Bedford Teachers Highlight Education Feature
Look magazine’s February 21 education spread is praised by Superintendent R F Van Dyke. The pieces cover what makes a teacher, the teacher crisis, and rights for teachers, with reprints available locally. Mrs Shields and Mrs Warner head Bedford classrooms, detailing methods, schedules, student work, and PTA involvement.
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Look Magazine
R. F. van Dyke
Look
Fiesch
Johnny
Maggie
Supervised farming program details in vocational plan
The article outlines three parts of student farming programs: productive projects with livestock crops or machinery, improvement projects for farm needs, and supplementary farm practices like soil testing and cover crops. It describes records, field trips, and the role of FFA in leadership and competitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Parent and Son
FHA
Kowa
A Visit to Bedford's Combination Room
A LOOK magazine feature profiles Bedford second and third graders in a two grade classroom led by Mrs. Shields. Students display valentine boxes, perform projects like Main Street U.S.A., and share experiences while teachers guide varied subjects from spelling to science. Music and movement mark daily life in the combined room.
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Look Magazine
BHS
Bedford
John Guenther
B.H.S
Bedford Second Grade Echoes Local Scene in Class Routine
Reporter visits Bedford’s 24 second graders taught by Mrs. Wilda Warner to observe daily learning. The class split into reading groups and an arithmetic group uses phonics context and recognition for reading. Activities include personal quizzes, student art displays, flag pledges, and a 20 minute daily music class led by Mrs. Bonnie Brown.
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Look Magazine
B.H.S
Bedford
Don Leighton
Wilda Warner
Warner
Bonnie Brown
Loca
Schools Vocational Agriculture Program Explained by Annan
Mr. Norman Annan, Bedford High School, explains the vocational agriculture curriculum. The program runs four years and covers animal husbandry, crops and soils, farm mechanics, and farm management with a strong shop component and student projects guided by the supervised farming program.
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Norman Annan
BHS
Bedford Public Schools
Three BHS Seniors Lead Magazine Sale Effort
Three BHS seniors ran the annual magazine subscription drive ending February 22. Charles Cumberlin served as general manager while Sharon Easter and Don Leighton led the boys and girls selling teams. Profits fund the senior skip day.
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BHS
Charles Cumberlin
Sharon Easter
Don Leighton
Eighteen Seniors See Drama At Drake
Eighteen Bedford High school senior speech students attended the play The Tempest at Drake University theater Des Moines Friday evening February 17. King Wisdom speech instructor reports local seniors who went include Sandra Busby Sharon Easter Paul Freemyer Shirley Goudie Jackie Irwin Don Leighton Carol Livingston Jim Marley Ben Murphy Evelyn Russell Mary Anne Sharp Lavonne Spry Alvira Stock Judith Terrel Ann Walston Eleanor Walston and David Wood. Adults accompanying as chaperones were Mr Zelbert Freemyer Mr Paul Goudie Junior Morris Mrs Flavel Murphy Mrs HK Russell and Mr King Wisdom.
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Bedford High School
Drake University
Des Moines
King Wisdom
BHS
Sandra Busby
Sharon Easter
Paul Freemyer
Shirley Goudie
Jackie Irwin
Don Leighton
Carol Livingston
Jim Marley
Ben Murphy
Evelyn Russell
Mary Anne Sharp
Lavonne Spry
Alvira Stock
Judith Terrel
Ann Walston
Eleanor Walston
David Wood
Zelbert Freemyer
Paul Goudie
Junior Morris
Flavel Murphy
HK Russell
29 BHS Seniors Plan To Attend College
Fifty percent of this year's senior class at BHS plans to attend college after graduation. Data show 29 seniors aiming for college or trade school with 24 girls and 25 boys listing diverse paths including engineering law nursing aviation and teaching.
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BHS
B.H.S
Air Force
Marines
Navy
Army
Iowa
California
Colorado
Nebraska
Missouri
Wyoming
Arizona
Florida
Texas
Washington
Illinois
Oklahoma
South America
Bedford Grade Rooms Embrace Lincoln Washington and Valentines
Feb decorations reflect February holidays with Lincoln and Washington imagery and Valentines in Bedford grade rooms. A reporter toured and found all rooms displaying Lincoln and Washington pictures and valentines, with Mrs. Warner’s class using decorated paper sacks for valentines and Mrs. Tandy’s room showing Lincoln’s log cabin drawings.
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Bedford
Lincoln
Washington
Warner
Hot Lunch Menus Feb 23 to Mar 1
A weekly school menu lists meals for Thursday February 28 featuring scalloped potatoes with cheese egg salad sandwiches green beans canned peaches milk. Friday February 2 offers Weiners on buns potato chips buttered corn autumn salad. Monday February 27 serves beef and noodles cabbage salad peanut butter sandwiches baked apples. Tuesday February 28 includes beef and potato hash bread and butter fruit jello peanut butter cookies. Wednesday February 28 presents macaroni and cheese deviled eggs celery sticks hot rolls and butter cherries.
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Tuesaday
Special Chapel honors World Day of Prayer by guest speaker
Mrs Dennis West of Shenandoah spoke at the grade school World Day of Prayer observance held February 17. The Indian mission teacher in colorful attire addressed kindergarten through sixth grade, as Bedford Inter-Church Council sponsored the event with local helpers Mrs Helen Campbell Mrs Carl Cummings chair Mrs Raymond Sneed and Mrs Orville Stephens assisting.
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Dennis West
Shenan—doah
West
Bedford Inter-Church Council
Helen Campbell
Carl Cummings
Raymond Sneed
Orville Stephens
Bedford FTA members substitute teach in local grades
Nine members of the Bedford chapter of the Future Teachers of America served as substitutes in grades one through six on February 14 and 15 while regular teachers attended conferences with a visiting Iowa State Teachers College specialist. Substitutes included Carolyn Cummings Jane Fellows Phyllis Jones Vivian Long Vera Peach Evelyn Russell Barbara Snyder Ann Walston and Sharli Warner. Sponsor Mrs Nan Van Dyke.
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Bedford Chapter
The
Future Teachers of America
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Carolyn Cummings
Jane Fellows
Phyllis Jones
Vivian Long
Vera Peach
Evelyn Russell
Barbara Snyder
Ann Walston
Sharli Warner
Bedfords
T. A
Nan van Dyke
Seniors Start Tryouts for Class Play Our Town
Tryouts for the B. H. S. senior class play began February 15 led by Mr. King Wisdom. Twenty four seniors will be cast for Our Town, to be staged April 17. The Times-Press will publish the cast in a future issue. Wind makes a sail go but not a sale.
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Our Town
King Wisdom
B. H. S. Speech and Dramatic
Times-Press
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