Iowa high schools join nationwide 300th anniversary project
Des Moines and Council Bluffs principals Everett Davis and Ray F Myers lead Iowa observance recommending a statewide high school history to document the 1838 Dubuque secondary start and 1843 Denmark academy charter. Iowa now has 940 high schools with over 130 000 students.
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DES Moines
Tiowa
United States
Everett Davis
Ray F Myers
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Boston Latin School
Clyde Herring
Dubuque
Alonzo Phelps
Denmark Academy
Van Horne Declamatory Contest Announces Winners
Van Horne high school held its final home declamatory contest Thursday evening with Conroy Schallau a junior winning the oratorical division Vera Kerkman a freshman took first in the dramatic section and Collette Kelly a freshman won the humorous class Judges were the Rev Mr and Mrs Loren Jenks of Vinton and Supt. F S Runyon of Blairstown.
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van Horne
van Horne High School
Conroy Schallau
Vera Kerkman
Colette Kelly
Loren Jenks
Vinton
F. S. Runyon
Blairstown
TABLE TALKS Cooking For The
Jeanette Beyer discusses dining for two highlighting romance and savings in meals for two, cites U S Department of Agriculture budgets, offers simple dinner ideas like Beef Pot Roast and Liver and Rice Casserole, and provides dessert and beverage recipes for intimate meals.
Planning a Garden From Seed Catalogues This Season
This column urges garden lovers to decide needs after browsing seed catalogues for a season. It advises planning space and quantities, choosing annuals and perennials, and considering novelties while balancing standard favorites for a continuous bloom.
Brimming with seeds for bright summer borders and blooms
The piece weighs seed sizes and quantities for bulk buys from 44 or 42 ounce packages to 44 to 42 pound lots. It notes seed counts per packet for flowers like portulaca and petunias and suggests plant selection for vivid color contrasts, including cosmos, platycodons, sweet peas and portulaca among many varieties. It urges consulting catalogs as guides and echoes Tennyson on garden blossoms.
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California
Tennyson
550 Pound Dynamite Blast Opens Buchanan Quarry
A 550 pound dynamite charge opened the Buchanan county stone quarry one mile south of Aurora. The blast, supervised by L O Bidwell, raised over 500 tons of rock and was felt five miles away with rock hurled 300 feet. The quarry, recently county acquired, will have a crusher for crushed rock for the county road system, using FERA labor. County officials and Engineer R W Gearhart attended.
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Independence
Buchanan County
Aurora
L. O. Bidwell
FERA
County Board of Supervisors
R. W. Gearhart
Health How to Protect It Series Fourth Article on Deafness
Linn County Medical society volunteers present a health article stressing that about one million Americans have hearing loss. Causes include wax blockage infections and nerve damage. early detection, dental care, tonsil/adenoids removal, proper diet, and treatment of infectious diseases reduce risk. Hereditary factors like oto-sclerosis are noted and eugenics cited as prophylaxis.
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Linn County Medical Society
Sunday Gazette
Haow
United States
League For the Hard of Hearing
C S A Mark first Anniversary with Two One Act Plays
Two one act plays in English and Czech will headline the C S A’s march 17 anniversary celebration. A March 16 initiation, living pictures with dialogue, a dance and other musical numbers are on the program. Members of the C S A will be admitted free.
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Highty
Central C . A. Committee
C. S. A. Order
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club Re Elects Officers
Large crowd attends annual meeting. Re elected president F G Kanak vice president John Sedenka treasurer George F Hanry and secretary Marvin Prochaska. Frank Hahn commissioner of streets and public improvements speaks on income tax. Refreshments served.
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Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
F. G. Kanak
John Sedenka
George F. Hanry
Marvin Prochaska
Frank Hahn
Joseph Kubicek Leads Z C B J Hall Trustees
Joseph Kubicek presides as head of the hall trustees elected from five local lodges of Z C B J. The board geeks governance and oversight of hall activities and lodge affairs.
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Z.C.B.J. Hall
Board’ of Trustees
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Western Bohemian Fraternal elects 1935 officers
The Western Bohemian Fraternal association held its annual meeting on Wednesday January 30. Elected officers include Joseph Kubicek as president Joseph Troyak as vice president Anton Samek as secretary Joseph Hartl as treasurer and John V Rompot as building manager. House committee members are M L Hromadka V Picek Ernest Kosepk Jerry Mahring and Charles Pulkrab with entertainment committee members V Volak V Krob Joseph Trejtnar Charles Vyskocil and Adolph Barta.
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Western Bohemian Fraternal Association
Joseph Kubicek
Joseph Troyak
Anton Samek
Joseph Hartl
John V. Rompot
M. L. Hromadka
V. Picek
Ernest Kosepk
Jerry Mahring
Charles Pulkrab
V. Volak
V. Krob
Joseph Trejtnar
Charles Vyskocil
Adolph Barta
Prune Tree Alley to Be Staged by Bohemian Players
Interest grows for the musical comedy Prune Tree Alley presented by the Bohemian Dramatic association at C. S. P. S. hall on February 24. Richard and Adolph Bran ard wrote the three act piece with Vaclav Picek directing and M. L. Hromadka handling the music. The cast features Julia Vyskocil Anezka Tezner-Nosek Ann Severa Mildred Chmelicek Vaclav Picek T H Hlubucek Jr Frank Chranosta Joseph Chelicek Frank Sykora and Frank Janeba.
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Svestkova Alej
Bohemian Dramatic Association
Richard
Adolph Branard
Vaclav Picek
M. L. Hromadka
Julia Vyskocil
Anezka Tezner-Nosek
Czech School Board to Hold Annual Meeting Thursday
The Ustredni Matice Skolska will host its annual meeting on Thursday February 7 in the Czech school building. Annual reports will be read and officers for the ensuing year will be elected. Representatives of all local lodges are asked to attend.
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Czech School Board
Ustredni Matice Skolska
Z C B J District Convention Report
The Z C B J district convention was held last Sunday with sixty delegates from twelve lodges. Officers included Joseph Nemec as president and Vaclav Volak as vice president.
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Joseph Nemec
Vaclav "Volak
Delegates Re-Elected Officials From Multiple Cities
M. L. Hromadka and the secretary were re-elected. Delegates attended from Belle Plaine Iowa City East Moline Illinois Davenport and Chelsea.
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M. L. Hromadka
Belle Plaine
Iowa City
East Moline
Davenport
Chelsea
The Play of Fate at Olympic Theater
Cedar Rapids to host the Czech film The Play of Fate at the Olympic Theater February 5 and 6 after a Chicago run. It is adapted from Ignac Hermann’s novel and is a comedy. Regular lodge meetings are set for Prokop Velky No. 4 and Zofie Podlipska No. 25 with business to discuss. Sokol society also meets, and Ceska Lipa Dramatic club plans a February 17 performance in St. Wenceslaus hall.
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Olympic Theater
Itch
Chicago
Ignac Hermann
Zofie Podlipska No
Sokol Society
Sokol Hall
Ceska Lipa Dramatic Club
St. Wenceslaus Hall
Illuminated Manuscripts Exhibit At The Little Gallery
A three century view of hand illuminated manuscripts arranged by Otto F. Ege and circulated by the American Federation of Arts opens at the Little Gallery. The show traces monastic influence and guild craftsmanship, highlighting exquisite borders saints and hand lettering. Attendees urged for the opening view and a three week display.
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Little Gallery
Spain
Otto F. Ege
American Federation of Arts
Washington
D. C
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