Monroe Students Earned One Rating In Speech Contest
Thirty New Monroe High School students qualified for the State Group Speech Contest in Muscatine on February 8 after district contest success. Participants span Choral Reading Play Reading Duet Acting and Mime with named students in each category.
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Cookie Kingery
Amy Lewis
Jack van Baale
Val Cook
Debbie Biehl
Vivian Hume
Cheryl Sheeler
Scott Woody
Patty Ver Dught
Dean Ritter
Mike Vander Hart
Terri Kingery
Clay Joiner
Marilee Heemstra
Kris van Wyk
Mary Joan Bosveld
Area social notes from Kathy Engle report several visits
Mr and Mrs Harold Rankin returned from a two week vacation with their son in law and daughter in Hemet California. They visited Mrs Marguerite Hampton and daughter Roberta in San Diego. Oakley Broderson and others celebrated New Year’s Eve with Mr and Mrs Owen Barr. Violet Schultz stayed with Lettie and Iona Smith in Newton. Dan Kool visit and Dwight Van Wyngarden family hosted Sunday dinner with several relatives. Kim Van Wyngarden visiting grandparents Wilbur Van Wyngarden. Leona Lanphier post Christmas gathering with Lanphier and Nikkel families in Reasner and Monroe. Ken Van Wyngarden and Kenton visited Duane Walker and Connie. Gerrit Van Wyk hosted guests from Monroe. Beckys fifth birthday celebrated with ice cream.
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Harold Rankin
Robert Holmes
Robert Jr
Richie
Hemet
Calif
Marguerite Hampton
Roberta
San Diego
Oakley Broderson
Owen Barr
Arthur Wallace
Violet Schultz
Lettie
Iona Smith
Newton
Dan Kool
Dwight van Wyngarden
Todd
Tim
Becky
Waterloo
Wilbur van Wyngarden
Harold de Penning
Inlaw
David de Penning
Paul
Denver
Callo
Kim van Wyngarden
Leona Lanphier
Ivan Lanphier
Glen
Danny
Michael
Richard
Ervin Nikkel
Jenna
Reasner
Kenneth Lanphier
Karri
Kevin
Monroe
Kenneth van Wyngarden
Kenton
Duane Walker
Connie
Gerrit van Wyk
Kim
Birth of Dana Ann Dykstra in Monroe
Mr and Mrs Craig Dykstra of Monroe announce the birth of a daughter Dana Ann born January 28 weighing 6 pounds 13 ounces Grandparents are Carl L Wilson Laurel Dykstra Vern Klein Great grandparents Vern Klein and others from Monroe Dana will be welcomed home by brother Eric aged 3
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Vern Klein
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Monroe Jaycees Reach 100 Percent in Pride in America Drive
Keith Clark, Monroe Jaycees Membership Chairman, reports eight new members signed, reaching full goal for Pride in America Membership Month. The Monroe Jaycees launch the National Shooting Education Program for ages 7 to 14, co sponsored by the U S Jaycees and Daisy, with first class February 15 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Jaycee Hall. Registration is $1 and due this Saturday. Meetings are the second and fourth Thursdays at 7 30 p.m. at the Jaycee Hall. open to interested young men ages 18 to 35.
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Local Bethel area notes and engagements
Birthday cake was served and Mr and Mrs Larry Nikkel were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Donnie Engle. The Nikkels visited in Betty Nikkel’s Pella home and attended Calvary Christian Reformed Church services. Engagement announced for Doreen Joyce Van Wyk to Ronald Paul Vande Lune of Pella. Doreen is a 1972 New Monroe High School graduate and nursing student at Iowa Methodist Hospital. Ronald is a 1969 graduate of Pella Christian, farming east of Pella. Wedding date not set. New Monroe guests included Mr and Mrs Earl Van Wyk and family, while Arthur Samson hosted others. Robert Slings of Minneapolis was a recent guest. he and wife will move to Rochester, Minn for work as an x ray technician.
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Larry Nikkel
Donnie Engle
Betty Nikkel
Pella
Calvary Christian Reformed Church
Tuck Engle
Deann
Arthur Samson
Jim Samson
Teresa
Tammy
Tuck Eagle
Ralph van Soelen
Earl van Wyk
Monroe
Doreen Joyce
Ronald Paul Vande Lune
Wilbert Vande Lune
New Monroe High School
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Pella Christian High School
Orrin Bennet
Andrew Samson
Craig and
David
Robert Slings
Minneapolis
Minn
Hubert Slings
Rochester
Summit Homemakers Meet Delights Guests From Knoxville Pella
Summit Homemakers group met Tuesday January 14 at Mrs Jake Rozendaal home with co host Mrs Edward De Vries. Florence Mohler and Janet Clark led devotional. Roll call echoed a safety tip. Guests Mary Ann Johnson from rural Knoxville and Nellie Westerkamp from rural Pella attended. Johnson demonstrated crocheting a reversible organ. Westerkamp displayed crocheted articles.
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Summit Homemakers Group
Jake Rozendaal
Edward de Vries
Florence Mohler
Janet Clark
Evelyn Boat
Ethel Ustermarkt
Sara Ann Vanden Berg
Daisy Paxson
June de Haas
Johanna Mathes
Cornelia Vriezalaar
Mable Devries
Bertha Rozendaal
Mary Ann Johnson
Knoxville
Nellie Westerkamp
Pella
New Monroe Fresh man Sophomore Girls Pace Prairie City 67 53
The New Monroe Fresh man-Sophomore Girls Basketball team improved to 6 1 in the Des Moines River Conference with a 67 53 win over Prairie City. Cheryl Herder 27 and Ruth Ver Huel 24 paced Monroe. Prairie City’s Shirley Burns and Laura McFadden each had 18. Rhonda Van Genderen led guards with nine rebounds, Lynn Marshall added five, and Kathy Van Gorp had three. The team closes the season at North Mahaska.
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Prairie City
Cheryl Herder
Ruth Ver Huel
Herder
Shirley Burns
Laura McFadden
Rhonda van Genderen
Lynn Marshall
Kathy van Gorp
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