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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1968
Page
5
The OCR sample lists daily items for December with menu lines for Monday to Friday, including winks rice with rassini sauce, egg salad sandwich, chill soup, turkey and dressing, and orange juice with dessert. Several misspelled items and stray words appear.
The Rocket matmen finished second at the Milford Tournament on Saturday December 7, totaling 13 points. Milford led with 120, Emmetsburg had 59, George 44, while Dave Suter won the 195 pound class and other Rockets posted high placings across weight classes.
Northwestern hosted Floyd Valley Thunderbirds as Rock Valley Rockets lost 38 to 56. Dave Reinke led Rockets with 15 points. FV top scorers Aalber Van Es and Vanden Pat each had 12. Other FV contributors included Van Beek Lange Kooima Ranschau.
The Rockets defeated Akron 41 to 1 on Wednesday night, with the Red Raiders scoring in 95 103 and 154 pound classes. They logged seven pins two forfeits and one tie, led by pins from Black Vander Weerde Gayer Landegent Witte and Crueger along with several forfeits and decision wins. The IVs also defeated Alcon 20 to 3.
Rock Valley B team edged West Lyon B 61 to 56 in a Friday contest. Top scorers for Rock Valley were Henry Brinkman with 18 points and Curtis De Graaff with 10. Free throw details listed show multiple players contributing across the game.
The Rock Valley Rockets defeated the Boyden Hull Comets 62 to 60 as Dave Reinke hit a last second layup after a failed Kaufman attempt. Gary Van Beek led the Rockets with 22 points while Grootes topped the Comets with 22.
A small squad of girls traveled to LeMars on December 2 for volleyball action. The roster included Helen Rook Anne Helgerson Jolene Kem pena Karla Dykstra Lavonne Koedam Van Burgers Melinda Van Roekel Michele Megill and Sheila Hevern Helaine Groen eweg Pam Gerritsen Peg Bunch Deb Van Zee Nite De Ruiter. LeMars A lost 2 of 3 to Rock Valley. B lost to LM Varsity. A fell to LeMars Jayvees 2 games to none. GAA plans to host LeMars girls at Rock Valley and may invite others.
The 69 seniors of Rock Valley Community School plan a soup supper on Sunday December 14 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. in Klaas Hall. Advanced tickets are sold by any senior and will also be available at the door.
Rock Valley B team lost to Boyden-Hall 51 to 41 on Friday December 6. Rock Valley top scorers were Henry Brinkman with 1 point and Dave Bacon with 49 points. Boyden-Hall led by Jay De Zeeuw with 16 points and Paul Landeman with 4 points.
Saturday November 30 the Rockets faced Ida Grove at the Morningside Clinic and fell 68 to 35. Dave Reinks led Rock Valley with 16 points while Frank Stawert topped Ida Grove with 18. Bruce Kooima grabbed 10 rebounds. The game preceded Morningside versus St Louis Washington, a 66 65 Morningside victory.
Dan Anderson a 6 ft 3 in junior plans baseball and chorus work at R Y H S. Class of 70 member he plays Professor Hubert in The Split Cherry Tree and leads junior varsity as a new owner. He studied six weeks at University of Dundee Scotland covering Shakespeare modern Britain and Highland history plus European travel.
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