Bedford sixth graders tour Chicago on one day trip
Exhausted but happy Bedford sixth graders returned from a one day Chicago tour planned by Joe Sickels. They visited the Field Museum Washington Park and the Museum of Science and Industry and viewed the Christmas parade on the Loop. Six hour train delay returned them Sunday morning with a free breakfast aboard the Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr.
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Bedford
Chicago
Creston
Joe Sickels
Egypt
Wacker Drive
Magic Center
Abraham Lincoln
Loop
Lake Michigan
Science & Industry
Museum of Science and Industry
Colleen Moore
Crest
Joe Sickel
Richard Beaver
Janet Beemer
Robert Brown
Larry Cheers
Clifford Davis
Dick Davis
Marilyn Easter
Don Fisher
Birdie Fuller
Jim Hanshaw
Kaye Hanshaw
John Helm
Lila Krause
Lola Lemert
Linda Lewis
James Marshall
Ronald Moffett
Carole Ferkins
Dixie Polson
Eddie Purcell
Ronald Terry
Michael Thompson
Ronald Tribolet
Margaret Thummel
Barbara Winslow
Cinda Fuller
Martha Perkins
Virginia Thompson
Rehearsal Builds for Concert Band Season
With football season over the concert band has begun intensive rehearsals. Director Verne Hallenbeck notes two potential concerts this year one in winter and one in spring, but exact dates remain undecided. The 1955 56 band includes 36 members listed.
Iowa Test Scores Received by School Officials
J. S. Taylor announces that student profile cards from the Iowa Educational Development Tests have been received by local school officials. B H S students may obtain their scores from home room teachers to see how they rank relative to other United States students.
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Iowa
J. S. Taylor
B.H.S
United States
Iowa Tests Aim to Guide Students to Suitable Fields
About 75,000 U S students took the Iowa Tests in early September with four hundred Iowa high schools administering them to roughly two thirds of the state's youth. Testing officials emphasize the tests' value and the profile cards meaning. The tests help identify each youngster's distinctive abilities, guiding both average and gifted students into suitable, satisfying fields.
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United States
Iowa
Readers Digest
December birthdays among Bedford High School students
Seventeen Bedford high school pupils have December birthdays. Nine juniors four freshmen three sophomores and one senior celebrate in December. Listed are names and birth dates for each student.
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Bedford High School
Jackie Irvin
Ruth Hennegin
Dennis Moffet
Margaret Moore
Marie Moore
Cheryl O’dell
Vera Peach
Barbara Reed
Mike Travis
Don Vawter
Bonnie Carroll
Bob Dawson
Bill Murphy
Dixie Lee
Harold Park
Janice Sehollian
Ann Timberlake
Committees Named For BHS Pep Skits
Members of the BHS girls pep club are named to skit committees for basketball season. Scheduled rosters list dates from November 25 to February 3 with students including Sandy Busby La Vonne Spry Karen Steen Judy Terrell Sharon Easter Jane Fellows Shirley Goudie Evelyn Russell Pat Perkins Carole Pool Dianne Wolverton Lois Buzzard Kay Clark Judy Dawson Carol Livingston Carolyn Cummings Cheryl O Dell Cecile Hoffman Phyllis Jones Joye Emmett Wanda McNutt Gwen Moore Pam Straight Norman Bristow Elaine Cummings Rebecca Moore Ann Timberlake Dixie Lee Jo Ann Rankin Twyla Weeda Kay Wintermute Dorothy Dukes Cheryla Garner Karen McKee Marie Moore.
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States
Verne Hallenbeck
David Akers
Barbara Allen
Mary Allen
Norman Bristow
Maurice Caskey
Judy Crawford
Jon Crum
Carolyn Cummings
Elaine Cummings
Bill Fellows
Jane Fellows
Fred Heim
Ruth Hennegin
Phyllis Jones
Connie Kemple
Harlan Larsson
Dixie Lee
Marion Livingston
Kenneth Lucas
James Marley
Julia Meikle
Wanda McNutt
Patsy Nappier
Cheryl O'Dell
Bill Osburn
Martha Perkins
Carole Pool
Joyce Pullan
Bob Beck
Roger Reith
Evelyn Russell
Kay Russell
Robert Stithem
Ann Timberlake
Sheril Warner
Dianne Wolverton
Lois Buzzard
Kay Clark
Judy Dawson
Carol Livingston
Cecile Hoffman
Joye Emmett
Gwen Moore
Pam Straight
Rebecca Moore
Jo Ann Rankin
Twyla Weeda
Kay Wintermute
Dorothy Dukes
Cheryla Garner
Karen McKee
Marie Moore
A Propensity to Hope and Joy as Real Riches
The words urge that hope and joy are real riches while fear and sorrow equal poverty in spirit. The quotes reflect on desire and progress, contrasting cheerful outlooks with dismal dread.
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David Hume
Safety Magic Set for Bedford Audience December 7
Sgt. Carl S. Pike of Kent County Sheriff’s Department brings his Safety Magic program to Bedford School Auditorium at 10 a.m. next Wednesday December 7. The show blends safety lessons with magic acts highlighting a Safety First policy to reduce accidents.
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Thin Air
Sgt
Carl Pike
Carl S. Pike
Bedford
Tthe
Kent County
Jackson, Mich
Pike
New York University
Driver Education and Safety Institute
Sgt. Pike
Thanksgiving Chapel by Bedford High Hi Y and Y Teens
Dick Brown of Bedford High School delivered the featured chapel talk at the November 22 Thanksgiving service. He urged gratitude for abilities and opportunities and closed with the poem Lets Give Thanks. The event was planned by Bedford High Y Teen and Hi Y members under Mrs Nan Van Dyke and Mr Le Roy Anderson and opened with singing led by Dianne Wolverton. A prayer was read by Charles Cumberlin.
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Dick Brown
Brown
Bedford High
Nan van Dyke
Le.Roy Anderson
Dianne Wolverton
Charles Cumberlin
Thanksgiving Chapel Led by Marion Livingston Group
In a responsive leading led by Marion Livingston, participants included Pat Perkins Carole Pool Lavohné Spry Kay Wintermute Lanny DeMott Joe Gungon Lowell Weir and Bob Waldruff. The B H S double mixed quartet provided special vocal music and Norma Bristow read a scripture lesson on the seasonal theme. The service closed with the students singing America the Beautiful.
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Ptage
Responsive
Marion Livingston
Pat Perkins
Carole Pool
Lavohné Spry
Kay Wintermute
America the Beautiful
Ag Boys Take To Air at Hubert Henry Farm
Nine junior and senior students from BHS vocational agriculture visited the Hubert Henry farm on November 8 for airplane rides. Henry piloted a passenger plane with three boys per flight, offering 15 to 20 minute flights. He later spoke to the class about flying statistics and the cost of flying including license purchase, stressing air strength for farm boys and the future ubiquity of planes. The trips were conducted with instructor Norman Annan and the students Duane King Marion Livingston Jim Lucas Roger Mick Frank Rankin Neil Rowe Bruce Sleep Marvin Sleep and Don Vawter.
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B.hs
Hubert Henry Farm
Henry
Hentry
Taylor County
Norman Annan
Duane King
Marion Livingston
Jim Lucas
Roger Mick
Frank Rankin
Neil Rowe
Bruce Sleep
Marvin Sleep
Don Vawter
Hot Lunch Menu For Dec 1 to Dec 8
Weekly lunch listing shows menus from December 1 to December 8 with daily items. Includes barbecued sandwiches, baked macaroni and tuna, mashed potatoes with creamed beef, lima beans, potato salad, and beverages. Notable dates December 17 appears as well.
Three Months Hot Lunch Statistics At Local School
Statistics show 8085 hot lunches sold as of November 21 per superintendent R F Van Dyke. September led with 2773 lunches across 22 days, October lagged by 36 fewer. Weekly peak on Wednesdays. 485 of October lunches went to teachers. From November 1 to 21, 2090 lunches served. Student notes 80 cent meals cost 30 cents at school.
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Evelyn
Maryville
Clyde Spencer
Helen Spencer
Supt. R. F. van Dyke
Local FFA Freshmen Tour Lucas Feed Products
Freshman members of the B.H.S. FFA visited Lucas Feed Products on November 29. They studied farm feeds beforehand and learned feed classifications and practical details about farm feeds. Accompanied by agriculture instructor Norman Annan, the group toured the facility.
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B.H.S
F.F.A
Lucas Feed Products
Norman Annan
Beys
Bake Sale Nets Seniors 70.26 at Severs-Stacy Showroom
B H S seniors netted 70.26 at a bake sale held Saturday November 19 in the Severs-Stacy showroom. Workers included Shirley Goudie Jackie Irvin Martha Leonard Bill Osburn Eleanor Walston David Wood seniors sponsors Kathryn Kirkete y and Louise Hallenbeck supporting class projects for Skip Day.
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Severs-Stacy Show Room
Shirley Goudie
Jackie Irvin
Martha Leonard
Bill Osburn
Eleanor Walston
David Wood
Kathryn Kirketey
Louise Hallenbeck
BHS Tardy Record Shows Improvement
Fewer BHS students are tardy this year than in the first 12 weeks of last year. As of November 17 the school logged 305 tardies, while principal JS Taylor notes the current rate equates to less than two tardies per student.
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B.H.S
JS. Taylor
Schoos
Holt Buddies 4-H Club Holds November Meeting
Holt Buddies 4-H Club met November 2 at the community hall. New member Thomas Ha Jey was welcomed. Eligible Holt Township youths are invited to attend the next meeting December 7.
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Holt Buddies
Thomas Ha Jey
Holt Township
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