Des Moines Trip Inspires Senior STOP Club Tour
The Senior STOP Club of Pella visited Des Moines on April 13. The group rode a chartered Greyhound, toured the State House, Bell Telephone office, airport tower, Meredith Publishing, and Bankers Life, and shopped uptown before returning by 7:15 p.m. Advised by Mr. Shepherd, the trip offered new ideas and was widely enjoyed by Miss Sayler and the students.
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Greyhound
Des Moines
State House
Bell Telephone Office
Des Moines Municipal Airport
Meredith Publishing Company
Bankers Life
Long Tunnel
New
Capitol
United Airlines
Better Homes and Gardens
Meredith’s
Club
Mr. Shepherd
Pella
Question Box What did you do Skip Day
Jun Ikuta held a picnic at Lake Ahquabi then traveled to Des Moines. Beth Brom visited Osceola to bowl and joined a wild slumber party where everyone slept. J C Toom did nothing in particular.
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Jun Ikuta
Lake Ahquabi
Des Moines
Beth Brom
Osky
J.C. Toom
Newspaper Staff Listing From A Midwest Weekly
The document presents a staff roster for an issue, naming editors and reporters including Shirley Ann Rook Gwen Vanden Berg Shirley Groendyke Kathy Redeker Wayne Vander Pol Ralph Jaarsma Harold Bean Phyllis Butler Joyce Van Roeker Avis Ver Hoef and reporters Joyce Leu Marilyn Andeweg Sara Van Maaren Darlene Vander Pol Kenny Menninga Marinella Hoksbergen Beth Brom Janice Kuyper Andrea Boat Lorraine Slycord Doug Heerema Nancy Vander Meulen Judy Huyser Leora Quinn Dorothy Dieleman Dorothy Vanden ever Cub reporters Nancy De Cook Norma Jean De Bruin Ellen Rempe Mary Sytema Tom Boat Dale Fleck.
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Shirley Ann Rook
Gwen Vanden Berg
Shirley Groendyke
Kathy Redeker
Wayne Vander Pol
Ralph Jaarsma
Harold Bean
Phyllis Butler
Joyce van Roeker
Avis Ver Hoef
Joyce Leu
Marilyn Andeweg
Sara van Maaren
Darlene Vander Pol
Kenny Menninga
Marinella Hoksbergen
Beth Brom
Janice Kuyper
Andrea Boat
Lorraine Slycord
Doug Heerema
Nancy Vander Meulen
Judy Huyser
Leora Quinn
Dorothy Dieleman
Dorothy Vandenever
Cub
Nancy de Cook
Norma Jean de Bruin
Ellen Rempe
Mary Sytema
Tom Boat
Dale Fleck
What Kind of Summer School Will You Conduct
Editorial argues that school never ends, summer included, shaping personality through friends, choices, and reading. It urges mindful conduct in entertainment and media, urging truthful, worthy material and self setting of rules for personal summer schooling.
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Darlene Vander Pol
Carl Van Roekel Senior Interview Card
Carl Van Roekel, 17, plans after graduation to work as an airplane mechanic. He is 6 feet tall with brown hair and brown eyes. Activities include Boys' Glee Club Mixed Chorus Boys' Quartet and Track. Favorite dish tenderloin and french fries favorite book From Here to None favorite movie From Here to Eternity ideal actress none ideal actor Kenneth Menning a. Favorite sport track preferred subject physics past time working on cars pet peeve people who talk behind your back ambition be an airplane mechanic.
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Kenneth Menning
Carl van Roekel
Marianne Vanden Oever Profile Card
Marianne Vanden Oever lists favorite dish potato chips and hamburgers and best-liked book Hot Rod. She plans to teach school on the coast after graduation from Central College and participates in Glee Club S T O P Club Letter Club G A A and Pep Club. She is 5 foot 5 inches with blue eyes and brown hair.
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Audrey Hepburn
John Derek
S.T.O.P
Central College
Marianne Vanden Oever
Devotions Inspire Students as Goad Urges Growth
Reverend Goad spoke to the student body Monday morning, stressing intellectual development and the opportunity education offers. He warned a neighbor boy who skipped high school and noted talent begins in unlikely places, with each person possessing unique abilities and a defined vocation, citing Daniel Webster as an example.
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Daniel Webster
Fragmented moral reflections on faith and humanity
A compact, sermonlike reminiscence cites Reverend Goad and young Webster as exemplars. It discusses belief in God as integral to life, mentions a wounded Hindu who seeks healing in the Ganges, and portrays a missionary sharing love. The piece urges choosing a Christian path amid human sin and healing through divine grace.
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Webster
Goad
Ganges River
Graduation Near Seniors at P.H.S. Looks Ahead
Graduation is nearly here as seniors count weeks to commencement and baccalaureate. Speakers are chosen, gowns measured, announcements prepared, and students anticipate life after high school with plans for work service or college.
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P.H.S
Miss Blockhead Advises on Lovelorn Dilemma
A humorous column reproduces Miss Blockhead advising a reader about a suitor named Dandruff who brings dog biscuits wrapped in red ribbon. The reply claims psychopathic claustrophobia and canine hypercomplex, then suggests dyeing hair red to match the ribbon and eating biscuits together if love remains.
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Miss Blockhead
Dandruff
Frisbit
Favorite dish and tastes in 1950s celebrity poll
Betty Hutton tops a quirky list with French fries as favorite dish and Burt Bareaster as actor. Silver King is named best-loved book and I Get So Lonely is cited as favorite song while Stalag 17 heads as favorite movie. Trac is noted as favorite sport and Agriculture as preferred subject.
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Silver King
Stalag
Betty Hutton
Burt Bareaster
Trac
Orlo De Bruin Portrait From Chateau Montana Farm Life
Orlo De Bruin a 61 inch tall resident with brown hair from a wheat farm near Chateau Montana is described through a school activities profile noting his Future Farmers of America membership Boys Glee Club track class play and Tespians and his pet peeve and ambition. The piece highlights his pastime of taking things apart to see how they work.
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F.F.A
Chateau
Montana
Orlo de Bruin
Personal profile from a student years data card
The fragment lists tastes and traits of a person named Sara Van Maaren, including favorite dish chili, book Lassie Come Home, song Some Enchanted Evening, movie So Big, actress Elizabeth Taylor, actor Gary Cooper, sport basketball, typing as preferred subject, and a pet peeve about mismatched fashion. It notes ambition to be a secretary, activities KIT and T.O.P clubs, eye color green, age 18 after graduation, with a blurred work screen name.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Gary Cooper
Ce .T.O.P
Sara van Maaren
Carolyn Fisher Personal Profile and Plans After Graduation
Carolyn Fisher, a future Des Moines professional, lists steak and scalloped potatoes as favorite dish and John Halifax Gentleman as favorite book. Her preferred sport is horseback riding and all subjects interest her. She enjoys reading, belongs to Honor Society Duchess Staff and S.T.O.P. Club, has dark hair green eyes and stands 8 inches tall. She plans to work in Des Moines after graduation.
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John Halifax
Gentleman
Stranger In Paradise
Ing
Honor Society
Duchess
S.T.O.P
Des Moines
Carolyn Fisher
Local residents share a day of simple pleasures
Carol Klein shopped and goofed around while Wayne Klein attended a show in Oskaloosa. Judy Cook enjoyed play practice and Kenny Menninga saw The Creature From the Black Lagoon. Pauline Van Ham, Joann Ver nooy shopped in Os kaloosa with relaxed pace. Roland McCombs traveled to Des Moines and Osky then hunted night crawlers with Bill De Haan. Don Ver Ploeg worked for his father. Joyce Nunnikhoven headed home to sleep.
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Pauline van Ham
Joann Vernooy
Oskaloosa
Roland McCombs
Des Moines
Osky
Pella
Bill de Haan
Don Ver Ploeg
Joyce Nunnikhoven
Redskins Down Pella in Oskaloosa Track Meet
Oskaloosa beat Pella 110 2/3 to 82 1/3 in a dual meet last Thursday. Paul Dingeman led Pella with wins in broad jump and a first in the 440 yard relay, Verhoef swept hurdles and high jump, Roland McCombs won the mile, and Grinnell Relays saw Ver Hoef and Hiemstra place for Pella.
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Oskaloosa
Pella
Paul Dingeman
Verhoef
Roland McCombs
McDonald
Ver Hoef
Duffus
Dingeman
Hogendorn
van Englehoven
A. Hiemstra
van Zemeren
Cummings
Blom
Osky
van Arkle
Green Vank
Ikuta
Munsell
McCombs
Visser
de Bruin
Allgood
Gray
Arkless
van Roekel
Walster
Hiemstra
Brainard
Bean
Meyer
Reese
Johnson
van Dusseldorp
Ver Hoet
Boat
D. Hiemstra
Stevenson
Vander Pol
Valater
Thuta
Vonk
Barnes
van Haalen
Brouwer
Ustermarkt
van Engichoven
Bell
R. Bogaards
Grinnell
Cleo Verhoef
Alvin Hiemstra
Jun Ikuta
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Lovelorn
Myrtle Blockhead
Penneys
Styles
Mother
Sybenga
America
Barbara Bates
Deep, River
King Korn
Redskins
Ralph Jaaréma
Sir Walter Raleigh
Tower of London
Farmers Union
Winesaps
Store
Iowa
Swift
Delhi
Lekker
Reg
Coop Lye
Hy Vee
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