Three First Ratings At Perry Music Contest
Last Saturday eight students attended the Super-State Contest in Perry where three first ratings were earned. Raymond Den Adel Wilma Keuning led the piano group while the Girls Trio of Norma Bricker Carol Ver Stee Phyllis Hasselman Carl Ver Stee Eleanor Vander Bee also earned two ratings alongside Robert Van Hal who received a three rating. Competition was keen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Raymond den Adel
Wilma Keuning
Norma Bricker
Carol Ver Stee
Phyllis Hasselman
Carl Ver Stee
Eleanor Vander Bee
Rober van Hal
Busy Commencement Week for Seniors
A list of upcoming senior events for Commencement week includes May 21 Baccalaureate at First Reformed Church 7 30 p m Prof Herbert Mentink Central College with Rev A Haverkamp May 22 Class day assembly High School Auditorium 2 30 p m Senior Photo 200 p m South Balustrade May 25 Commencement Exercises 8 00 p m High School Auditorium Address Ways and a Way by Winston L King Dean of Chapel Grinnell College Grinnell Town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed Church
Herbert Mentink
Central College
A. Haverkamp
Winston L. King
Grinnell College
Grinnell Town
Bakker Speaks at Monday Devotions at Church
Miss Ver Heul presided on May 7 as Sarah Bakker, missionary, guest speaker, presented experiences in Africa. She compared Moslem and Christian religions during the devotional period.
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Sarah Bakker
Names and meanings in a nostalgic classroom list
A local page presents given names with parenthetical meanings such as Pauline Steenhoek Bruce Buerkens Helen Van Zante Roland Eysink Delores Vander Wilt Willard Bosveld Wilma Keuning Orville Tysseling Audrey Roorda Donald Tuinstra Bonnie Van Zomeren De Haan ie Van Wyk Harry Pip Phyllis Hasselman Gerald Angove Mickey gVer Ploeg Virgil Spoertje. The item reads like a social snapshot from a past era, highlighting personalized name meanings embedded in a community roster.
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Pauline
Little
Steenhoek
Bruce
Buerkens
Helen
van Zante
Roland
Eysink
Delores
Vander Wilt
Willard
Bosveld
Wilma
Keuning
Orville
Tysseling
Audrey
Roorda
Donald
Tuinstra
Bonnie
van Zomeren
Ney
de Haanie
van Wyk
E Harry
Pip Phyllis
Hasselman
Gerald
Angove
Mickey
gVer Ploeg
Virgil
Spoertje
Name Changes in a Family Portrait
A set of hypothetical name substitutions shifts the family’s Dutch heritage in a playful exercise. The imagined swaps replace each original surname with a closely related variant, altering identity cues without changing the depicted relationships.
Seniors to Present Class Day Program at School
The annual Senior Class Day program will be presented Monday afternoon May 22 at 2 o'clock in the high school auditorium. The program features speeches by the Valedictorian and Salutatorian, reading of the Will and a prophecy, two skits, and musical numbers including a piano quartet. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haynes
Pella hosts Rural Field Day letters and Rotary dinner honors
The office received thank you notes from Whitebreast and Silver Grove rural schools for May 1 Rural Field Day visits in Pella. Pella High seniors miss Knoxville Career Day on May 4 amid spring Tulip Time events. Webster and Lincoln boys won Rotary Club dinner honors, receiving pocket knives. honorees include Max Vander Pol, Tommy Boat, Donald Rouwenhorst, Gene Loverink, Kenneth De Wild, Neil Thomassen, Robert Van der Lugt, and Wayne Cade. girls to be honored later.
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Pella
Whitebreast
Minne McDowell
Silver Grove
Ruth Vander Linden
Pella High School
Knoxville
Webster
Lincoln
Pro-Wo group plans activities for later in year
Dean Crawford a social studies teacher attended the Marion County Council meeting in Knoxville on April 17. The compact business session included the appointment of a nomination committee for future organizational steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Dean Crawford
Marion County’ Council
Knoxville
Softball Terms Explained In Local Lesson
The piece humorously redefines softball terms for fans by tying each term to everyday or silly examples. It notes a ball hitting the umpire, then shifts to a general historical line about magazine and newspaper growth in the United States since 1830, contrasting with population growth.
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United States
Three Students Receive Literary Recognition
Beulah Roorda’s essay Student Dreams of School Future appeared in the Pelladium on March 2. Mr Buerkens sent it to Midland Schools editor, with a May issue noting its essence. Judi Allen’s Winter Song was singled out as outstanding in Young Sings 1950 and published in the Pelladium February 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Roorda
Pelladium
Buerkens
Midland Schools
Town State Education Association
Beulah
Judi Allen
Bonnie Van Zomeren Wins Local Essay Contest
School senior Bonnie Van Zomeren won first prize in the local Vu R.W. Ausili sponsored essay contest with her piece Peace, with Honor, for America. She advances to the state contest where first prize was five dollars.
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Bonnie van Zomeren
Vu R.W. Ausili
America
Birthday Wishes From The School Feature A May Lineup
A school notes upcoming birthdays for students including Andy Lubbers on May 19 May The list continues with Mary Ann Sels on May 20 Peggy Kuyper on May 22 and La Velma Walraven on May 25 The notice uses a cheerful tone to mark the annual birthday celebration.
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Andy Lubbers
Mary Ann Sels
Peggy Kuyper
la Velma’ Walraven
Roofing and farm building boom after big wind event
Since the wind, farmers rapidly replace hog houses and other buildings with new ones for Earl Van Domselaar, H L Swank, and Gil Meinders, while many smaller structures await repairs as farmers catch up. The Christian Reformed Church of Leighton nears completion and more foundations go in for J W De Bruyn and Harold Vanden Noord. A carload of boards arrives and oil station deliveries include planters and a plow for local farmers. The lock plant processed nearly 21,000 pounds of meat in April, yielding about 42,000 servings, with Roscoe Hoyt’s 720 pound beef noted for its high dressing percentage. The article also promotes frozen food services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl van Domselaar
H. L. Swank
Gil Meinders
Jacob J. Ver
Christian Reformed Church of
Leighton
J. W. de Bruyn
Lester Bogaards
Harold Vanden Noord
Donald Beerends
John Engle
Leonard Dunnick
Hubby
Roscoe Hoyt
Oskaloosa
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Don
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van Hemert
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van Doorland
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Greta Palmquist
Arlene Ver Ploeg
Gary Thomassen
Donna’ Veenstra
Delores’ Vander Wilt
Pauline Atkins
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Dorothy Vos
Elsie van Wyk
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FOLY
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John DE Nooy
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Farmers Union
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