Junior High Group to Stage Original Operetta in April
Irene Sturgeon leads the cast for A Story Book Ball, an original operetta by junior high Girl Reserves, with performances set for Friday April 26 at the YWCA. Cast lists include Miriam, Grandfather, Mother Goose, Pinocchio, Heidi, Peter, Gretel, and many others with dance and chorus groups continuing to be filled.
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JHE
Mary Louise Giovanazzi
Phyllis Subotnik
Catherine Kennedy
Willie Esther Martin
Clifford Burr
Mary Agnes Groves
Lida Tallman
Emeline Bethke
Irene Sturgeon
Miriam
Kathleen Heniigsen
Mother Goose
Pinocchio
Henrietta Cop
Heidi
Carol Selby
Peter
Dorothy Cornell
Clara
Mary Frances Batten
Hans Brinker
Edith Spenser
Gretel
Shirley Parks
Young Fu
Mariellyn Thune
Sadie Risk
Meg
Miriam Stelcik
Kathleen Hurlbutt
Beth
Dorothy Speake
Amy
Nadine Mott
Juanita Layer
Violet Speake
Evelyn Shramek
Helen Fleagle
Jacque Wurster
Jane Wurster
Kathleen Minor
Ruth LeLean
June Gable
Phyllis Shors
Dorothy Sova
Dorothy Goodwater
Edith Peal
Eleanor Gunderson
Erannie Malbrue
Lillian McCauley
Gwynneth Coon
Mary Lou Carnes
Twylah Memler
Betty Curtis
Grace Tisher
Winifred Cornthwaitey
Geraldine Bissell
Mary Esther McCune
Anna Sandboe
Ethel Mathes
Mabel Paustian
Ruth Simmons
Mildred Newmeister
June Starman
Margot Johannson
Arlyce Smith
Lucille Anderson
Dorothy Mesknes
Mary Ellen Reece
Betty Hulbert
Idris Wyatt
Blanche Marsoni
Electa Bailey
Bernice Rudd
Margaret Jayne
Elinor Simon
Velma Bees
Doris Wage
Marie Cop
Thelma Norland
Hazel Fattig
Larcie Lee
Mildred Thomas
Virginia Vishek
Dorothy Matus
Jeanette Knapp
Esther Rowe
Theoda Young
Rae Blodgett
Irma Beete
Lorraine Edaburn
Arlene LaTell
Betty Jean Stephenson
Roberta Randolph
Ramona Holloway
Dixie Mae Layer
Florence Bachman
Anna Mae Raftis
Sup't And 2 Principals Attend N. E. A. Meeting
Supt. Arthur Deamer and two principals Miss Jennie Post of Wilson junior high and Miss Belle Campbell of Hayes school return next week from the National Education Association meeting in Atlantic City New Jersey. Deamer spoke to the platoon schools group and joined a discussion after Prof. Carl Sumner Shoup's talk on new revenue sources.
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Arthur Deamer
Jennie Post
Wilson Junior High School
Belle Campbell
Hayes School
Department of Superintendence
National Education Association
Atlantic City
N. J
Deamer
Cedar Rapids
Carl Sumner Shoup
Columbia University
Johnson School Notes on Roman Life Bulletin Project
Fifth grade pupils at Johnson School prepare a bulletin on Rome from founding to fall. The sections cover studies stories maps pictures and lists of key events in Rome's development to be collected into a booklet.
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Johnson School
Rome
Seeing Double In West Side Kindergartens
The article notes five sets of kindergarten twins across the city with focus on West Side pairs. James and John Regan, Wilma and Winifred Norton, Betty and Gilbert Mason, Don and Donna Smith, and Roy and Ray Allard are highlighted with school and home details.
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East Side
Garfield and
Jackson
James and
John Regan
Frank Regan
Daniels Street
Wilma
Winifred Norton
Roscoe Norton
Division Street
Betty
Gilbert Mason
Gilbert E. Mason
Nineteenth Avenue SW
Lincoln School
Don
Donna Smith
Norman Smith
F Avenue NW
Son
Daugher
Donna
Fillmore School
Fillmore
Roy
Ray Allard
George Allard
C Avenue NW
Polk School Glee Club Leaders Elected
Catharine Miller and Henry Haegg head the Polk school girls and boys glee clubs. Secretaries named are Helen Porchaska and LaVerne Grippe. Lists of members for both groups follow.
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Catharine Miller
Henry Haegg
Head Polk Glee Clubs
Polk School
Helen Porchaska
LaVerne Grippe
Vera Mae Howland
Betty Lubbock
Virginia Greer
Betty Arendson
Aretha Sebrecht
Jacqueline Dinnie
Beth J. Veverka
Mary H. Mabry
Alice White
Marcia Kensinger
Margaret Hesser
Lenore Crew
Dorothy Batchelder
Bonnie McGregor
Edith Griner
Virginia Kohl
Miriam Armstrong
Eleanor Rogers
Dorothy Mickelson
Mabel Davis
Marjorie Harris
Verlean Fahl
Nadine Morse
Laura A. Safely
Doris Smith
Glennys Powers
Jane Alexander
Frances Benton
Nancy Houser
Phyllis Milbraith
Ruth Marson
Phyllis Johnson
Marilyn Vandewalker
Ruth Mortensen
Kathryn Loomis
Katharine Safelly
Helen Kuchynka
Mary E. Robbins
Dar
Jack Duffy
Robert Bell
Oliver Patrick
George Haman
Charles Vondracek
Norman Dake
Thomas Anderson
Craig Webb
Two Orchestras Form At Johnson School This Semester
Johnson school organizes two orchestras, senior and junior, with long lists of members. Senior players include Kadavy Barry Blodgett Wiley Siamis Selv iee and others. junior roster features Hruska Owens Hanson Aubineau Shaffer Blaise Lenzen Lillick Myers Bolenbaugh Poole and more. Instrumental classes list sections for cello violin clarinet and cornet with named students and instructors.
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Johnson School
Joan Kadavy
Jim Barry
David Blodgett
Marylyn Willey
Frances Siamis
Richard Selvie
George Lowe
Richard Sedlaeek
Walter Wise
Marion Reiff
Donald Giltrap
Billy Cottingham
Jean Thompson
Mary Stenner
Barbara Beals
Betty Hruska
Roberta Owens
Kathleen Hanson
Jean Aubineau
Margaret Shaffer
Betsy Blaise
Charys Lenzen
Elaine Lillick
Betty Myers
Virginia Bolenbaugh
Marysene Poole
Allen Taylor
David Battin
Tommy Larson
John Choate
Ray Robinson
Sterling Delzell
Paul Tiffany
Weston Ralston
Dean McMonagil
Ann Hill
Bill Kennedy
James Thomas
Janice Bailey
Carol Kopel
David Ring
Joan Kadlee
Fiona Kennedy
Esther Perley
Jacqueline Carberry
Betty Kucera
Marjory Lyons
Theodora Davis
Dean Barbthizer
Mildred Fuller
Charlotte Penningroth
Robins Jackson
Dorothy Ridgeway
Walter Bugenstein
Kenneth Knause
Stamp Club Organized By 9 Boys At Johnson
Nine boys in the Johnson 5B class have formed a stamp club. They collect and trade stamps exchanging duplicates to complete their collections. Members include George Lowe Wesley Estill David Ring John Paul Snider Tommy Larson and Richard Russell.
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George Lowe
Wesley Estill
David Ring
John Paul Snider
Tommy Larson
Richard Russell
John Choate
Durham
Ray Robinson
Debates at McKinley School On Industrial Revolution
Three informal debates by TAL pupils from McKinley school linked social science and English work. The affirmative argued workers fared better post revolution. Lois Grissell Edward Kopecky led the team, with Diana Brokaw Dorothy June Duncan opposing. A second debate favored factory owners setting wages and conditions, Lena Ames Lorraine and John Gent led the negative with Bill Nolan. The session closed with a pro-revolution position led by Jean Brownlee Peggy Cartwright, presided by John Krabbenhoft.
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Tal
McKinley School
Lois Grissell
Edward Kopecky
Janis Owen
Betty Davenport
Herbert Penningroth
Lorraine Ames
Diana Brokaw
Dorothy June Duncan
Jean Brownlee
Peggy Cartwright
John Gent
Bill Nolan
7Al
John Krabbenhoft
Polk Pupils Build Mini Post Office in School Project
In Polk school's 2B room pupils recreating a post office after a field trip create stamps envelopes and a green mail box for daily play mail. They write letters to Supt. Deamer and the postmaster thanking them for the visit and send valentines to ill classmate Bobby Gaffney. Students listed include Wava Buckwheat Jackie De Moss Joyce Gearhart and many others.
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Polk School
Arthur Deamer
Play
H. Shoemaker
Bobby Gaffney
Farm Discussion Club Elects Wilson High Officers
Alvin Hurt is elected president of the boys and girls discussion club at Wilson senior high school. Other officers include Blanche Stel cik as vice president and Libbie Hole cek as secretary in the Gredo Zacharias organized club.
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Alvin Hurt
Gredo Zacharias
Wilson Senior High School
Blanche Stelcik
Libbie Holecek
Gazette Class Gazette Finds Value in Iowa History
The Roosevelt junior high anthology compiles The Gazette as a key reference for 9A social studies. John Ely Briggs History of Towr series is bound with the author photo and a foreword signed by Briggs. An Iowa City teacher secured Briggs signature. Briggs stresses learning from past to guide future actions. A scrapbook by 8A covers Willis Thornton on the History of the Constitution.
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Gazette
Roosevelt School
John Ely Briggs
The
Iowa City
Briggs
Iowa
Willis Thornton
Wilson Junior High Assembly Focused on Lighting Effects
Wilson School notes report an assembly at Wilson junior high this week titled Proper Lighting and its Effect on the Eyes. The program explored eye safety and lighting choices for classrooms and study areas.
Eye Span Reading: Length Affects Reading Speed and Fatigue
A report detailing how eye span equals the number of words read ahead while scanning text. Students improved from three to eight word spans with practice, claiming less fatigue and faster comprehension. Edison cited as example, able to grasp about forty eight words with three lines in view.
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Thomas Edison
Franklin Bugle Published In Two Issues By 7A5 Class
A month long Franklin 7A5 class project yielded two issues of a class newspaper The Franklin Bugle printed by H R Taylor with hectograph copies from D M Hall and Ruth Fleck. The roster lists managers editors assistants and staff including Robert Taylor Jane Hall A J Coburn Margaret Barngrover Jeanne Rush Jeanne Rodgers Virginia Hendrickson Katheryn Wandel Jim Lightner Kenneth Lindsay Bruce McCullough Mary Lou Rice Donald Cornish and Miriam Zambrakos.
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Franklin Bugle
H. R. Taylor
D. M. Hall
Jim Lightner
Mary Lou * Rice
Jeanne Rodgers
Robert Taylor
A. J
Coburn
Brucé
McCullough
Jeanne Cash
Virginia
Hendrickson
Katheryn Wandel
Margaret Barngrover
Jane Hall
A. J. Coburn
Jeanne Rush
Jeanne
Franklin School
Herbert Bergloff
Orin Carter
Jerry Clift
Harrison Hanzlik
Leland Hausler
Warren Hyten
Robert Morrison
Alan Parker
Robert Puckett
Byron Stewart
Robert van Horn
Gerald Wachal
Audrey Bleakley
Catherine Bleakley
Ruth Buresch
Dorothy Donegan
Bonnie Heinen
Evelyn Heins
Ruth Houts
Joan Jeffrey
Betty Jean Stephenson
Violet
Robert Magnusson
Leonard Meierkord
Dean Terwilliger
Ray Whiting
Florence Bachman
Beth Check
Virginia Hillock
Leone Larson
Viola Rowray
Betty Jane Smith
Kathleen Terwilliger
Jacque Wurster
Charles Albright
Charles Dake
LaVerne Kreutzer
Kathryn Greene
Virginia Hendrickson
Patricia Rick
Jean Kindler
Jacqueline Basley
Bernice Thillen
Bonnie Tripp
Ten Cent Plate Luncheon At Roosevelt Cafeteria
To curb waste at Roosevelt cafeteria a ten cent plate lunch is offered. The plate includes meat potatoes and a vegetable with a five cent dessert optional, replacing the single item meals that used to tempt students.
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Roosevelt
Roosevelt Cafeteria
Grant Boy Collects Cactus Plants And Breeds Goldfish
Stanley Lowe a Wilson senior high school student collects nine cactus varieties and propagates goldfish. He started with a pin cushion cactus and now maintains fifteen sets of cacti plus two garden pools housing about eighty goldfish and an indoor aquarium for winter.
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Stanley Lowe
Wilson
Frank Lowe
K Street
Stanley
America
Sparta
Five Teams Enter Wilson Ball Meet
Five girls basketball teams are entered in a Wilson Senior High School tournament. Names include Bette Kibler Thelma Orton Geraldine Dwyer June Womochil Edna Kalous Rose Kosina Rose Salasek Eleanor Hurka and more. Captain entries include Rose Karlik Helen Havlik Ruth Markham Helen Bizulis Helen Novak Phyllis Peacock and Hel en Stourac.
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Wilson Senior High School
Bette Kibler
Thelma Orton
Geraldine Dwyer
June Womochil
Edna Kalous
Rose Kosina
Rose Salasek
Eleanor Hurka
Rose Karlik
Helen Havlik
Marian Sowers
Maxine Hansen
Ruth Markham
Maxine Rebec
Helen Bizulis
Helen Novak
Virginia Sorenson
Jean Stary
Betty Joy Thune
Leona Kadlec
Antoinette Vampola
Elsie Vopelka
Rose Vyanek
Lillian Schminkey
Irma Zitek
Phyllis Peacock
Libby Surovy
Libbie Holecek
Frances Zitek
Dorothy Svec
Florine Fields
Maxine Spilman
Lucille Steyne
Helen Stourac
Irene Miner
Blanche Stelcik
Maxine Anderson
Ruth Subotnik
Lucille Besta
Doralee Struchen
Ruth Subotnik Heads Wilson G. R. Senior Cabinet
Ruth Subotnik has been elected president of the Wilson G. R. senior Girl Reserve cabinet. Offiers include Evelyn Kaze bier as vice president Bette Ann Kibler secretary Angeline Hunter treasurer Mildred Mikulecky Rose Kosina program chairmen Doris Batten Mildred Pazdernik publicity chairmen Helen Stourac social chairman Florine Fields membership chairman Dorothy Svec reporter for G. R. Echo Betty Joy Thune Zula Cacecki and Rose Ann Kubovec assistant reporters.
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Ruth Subtnik
Wilson School
Evelyn Kazebier
Bette Ann Kibler
Angeline Hunter
Mildred Mikulecky
Rose Kosina
Doris Batten
Mildred Pazdernik
Helen Stourac
Florine Fields
Dorothy Svec
G. R. Echo
Betty Joy Thune
Zula Cacecki
Rose Ann Kubovec
Franklin 7A6 Class Highlights Lincoln and Washington Programs
February activities in Franklin School 7A6 featured Lincoln and Washington programs led by James Barnett and Joan Kelly. Students delivered oral talks and studied Mount Vernon pictures during the sessions.
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Franklin
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
James Barnett
Joan Kelly
Washington
Lincoln
Mount Vernon
Clock Shop Created by Arthur 2A Students
A clock shop grew from a Arthur 2A science project on time telling. Students researched ancient timepieces and reproduced them, taught calendar making, and showcased items from water clocks to wrist watches. Participants included Salasek, Northing ton, Heefner, Bruns, Rossey, Bedell, Cook, Anderson, Conway, Eaton, Stolba, Gunn, Ginsberg, Hamer, Funck, Huff, Larson, Seeger, Tegen, Lewellen, Brown, and Linge.
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Arthur
Egypt
England
Robert Salasek
Patty Northington
Evelyn Heefner
Carol Jean Bruns
Mary Rossey
Norma Jean Bedell
Mary Lou Cook
Jack Anderson
Dorothy Conway
Marion Eaton
Mary Lou Stolba
Donald Gunn
Louis Ginsberg
Donald Hamer
Billie Funck
Barbara Huff
Beverly Ann Larson
Alberta Seeger
Shirley Tegen
Shirley Lewellen
Donald Brown
David Linge
Speech Program Planned By Polk Sixth Graders
Polk school science and English classes plan weekly talks. Originating in 6A and taken up by 6B, topics include Wool and Its Uses Deer Family The Cause of Winter The Camel Chinese Children and Turtles with some interest in discussing the NRA.
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Polk School
Washington Birthday Program at Freemont School No 7
A capacity crowd attended a Washingtons Birthday program at Freemont School No 7 south of Atkins. Students performed songs and plays including The Red White and Blue America the Beautiful Washingtons Cherry Tree and Our Flag with mothers serving a picnic supper after the event.
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Washington
Freemont School No. 7
Atkins
Marie Victorine
Mae LaVonne O'Connell
America the Beautiful
Phyllis Krug
Marcus White
Old Virginny
William McKechnie
Dickie McKechnie
Robert Brownlie
Daddy
Ralph O'Connell
America
Iowa
Joanne McKechnie
George Washington
John Brownlie
LaVonne O'Connell
Ture Key Jn
Dorothy Krug
William White
Noreen Krug
Elizabeth White
Robert Brown
John
Rosemary Victorine
Mr. McGregor
Franklin Girl Reserves Present Colonial Program
The Girl Reserves of Franklin school held a joint meeting on Tuesday presenting a colonial program. Beth Check played The Minuet, Inez Mae Donegan spoke on Houses of Colonial Times, Betty Ruth Houts read, and Jean Kindler performed a piano solo. The group closed with the 9A girls dancing the Virginia reel with all participants.
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Franklin School
Beth Check
Inez Mae Donegan
Betty Ruth Houts
Jean Kindler
Fillmore School Notes Prize Wins
Ellen Spaight secured first prize in the Jetter contest for describing a trip by a Fillmore GA class to the Blue Valley dairy.
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Ellen Spaight
Blue Valley
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