Angual Clean-up Gampaisa Scheduled Here For May 11 13
Angual cleanup campaign set for May 11 to 13 with Rock Valley hosting a paint and fix up week. A townwide effort coordinated by Don Klein and the Bedtermen Council promises all-day operation with residents handling disposal since no special trash pickup will be provided. More details to follow in next week's paper.
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Rock Valley
Don Klein
Commercial Club
Adrian Oldeckamnpaid
Wilson
Bedtermen Council
Yal- Asy ‘Sanitati Servite
Sioux City Guests At Next Rotary Meeting
E R Wags, program chair, announced Sioux City men will visit the club next week with several speakers planned for the program. This week's program was postponed due to bad weather preventing the scheduled speaker from Rock Valley.
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E.R. Wags
Rotary Club
Sioux City
Mary Manning to be Phi Beta Kappa initiate at UI
Mary Manning of Rock Valley, daughter of Mr and Mrs Owen Manning, will be initiated into the University of Iowa chapter of Phi Beta Kappa this Saturday at 4 pm in the Senate Chamber Old Capitol. A reception follows in the Lucas-Dodge Room Iowa Memorial Union. Eligibility includes bachelor’s candidates in Liberal Arts with high averages. notes define grading scales and exceptions.
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Mary Manning
Rock Valley
Owen Manning
University of Iowa
Phi Beta Kappa
Tipjial Scholastic Honorary Sociéty
Senate
Old Capitol
Lucas-Dodge
Iowa Memorial Union
College of Liberal Arts
College of Liberal Art
Van Zanten Receives Purdue English Assistantship
Helen Van Zanten a senior at Centaci College Pella has earned a half time assistantship from Purdue University Lafayette for 1967 68. The position requires about 20 hours weekly assisting an editor of an 8 publication and aiding freshman composition and developmental reading courses.
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Helen van Zanten
Gs. C
Kensbergen Wins Boat at Sioux City Trap Shoot Event
Lyl Kensbergen won a 14-foot fishing boat in a 200-event shore at Sioux City. He scored 99 of 100 at 16 yards and 92 at 23 yards and took first in the doubles with 82 of 100, noting a 40 mile per hour wind during the day.
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Lyl Kensbergen
Sioux City
Lyle
Rock Valley Christian School Presents Fine Arts Festival Friday
Rock Valley Christian School will present a Fine Arts Festival and a Science Fair Friday night May 6. Displays include various arts and science projects, plus an American Library Association sanctioned book display. Doors open at 6 00 p.m and the public is invited.
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Rock Valley Christian School
American Library Association
Births of Two Sons Highlight Local Families
Mr and Mrs Andrew Qostra welcome son David Scart born Monday April 24. Grandparents are Clarence De Vos Hull and John Coutra Ray. Mr and Mrs Art Koolma announce a son born April 20 weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces.
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Andrew Qostra
David Scart
Clarence de Vos
Hull
John Coutra
Ray
Art Koolma
Semday
Bee Selected For The Promotion
The Rock Valley Bee reports Standard Oil dealers in eight Midwest states will run two May and August campaigns offering free gasoline with the purchase of Atlas Plyeten or Amoco 120 Super Premium tires. More than 1603 Kansas City region service stations will participate, with advertising in The Rock Valley Bee for its strong local coverage.
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Rock Valley Bee
Standard Oil
American Oil Company
H. Doten
Standard Oi
Doten
Kansas City
Mid- Western
Dalen
Driesen to Construct New Imp. Bidz Building
Driesen, proprietor, announces plans to build a new 60 by 127 foot Driesen Implement facility with direct highway access from the Red Rock Cafe. The site will house an office and repair shop for the business.
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Driesen
Imp
Red Rock Cafe
Bert Driesen
Fire damages Rock Valley Sales Barn. hay destroyed
Fire of unknown origin at the Rock Valley Sales Barn last Thursday around 9 30 p m burned 50 to 60 bales of hay and straw and damaged some building sections. Fire department and employees swiftly controlled the blaze and plan to tear down and rebuild once insurance estimates are set. Relva Lockwood is noted as the only woman to run for president.
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Rock Valley
Jabo Harmelink
Harie
Link
Relva Lockwood
Valley lanes jackpot win in Beat the 1300 Journey
In the Valley Lanes Beat the 1300 Journey, Russ Catsbeek and Willy Jonker posted a 1316 total to claim a $258 jackpot. The event began two years ago when Clarence Hoefert seeded the pot with $26, with a $1 per man fee and 65 pin handicap.
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Whch
Valley Lanes
Russ Catsbeek
Willy Jonker
Clarence Hoefert
Calsbeek
Jonker
Rock Valley Commercial Club Set Monthly Meeting
The regular monthly winter meeting of Rock Valley Commercial Club will be held next Monday at 6:00 p.m. in VEW Hall. Committee reports will be presented and several new business items discussed.
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Rock Valley Commercial Club
VEW
Ministers to Attend Christian Reformed Evangelism Conference
More than 200 ministers Evangelists lay and youth workers will converge on Orange City for the 1st Annual Evangelism Conference. Sessions start at 9:00 a.m. at the Second Christian Reformed Church with registration prayer sessions and workshops. A mass meeting leads off Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. with Rev. Jay De Vries as speaker on Christian Evangelism. Thursday features further sessions and a slide show by Dr. Dick Van Halsema on the World Congress of Evangelism, plus an upper Thursday evening report at Northwestern College Auditorium. Tickets cost 2.50 and are available in Orange City.
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United States
Canada
Orange City
Second Christian Reformed Church
First Christian Reformed Church
Jay de Vries
Guy. Hey
de Vries
Second
Christian Reformed Church
Dick van Halsema
Reformed Bible Institute
Grand Rapids
Mich
World Congress of Evangelism
Berlin
Germany
van Habema
Northwestern Colege Auditorium
Arthur Kalsbeak
Krai Furniture
Northwestern State Bank
ALCW
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Holstein
Iowa
Win. Striepe
Virgil Pfalzgtal
St. John's
Cushing
A. Refesma
Sioux Cy
Conference
W.A. Poovey
Warburg Seminary
Dubuque
Capital University and Seminary
Northwestern University
Union Seminary
New York
Unidentified pupils identified in Rock Valley Bee photo
Local Beecher High School student Harold Gene Vogelsang, class of 1967, features in a Rock Valley Bee photo from 1954-55. He is tied to Rock Valley schools, honors, and plans to attend University of Illinois Urbana. Other family notes reveal Linda Int Veld as the other unidentified girl from the kindergarten class.
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Harold Gene Vogelsang
Beecher High School
Beecher
Winois
Harold
University of Ilinois
Urbana
Rock Valley
Theo Vogelzang
N. Pearce
Lakewood
Calif
Linda
Valley Christian High
Cerritos College
Jola Int ¥Eld
Robert Jacobsma
Former Rock Valley Resident Carl A. Klein Dies in Hawaii
Carl A. Klein, 78, a former Rock Valley resident, died recently in Honolulu while vacationing. Born and raised in Rock Valley, he lived 46 years in Sacramento, California, where he worked in real estate until retiring in 1942. Survived by wife Ruth, three daughters, and four grandchildren. His father was a local homesteader and Civil War veteran. he was brother to Lottie Thomas, a well known Rock Valley resident who passed away years ago.
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Carl A. Klein
Rock Valley
Honolulu
Hawaii
Sacramento
Calif
Ruth
Mr. Klein
Lottie Thomas
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Lorraine Miller
Hudson
Willis den Boer
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Rock Valley School
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Stary City
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Lang Vai Berkum
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