Plan Junior High Christmas Pageant For Thursday Night
Rankin junior high will present the Christmas pageant Why The Chimes Rang in the school auditorium Thursday at 7 30 p m. Scores of boys and girls take part in a colorful production with songs and readings retelling the Christmas story. Key roles include Interlocutor Queen Attendants Little Brother Old men and a large choir and village singers under Miss Phoebe Bingham and Miss Margaret Porter.
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Rankliin Junior High School
Phoebe Marie Bingham
Margaret Porter
Village Singers
Jerry Clift
John Vondracek
Thompson
Franklin Junior High
Howard Neff
Katheryn Greene
David McGuire
Pedro
Joseph Afflerbaugh
Brother
Christmas Pageant Prepared At Hayes For P T A Program
Hayes pupils prepare a Christmas pageant for the PTA on Wednesday afternoon with Wanda Johnson as reader. The cast includes angels, Mary, Joseph, shepherds, wise men, children of other nations, and a candle bearers chorus with numerous local names in a community event at Hayes.
Around the World With Santa stage show at Lincoln school
Lincoln intermediate pupils present Aroun d the World With Santa Claus in the school auditorium on Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Everett Andrew as Santa guides two children Wayne Whitmer and Jessie Ludwick on a Christm as Eve world tour learning how England Norway France Italy Germany and Russia celebrate Christmas through sights carols creches and gifts.
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Santa Claus
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Everett Andrew
Wayne Whitmer
Jessie Ludwick
England
Norway
France
Italy
Germany
Russia
Thompson
Franklin Classes Sketch Slides On Colored Cellophane
Eighth grade at Franklin school creates pen and ink slides on colored cellophane for stories poems and holiday features. The 8A5 unit builds a pioneers series while 8B3 explains slides for 8A7 unit during a student assembly. Notable contributions include Donna Sherlock Kathleen Blaul Jim Battin Muriel Lowe and others.
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Donna Sherlock
Kathleen Blaul
Jim Battin
Muriel Lowe
Elaine Nunally
Patricia Smith
Elaine Kemper
Dick Chadima
Jack Benesh
Billy Joe Rogers
Mildred Matteson
Jimmy Day
Big Springs Plans Thursday Christmas Program
Big Springs school hosts a Thursday night Christmas program with Miss Mayfred Stone directing the dialogue and carols. Cast includes Phyllis Sponar Frank Bedell Bob Buckner Billy Cumley Beverly Morio Charlotte Eckert Billy Russell Richard Morio Tommy Kindig Billy Jacobs Norman Cook Robert Jackson Carol Buckner Dorothy Johnson. A primary chorus and intermediate carolers perform with Ina Belle Long on violin. Soloists Rebecca Spear and James Northcutt feature, plus a quartet Louise Schomberg Joan Kindig LeEtta Schrimper and Ina Belle Long.
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Big Springs
Mayfred Stone
Phyllis Sponar
Frank Bedell
Bob Buckner
Billy Cumley
Beverly Morio
Charlotte Eckert
Billy Russell
Richard Morio
Tommy Kindig
Billy Jacobs
Norman Cook
Robert Jackson
Carol Buckner
Dorothy Johnson
McKinley Senior Play Scheduled for January 22
The McKinley senior class to present The Whole Towns Talking a farce by Anita Loos and John Em erson on January 22. Director Miss Geraldine Green announced a cast including Betty Allender Corrine Melichar Mary Ann Pohorsky Arlene Lyons Shirlie Weaver Jeanne Hamblin Zona Hill Verne DeFore Fred Young George Marsh Frank Fulkerson and Alfred Peterson.
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McKinley
Anita Loos
John Emerson
Geraldine Green
Betty Allender
Corrine Melichar
Mary Ann Pohorsky
Arlene Lyons
Shirlie Weaver
Jeanne Hamblin
Zona Hill
Verne DeFore
Fred Young
George Marsh
Frank Fulkerson
Alfred Peterson
McKinley and Franklin GAA Girls Play Volleyball Meet
Ninth and tenth grade girls from McKinley and Franklin junior high clashed on Friday in a volleyball game followed by a tea. The event featured McKinley G A A and Franklin G A A teams in a friendly contest with post match refreshments.
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Franklin G. A. A.’s
Franklin Junior High
McKinley
McKinley School Concert Delights Crowd of 300
Three hundred parents and patrons attended a concert at McKinley School Auditorium. Seventy five pupils, mainly from the senior high, performed under Paul Anthony and Miss Maureen Hamblin. Highlights included an oriental piece In a Persian Market and The Three Trees with a quilting party theme. Proceeds benefit band uniforms.
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McKinley
Paul Anthony
Maurine Hamblin
Three Trees
Josephine Beadle
Betty Allender
Jeanne Hamblin
Girls’ Glee Club
Goldman
Andrew Smith
Volleyball Meets Run Off At Wilson School
Volleyball runs at Wilson school with senior high 11B team captained by Mary Bohac winning the championship. Ninth grade 9A led by Wilma Woods claimed the title in a boys vs girls showcase featuring players such as Dick Hollister and Maxine Meir on opposing sides.
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Wilson
Van Gogh Display At Franklin Exhibit Students Curate
The Franklin corridor showcases colorful Van Gogh reproductions gathered by seventh and eighth grade students from current books and magazines. Ninth grade art pupils mount the display, which includes two books on the artist's life.
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Franklin Corridor
Vincent van Gogh
van Gogh
Franklin Spellers Chart Top Spelling Efficiency
Graphs record spelling efficiency for seventh and eighth grade divisions at Franklin School. The 7B1 unit with 26 A grades holds top place at present.
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Franklin School
Santa Favors for Orphans Home by Garfield’s Junior Red Cross
Fifty Santa Claus table favors for the Soldiers and Sailors' Orphans' home at Davenport were crafted by Garfield's Junior Red Cross representatives Joan Van Cleve and Gwendolyn W. The effort highlights youth volunteers supplying holiday cheer to veterans' children and local charitable outreach.
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Air-Minded Pupils At Franklin Write Flying Experiences
Franklin junior high School seventh grade social studies pupils recount first airplane rides. Each pupil describes reactions from fear to thrill as they experienced ascent, pockets of air, engine noise, and ground illusion while circling Cedar Rapids and landing smoothly.
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Franklin
Franklin Junior High School
George Lembaugh
Donald Gray
Donald Johnson
John Reitz
Murray Barnett
Dick Laymam
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Afflerbaugh
Playground Events Organized at Polk
An organized playground activity program at Polk school divides each class into two teams led by captains. Four events are featured daily: broad jump, long distance throw, baseball throwing, and soccer. Classes rotate events and captains, starting at 8:30 am and continuing until the last recess. Monitors record best baskets and longest jumps, and after two weeks top scorers compete in an all grade contest.
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Polk School
Wilson Club Plans Holiday Play Christmas Trimmings
The Wilson Club will present the one act comedy Christmas Trimmings Friday morning and evening at Wilson School. Delta Gamma club directs with Pierre Tracey guiding, assisted by Marie Kibler and Charleen Lorenc. A double cast features Willie Vital, Bob Martin, Robert Wilde, Bob Cray, Keith Memler, Lester Stepanek, Marguerite Leekman, Ruby Harktemeyer, Mary Jane Marousek, Evelyn Sigmund, Dick Hale, Norman Usher, Doris McLaughlin, Vlasta Thames, Richard Hollister, Tim McDermott, Helen Novak, Florence Livingood, Melba Brawner, and Dorothy Melsa.
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Wilson School
Delta Gamma Club
Pierre Tracey
Marie Kibler
Charleen Lorenc
Willie Vital
Bob Martin
Robert Wilde
Bob Cray
Keith Memler
Lester Stepanek
Marguerite Leekman
Ruby Harktemeyer
Mary Jane Marousek
Evelyn Sigmund
Dick Hale
Norman Usher
Doris McLaughlin
Vlasta Thames
Richard Hollister
Tim McDermott
Helen Novak
Florence Livingood
Melba Brawner
Dorothy Melsa
Franklin Band elects officers and president
Charles Dulin was chosen as president of the Franklin band with Bob Phillips serving as secretary, Doris Schley as treasurer, and Edwin Timm as vice-president.
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Franklin Band
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Chemist Will Tell Story Of Light To Roosevelt Pupils
Harry White head of A V Color Company will lecture on The Story of Light at Roosevelt junior high Tuesday at 10 30 am. He will display historical lamps and modern inventions including GE high intensity mercury lamps a fog clearing sodium lamp and the grain of wheat lamp used by Dr Chevalier Jackson with his chronoscope. The show features a 30000 watt lamp with 85000 candlepower and the Black Ray giving color demonstrations in darkness.
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A. V. Color Company
New Jersey
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Holiday Program At Wilson Thursday
The Speech Arts club of Wilson junior high under Miss Louise Renner will present the one act play Mimi Lights the Candle as part of the Christmas program in the school auditorium Thursday. The cast includes Mary Jane Melsa Kathleen Check Twyla Memler Lillian McCalley Phyllis Subotnik Willis Hall Maxine Woods Marjorie Machacek. Officers of the ninth grade speech arts club are Phyllis Subotnik president Robert Stolba vice president Mary Jane Melsa program chairman Marjorie Machacek play selection. New members selected after try-outs include James Benish Winifred Hershey Robert Samek Avohn Denton Helen Kulhavy Robert Koutsky Douglas Mathews Willis Hall Jack Zaruba June Svec Verne Reeder Betty Andersen Mike Kacere Freda Renshaw Kathleen Check Ruth Dill Martha Suchy Milton Valenta Clifford Jensen. Following initiation three other officers were elected Maxine Woods secretary Ruth Dill treasurer Douglas Mathews social chairman. A committee to draw up a constitution is June Svec Marjorie Machacek James Benish Phyllis Subotnik.
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Wilson Junior High
Louise Renner
Mimi
Mary Jane Melsa
Kathleen Check
Twyla Memler
Lillian McCalley
Phyllis Subotnik
Willis Hall
Maxine Woods
Marjorie Machacek
Wilson School
Robert Stol
Ruth Dill
Martha Suchy
Milton Valenta
Clifford Jensen
Douglas Mathews
June Svec
James Benish
Roosevelt High Debaters Launch Year With Conference
Roosevelt senior high debate team began activities by attending a debate conference last Saturday in Iowa City. Coached by Robert Ebel, team members include James Holton Leo Sweeney Carl Fjellman John Clemens Ernest Bush Marilyn Chyle John McDonald Virginia Baker. Several debates with other towns’ high school teams are planned after the holidays.
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Roosevelt Senior High
Iowa City
Robert Ebel
James Holton
Leo Sweeney
Carl Fjellman
John Clemens
Ernest Bush
Marilyn Chyle
John McDonald
Virginia Baker
Garfield Puppets In Christmas Show At Garfield School
Garfield school intermediate reading department presents a Christmas show with puppets of many nations. Puppets were crafted by Don ald Holsapple Kenneth Savel Billy Savage Robert Cornish Loree Chapman Jerry Parker Wayne Elliott Sammy Leacox Marvin Smith John Hand Charles Thillen Evelyn Cooper Louise Cole Marjorie Lodge Eldo Mentzer June Bishop and Barbara Thayer set against Santa driving around the world.
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Garfield School
Santa
Donald Holsapple
Kenneth Savel
Billy Savage
Robert Cornish
Loree Chapman
Jerry Parker
Wayne Elliott
Sammy Leacox
Marvin Smith
John Hand
Charles Thillen
Evelyn Cooper
Louise Cole
Marjorie Lodge
Eldo Mentzer
June Bishop
Barbara Thayer
McKinley Tourney Crowns Ethel Randall Team
Nine teams played thirty six games in the McKinley senior high girls volleyball tournament recently completed with Ethel Randall's squad as champions. Players include Anna Mae Dykhuisen DeFoy Clark Florence Burger Evelyn Ashen brewer Rose Anderlik Anthonia Miller Marcella Pechar Bernus Cramer and Gwendolyn Bowden. Three teams tied for second led by Clara Slagle Anna Schneider and Peggie Bode.
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McKinley
Ethel Randall
Anna Mae Dykhuisen
DeFoy Clark
Florence Burger
Evelyn Ashenbrewer
Rose Anderlik
Anthonia Miller
Marcella Pechar
Bernus Cramer
Gwendolyn Bowden
Clara Slagle
Anna Schneider
Peggie Bode
Dinner training at Wilson eighth graders learn home cook skills
Miss Sara Ann Brown's eighth grade food classes at Wilson prepare family size dinners. In November the 12B banquet honoring football players was prepared, and in December the girls hosted a dinner for the P. T. A. health department. The menu was planned and food prepared in class period.
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Wilson
P. T. A. Health Department
Johnson Pupils To Give Concert Monday Afternoon
Johnson school musicians present a program Monday at 2 15 p m at the Congregational church under Paul Anthony directing featuring orchestra march violin solos by Jacquline Carberry Betty Shrader Dean Barnhiser Frances Siamis cello solos by Mary Ellen Stamp clarinet solos by Keith Hines and others including beginner and violin classes with Fiona Kennedy Joe Curry Jim Pickford Rose Marie Doty and more in a varied student concert for parents and friends.
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Bob Hedberg
Jessie Dorward
Don Deamer
Nadine Sinaiko
Jim Protzman
Charles Brammer
George McNalley
Bob Barnett
Fiona Kennedy
Joe Curry
Jim Pickford
Rose Marie Doty
Franklin Packs Up Holiday Boxes For Piney Woods School
Franklin pupils gather two weeks of gifts for Piney Woods School in Mississippi. Boxes carry clothing books dolls toys shoes games school supplies canned foods and other essentials to aid the historically Black institution started by Lawrence C. Jones for Negro children.
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Piney Woods
Mississippi
Franklin
Laurence C. Jones
Franklin boys build postcard projector at junior high
Three Franklin junior high pupils Herbert Gallagher Glenn Cline and William Hamilton built a postcard projector for light transmission in Miss Beulah Perrin's science class. A pine box two bulbs and tin reflectors with a salvaged lens enlarge a postcard to an eight by eight inch image on a screen.
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Franklin Junior High School
Beulah Perrin
Herbert Galllagher
Glenn Cline
William Hamilton
Projects Made By Franklin Pupils In Social Science
Social science projects captivate the 7A5 class at Franklin school. Notable works include a large relief Africa map by Helen Jane Prochaska and a miniature Hanoi city replica by Annie Jean Houts. Other maps show French British and German possessions created by Jane Alexander Miriam Armstrong Doris Hines Ann Hill and Allen Singer.
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Franklin School
Africa
Helen Jane Prochaska
Hanoi
Annie Jean Houts
Jane Alexander
Miriam Armstrong
Doris Hines
Ann Hill
Allen Singer
Home Room Schedule At Wilson Changes
Wilson school changes home room schedule to fortnightly half hour periods replacing daily fifteen minute sessions. The shift aims to allow longer preparation for meetings and deeper project work, with emphasis on personality quotients social grace and self discipline in future programs to build character and self reliance.
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Wilson Debate Aims to Route Highway 30 Through Cedar Rapids
The seventh and eighth grade classes debated Friday on the question of redirecting Highway 30 through Cedar Rapids during a junior high assembly. Robert Rubendall chaired the event with debaters Mary Balsanek Lola Ida Oakted Toni Chukes and Donald Brink.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Rubendall
Mary Balsanek
Lola Lda
Oakted
Toni Chukes
Donald Brink
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