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Newspaper

Pella Chronicle

Location

Pella, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1957

Page

13

Converted Lincoln store room into music room

An old basement store room at Lincoln Grade School Building was transformed into a modern music room. It features asphalt tile flooring, acoustically treated ceiling, bright fluorescent lighting and a new outside door with a panic device for safety. Planned by Stan Ver Ploeg, Des Moines architect and former Pel la boy. Engbers and Roorda were contractors with Vanden Berg handling electrical work.

Lincoln Grade Stan Ver Ploeg Des Loines Pella Engbers and Roorda Vanden Berg

Student teachers assigned to grades and high school

Central College cadet teachers began observation and teaching in Lincoln and Webster grades. Supervisors listed in parentheses. High school placements include Wesselink in vocal with Tysseling, Verwink and Boyd in science under Wilkins and Groendyke, Mertz in home economics with Heinen, three others Gwen Van, Marilyn Spoelstra and Robert Noler possibly in dramatics, Vanden Oeyer in girls PE and GRA sponsor duties.

Central College Lincoln Dockendorf Frances Petratz Vander Werff Jo Ann Cams van Zante Joyce Marten Veri Steeg Pauline Cook Lautenbach At’ Webster Coletta Schemper Dockendorff Elaine Nagel Gesselink Jane Kost Kamp Borgman Norma Carver Brockway Shirley Smith Black Joan Harmelink Breed Harlan Wesselink Tysseling John Verwink Raymond Boyd Wilkins Groendyke Carol Mertz Charlotte Heinen Gwen van Marilyn Spoelstra Robert Noler Bell Marianne Vanden Oeyer GRA

Nine Miles of Asphaltic Concrete Pavement Planned in the Pella Area

Marion County supervisors approve a comprehensive highway improvement plan totaling just over a million dollars for farm to market and secondary roads. about 23.748 miles of Type B asphaltic pavement will be built 1958 and 1959 with 22 foot wide lanes and bridges on several roads including Road T, Knoxville to Pella, and Pleasantville to Highway 60.

Pella Marion Board of Supervisors Marion County B. W. Dutton Knoxville-Pella Wabash Des Moines Stringtown Pleasantville Melcher Pershing Tracy Washington Townip Bussey Ames Pershing Trai Lake Prairie Township Knoxville Township Indiana Township Hamilton Bus.Sey Liberty Township Highway 60 Knoxville ‘Township

To Quote Chronicle On Radio Program on WSUI Sept. 24th

Excerpts from 24 newspaper columnists will be quoted on the From the Editors Desk broadcast at 11 15 a m Tuesday Sept 24 over WSUI The program is arranged by the Press Columnists of Iowa with the universitys school of journalism John Henry of the Des Moines Register and Tribune prepared the script Names include Jim Wilson Mary Ellen Leah Jane Smith W E Prouty Evelyn Birksby Al Pinder Violet Lundquist Marie Frederick Katherine Piper Jean Olson John Clayton and other writers from various Iowa papers and Wright County Reporter at Dows Maxwell Tribune and Grundy Center Register

Town City Iowa State University of Town WSUI Press Columnists of University School of Journalism John Henry The Des Moines Register and Tribune Jim Wilson Sanborn Pioneer Mary Ellen Cherokee Courier George Oskaloosa Tribune Press Ellis Marengo Pioneer-Republican Richard Goughour Mediapolis New Era News Leah Jane Smith Lyon County Rock Rapids W. E. Prouty Lockridge ‘Times

Collision Monday At Intersection East of Leighton

Mahaska County sheriff reports a two-vehicle crash at 6 30 a m Monday September 23 one half mile east of Leighton causing $400 damage to each car The 1950 Chevrolet driven by Donald Eugene Kennedy 29 Leighton and a 1950 Ford driven by Henry Bruce Van Roekel 18 Route 3 Oskaloosa owned by Grover Van Roecel collided Kennedy headed east Van Roekel north turning west No injuries reported by the Oshkosh Herald.

Leighton Jim Harvey Mahaska County Chevrolet Donald Eugene Kennedy Henry Bruce van Roekel Grover van Roe Cel Kennedy van Roekel Oskaloosa Herald

Road project to widen right of way near Indiana Chapel

The Knoxville Journal notes a highway project extending from Bauer to Indiana Chapel will create an 80 foot right of way. This will allow for a higher type surface in the future once completed.

Ing Melcher Bauer Indiana Chapel Knoxville Journal

Anne Tyseling To Serve On Panel At Music Clinic

Pelly Public Schools was honored as one of 25 Iowa schools to participate in a one day music clinic at Cedar Falls on Friday September 27. Anne Tyseling was recommended to join a panel discussion on The Changing Voice of the Junior High Singer with Thomas N Wikstrom chairing the workshop and Dr Cooper serving as consultant.

Anne Tysseling Music Clinic Pelly Public Schools Cedar Falls Thomas N. Wikstrom Anne ‘Tysse Ling Robert Pfaltagra

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