Alden School Charter Chatter Staff Roster Names Editors
The Alden School Charter Chatter lists staff editors including Editor-in-Chief Ethelyn Richardson and Associate Editor Carl Fuller with Managing Editor David Owens. Reporters named include Daylord Thayer Olive Peet Phyllis Armour Franklin Dodd Floyd Wreamer Kenneth Warner and Duane Swindle Georgia Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethelyn Richardson
Carl Fuller
David Owens
Daylord Thayer
Olive Peet
Phyllis Armour
Franklin Dodd
Floyd Wreamer
Kenneth Warner
Duane Swindle
Georgia Smith
Stamp Sellers Produce Busy Grade Signups
Istami 2nd Grade students sold stamps totaling 10.26 with Daney Schalk as top seller at 2.70. Other strong performers include Merle Kinatson Oliver Watson Hollis Luttschwager and Tilly McGill. The class planned a Christmas party, discussed reductions, and noted upcoming vacation. Perfect spelling and head marks were earned by several, while attendance remained high and Christmas activities dominated in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istami
Daney Schalk
Merle Kinatson
Doin Oliver Watson
Hollis Luttschwager
Tilly McGill
Alfred
Herbert Bonia
G. Smith
Dalzell
Prompt for Free Student Fortunes and Sports Tickets
A quirky notice offers free basketball tickets to students and weekly fortunes. It jokes about December 4 to 10 births, semester test luck, future hockey plans, and car troubles, with playful banter from Mr Ring of Boloney and Professor Harrison R.
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Mr. Ring-of-Boloney
School Spirit and Honor Ties to School Success
A reflective piece urges students to put the welfare of the school above individual groups and to act with loyalty in class, study hall, and athletics. It argues school spirit grows when class and team spirit thrive, and that the school’s reputation depends on the efforts and conduct of its students.
Notable Names From a Local Roll Call
A sanitized roll of readable entries lists Victor B A second Rudy Valee Alice B A future Rosa Bonheur Priscilla B A home maker Everett B A coal miner Lyle C A movie star Ray G A Circ us strong man Richard H A geometry teacher Delbert N A Mexican cowboy Dale S Out coming Henry Ford Violet C An airplane pilot Julius H A chemist Onal O A beauty culturist Dorothy T A stenographer Orma D A comic cartoonist Jeanette J Writer of magazine ar tcles Erma P Presidents recretary Raymond W A newspaper editor Betty E A waitress Trene J A perfect cook Verner P A druggist Pearle W Governor of state Mildred F A home ec teacher Alberta N A Tex Guinan girl Naomi S A home breaker Burton O A hell boy
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Victor B
Rudy Valee
Alice B
Rosa Bonheur
Priscilla B
Everett B
Lyle C
Ray G
Circus
Richard H
Delbert N
Dale S
Henry Ford
Violet C
Julius H
Onal O
Dorothy T
Orma D
Jeanette J
Erma P
Raymond W
Betty E
Trene J
Verner P
Pearle W
Mildred F
Alberta N
Tex Guinan
Naomi S
Burton O
Starting Young Declamatory Contest Inspires Glee Club Hope
A crowd enjoyed seven third and fourth grade boys who sang four songs in last Friday's declamatory contest. The well received performance suggests promising training and a potential Al boys glee club for 1936 39. Singers: Chas Brotherton Bobby Sheaffer Grant Underwood Marvin Catlin Marion Catlin Marion Janke Robert Jurgen Janke Robert Jurgensen and Junior Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Miller
Betty Irene Davis
Loislee Heslop
Paul Metcalf
Forest Rovington
Coral McMillen
Eless
Tie Jean Pogswen Doth
Mier
Genevieve Ries Murel Wood
Aris Bessman
Mae Fortas
Moe Torveer
Manuel Wood
Jowell Tanke
Eva Catlin
Genevieve Ries
Ruth Miller
Genee Ries
Tia Jean Bessman
Keine
Earls
Eva Cattin Beirge
Betty Ann Davis
Beecaven
Alvina Bolden
Minnesota
Alice Allen
Town Falls
al Boy's Glee Club
Chas, Brotherton
Bobby Sheaffer
Grant Underwood
Marvin Catlin
Marion Catlin
Marion Janke
Robert Jurgen- Janke
Robert Jurgensen
Junior Nelson
Three lettermen win declamatory contest
A long held belief about education is challenged as three letter men in football claim top places in a school declamatory contest last Friday. Athletics foster quick thinking and better study, plus time management to finish tasks.
It Can Vary Shea Excerpt Conversation Tone
A terse exchange questions extravagance as a speaker assesses another person’s height and manner. The dialogue hints at social pretension and character dynamics without broader context.
Rahja Answers Reader on Flying Missiles Dangers
Lydia Peterson asks how to stay safe from flying lead and debris. Rahja recommends ear guards, dust resistant glasses, and keeping the mouth shut, noting the activity is dangerous morally and physically. A reader birthday window from December 4 to 10 is promised elsewhere on the page.
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Rahja
Lydia Peterson
Lydia
Teachers entertained at Wheeler home party
Miss Elba Engelking hosted teachers at Mr and Mrs L A Wheeler's home last Thursday evening. Guests brought inexpensive gifts and used them in playful moments including toot, hang, eat, and rattle. Daylor led musical fun on piccolo and drum while Miss Johnson won a “cootie” game prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elba
Assyrian-born student lecturer performs Mohammedan wedding
The high school auditorium hosted a lecture by Mr. Dyer, an Assyria-born student and American citizen, who is studying through college and plans to join his brother in Ames next semester. He staged a Mohammedan wedding with students in costumes he provided, creating an engaging educational moment for the audience.
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Dyer
Assyria
Ames
Christmas Vesper Service At School Auditorium
Plans for a Christmas vesper by the four upper grades are under way. Fifty pupils will perform Christmas carols, inviting all school friends and patrons to attend the service on Sunday December 20 at four o'clock in the school auditorium for the real Christmas spirit through song and story.
Juniors Dominate On Trial Night In Declares Results
On Friday night eighteen declarers competed with three Juniors winning first place and one Junior second. The field included six seniors seven juniors two sophomores and eight freshmen across the event.
Can't Go Straight Bill Pretzel Empire Jokes on Navy Role
A witty exchange pits a presumed counterfeiter turned pretzel magnate against a skeptical Jake. Bill clarifies his fortune stems from a pretzel business, then they debate national goals and navy funding. The quip underscores tension between economic craft and national power.
Echoes and humor mix in school notes and jokes
A collage of classroom captions and light humor from Alden School includes questions about echoing voices, a joke about Swiss cheese, and patient banter with a dentist. It also recounts library visits, a printing office trip, and typing class activities, plus several recipes and classroom assignments with orange themes.
Declamatory Contest at School Aids State bid
The annual declamatory contest at the school house last Friday produced six winners from eighteen entrants. In oratorical, Rixce Floyd Kreamer won first with Frank Warner second. in dramatic Phyllis Armour first and Ethelyn Richardson second. humorous winner David Owens with Helen Miller second. Second-place winners become alternates for the state contest next January. Judges were Mrs Welden Helen Swetberg and Rev Cushman. Afterward contestants gave their coach a candy box and Ter hune thanked contributors.
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1St Rixce
Floyd Kreamer
Frank Warner
Phyllis Armour
Ethelyn Richardson
David Owens
Helen Miller
Town Falls
Welden
Helen Swetberg
Iowa Falls
Cushman
Congregational Church
Beatrice Smith Senior Student Celebrates Arc of School Life
Beatrice Smith, a senior at Alden High, is noted for her climb from Shepard school to the Big City high school. She won the school popularity contest, served as freshmen secretary, and was active in B girls and A glee clubs. After graduation she plans cosmetic studies in Waterloo.
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Beatrice Smith
Southeas
Iowa Falls
Alden
Shepard School
Beatrice
A” Glee Club
Atyames
Waterloo
World War draft and early American popcorn history
Questions and Answers cover WWI draft figures under the Selective Service Act of 1917 with 24 284 021 registered and 2 810 296 inducted, plus 2 084 000 Americans reaching France and 1 390 00 in active front line service. It also traces the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to the New World in 1503 and Jamestown in 1619, and notes Indians had corn like popcorn before Europeans, though popping use is doubtful.
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France
United States
New World
Santo Domingo
North America
Jamestown
England
Nebraskan Hayslide Injury Leaves Man Hospitalized
W. H. Moore, 52, of Osmond Nebraska, is reported recovering in a Norfolk hospital after a hay fork slipped while he steadied himself from a load. The fork handle entered his abdomen above the left hip, crossing his body to the right shoulder and penetrating 18 inches.
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W. H. Moore
Osmond
Nebraska
Norfolk
Farewell for Nona and Alice Allen at Alden
Last Thursday night a farewell party honored Nona and Alice Allen who will begin their freshman year at Iowa Falls. The Allen sisters, former eighth and part of ninth graders at Alden, were surprised by fellow freshmen at Mrs. Balentine's home. They enjoyed games declamatory speakers and music before refreshments at ten and farewells as they departed for home.
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Jean Clinker
Alden
Iowa Falls
Afernoon
Sheaffer
Nona
Alice Allen
Alden School
Alice
Delicious Orange Recipes Holiday Fruit Cup
Orange recipes describe a holiday fruit cup with oranges grapefruit sections cherries lemon juice and powdered sugar plus rubyettes and emmelettes. The method guides peeling sections removing membranes mixing fruit with cherries and lemon juice then chilling and serving with colored ice garnishes. An orange sauce uses orange juice sugar cornstarch butter and boiling water for a citrus dessert component.
King of American hoboes to abdicate throne
Joseph Leon Cohen Segal Lazarowitz, famed as the hoboes king, will abdicate his throne after four years of rule. He has called a meeting of the Bonafide Hoboes Union of United States of America for January 2 at Brant Park Chicago to relinquish the crown and elect his successor.
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Joseph Leon Cohen Segal Lazarowitz
United States of America
Brant Park
Chicago
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