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Sunny Acres Superintendent Plans to RetireR, Van Der Smissen, since 1943 superintendent of Sunny Acres, the Nevada State Children’s Horne, said today he and his wife, who is matron of the home, plan to retire at the end of the Summer.Mr. and Mrs. Van Der Smissen moved to Carson to take over operation of the home 13 years ago, after he had spent 18 years as a mathematics teacher and coach in the Ely school system.AT SUMMER’S ENDThe superintendent of the home said that Mrs. Van Der Smissen’s health had been failing, leading to the decision to retire. He plans to leave when the annual Summer camp program at the home is completed.Van der Smissen said he had no immediate plans for future employment, but he indicated he may seek a job in another field.The state personnel department began to advertise this week for a replacement, stating that, the position pays $400 a month, plus board and room.Since the position is not in the state classified service, the actual hiring is done by the state welfare board, which assists the superintendent in administering the home in an ex-officio capacity.The personnel department advertisement notes that the wife of ■ the man named superintendent i may also be employed. Applicants must be college graduates with four years responsible experience involving the handling of children. Qualified Nevada residents will be given preference. * OUTSTANDING WORKBoth Mr, and Mrs. Van Der Smissen are credited generally with outstanding work at the home, which has seen many improvements in the 13 years they have operated the institution. Several new buildings have been added, a long-range program for improvement, worked out, and administration carried out on a high plane, according to lawmakers, and state welfare leaders who have observed the operation of the home.Van Der Smissen, a native of Summerfield, III., is a graduate of Carlton College, Northfield, j Minn., and he took advanced work at the University of Oklahoma and the University of California.He began his public school ca-, reer in the high school at RosIyn,| Wash., where he taught and j coached for a year before moving ' to Ely in 1925. 1He has been active in the Boy Scout movement, holding _ the Silver Beaver award, and is a member of the Masonic order, and a past president of the Rotary club.
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Reno Evening Gazette
Reno, Nevada, US
Tue, Jun 05, 1956
Page 5
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Anita R.
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