mile hike, and watermelon before returning Saturday morning. This event began a series of GRA activities.

Girls Recreation Association Pella High Lake Keomah Oskaloosa Pella Mary McCormick G.R.A Donna Chadwick Kenneth Harter

Dramatics Club Forms At Pella High

Pella High School hosts its first Dramatics Club meeting on September 9 with 25 prospective members. Jean Morgan, president of The Spians, outlines aims while Mrs. Berglund suggests activities. The satellite group will earn Thespian points and meet Thespian officers September 13 after school.

Pella Jean Morgan Thespians Berglund English II Dramatics Club Judy Grandin Carol Ver Meer Kathy Power Craig Douwstra Ted Webbher

Negro Major Issue In Social Problems

In social problems class students, guided by Ed Epperly, explore the NAACP and the Negro white relations issue, asking what caused trouble and what solutions might come from understanding origins, treatment, and current status. The aim is to learn where the Negro came from and why he is here, then present possible remedies.

Ed Epperly National Association For Advancement of Colored People

FHA District Meeting In Pella Draws 380

The first annual FHA district meeting for district seven was held September 14 at Pella Community High School. About 380 girls from 13 central Iowa towns attended, with Pella hosting the event after Mingo could not provide facilities. The program featured speaker Joe Moore and a dedication ceremony, with fifteen discussion groups and multiple city hostesses driving the activities.

FHA Pella Pella Community High School Towa Iowa Mingo Joe Moore Des Moines C.C. Buerkens Judith Steenhoek Kansas City Missouri Lynda Gezel Louise van Zante Carlisle Judi Brower Ames Sandie Sneller Nevada Linda Schakel Knoxville Janice Steenhoek Monroe Barb Vanden Berg Bondurant

Juniors Enjoy Television In PHS Classroom

KDPS TV has offered English supplementary courses to 11th graders for three years. At PHS the program runs three times weekly in Miss Rutter’s first period Junior class, an experimental group. The aim is to spark interest in American literature while teachers guide students in grammar and composition. An amusing moment occurred when the broadcast faded as Captain Kangaroo announced the banana man would appear next day.

Kdps-Tv PHS Rutter Kaptain Kangeroo

Four-Year-Old Grows Giant Maquoketa Sunflowers

Sheryl Ann Roth, daughter of Mr and Mrs Neal Roth of Maquoketa, displays a green thumb by cultivating sunflowers. Her tallest stalk reaches 13 feet with an 18 inch flower, among several giants she raised at home.

Sheryl Ann Neal ‘Roth Maquoketa

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Otley News M. & H. Construction Co Bakker Rus S. & H. Green Duranel Aluminum Alcoa FCC Ideal Pharmacy Co. B Caldwell Reg Kodak - Zeiss - Agfa - Revere Polaroid Revlon Cosmetics Whitman & Pangburn Candy United Redemption Bureau Bowling Green Pelladium McCormick the Pella Future Homemakers of America Yce McReynolds Story City Susan van Steenis Cole Joan Vander Beek Ankeny Karen Koob Gilbert Phyllis Hackett Jean McReynolds Faye van Wyk Joan Wittenburg Mrs. Harter Donna van Dyke Janice Ver Ploeg Connie Ter Louw Betty Sytsma Corliss den Adel Bonnie Swank Sheryl van Steenis Margaret Klyn Carol Gosselin Dial Greenfield
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