Just For Today Mr. Whalley Leads Devotions
Monday morning devotions September 19 focused on facing problems squarely led by Mr. Whalley. He outlined three types of people daydreamers cynics and realists and described each briefly. He cited three aids to facing problems Understand study others solutions Seek help from God. He read Psalm 121 to illustrate seeking divine aid and closed with Kipling's poem Prayer.
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Whalley
Mr.Whalley
Mr. Whalley
Rudyard Kipling
Pella High Band Tours Oskaloosa and Prep for Friday Game
The Pella High band is busy and ambitious marching in the Play Days parade at Oskaloosa. They toured two days, invited to a park feast, and rode the Tilt-O-Whirl. They missed morning classes, practiced for a football game, and traveled to Albia for last week’s event.
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Pella High
Oskaloosa
Pella
Albia
Sophomore Class Honors Arthur Kuiper With Flowers
The Home Economics food lab displays a nice state as second year students paint, mend, and hang curtains. Freshmen focus on basic sewing while Sophomores send flowers and candy to Arthur Kuiper who was recently in an accident.
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Arthur Kuiper
Who's Who Freshman Portrait Hint from Pel area
A freshman resident four miles east of Pel is described with a yellow favorite color and brown hair and eyes. She lists Fish as her favorite dish and piano as a strong skill, with Some Enchanting Evening as a favored song and home economics as her best subject.
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Pel
Joyce Leydens
Webster school band officers elected for the year
The Webster school band elected officers on September 22 with Bonnie Kuyper as president Sandra Cummings as vice president Beth Brom as secretary and treasurer. The Webster Junior High named eighth and seventh grade cheerleaders and pep club members and held a hayrack ride Tuesday night with several teachers assisting.
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Webster
Bonnie Kuyper
Sandra Cummings
Beth Brom
Webster Junior High
Patsy Schreiner
Darlene van Wyk
Carol Klein
Sally Ver Dught
Bonnie, Kuyper
Judy Cook
Ruth de Zwarte
Sally Intveld
Eleanor Gaass
Lila Klein
Joyce Nunnickhoven
Aldora Buwalda
Emmett
Hughes
Wilkins
Gwen Vanden Berg
Katie van Ekeren
Joyce Leu
Wayne Vander Pol
Ralph Wendell
Barbara Weinke
Leroy den Besten
Leorajane Quinn
Student Teachers Assigned to Local Schools
The superintendent’s office has become like a college registration area as Mr Buerkens assigns twenty seven new practice teachers. Only one will teach in the grades while the rest join junior and senior high schools. Mrs Crawford, wife of the soul studies teacher, will assist Miss Tusseling with music in the grades. Eleven assignments are in Industrial Arts and Boys' Physical Education.
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Buerkens
Crawford
Fifth period quiz on macaque reactions in study hall
Students debated what to do with a macaque, with varied responses from carrying it to eating it. The quoted answers include ideas to observe, call a doctor, or consume the animal, while a final line states the correct fact: the macaque is a known Asiatic monkey with pouched cheeks and a short tail.
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Darlene van Zomeren
Red’ Toom
Vernon Trueblood
Arlene Tuinstra
Vernon Boot
Billy Lautenbach
Kyle Morrow
Dorothy Vos
Pauline Lautenbach
Spencer Grondard
Daffy Definition and Classroom Oddities Reported
In English class Red Toom defines a chiffonier as a gear shifter. Carl De Goey is praised for attention grabbing nylon displays at Leighton us. Pedro uses binoculars in study hall while Cody sits nearby, possibly indicating nearsightedness.
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Red Toom
Carl de Goey
Pedro
Cody
Freshman Puzzles Answered in School Column
A lighthearted freshmen how-to column lists humorous answers to common questions about stairs lockers nose care hall monitors and study period use. The item mirrors quirky student life and invites readers to submit more questions for next week.
Girls Athletic Association Elects Officers For New Year
The Girls Athletic Association held its first meeting of the new school year. Officers elected include Donna Veenstra as president, Bonnie Van Zomeren as vice president, Bonnie Thomassen as secretary, Carol Ver Steeg as treasurer, and Phyllis Van Wyk as student council representative. Miss Bloemendaal was chosen sponsor. The group outlined its purpose and point system and formed a float committee for homecoming, with the girls looking forward to an active year.
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Girls Athletic Association
Donna Veenstra
Bonnie van Zomeren
Bonnie Thomassen
Carol Ver Steeg
Phyllis van Wyk
Miss Bloemendaal
Birthday Wishes for Aging Students This Week
A brief birthday notice salutes aging students across the week. Names listed include Glen Borgman on October 2, Gertrude Sels on October 4, and Anna Mae Van Zante on October 6, wishing them a year wiser.
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Glen Borgman
Gertrude Sels
Anna Mae van Zante
Miss Tysseling Names Trio and Sextet Members
Miss Tysseling announced the year’s vocal groups selecting a new look. The trio features Phyllis Hasselman Lou Ann Le Goeq and Carol Ver Steeg while the sextet includes Norma Bricker Greta Palmaquist Pauline Steenhoek Nancy Groendyke Bonnie Thomassen and Marilla Vander Meulen.
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Judi Allen
Mary Alice Buwalda
June de Cook
Marilyn de Cook
Joy Denburger
Doris Dockendorf
Sara'Anne Gosselink
Nancy Groendyke
Anna Hagen
Donald van Hemert
Ruby Leydens
Marilla Vander Meulen
Greta Palmquist
Arlene Ver Ploeg
Beulah Roorda
Gary Thomassen
Donna Veenstra
Delores Vander Wilt
Bonnie van Zomeren
Pauline Atkins
Jerry de Prenger
Dorothy Vos
Elsie van Wyk
Miss Tysseling
Phyllis Hasselman
Lou Ann le Goeq
Carol Ver Steeg
Norma Bricker
Greta Palmaquist
Pauline Steenhoek
Bonnie Thomassen
Lincoln school notes and classroom updates
The Lincoln building reports new fluorescent lights welcomed by teachers and students along with Casey the janitor. Kindergarten, led by Mrs. Dockendorf, has sixteen morning and twenty one afternoon pupils with new maps and home life discussions. Second grade shows thirty three pupils, fourteen absent with measles over two weeks. Third grade works on addition and subtraction flash cards.
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Lincoln
Casey
Dockendorf
Larry Lautenbach
That Intelligent Look by June De Cook
A brief poem contrasts gum chewing with the cow’s intelligent look. It laments gum chewing among readers and urges pauses to observe surroundings. It suggests saving gum until homework or outdoor chores, noting cooperation helps both students and teachers.
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June de Cook
Fourth Grade Welcomes Three New Students and Measles Notice
Three new pupils join the fourth grade, bringing the class to twenty one. Maurice Patrick Frames, Wesley Vos from the Pelian School, and Preston Chock from Webster enroll. Seven pupils had measles last week while students test water colors in social studies.
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Maurice Patrick Frames
Wesley Vos
Pellatian School
Preston Chock
Webster
Fifth Grade Demonstrates Old Vehicle Models Project
The transportation unit study features Danny Lautenbach Wesley Vos Larry Renaud Judy Groendyk Preston Strenhoek and Carol Eytin Grootveld presenting models of old fashioned transportation. Fifth Grade class members entertained the measles last week.
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Danny Lautenbach
Wesley Vos
Larry Renaud
Judy Groendyk
Preston Strenhoek
Carol Eytin Grootveld
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