Pella High School Class of 1956 Front Row Portraits
A biennial class photograph lists the Pella High School Class of 1956 with 15 names in the front row and multiple students in subsequent rows. The image captures Verna Van Hemert Kathleen Bennett Lenora Vogelaar Janice Vander Pol Marlena De Geus Barba Bosch Frances Van Veen and others across five rows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verna van Hemert
Kathleen Bennett
Lenora Vogelaar
Janice Vander Pol
Marlena de Geus
Barba Bosch
Frances van Veen
Dathy Vanden Dever
Kathleen Deker
Rosella Petersma
Barba Voss
Vivian de Heus
Mary Lou Ten Hagen
Gladys Ver Ploeg
Larry Fisk
Judy Huyter
Judy In’t Veld
Junella van Hal
Larentha Dykstra
Melvyn Kelderman
Bill Bean
Bob Toom
Lee van Gorp
Glen de Bruin
Lee Nossaman
Marvin de Jong
Roi Glen van Heuke- van Rees
Norma Hagan
Jeen Duven
Nancy Vander Melen
Leora Quinn
Ardis van Rees
Sally Sents
Sonja Claussen
Wilma Vernooy
Jerry Stump
John Minter
Donald Klyn
Douglas Heerema
Shirley Dykhuis
Marilyn van Essen
Marilyn de Geus
Ronald Waits
Shirley van Dyke
Mary de Jong
Herman de Jong
Bob Boyert
Delores Vanden Berg
Jim de Bruin
Arie Vande Voort
Ervin Roorda
Twila van Hemert
Lou Anne Butler
Regina de Geus
Marilyn Visser
Pella High Seniors to Close School Year With Graduation This Evening
Pella High School concludes its year with graduation this evening at the high school auditorium. Dr. Harold E. Bernhard of Iowa State Teachers College will present the main address. Class Night has featured a broadcast style program and a long list of award recipients for leadership, scholarship, and activities. The senior class, honored for achievements in vocal music, agriculture, citizenship, and more, will be listed under the class picture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce van Roekel
Leora Quinn
Madonn
Mary Lou Ten Hagen
Judy In
T Re
Marilyn Visser
Lee
Delores Vanden Berg
Gary van Vark
Duchess
Fern den Adel
Kathleen Redeker
Kathy Redeker
Harold E. Bernhard
Iowa State Teachers College
Free Polio Vaccine Offered to Low Income Children in Marion County
Marion County Iowa joins a federal grant funded Polio Vaccine Program. A county committee of Marion County Polio Chapter Medical Society Social Welfare Schools and Public Health Service coordinates free vaccine access for eligible children birth through 19 and expectant mothers. By May first 634 children had received two doses and daily requests rise as doctors donate services with no charges for those on the eligible list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Iowa
State Health Department
The
Medical Society
Department of Social Welfare
Public Health Service
State Department of Health
Memorial Service Sunday at Trinity Church
The annual Memorial church service will be held at Trinity Reformed Church Sunday morning May 26 at 9 30 o'clock. Members of Van Veen Van Hemert Post of the Legion and women of the Legion Auxiliary will attend. The men meet at 9 15 and enter the church as a body. All service men and women are cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Reformed Church
Van_ Veen-Van Hemert
Legion
Legion Auxi
First Family Night At Country Club On Memorial Day
The first family night on the Country Club calendar for the current social season will be held on Memorial Day. Games and activities for the evening will be announced at the club.
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Country Club
Carroll De Kock Wins District Speech Contest
Carroll De Kock of Prairie City Towa Pella Christian High won first place in the district oratorical contest held May 18 at the First Christian Reformed Church. Donald Meyer and John Anema placed second and third with their respective orations The winner advances to the national contest in Canada this summer under judge Dr P De Jong Rev Ke Rietema Glen Andreas and Harry Vermeer.
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South Dakota
First
Christian Reformed Church
Carroll de Kock
Prairie City
Towa
Pella
America
Donald Meyer
Clara City
Minnesota
God Save Our Homes
John Anema
Rock Valley
Iowa
Canada
P. ¥. de Jong
Ke Rietema
Glen Andreas
Harry Vermeer
Cooke
Community dinner plans with self-serve supplies
A dinner event will start at 6 00 p m with guests bringing their own table service and a salad or vegetable and dessert. Children receive ham baked beans and pop. Invitations were mailed today and the committee will order food based on meals returned by Monday the 28th.
Summer Baseball Sign Up for Boys 8 to 17 Friday Morning
Summer baseball begins this week with boys 8 to 17 signing up Friday morning at the high school diamond. Jr. Legion Post 89 starts practice Monday preparing for Wednesday night game at Newton with 17 and under players invited. Little Bigger League Babe Ruth ages 13 to 15 practices 2:30 to 4 pm daily. Midgets ages 8 to 12 begin Monday at 1 pm. Pella High School team will continue summer play and enter the July state tournament series.
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Jr. Legion
van Veen-Van Hemert Post 89
Newton
Babe Ruth
Pella
Last Chance to See Call Me Madam in Pella June 1
On Friday June 1 at 8 15 p m the people of Pella will have the last chance to see Call Me Madam This final non professional Iowa premiere features Edith Le Cocq with a strong supporting cast led by Bob Klein Sandy Woolverton and George De Vries Tickets go on sale June 1 from eight to five at Tysseling s Box office opens at the college at 7 p m Berlin songs and revue style humor showcase Edith as Sally Adams with a 16 piece orchestra under Rittenhouse Grooters at the Conn organ The production promises sharp political satire lively music and colorful costumes with standout numbers including Lichtenberg The Ocarina and Mrs Sally Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Berlin
le Cocq
Sally Adams
Irving Berlin
Edith
Tudor Kempkes
Bob Noler
Sandy Woolverton
Sandy Woolverton Wear Many Elaborate and Colorful Costumes. Mrs. le Cocq
Lindsay
Crouse
Harry Truman
Call Me
Madam
Mr. Rittenhouse
Mr. Grooters
Conn Organ
Lichtenberg
Public Schools End Year Work With No Classes
Public Schools completed the year on Wednesday with all departments finished. Today no classes, teachers to finalize tests reports inventories and year end duties. Report cards will be distributed Friday at 2 180 pm. Bus routes run final trip around 2 15 pm and depart at 3 00 pm with several classes planning picnics or outings in the afternoon.
Jr Legion Girls Sell Poppies In Pella Saturday
Junior Legion Auxiliary girls will sell poppies Saturday May 26 with headquarters at Van der Ploeg Bakery. Under sponsor guidance, the event supports war dead remembrance, helps disabled veterans in VA hospitals, and funds welfare work for families, per President Gladys Rinehart.
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Junior Legion Auxiliary
Women of the Legion Auxiliary
van der Ploeg
American Legion
Gladys Rinehart
Pella
V. A
Chronicle prints early for Memorial Day week
The Chronicle will publish one day early next week due to the Memorial Day holiday. Ads are due Monday May 28 at the Chronicle office and country correspondence should reach the office by Monday morning, preferably this weekend.
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Chronicle
Service for War Dead Held at Oakwood Cemetery
Memorial service for the war dead is set for Sunday May 27 at the Oakwood Cemetery Legion Memorial plot. It begins at 2 PM with a 30 minute Oskaloosa Legion Band concert, flag ceremony, prayers by Reverend Cye Coller, address by Reverend Ernest Malloy, music, benediction, and taps. No service on Memorial Day May 30.
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Legion Memorial
Oakwood Cemetery
Oskaloosa Legion Band
Gary Brouwer
Ray van Dyk
Cye Coller
Open Bible Church
Ernest Malloy
Owa
Union Church
Malloy
Dean Sadlor
Tom Boat
Endorsed Flood Control Dams in Des Moines River
Des Moines leaders discussed flood control at a May 15 1956 city meeting with about 100 delegates. The gathering urged Congress to advance Des Moines River dam projects including Sayl, Red Rock, and Howell sites as part of a comprehensive flood control plan along the Des Moines River valley.
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Des Moines
Des Mi
United States
de Moines River Inc
Des Moines River
Red Rock
Howell
Say
Saylorville
Congress
Des River Valley
Selec
Mills
Boone and
C. Lee
Cil
R. G. Bullard
Th Natural Resources Council Council
Des River
Sayl
Commei
Siville
Pella Explorer Post 373 Holds First Meeting
The Pella Explorer Post 373 held its first meeting at the Second Reformed Church on May 18. Ron Bofine was elected Senior Crew Leader, Kedrick Hoek Deputy Leader, Jerry Ulrich secretary, and Roy Vander Leest program planning chairman. Plans include a 20 mile Lincoln trail hike.
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Pella
Second Reformed Church
Ron Bofine
Vader
Kedrick Hoek
Jerry Ulrich
Roy Vander Leest
Graduation Exercises Tonight at Pella Christian Grade School
The Pella Christian Grade School holds graduation exercises tonight at 7 30 in the First Christian Reformed Church auditorium. Rev Edward G Cooke will give the address. Klaus Kramer, the principal, will present diplomas and Bible gifts. A 36 member class, the largest yet, includes Allen Andreas Ruth Bakker Larry Bandstra and others. Most teachers will return next year. summer sessions may offer remedial and foreign language courses. The school closes with 309 pupils enrolled.
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Christian
First Church
Pella Christian Grade School
First Christian Reformed Church
Edward G. Cooke
Christian ,Reformed Church
Tracy
Iowa
Klaus Kramer
Schoool
Allen Andreas Ruth Bakker
Larry Bandstra
Mathilda Blommers Willene de Boer
Arlen Bossenbroek
Frances Brouwer
Carole Boerelyn
Lois de Kock
Stanley de Vries
Larry Engbers
Mary Frandt
Holland
Pella Christian High announces May 29 graduation
Graduates of Pella Christian High School will hold commencement exercises Tuesday May 29 at 7 45 p m in the First Christian Reformed Church of Pella The speaker will be Dr D H Walters president of the Reformed Biblical Institute in Grand Rapids Michigan Thirty six seniors from nearby towns Cedar Otley Persallie City Sully Leighton and Pella are invited to attend
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Thomas Boslooper
Pella
The
Reformed Church
Peter A. de Jong
Leighton
Pella High School
York
Mendelssohn
Dick de Heus
Harry Fitch
Phy Pella Christian High
Pella Christian High
First Christian Reformed Church of
D. H. Walters
Reformed Bi Institute
Grand Rapids
Milan
Sa, Cedar, Otley
Peirailie City
Sully
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Pella High
H. E. Bernhard
J. S. Teachers College
Trinity Church
North Dakota
Liberty
Broadway
Marvin Jelloma
Shirley Anne Reynolds
Agency
Liberty Streets
Joe de Hoog
Explorer Post
Ellis Christianson
Andrew Klyn
Glen Nihart
Art Bennink
Glen Koopman
Chuck Blee
Explorer Post 373
Norma Jean Hiemstra
Richard Jelleman Me Agearry Menninga
Willis Neels
Larry Olivier
Leland Ryken
Janice Rus Lawrence Steenhoek
Cornie Stursma
Hendrina Schimmel Wilmina Schimmel
John Vande Kieft
Marilyn Vander Linden
Carolyn van Dusseldorp
Jaren van Maanen
Evelyn van Veldhuizen
Helen Kay van Zee
John van Wyk
Larry van Zee
Barbara Vermeer
Jerry Vermeer
Stanley Vermeer
Carolyn Vos
Pella Christian High School
Elsie de Jong
Janice Boerelyn
Jean van Rees
Marilyn Jansen
Carol Stursma
Ruth Reinsma
Shirley Louwsma
Mary van Haaften
Darlene Kaldenberg
Elizabeth Steenhoek
Viginia Jansen
Delores Jansen
Junella Ver Meer
Eunice Rozenboom
Estella Dahm
Sylvia Fopma
Dorothy van Zee
Ruth van Arkel
Kenneth van Gilst
Ronald Vos
Edgar Gritters
Geraldine Rus
Janice Beyer
Gretta Terpstra
Martyn van Ee
Donald van Donselaar
Larry Menninga
Duane van Maanen
Marvin Ustermarkt
Raymond Vander Wiel
Robert Dieleman
Jim Ver Meer
Marvin Jellema
Ronald Kramer
Wayne van Zemeren
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