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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1967
Page
1
Rock Valley Community School District opens Title 1 summer program for all pupils. Students must be recommended by teachers and follow a schedule similar to last year with June 19 as first day and July 23 as last. Rural pupils receive lunch. instruction focuses on reading spelling and arithmetic in small groups.
Bible School at Methodist Church will start Monday May 29 and run to June 9 with daily sessions from 9:00 a.m. to 11:36. No classes May 30 for Memorial Day. Director Mrs Bill Van Maanen invites children entering kindergarten through sixth grade to attend.
The Rock Valley Go Kart Club will hold a Memorial Day race on Tuesday at 8 00 PM at the Go Kart Walks northeast of town. Admission is free.
Rock Valley Saddle Club announces a Memorial Day Horse Play at the club grounds with seven events and ribbons. Grand entry is 5 PM. rain date is June 2. Lunch will be sold on site. tickets are sold by club members. A separate note mentions a mama cat smothering two baby raccoons, increasing the litter to four.
Memorial Day commemoration invites all veterans to attend at the ball park for a practice drill on Friday May 26 at 7 30 pm. No uniform required. Military Service Committee requests your hour of service.
Pre kindergarden program runs June 12 to August 4 from 9 00 am to 2 00 pm. The program is funded by a Title II A grant under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1954 and taught by Mrs Joan Var Maanen. Carol originally meant a song with dancing.
Rock Valley's track squad finished fifth at the Hull Conference Meet on Monday May 15. Evert Jouwstra set a school mile record and won with 4 44.7 while Peter Van Noort claimed the two mile title in 11 17. Other RK additions included medley relay fourth place and Zucker relay fifth.
Memorial Day events outline a 9:09 a.m. parade from the school to the cemetery. The program features a reading by Hon. Richter, flower placements by 4-H girls, wreath laying, a speech by Rev. Raloff, special music, and a general salute.
Abbreviated next week due to Memorial Day. Ads and news copy must reach The Bee by 2 00 p m Saturday for Monday publication. Business advertisers should have copy ready Saturday and news donors should deliver Saturday morning.
Commencement exercises for the Western Christian High class of 1967 were held Thursday evening at 1:45 in the auditorium. About 191 seniors will receive diplomas and certificates as proof of their high school achievements. Rev Herson Van Antalen delivered the address and Robert Vander Plaats gave the senior farewell. The class motto is When Duty Finds a New Comer Lord Make Us Ever Pioneers with long yellow roses as the class flower.
Floyd A. Davis received a plaque recognizing his 22 years of service as superintendent of Knoxville community schools during the summer program. The presentation honored his leadership and dedication to the district.
Whicher and Whicher city attorneys seek help locating several former Northern Biochemical Company employees from Sheldon after bankruptcy linked to the Geiger embezzlement disclosure. Checks for unpaid wages or commissions are held for David Leita Estate, Fred B. Winner, Lee Konkler, Howard A. Pickens, Merlin Young, Alfred Swann, Charles Dylstra, Lowell Reiners, George H. Flint, Robert Willason, Harold Smith, James Larsen, and Jack O Connor.
Clarena Bakker, Calvin College graduate, will receive her degree on May 27 at 2 30 p m in Knollcrest Hall. She majored in English and physical education, played on the Calvin Knights basketball team, and served as an official referee. She student taught at Hudsonville Christian School and assisted at Calvin College. She plans to pursue a master’s in physical education at Illinois State University Normal Illinois with an assistantship.
Rock Valley residents can see the world famous Ink Spots in a May 29 fundraiser at the high school gym. The Hogg Memorial Hospital event begins at 8 00 p m with Kiwanis Club ticket sales in local stores. The group has 25 albums and a string of hits including Java Jive and Whispering Grass.
The Rock Valley Golf Club schedules its first breakfast on Memorial Day with 5 or more guests invited. Breakfast starts at 9 a.m. featuring juice bacon toast and coffee. Robert Buckley leads cooking and Tom McGill oversees service with light humor about eggs. Guest Day offers free breakfast to neighbors.
About 65 women attended the Women's League picnic at Valley Park last Wednesday evening. Awards went to Farmers Lumber for team high with 2277, H Hatchery 804 for high team game, Pac Haumao 224 for high individual game, Irene Jessen 574 for high ties, and Mina Blick earned the Achievement Award for greatest improvement. Officers for the coming season were elected: Joanne Moellee president, Etta Driessen vice president, Loraine DeStein secretary, Ruth Berck sergeant at arms.
John Luckey an 18 year old high school senior drowned in a Fergus Falls Minnesota lake. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Luckey of Denver Colorado his grandmother Mrs Landhuis earlier named Joan Landhuis and memorial services were held in Fergus Falls and Denver on consecutive days.
Dennis Gaalswyle and Rodney Hutshof of Rock Valley win youth delegate spots for the American Institute of Cooperation summer meeting at Purdue University Lafayette Indiana August 9 They travel August 3 to 16 by bus charter from Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa More than 1 000 youth scholars and leaders from 40 states Canada and Puerto Rico are expected to attend. The Iowa group will tour Chicago Board of Trade and other sites en route The ALT.C. aims to show cooperatives value in America's private enterprise system FGDA Iowa serves 359 farmer owned cooperatives.
Marine Corporal Gerald B. Flanagan of Rock Valley Iowa serves in Da Nang Vietnam with Headquarters Battalion First Marine Division. The battalion commands division staff and five companies while history notes World War II, Korea, and postwar service. Fat fish ponds can produce 200 lbs of fish per year.
The ALCW of Peace Lutheran Church near Rock Valley sponsors eleven year old Huang Mei Yun in Taiwan through the Christian Childrens Fund. The program provides education clothing textbooks and emergency food while highlighting the urgent need for sponsors to help other impoverished children.
Al Vande Weerd of Rock Valley joined seniors receiving plaques at the University of South Dakota for eight semesters in the marching and symphonic bands. Roselle New Jersey is noted as the first town to have electric lights.
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