Unusual Shack Built by Youth on Cedar Rapids Farm
Willard Christopherson 14 and brother Donald 11 built a rustic cabin from old materials on a hillside plot five miles east of Cedar Rapids. The structure features salvaged windows nails and tin roof with sawdust insulation and an oil lamp light. The boys balance farm chores with construction and plan an addition, while tending cows and chores each day and keeping a collie Rosie and five cats nearby.
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Willard Christopherson
Lincoln Highway
Cedar Rapids
Catalpa
Willard
Donald
Christopherson
Rosie
W. C. Christopherson
Mount Vernon Road
Donald Christopherson
My Most Exciting Ride
Bob Carttright recalls a Sunday trip in a blue two cockpit plane at Mason City airport. He describes taking off from a hangar with a friend pilot, lifting sharply past a fence then over the city, the risky climb and a bumpy landing that left him with a cracked chin but glad to be on solid ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
Bob Carttright
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Elements: Snow Contains Ammonia and Sulfates
Freshly fallen snow contains ammonia and zinc compounds. Phosgene chlorine compounds and sulfates are noted.
Pickled Lizard Or Autograph He Collects It
Eugene Challed a Cedar Rapids teen has built a broad collection since five years ago ranging from a pickled lizard to Nelson Eddy autographs. His hoard includes 85 starfish preserved sea life from California trips, lava from a California volcano, a horned toad, seaweed pod, a saw from a sawfish, and stamps from many nations. He also keeps first day covers and cadets. His favorite current hobby is contacting short wave amateur radio operators with 1600 listened to and about 200 replies. He has spoken to listeners in many places including Chile Haiti Coco Solo and British Guiana and owns pets a dog a canary a salamander and a horned toad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Challed
F. A. Challed
Twentieth Street
Cedar Rapids
Nelson Eddy
West
California
Catalina Islands
United States
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Germany
Zanzibar
East Africa
Eugene
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Los Angeles Angels
Cleveland Indians
Lawrence Tibbett
Nevada
Carry Holden
British Guiana
North Pole
Chile
Haiti
Coco Solo
Jolly Gelatine Dessert From Leftover Fruits
A simple recipe from The Cookbook by Jeanette Beyer for a cherry gelatine dessert. Dissolve gelatine in boiling water, blend with marshmallows and fruit, chill in molds, then top with whipped cream to serve.
Counselor In Journalism Is Book Reviewer
Gazette Reporter Fred C. Henson, Merit Badge Counselor in Journalism, reviews The Boy Scouts Year Book of Patriots and Pioneers edited by Franklin K. Matthews, Chief Scout Librarian, Boy Scouts of America, published by D. Appleton-Cublisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Franklin K. Matthews
Boy Scouts of America
D. Appelton-Century
Gazette
Fred C. Henson
Merit Bad as Counselor In Journalism Boy Scouts Year Book
The Boy Scouts Year Book offers nineteen stories and 276 pages. It portrays American heroes such as Washington, Marion, Jackson, Kit Carson, and Lincoln in vivid dramatic episodes that thrill readers and spark admiration for ideals.
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America
Washington
Marion
Jackson
Kit Carson
Lincoln
Giant anteater proves dangerous foe to humans and pets
The giant anteater can hold its own against dogs and cats and even inexperienced men. Its strong legs and sharp claws, built to tear open tree stumps for ants, serve as effective weapons in defense.
Piano Parts Outnumber Automobile Components
A historical note states that three times as many parts exist in a piano as in an automobile. The detail contrasts mechanical complexity between musical instrument construction and early car manufacture.
New Year Resolutions From Cedar Rapids to Milwaukee Youth
A reporter documents a span of New Year resolutions from Cedar Rapids Center Point and Milwaukee youths. The list shows varied aims from improving grades and temper to helping family and avoiding fights, with playful notes on socks and bedtime.
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Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Milwaukee
Betty Mae Ryerson
Jackson
Kenneth Marsh
Roosevelt
Louise Bunker
Wis
Jackie Hansen
Johnson
Lila Geiger
Carol
Jean Curran
Franklin
Harold Osborn
Louis Golad
McKinley
Monte
Wa Patrick
Georgian Wagner
Donald Roses
George Popellis
Francis Valenta
Roosevelt School
Kenneth Chase
Betty Blaise
True or False Quiz on Animals and Explorers
A printed quiz asks true false on camel water storage and common animals. It then asks who first white man saw the Mississippi River and what alias was Charles Stratton known by. Each correct answer earns 20 points with a top score of 100. answers are at page bottom.
Stamps at Home and the Desert Roadtrip Reflections
The author recalls a Coronado to Dallas drive in shirtsleeves, describing Imperial Valley irrigation, El Centro heat, and the American Sahara. They note oil, cotton, and gins in Texas, a snow day in Fort Worth, and hitchhiker camps along the southern route. Also discussed is a surge of miniature stamp sheets and their impact on philately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Coronado
Dallas
Ocean
Imperial Valley
el Centro
American Sahara
California
Arizona
Phoenix
Safford Walk
New Mexico
Adobe House
el Paso
Texas
Fort Worth
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Miami
Okla
Spain
Mother to a Child Poem and Ecuador Wonder
A sentimental verse from Julian Phelan of Franklin Junior High praises a mother and recalls a boy’s childhood keepsakes. The text briefly adds a surprising note about Ecuador where earthworms grow five feet long.
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Julian Phelan
Franklin Junior High
Ecuador
Collects Baby Pictures Titles Them
Gert rude Knake, a 15 year old 9B student at Wil son Cedar Rapids, has spent two years collecting and mounting 287 baby pictures in scrapbooks to entertain the children she cares for including her 2 year old brother. The series features many poses of the quints and other famous babies with titles such as Mischief Makers and Sleep Tight Little Lady. The Knakes live at 950 M St SW.
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Gertrude Knake
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Gertrude
M. E. Knake
St. SW
Sue Barton Student Nurse in Training at Hospital
Edna Ma e Baskerville of Monona Iowa notes in a reader letter that Helen Dore Boylson’s Sue Barton Student Nurse presents the former trainee Sue Barton’s first year. The book follows her probationary year and early nursing experiences with Kit and Connie amid hospital discipline and incidents.
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Little, Brown and Company
Sue Barton
Helen Dore Boylson
Sue
Kit
Connie
William Barry
Miss Cameron
Edna Mae Baskerville
Monona
Iowa
Answers To Quiz From The Educational Page
The quiz reports that Mexican jumping beans contain moth larvae and move by rolling. It states camels store water in the stomach. It lists horse neigh or whinny and donkey bray as sounds. It credits Fernando de Soto as the first white man to see the Mississippi River. It notes the professional name Tom Thumb for the famous figure.
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Fernando de Soo
Mississippi River
Grant Wood painting Young Corn travels worldwide
The Grant Wood oil Young Corn from Wilson school Cedar Rapids has traveled 15865 miles to reach London after previously recording 11470 miles. It appears in five exhibitions and was reproduced twice in public prints. Valued at about 2500 dollars, the piece memorializes Miss Linnie E Schloeman, a former Wilson and Van Buren math teacher.
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London
England
Grant Wood
Wilson School
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon Road
Linnie E. Schloeman
van Buren and
Wilson
Country Home
Christian Science Monitor
Young Corn
University of Iowa
University of Minnesota
Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts
Syracuse
N. Y
William Rockhill Nelson
Kansas City
Grinnell College
Federal Galleries
New York City
Hollywood Hotel musical romance stars Dick Powell
Warner Brothers musical film set around a temperamental star and a hotel scene. Benny Goodman Raymond Paige orchestrate swing tunes with Glenda Farrell Edgar Kennedy also featured. Dick Powell Arkansas born 1904 headlines as radio emcee with credits in Gold Diggers Shipmates Forever Colleen Stage Struck and Thanks a Million.
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Hollywood Hotel
Warner Brothers
Dick Powell
Rosemary
Lola Lane
Frances Langford
Hugh Herbert
Ted Healy
Louella Parsons
the Gazette
Hollywood
Benny Goodman
Raymond Paige
Glenda Farrell
Edgar Kennedy
Arkansas
Tops and Whistles summary of early American toys
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey’s Tops and Whistles surveys early American children and their playthings in separate tales. It includes a Quaker girl and Indian children, an adventure where captors care for the girl, Franklin and his whistle, a doll from England, and early doll dish sets.
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Tops and Whistles
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Viking
Benjamin Franklin
England
Pamela Craemer
Franklin Junior High
Cedar Rapids
Female Factory Labor in Japan Includes Girls Under Sixteen
A report notes that over one fifth of women workers in Japanese factories are girls under 16 years old, highlighting child labor in industrial employment.
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Japan
New Book Review Deadlines For Junior Gazette Readers
Books arriving for review include titles across grade school to high school ages. Students must submit a signed request, receive class credit via their teacher, and send reviews to the editor for publication.
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Junior Gazette
Marjorie Fischer
Modern Age Books
Emery I. Gondor
Skipper Jack
Jimmy Garthwaite
Henry Holt and Company
Sailor of the
Adele de Leeuw
Macmillan Company
Princeton
New England
Mystery Trail
Leonard K. Smith
Pug Malone
Treasure Mountain
Eric P. Kelly
New Mexico
Charles Ie Skelton
West
Pony Express
Golden Sleeve
Agnes Danforth Hewes
Doubleday Doran
Luerene Fox
Coggon Girl Prepares For Future Secre tary Career
Mary Louise Drexler a sixth grader in Coggon trains for a secretary career. She writes poetry reads widely dislikes prose and favors Longfellow and Stevenson. She dances knits makes paper dolls tends garden collects stamps plays saxophone and helps with housework. Her parents are Mr and Mrs R P Drexler.
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Mary Louise Drexler
Coggon
Mary Louise
Longfellow
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hiawatha
Gazette
Patches
Coggan
R. P. Drexler
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Marilyn Stookey
Joan
All Bat Bat Boy
Jeanette Beyer
Ruth Mastin
Charles. Stratton
A. C. Zalesky
Tom Thumb
Marie Jocile Lyzotte
Movie Guide
Deck Powell
Frances Jangford
Coggon Girl
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