Roosevelt High to Open New Building For Six Year Schedule
The Second Junior High addition is finished and Roosevelt will open Monday for eighth to tenth graders under the six year high school plan. Grant seniors move a week later after a Monday moving holiday. Roosevelt will be largely segregated by floors with limited shared rooms. Roosevelt enrollment reaches 1,384 with 654 Grant pupils moving in, making the west side school the largest. Roosevelt faculty listed includes principal Fred J. Kluss and staff across mathematics, science, English, social studies, arts, and commercial departments.
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Roosevelt
Grant
Toniarn and
Cantan Liat
Weeeseensa
Benlul Fetr
Roosevelt School
West Side
Wilson
Washington
East Side
McKinley
Franklin
Roosevelt Senior High
Fred J. Kluss
Howard Benninghoff
Norman Bleakley
Jessie Chambers
Wilson Senior High forms Dramatic Club led by Harry Holland
The Wilson senior high school dramatic club is formed with Harry Holland as president Blanche Stelcik as vice president Verona Chalupnik as secretary and F Pi erre Tracy as adviser. New members include Lester Kotaska Elsie Baker Bob Hahn Leo Shikoski Jeannette Brogan Lucille Steyne Forrest Ainsworth Joe Konigsmark Gilbert Feiereisen Bernice Basker June Womochil Ted Egan Libbie Holecek John Froshlick Alma Wachal Helen Stourac Harold Stepanek and Ruth Subotnik.
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Wilson Senior High School Dramatic Club
Harry Holland
Blanche Stelcik
Verona Chalupnik
Pierre Tracy
Lester Kotaska
Elsie Baker
Bob Hahn
Leo Shikoski
Jeannette Brogan
Lucille Steyne
Forrest Ainsworth
Joe Konigsmark
Gilbert Feiereisen
Bernice Basker
June Womochil
Ted Egan
Libbie Holecek
John Froshlick
Alma Wachal
Helen Stourac
Harold Stepanek
Ruth Subotnik
Entertainment Given By Wilson Girl Reserves
A mock radio program by Wilson senior high school Girl Reserves featured Doris Rollins as announcer. The program included Rose Anne Kubovec piano solo, Regina and Vera Drake violin and cello duet with Evelyn Matejka, Gertrude Ilen singing with June Hanson, a Charlotte Burlingham bedtime story, a Bohemian song by a group, Rose Kosina announcing, Marie Blazek accordion selections, a Valentine poem by Madeline Hunter, and a gossip column spoof by Kathleen Daley with amusing ad inserts.
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Wilson Senior High School
Doris Rollins
Rose Anne Kubovec
Regina
Vera Drake
Evelyn Matejka
Gertrude Ilen
June Hanson
Charlotte Burlingham
Rose Kosina
Marie Blazek
Madeline Hunter
Kathleen Daley
Polk 3B Pupils Present Program for 3A Class
Polk 3B pupils presented a morning program for the 3A class featuring songs by Ruth Shean Donald Fitzsimmons Dorothy Rouse Hazel Sears Ruth Schloss Phyllis White Everett King Mary Lubben Charles Hines Judith Anderson Arlene McDaniel and Ralph Tufts talks on guinea pigs by Darlene Kilta Dewey Willis Roger Skaar Kenneth Hovenstot Mary Lubben Delbert Ricklif Ralph Tufts talks on rats and mice Paul Sword Donald Fitzsimmons Alden Cady Roger Skaar Lyle Wells and a play Our First Flag by Alden Cady Ruth Schloss Betty Gardner Joie Schaber and Everett King.
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Polk 3B
Ruth Shean
Donald Fitzsimmons
Dorothy Rouse
Hazel Sears
Ruth Schloss
Phyllis White
Everett King
Mary Lubben
Charles Hines
Judith Anderson
Arlene McDaniel
Ralph Tufts
Darlene Kilta
Dewey Willis
Roger Skaar
Kenneth Hovenstot
Delbert Ricklif
Paul Sword
Alden Cady
Lyle Wells
Class Leads Johnson Intermediate in Dental Records
The 5B class tops the Johnson intermediate department with twenty eight of thirty six children holding perfect dental cards indicating strong hygiene across the group.
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Johnson Intermediate
O. K
Teeth Talks Educate Iowa Grade Pupils on Dental Care
Fifth and sixth graders across the school system heard illustrated talks on dental care by Edith Needles of the University of Iowa bureau of dental hygiene. She showed how diet and hygiene affect teeth and noted rising sugar consumption. Two university field workers are visiting counties to spread the program, now in eighty counties since 1927.
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Edith Needles
University of Iowa Bureau of Dental Hygiene
Miss Needles
University
State of
Iowa
G A A Initiation Held At Wilson Senior High
New members were initiated into the Wilson senior high girls athletic association with the Grant G A A s of last semester as guests at a ceremony and picnic supper. Initiated girls include Lucille Besta Viola Bohac Wanda Farmer Florine Fields Eleanor Hurka Rose Kosina Marguerite Lahman Helen Macek Georgia Mahring Dorothy Messa Mildred Pazdernik Maxine Spilman Dorothy Svec Libbie Syrovy Rose Vyanek June Womochil Irma Zitek.
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Wilson Senior High Girls’ Athletic Association
Grant G. A. A
Ruth Zieke
Lucille Besta
Viola Bohac
Wanda Farmer
Florine Fields
Eleanor Hurka
Rose Kosina
Marguerite Lahman
Helen Macek
Georgia Mahring
Dorothy Messa
Mildred Pazdernik
Maxine Spilman
Dorothy Svec
Washington A Cappella Choir to Perform March 22
The Washington A cappella choir of fifty voices will perform at Franklin school on March 22. Director Miss Jess Chaney leads rehearsals thrice weekly. repertoire spans old English madrigals, Russian and early Italian church music, and Nervo spirituals.
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Washington
Franklin School
Fifty Voices
Jess Chaney
Richard Ross
Malcolm Metcalf
Rachel Austin
Betty Ringsmuth
J. Anthony
L. Shaffer
J. Dunlop
J. Eddy
H. Stone
W. Brown
R. Ross
M. Metcalf
R. Austin
B. Ringsmuth
B. Watters
G. Haldeman
M. Threlkeld
M. Wienands
N. Glass
M. Snouffer
M. Fuller
L. Zavaral
L. Fix
F. Fulkerson
B. Benesh
E. Allender
M. Hamblin
Ancestry Themes Enrich Franklin 9B1 Class Program
Franklin 9B1 students present home room programs built around member ancestry under Marilyn Ingham Barbara Sgarlata and Jeanne Anderson. The class uncovers many lineages including Troy Deal’s Deals linked to Bess Streeter Aldrich, Jean Miller’s Quincy Adams descent, and Bobby Smythe’s Irish Orange ancestry. Other nationalities noted include Scottish English German Norwegian Swedish French Bohemian and Italian.
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Franklin
Marilyn Ingham
Barbara Sgarlata
Jeanne Anderson
Troy Deal
Deals
Bess Streeter
Aldrich
Deal
Little Missouri Valley
Jean Miller
John Quincy Adams
Bobby
Patriotic Program At Polk School Honors Lincoln Washington
Polk school intermediate department held an assembly Friday in tribute to Lincoln and Washington. participants performed an American creed flag salute poems stories and songs including Washington Young Washington Abraham Lincoln The True American The Meaning of the Flag The Use of the Flag Our Flag Star Spangled Banner with students Verbean Fahl Miriam Armstrong Nancy Houser Marjorie Harris Helen Prochaska Eleanor Rodgers Jane Alexander Laura Ann Safely Barbara McNally.
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Department of Polk School
Lincoln
Washington
Barbara McNally
Wilson Senior High Names Student Council Officers
Wilson senior high school announces Leo Shikoski as president of the student council. Ruth Subotnik is vice president, Bob Eckert secretary, and Gilbert Feiereisen treasurer.
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Leo Shikoski
Wilson Senior High School
Ruth Subotnik
Bob Eckert
Gilbert Feiereisen
Jackson Pupils Stage Original Play For Washington Program
Jackson 6A pupils produced an original play The Twins Patriotic Surprise featuring students Charles Fisher Kathleen Lehman Ellen Johnson Rosemary Courtney Gene Wagner Bob Preis Vernon Sadilek Doris Mae Campbell Angeline Varvaris Michael Bisek Eugene Lilley and Marjory Straw. The within play program included a poem a song a minuet military tap and drill numbers by named students.
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Washington
Jackson
Charles Fisher
Kathleen Lehman
Ellen Johnson
Rosemary Courtney
Gene Wagner
Bob Preis
Vernon Sadilek
Doris Mae Campbell
Angeline Varvaris
Michael Bisek
Eugene
Lilley
Marjory Straw
Charles Tisher
Gloria Mae Watermeier
Dorothy Bailey
Ellen, Johnson
Marjorie Straw
Michael Biseck
Eugene Lilley
Junior Moneypenny
Robert Wilson
Gazelle
Gene Lilley
Washington Pupils Featured in Scholastic Magazine
A Washington high school home room class led by a student director is pictured in the National High School Scholastic magazine commemorating the 300th anniversary of American high schools. Of 2800 U S high schools only 106 appear, including Washington and a Sioux City school. The caption notes learning to lead singing builds social spirit in music.
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Washington High School
National High School Scholastic Magazine
United States
Washington
Iowa
Sioux City
McKinley Program Honors Birthday Of George Washington
A patriotic program at McKinley school celebrated Washington's birthday with orchestra, flag exercises by Boy Scout troop including David Rude and Robin Arnold, school songs, glee clubs, and solos. Estelle Bachelder presented February. the mixed chorus led America as children performed See the Conquering Hero Comes and Salutation.
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McKinley School
Washington
Jean Wallace
David Rude
Robin Arnold
Frederick Weatherall
Billy Caldwell
Bob Straka
Phil Angott
Richard Pepmeyer
George Washington
Glee Club
Lincoln
Jack Tewart
Conquering Hero
Girls’ Glee Club
Estelle Bachelder
America
Roosevelt School Washington Birthday Assembly Highlights
A Friday morning program at Roosevelt school featured a patriotic salute to the flag led by Scout Color Guard Don Maloney and performances from 7A and 7B under Curtis King and Bob Sorenson. Students read pieces about Washington, sang, danced, and presented selections including Young George Washington and Washington in History with performances by the Cantori on glee club and double quartet.
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Washington
Reading
Erma Lee Young
Lorraine Edaburn
Louise Mason
Geraldine Daleske
Hannah Scheer
Betty Stephens
Winifred Erbe
Evelyn Scurlock
Juanita Layer
George Washington
Audry Anderson
Marcella Gibbons
Dorothy Faires
Dicksie Clayton
Virginia Harover
Cantorion Glee Club
Young
Duane Ruffin
Harold Barlow
Amence the Beautiful
Assemye
Washington Birthday Programs At Garfield School
Primary and intermediate programs at Garfield school celebrated Washington's birthday with songs recitations and plays. Performers included Paul Beiber Joyce Nash Evelyn Packingham Carolyn Burrows John Hand Lewis Reed and others with roles in "Life of Washington" "Our Flag" and "Three Flags" plus a flag salute. The intermediate show featured "Father of the Land We Love" and "Washington's Boyhood" among others with Mary Louise Pettys as announcer.
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Garfield School
Washington
America
Paul” Beiber
Joyce Nash
Evelyn Packingham
Carolyn Burrows
John Hand
Lewis Reed
Robert Tucker
Patty Ann Dudek
Dorothy Allred
Kenneth Daum
Donald Hill
Paul Lagerquist
Bobby Wright
Virginia O'Brien
Charles Stevens
Ruth Ann Lastava
Harry Lagerquist
Land
Keith Ottsen
Betty Seaton
Ellen Pollitz
Jack Thorp
Raymond Wright
Paul Schmitt
Clarence Janeba
Billy Prenosil
Donna Franks
Gwendolyn Wren
Mary Louise Pettys
Wilson Nature Club Elects New Officers
Newly elected officers of the Wilson Nature Club are Eleanor Hurka as president, Charles Burlingham as vice president, Harold Stepanek as recording secretary, and Leo Kansky as corresponding secretary.
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The
Wilson Nature Club
Eleanor Hurka
Charles Burlingham
Harold Stepanek
Leo Kansky
Father Of Country Honored In Program By Van Buren
Washington’s birthday observance at Van Buren school featured two patriotic programs. The primary department performed a sequence including flag salutes, poems, dramatizations about George Washington and the cherry tree, and readings on America. The intermediate department presented bugle calls, flag exercises, recitations, songs, and a dramatization about Our First Flag.
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van Buren
Washington
van Buren School
America
George Washington
John Frueh
Leo Zach
Good Old Times
Betty Jean Harrison
America the Beautiful
Patriotic Program Honors Washington at Harrison Assembly
An assembly in the Harrison auditorium Friday presented a George Washington birthday program. Highlights included plays by 4A2 and 5A classes, a history sketch by 6A performers, musical solos by Wanda Clement and George Moore with pianist Maxine Thompson, and a roster of participating students.
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Harrison Auditorium
George Washington
Donald Burlingham
Helen Shields
Agnes Wise
George Elliott
Donald Palmer
Ruby Adams
Erma Lentz
Darlene Huston
Adeline Dvorak
Marylin Sanders
Marcella Sweeting
Francis Riley
Lawrence Williams
Melvin Frame
Fred Berry
Frank Shadid
Raymond Blake
Frank Mittlested
Joachin Risk
Wanda Clement
George Moore
Maxine Thompson
Garfield Safety Council Chooses Officers At Garfield School
Eugene Stepanek serves as president of the second semester junior council at Garfield School. Other officers include Mary Louise Pettys as vice president Betty Jane Hinds as line commissioner Mildred Harrelson girls playground commissioner Virgil Knake boys playground commissioner and Roger Deetz health commissioner. The council has new safety signs for the playground and cleaned the school yard.
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Garfield Safety Council
Eugene Stepanek
Garfield School
Mary Louise Pettys
Betty Jane Hinds
Mildred Harrelson
Virgil Knake
Roger Deetz
Harrison Activities Range From Mickey Mouse to China
Harrison workshop buzzes with second semester projects. Students build Mickey and Minnie Mouse houses, Little Pears Chinese pagoda, and a sun baked bricks and tunnel igloo setup. They craft Prince Charming, a Pet Shop and an Eskimo ice block house as part of home study.
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Arrison
Little Pear
Helen Ford
Mickey
Minnie Mouse
Minnie
Pluto
Tanglefoot
Cordelia Theiss
Buttercup Meadow
Prince Charming
Georgiana Knorr
China
Holland
Verna Dahlgren
Tinkle
Charlotte Springsteen
Alice Kirkpatrick
Local High School Music Contest Preliminaries Set for March
The state high school music contest preliminaries occur Friday March 1 at 1 p.m. at McKinley junior high. Judge is Prof. W. H. Hodgson of Cornell college. Entries include Washington and Roosevelt participants across multiple instruments and several named students.
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McKinley Junior High School
W. H. Hodgson
Cornell College
Washington
Helen Macha
Virginia Harman
Patricia Barry
Carl Ettinger
Jack Heskett
James Taylor
Dean Golden
Margaret Victorine
Marabelle Fuller
Herbert Westrom
Geneva Haldeman
June Rice
Vernon Guttenfelter
Phillip Reames
Frederick Arduser
Charles Dulin
Franklin
Carl Heinen
Edward Horak
Don Kensinger
Roosevelt
Mary Tremaine
Wilson
Robert Stastny
Tom Stastny
Carl Landergott
Washington Program at Edgewood No 1 School
A school program at Edgewood No 1 featured songs like America and Washington Post March read by students, a George da Wash reading, Leone Wall drill, piano and cornet duet James Geiger and Arthur Bezdek, February recitations by eight second graders, Minuet by upper grades, Betty Poole Rosemary Knott Beulah Coombs recitations, and a drum and bugle chorus Harold Motley James Harris.
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Washington Assembly
Edgewood
America
George da Wash
Reading
Leone Wall
Washington Post
James Geiger
Arthur Bezdek
Betty Poole
Rosemary Knott
Beulah Coombs
Harold Motley
James Harris
Roosevelt Pep Assembly Highlights Students and Performances
A Thursday Roosevelt pep assembly featured performers including Solo Doris Newman Hannah Scheer and Rich ard Zisko. The program included Viva La Roosevelt double quartet dance Marian Blitsch Geraldine Haddy Dorothy Haworth John Walker Thays Manwiller and Elmer Grissel with songs talks and pep songs.
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Roosevelt
Doris Newman
Hannah Scheer
Richard Zisko
Roosevelt School Notes Address on Maine Sinking Anniversary
Mayor W J Neill a Spanish American War veteran spoke to Roosevelt junior high students on the Maine sinking anniversary. The program opened with the flag salute and American creed led by the Boy Scouts and closed with the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
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W. J. Neill
Roosevelt
Maine
Boy Scouts
Roosevelt Boys Build World Radio From Junk
Basement radio shops are popular with Roosevelt 9A pupils Jack McEachron and Harvey Nelson. They rebuild old sets, employ crystal receivers, and tune to stations worldwide. They share parts from junked radios, power via eliminators, and plan future upgrades like a loud speaker and public address setup. They travel light on costs and continue the hobby during summer camp trips.
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Roosevelt Boys
World
Jack McEachron
John McEachron
Fifth Street
Harvey Nelson
Eighth Avenue
Roosevelt 9A
Nelson
McEachron
YMC A Speaker Addresses Roosevelt Assembly at Camp Wapsie
Charles Filipi spoke Tuesday to Roosevelt boys at an assembly on Camp Wapsie, representing the YMCA. He presented remarks focused on youth activities and community involvement.
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Charles Filipi
Y. M Cc. A
Roosevelt Boys
Camp Wapsie-Y
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