Boyden High School - Bombshell Yearbook (Boyden, IA)

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transferred to different schools Leland Faber and Dorothy Oldenkamp joined the class making a total of ten members Among other main events of the year was a delightful Christmas Program and a school operetta, 'The Coming of Columbus' in which all the class members held minor roles l9b3 we all joined forces under the title of 'The Sixth Grade' Mrs Mcret and Miss Blom were our instructors Kenneth Kreykes was transferred to a different school One of the big events of the year was to be a Christmas play entitled 'Christmas at the Stebb1ns', but alas a flu epidemic stepped in and prevented us from giving it In l9Lh we continued our process of education with Mrs Horst and Miss Koele as our teachers During this grade Dale Slykhuis, John Smit, John Eernisse, Kenneth De Zeeuw Joined us 'United We Stand' a patriotic program was presented We had one, big enjoyable In 19L5 we continued on our last lap of elementary education John Smit was detained and Leland Faber and Dale Merrill were trans formed to another school Bob Struyk and Esther Schortinghuis Joined us with Mrs Moret and Miss Merrdink as our teachers, this year proved to be the most eventful year of our grade school education Among other events we enjoyed many exciting basketball games with neighbor Junior high teams and an operetta entitled, 'lulligan's Magic' W also enjoyed two picnics during the year one a farewell for Leland seemed to be quite eventful At the end of the year we presented a surprise play, 'Ten Per Cent Tcnmy', for our mothers and the entire grade school It was also during this year that an epidemic of puppy love struck many of the class members Thus ended our elementary education It was a bright sunny morning in September l9L6 when 16 'green freshmen' walked into the high school assembly The class included Verdean Blumeyer, Kenneth De Zeeuw, Leola Diekevers, Harriet Docrenbos, Lois Dcorenbos, John Eernisse, Shirley Kooiker, Eleanor Landhuls, Dorothy Oldenkamp, Ncrvan Roggen, Joan Rcns, Marilyn Salle, Esther Schcrtinghuis, Dale Slykhuis, Bob Struyk and Leonard Vander Heaven In 3 . . holiday on May 8th, when peace was declared. . e

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The faculty of Boyden High School consisted of Supt John Brouwer, Miss Lois Riemersma, Prin Arie Grooters, Mrs 'Trudy' Starkweather, and Miss Grayce Meerdink We were brought into full standing of High School students by a much enjoyed initiation party, which we were forced to attend dressed as the opposite sex Another event of the year was a Freshman sponsored party It was a very eventful affair, including mis ltoe, which was roughly taken down by the Superintendent The freshmen girls also invited the boys to a dinner We attended as ginea pigs In 19L7 we all came back to school as Sophomore We were joined by two new members, Leroy fBudl Moret, and Allan Schafer The faculty this year included Supt Norgaard Prin Howard Luback, Mrs 'Trudy Starkweather Miss Lois Riemersma, and Miss Leona Duven The year passed without too many important happenings We did, however, spon sor an initiation party, and on a spring night we traveled to Sheldon by train and enjoyed a class picnic Our Junior year in l9b8, proved to be stack full of happenings The instructors this year included Supt G J VandenBerg, Mrs Velma Rave, Miss Lorraine Schol, Mr Nic Hulst, and Miss Cora Anderson who not come back to school, reducing our class tc 15 It will long be remembered the hard hours of working on the 'Annual' It was fun but we did have occasional fights and then the large battle, Senior Class Junior Class Our class play, a comedy, entitled the 'Boarding House Reach' was also a success We also had the pleasure of work ing with Mrs Starkweather in preparing the Jr Sr Banquet which was based on the theme of Old Mexico' Our Senior year proved to be even bigger and better than the rest Our teachers this year were Supt Vanden Berg, Prin John Fischer, Mrs Velma Rave Miss Lorraine Schol, and Mr Nick Hulst The presentation of our Senior Class play, 'Off the Track' was a great success Class pictures were taken in Storm Lake, what day The day included an education trip through the State Hospital at Cherokee, a 15 minute radio interview a visit through Buena Vista College, and a choice between a college basketball game or a movie in the evening Another important event was the exceedingly great success N O , 0 l , . was later replaced by Mrs. Starkweather. Joan, Leroy, and Verdean did VB- . n ' ' N O ' , c c . ' a D