School honors awarded at Galvin and National Union scholarships
The ceremony added chapel time as honors assembly. Janella Hoks bergen received the Galvin Scholarship and Jorena Ryken the National Union Scholarship. top scholarship honorees named by class with many award pins, keys, letters, and two-year bars across science and athletic departments.
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Apeut
Ruiter
Janella Hoksbergen
Galvin
Jorena Ryken
National Union
Leland Ajken
Stanley Ver Meer
Janice Vander Wal
Phyllis’ Jansen
Twylla Vander Molen
Joan de Vries
Junella Ho
Glen Veldhuizen
Arvin Vander Wilt
Jean Beekhuizen
Donna Vander Kamp
Marlene Stewie
Margaret Wassen
Bill Nibbelink
Sophomore Class Party At Local Coal Mines
The sophomores gathered at school at 6 30 PM and traveled to the coal mines south of Pella. They hiked in groups and couples, enjoyed a wiener roast and marshmallows, then rode a hay wagon before returning to school. Weather cooperated on the Wednesday event.
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Pella
Clarence Vanden Heuvel Heads into Summer Farm Work
A Cedar youth, Clarence Vanden Heuvel, completes high school this spring and will work on the family farm this summer. He plans no college next year and has played basketball and baseball and sang in the school activities.
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Cedar
Clarence Vanden Heuvel
Clarence
Calvin Valedictorian Shares Calvin College Life
Ruth Reinsma, valedictorian for 1956, earned the Calvin scholarship and has completed one year at Calvin College. She describes anatomy and physiology English history chemistry biology as subjects, formal teachers who are still engaging, living with relatives eight blocks from campus, no roommate, 16 library hours weekly, and urges high school students to study hard while enjoying college life.
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Ruth Reinsma
Calvin
Calvin College
Senior Janice Wielard Reflects on High School Life
Senior cheerleader Janice Wielard expresses pride in two years on the basketball team and her role as Pep Club president. She lists courses American History English IV bookkeeping and home ec. She reflects on memories and her view of freshmen while offering light guidance to underclassmen.
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Janice Wielard
Senior Interview From Taintor Farm to Pella Student
A senior born March 3, 1989 on a farm south of Taintor now lives at 931 Main Street in Pella. She has three years in choir and belongs to glee and pep clubs. Asked what she gained from school she says Penn candy and she gave the best.
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Bubbling With Fun
Taintor
Main Street
Pella
PCHS Senior Receives Reader's Digest Award
Janella Hoksbergen valedictorian of Christian High School earns The Reader's Digest Association Annual Award for outstanding scholarship and leadership. She receives an honorary one year subscription and engraved certificate recognizing past achievement and expected future merit. The awards honor top seniors nationwide for scholarship citizenship and continued reading after graduation.
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Janella Hoksbergen
Christian High School
Reader's Digest Association
Junella
Reader’s Digest
United States
Canada
Senior Redhead Prepares to Leave Christian High
Marlene Stewie a quiet redhead will soon depart Christian High after four years as a Pep Club member band participant and choir member. She contributed tuition dues and supplies to the school and earned a good education amid tests and headaches. This year she studies bookkeeping office practice home ec and American history and looks forward to graduation and a secretarial job. She enjoys ham burgers french fries and mint green.
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Marlene Stewie
Christian High
Marlene
Chapel services and speakers at PCHS week
Monday chapel led by Mr Klienhuizen featured a Margaret Wassen piano solo. Tuesday guest Mr Bruinooge from Wisconsin spoke on Christian nursing for seniors and handed booklets about Pric est. Wednesday leader Mr Weldhouse read Psalm 119 and urged students to follow Christ. Thursday included Mr Ruiter reading Philippians 4 and an honors assembly, with Rev Bossenbroek closing in prayer. Student chapel had Travis Kamerick singing, Alida Bandstra reading Scripture, and Rosalie Engbers offering prayer.
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Klienhuizen
Margaret Wassen
Bruinooge
PCHS
Wisconsin
Pine Rest
Weldhouse
Christ
Ruiter
Phillipplang
Bossenbroek
Travis Kamerick
Alida’ Bandstra
Rosalie Engbers
Around Woe by Bob Hullihan shoe wedged into floorboard
The piece describes alarming highway patrol photographs including wrecked cars and burned rubber suits, but highlights a single image of a new, fully laced shoe wedged halfway into the floorboard beside the gas pedal, implying a fatal crash without graphic detail.
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Highway Patrol
The Shoe Scene in a Rural Highway Crash
A speeding man on a country road collides with a crossing car just below a hill crest. His foot remains on the gas, the impact drives his shoe into the floorboards, a stark image echoed by highway patrol files.
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Highway Patrol
Towa Wesleyan Wins Loop Tennis Title at Decorah
Wesleyan doubles pair Fred Sade water and Pat Wiske lead Towa Wesleyan to the Iowa Conference team title at Decorah. Don Paulson of Luther captures the singles crown for the second straight year. Central's Roger Bruggink and Steve Barnes face defeats in early rounds as Wartburg and Iowa Wesleyan push for top spots. The meet featured tight matches including Wartburg’s 2-1 win over Central in Waverly and a follow up 6-0 6-0 showing in the second game.
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Towa Wesleyan
Fred Sadewater
Pat Wiske
Iowa
Decorah
Don Paulson
Luther
Central
Roger Bruggink
al Rosenberg
Steve Barnes
Ted Thalacker
Wartburg
Bruggink
Vogel
Barnes
Pat Miller
Iowa Wesleyan
Weidenbacher
le Mahieu
Huth
Warber
Iowa Wesleyan Dubuque
Luther Wartburg Central
Simpson
Central College awards 1957 letters in track baseball and tennis
Central College announced 1957 letterwinners for track baseball and tennis. Track lettermen include LaVern Boelkens Fulton Phil Bush Morrison Ill Carle Knoxville Vernon Damsteegt Duane Miller Pat Reysack Verle Rinehart Harold Hiemstra Eldon Schulte and Dave Tyler. Baseball honorees feature Darrell Albers Gary Boeyink Ray Boyd Darrell Brand Duane Brand Neil Rottger Ollie Robbert Bob Cage Ron Huibregtse Duane Krenn Duane Krentz Eldon Schulte Doran Simmons and Wendell Roclofs. Tennis awardees are Steven Barnes Rog er Bruggink and George Weidenbacher.
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Central College
LaVern Boelkens
Fulton
Phil Bush
Morrison
Ill
Carle
Knoxville
Vernon Damsteegt
Waupon
Wis
Duane Miller
New Sharon
Pat Reysack
Geneva
Verle Rinehart
Pella
Harold Hiemstra
Eldon Schulte
Alexander
Dave Tyler
Des Moines
Darrell Albers
Buffalo
Gary Boeyink
Sioux Center
Ray Boyd
Darrell Brand
Sully
Duane Brand
Neil Rottger
Ollie
Rob’ Boyert
Bob’ Cage
Runnells
Ron Huibregtse
Cedar Grove
Duane Krenn
Edgerton
Minn
Duane Krentz
Sheboy
Gan Falls
Doran Simmons
Attien
Wendell Roclofs
Dike
Steven Barnes
Oskaloosa
Roger Bruggink
Oostburg
George Weidenbacher
Scotch Plaines
N. J
Monkey in Barn Highlights Escape From Nearby Home
Elmer Stuff of near Central City found a pet monkey in his barn after it escaped from its home several miles away. Inquiry traced the animal to its owner and location.
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Elmer Stuff
Central City
Sow Farrowings in April on Iowa Farms Well Below Average
Iowa sow farrowings in April are estimated at 45,000 head, down about one third from the 10 year April average of 799,000 head for the month. December to April furrowings total 1,413,000 head, just above last year and 7 percent below the 10 year average. May farrowings are expected at 288,000 head, slightly below 1956 May levels and 29 percent under the 10 year May average.
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Towa
Towa Cooperative Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Indianola Wins South Central Conf Track Title
Indianola edged Centerville by 68 to 65 at the South Central Conference meet in Pella last Wednesday night to claim the track title. Indianola won six events while Centerville took one in the mile relay, with Pella finishing sixth. Jim Duffus won Pella’s only first in the high hurdles and Bob Slykhuis was runner up in the 880, as King of Valley set a record 2 05.8 in the event.
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Indianola
Centerville
Pella
Jim Duffus
Bob Slykhuis
King of
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