Four Cedar Rapids Graduates Pick Their Future Paths
Four graduating seniors from Cedar Rapids high schools reveal clear vocational plans. Rose Ann Kubovec aims to teach piano and pursue concert work after Coe College and Juilliard. Porgie Bode chooses dietetics with hospital work after Coe and Iowa. Jo Ann Hanzlik will study physical education at Stephens College and Iowa, then teach. James Holton intends to become a lawyer, citing service and debate as motivators. he studied in a Cedar Rapids law office and favors political science and psychology as foundations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porgie Bode
Order of Rainbow Girls
Assembly
Bode
Coe
University of Iowa
Jo Ann Hanzlik
ASA
Hi-Yette
Franklin
Hi-Y
James Holton
Sigma Sigma
Manus
Young Holton
Cedar Raunds
Cedar Rapids
Rose Ann Kubovec
Wilson
Vincent Kubovec
Twentieth Avenue
Peggie Bode
McKinley
Charles Bode
Vernon Road
Milo O. Hanzlik
Avenue
Roosevelt
E. B. Holton
C Avenue NW
Movie Guide: Cloistered Convent and Classic Films
A compact guide reviews Cloistered, Meet the Missus, and Kid Galahad. It praises Cloistered as moving and symbolic, Meet the Missus as light family fun, and Kid Galahad for brisk action and strong performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Shepherd
Angers
France
Victor Moore
Helen Broderick
Atlantic City
Kid Galahad
Edward G. Robinson
Wayne Morris
Bette Davis
Humphrey Bogart
Harry Leon Wilson
Fragmented street dialogue on vacuum and void meaning
The child asks about a vacuum and its void meaning, and the father explains in simple terms. The exchange centers on translating a science term into everyday language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Sonny
Youth Photographer Keith Kertles Smart Amateur in Cedar Rapids
Keith Kertles a 15 year old Roosevelt high student in Cedar Rapids uses seven cameras for his hobby and develops prints at home. He favors animals as subjects and has taught himself enlarger construction to speed up printing time. He plans a flat surface enlarger and a faster printer and hopes for summer work in photography.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neith Koehn
Roosevelt High School
Cedar Rapids
Kertles
Keith
Roosevelt
Hobo Boss Seeks Dime for Sandwich in Street Exchange
A street figure known as the Hobo Boss asks for a dime to buy a sandwich amid public banter about a simple meal. The exchange reflects urban daybreak commerce and informal bartering on the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine
Answers To Quiz 1 From The News Quiz
True or false style items noted. statements claim newspapers face post office refusals. globetrotting tours by air planes. and a 1000 year service record saving lives in Alpine snows. The fragmentary answers reference a quiz with varied factual accuracy and historical context.
Charles IV and Bohemia’s Rise Shaped by Luxemburg Line
A. C. Zalesky recounts how Charles IV, son of the blind King John, unified lands from Bohemia to Germany and Italy. His rule elevated Bohemia, expanded empire influence, and earned lasting fame as Bohemia’s builder. Upon his 1378 death, his realms split among his three sons. Luxemburg’s role is commemorated on six stamps issued in 1935.
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Europe
Charles I
German Empire
John
Luxemburg
Bohemia
Charles
Crecy
Germany
Alps
Italy
Bavana
Tyrol
P Maximilian I
Duchy of Luxemburg
Scott
These Children Stage Circus in Lost Nation
A group of young residents in Lost Nation organized a three parade circus with music then hosted a big show at the H. E. Rutenbeck barn. Admission was two cents plus a penny for the sideshow with tap dancing a play freaks clown and refreshments. The children view the event as a financial success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ummer
Lost Nation
H. E. Rutenbeck
Maquoketa Children Earn Nine to One Attendance Certificates
The Harrington children Arnold Thad Ranny and Ardena show a strong school record with 20 perfect attendance certificates. Arnold has nine Thad six Ranny four and Ardena one since starting school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Harrington
Maquoketa
Arnold
Thad
Ranny
Ardena
All Depends Joke Answers Smithville Distance
A tourist asks a country boy for Smithville distance. The boy replies the road ahead is 24 999 miles while forward, but only four miles if he turns around. The quip plays on projection and direction.
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Smithville
Rural Lad with Perfect Attendance Turns 12
George McGowan, a 7th grader at Rosedale country school, has never missed a day or been tardy since first grade. Now 12, he lives on Rural route 4 near Cedar Rapids and plans to exhibit a pig named Oscar in a 4-H show, plus learn to milk cows and drive a tractor. He enjoys geography, arithmetic, fishing on Indian creek, baseball, and swimming.
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George McGowan
Rosedale Country School
George
Cedar Rapids
Indian Creek
Oscar
Our Modern House Rolls Along Family Song
A family song recalls a mobile home lifestyle filled with cheerful driving adventures. The parents lead daily trips with singing and laughter. They rest each night in snug berths dreaming of joy and merriment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
A Friend In The Dark Book Review
Betty Subotnik reviews Ruth Adams Knight's A Friend in the Dark about Hero the Seeing Eye dog. The German shepherd guides blind owner Bob, showing devotion and the training of Seeing Eye dogs with explanatory photographs, suited for readers aged 10 to 12 and beyond.
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Ruth Adams Knight
Grosset & Dunlap
Hero
Bob
Betty Subotnik
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Contributions The Face Of Springtimes
A poem celebrating spring and God’s beauties, featuring Dorothy Livery of the Camp Fire Girl Iowa School for the Blind. Included are playful lines about jumping rope by Velma Stehlik of Wilson Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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Dorothy Lovery
Iowa
School For the Blind
Velma Stehlik
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Quiz Style Headlines and True False Panel
A set of five Q A style prompts testing false and true statements about public figures events and historical claims. Includes Duke of Windsor outfit status Amelia Earhart and the Iowa Good Will Tour blimp voyage with a Swiss monastery incident as dubious items.
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Duke OF Windsor
Iowa
Welcome Stories From Readers Short Tale From Calmar Girl
A 12 year old boy named Bob plans to run away after constant scoldings. He sneaks out and visits his grandmother but encounters the criminal Black Eyed Blane hiding from the police. Bob leads to Blane’s capture and earns a reward of three thousand dollars. Bees are noted as fond of blue flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance McLane
Calmar
Bob
Grandma
Sis
Black- Eyed
Blane
Father
Dad
Black-Eyed
Boys Build Summer Swimming Hole in West Branch Yard
Vacation time brings many kids to Keith Edgerton's back yard in West Branch where the Indgerton grounds host a play area. The youths enhanced by a winding creek and a handmade dam create a natural swimming hole near the bridge for seasonal fun.
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Keith Edgerton
West Branch
East Side
Indgerton
Dog Helps In Delivering Boy's Papers
Tag the collie assists 9th grade student Robert McKee and his younger brother Grant McKee in delivering The Gazettes in Walker Iowa. The pair, both Boy Scout members, train the dog for winter sled and summer wagon duty and enjoy hunting and fishing near their father’s cabin in Cherry’s Park on the Wapsie River.
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Robert
Grant McKee
Walker
McKee
Grant
Cherry's Park
Wapsie
Troy Mills
Letters to Editor Inspire Young Writers in The Junior Gazette
A reader from Toddville Le Etta Waterbury praises The Junior Gazette while editor advises keeping stories under 1,000 to 1,500 words and on one side of the page. Another message from Monticello writer Rena Kammerman, age 12, shares drawing interest and is urged to submit on 6 by 8 inch drawing paper in bold India ink.
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Junior Gazette
le Etta
Waterbury
Toddville
Rena Kammerman
Monticello
Rena
High Honors To Aurora School Girl
Janette Gibson, a Aurora high school senior, earns highest honors with 32 honor points qualifying for a college scholarship. Daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Gibson she is active in declamatory work basketball kittenball team girls glee club and dramatics.
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Janetle Gibson
Aurora High School
Janette
Will Gibson
Girl Builds Ant Habitat as Senior Phylis Wilmarth Plants Formicarium
Phylis Wilmarth of Wheatland, valedictorian and class president, built an 8 by 10 inch formicarium filled with black soil to house a family of ants. She feeds them with a sugar solution and observes tunnel activity day and night, keeping them in darkness to avoid overfighting. Her hobbies also include designing clothes for paper dolls and herself, and she plans to study art in college this fall.
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Phylis Wilmarth
Wheatland
Phylis
Seven Year Old Gardener and Photographer
Harry Eugene Seebers of Sigourney, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Seebers, grows corn peas radishes spinach without help and plans a beautiful garden with morning glories sweet peas zinnias and pansies. He also photographs his toys pets and friends building a growing toy menagerie for future pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Eugene Seebers
Sigourney
John Seebers
Career Of Art Is Desire Of This Girl
Jean Street, daughter of Dr and Mrs A E Street of Center Point, is the town's acknowledged high school artist. Her grandfather I T Street is a landscape artist, with other relatives skilled in painting. She plans an artistic career and says any earnings will fund further study.
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Jean Street
A. E. Street
Center Point
Jean
I. T. Street
Springtime Verse From Cedar Rapids School
A short poem by James Protzman from 4A at Johnson School Cedar Rapids about transition from winter to spring. It describes kite flying flowers blooming planting and birds singing as seasons progress and ends with the author signature.
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James Protzman
Johnson School
Cedar Rapids
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