First Grade Reports Pressure to Catch Up After Snow Break
A busy school week with first graders presenting 100 percent vocabulary scores for names such as Bill Jackson and Joann Deyloff. They cover reading phonics writing math spelling nature study and art themes while planning dramas and class leadership roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raphael
Bill Jackson
Joann Deyloff
Phyllis Magdahl
Mildred Paulson
Lloyd Hermanson
Roger Glawe
Dareld Gerjets
Berneice Schmidt
Laurene Zwick
Spelling Contest Draws Forty Contestants at Cherokee Church
Rural consolidated and town schools sent over forty entrants to the annual county spelling contest at the Methodist church in Cherokee. Charlene Bunker of Cherokee edged Roberta Dawson of Aurelia for top honors with four errors in one hundred ten words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabanyy Club
Cherokee
Roberta Dawson
Aurelia
Troup
Perry Aylesworth
Charlene Bunker
Local Social Roundup from East Afton and Nearby
East Afton and Elk residents visit Cherokees area and nearby towns for family gatherings and anniversaries. Guests include Sansen and Glawe families, Hines and Booth households, and multiple regional relatives. A farm sale and district music contest attendance are mentioned along with several Sunday visits and dinners in community homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Sansen
Cherokee
George Glawe
Alita
Quentin Anderson
M. Hines
Alc
Ray Hines
Aurelia
W. M. Booth
Buosyard Haight
W. MM. Tooth
Orris Litessenm
Constane
Marie
Crerokee
la Mont Schumann
Varina
Bill Burdette
Aus. Kinno Gerjets
Fonda
Frank Gerrets
Herbert Grienke
Urany McGowan
Community notes from Mt Olive area reflect visits and events
Local updates list visits by Mrs Richard Peterson and baby to Diamond Center, illness of Mrs Mattie Jameson, and care by daughter Mrs Ray Arthur. Numerous dinner gatherings include families of Johnson Gustafson Nelson and Gurich in Diamond Center and Venice California visitors. Ladies Aid plans month payments, April events, and a Father and Son banquet at Swedish church in Alta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ary
Richard Peterson
Diamond Center
Leonard Annecon
Mattie Jameson
Ray Arthur
Geo. Schafer
Florence
Storm Lake
Carl J. Johnson
Oscar Gustafson
Esther Lundquist
Enoch Nelson
Aurchia
Howard Anderson
Cherokee
Edgar Johnson
Letitla Reitz
Holstein
Robert Reitz
Silver Church
Donald
Ben Galvin
Otis Gurich
Venice
California
Will Gustine
Moville
Ladies Aid
Darel
Crippen
Aid Will Queet
Good Hope
Old Laverne
Mother Lundquist
Alta
Puttin' on Airs Phrase In Slang Dialect
A clipped line features dialect dialogue with humor as a speaker questions whether someone is acting superior while attempting to assist another. The snippet captures social banter and a character’s mock reproach framed by regional speech.
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Aurelia Consolidated School
Nygs
Melyern Anderson
Phyllis Bjorklund
Melba Carde
Joy Coumbs
Marvin Davis
Ardys Deytoff
Gladys Jei
Lois Galvin
Gerald Gerjets
Loren Gerjets
Marcella Gerjets
Dilly Glawe
Joyee Hartwig
Lola Kolpin
Harold Larson
Jane Lawniczak
Jean Mongan
Donna Nelson
Doloris Nelson
Doris Nelson
Dale Langwin
Myrna Thomas
Verena Wogahn
Sherr Nelson
Ardys Deyloff
Dassetti
Arthur Daniels
Ruby Grieme
Pauline Dreyer
Betty Grienke
Robert Dunn
Dean Fassler
Frances Fassler
Maxine Nielsen
Donald Wieland
Gretchen Wieland
Frances Kastengren
Lennert
Kastengren
Muriel Kline
Filmore Nelson
Bobbie Noble
Betty Anderson
Donald Bengtson
Myrna Grienke
la Vone Harden
Donald Kannenberg
Conley McLaughlin
Helen Paulson
Orrin Sweet
Beverly Walter
Iowa
Howard Nelson
Grand Canal
J. M. W. Turner
Middle Atlantic
Valley Forge
Brooder Houses
Apper
Crank Becker
Marcus
Dea
Wall
Roosevelt Street
Tucson
Near Alta
Geo
U. S
Beulah Smith
Clinton Shaw
Near Aurelia
East Afton & Elk
MT. Olive News
Arthur Brown
O. K. Simonsen
Oli
Maple Valley Mutual Insurance Association
Aurelia, Iowa
Cherokee County
Geo. E. Blanch
Hf. H. Leckin
Leckin
Creo
BE. Blanch
Hickey
A. H. Eddy
Onice
Aurelia, Towa
Winfred Moulton
Oideo
W. G. Port
Disnay J T
Stieneke
Aurolia School House
Henry Stieneke, Alfred Stieneke
Leonard Larson
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