Alphabet Quiz Ends With Tommy's Laugh
A teacher tests Tommy with the alphabet and prompts after M N O. Tommy answers eagerly and then hesitates at O, finally bursting into a cheerful “Yeah” as the exchange ends with a light note of humor.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1938
Page
11
Tipton students form hobby clubs to share ideas
Tipton high school students in junior and senior clubs discuss hobbies from costumes and scrapbooks to model airplanes and taxidermy. Members study science through their interests, with Gerald Schilling detailing owl and bird mounts, and Robert Horn showcasing a large coin collection. the clubs also link to traffic problems studied by the junior patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tipton High School
Tipton
Gerald Schilling
Robert Horn
Paul F. Hill
Richard Moon
Lee McQuellen
Stanley Yocum
Robert Dee
Science Laboratory
Hobby Club
Kenneth Kinyon
Marjorie Borts
Shirley Temple Stars In Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm Film
Shirley Temple returns in a new Twentieth Century Fox Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm with Randolph Scott Jack Haley Phyllis Brooks Slim Summerville and Bojangles Robinson singing dancing and comedy. The story shows Rebecca as a radio star with Aunt Miranda still sour and Temple born April 23 1929 in Santa Monica California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca
Sunnybrook Farm
Shirley Temple
Jackie Coogan
Shirley
Randolph Scott
Jack Haley
Phyllis Brooks
Slim Sommerville
Miranda
Santa Monica
Calif
March historical birthdays and events listed for March
A historical note lists notable March dates: Chopin born March 1 1809 Bell born March 2 1847 Aquinas and Luther Burbank figures on March 7 Vespucci Vespucci and others, post office March 12, Andrew Jackson March 15, Madison March 16, St Patrick March 17, Rimsky Korsakov Vespucci Cleve land and others on March 18, Ibsen March 20 Bach March 21 spring begins and Patrick Henry dress on March 23 Roentgen March 27 Tyler March 29 Alaska sale March 30 Haydn March 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Courant
England
Alexander Graham Bell
Patrick Henry
Congress
Frederic Francois Chopin
Thomas Aquinas
Italy
Luther Burbank
General Post Office
Andrew Jackson
United States
James Madison
St. Patrick
Ireland
Nicholas Rimsky- Korsakoff
Amerigo Vespucci
Grover Cleveland
Henrik Ibsen
Johann Sebastian Bach
Patrick Henry Dedelivered
Wilhelm Roentgen
John Tyler
Alaska
Russia
Joseph Haydn
Ragweed Plot Could Feed Hay Fever To Masses
A claim asserts that a 20 by 20 foot plot of ragweed could produce enough pollen to trigger hay fever in 15.2 billion people, illustrating pollen potency and potential public health impact.
Parlor Games Rage Across Homes With Detectives and Dice
A survey of popular parlor games shows detectives like Philo Vance and G men themes drawing players. Games such as Mr Ree and Man Hunt use boards, tokens, and dice while others like Crossword Lexicon Bingo Sara toga and Feeding the Kitty appeal to all ages with varied players and rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. S. van Dine
Philo Vance
Trivia Quiz: Maverick Meaning and Ferris Wheel History
Five questions test knowledge on a maverick definition the Ferris wheel invention Lake Chaubunagungamaug and cashew tree growth. Each correct answer earns 20 points with 100 perfect, 80 excellent, 60 good, 40 fair, 20 poor. Answers appear at page bottom.
Child Poet Aileen Williams Shares Rural Verse
Aileen Williams, 11, of Jay School Blakesburg, offers a spring poem celebrating flowers grass birds and trees. She imagines placing them in a bowl to create a funny mixture and signs with her name and age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aileen Williams
Jay School
Blakesburg
Allison's Girl mountain tale by Theo dore Acland Harper
The plot follows Molly kept by Mr and Mrs Blair and Andrew McBride as Eve lyn and Tom Halloway connect Molly to Evelyn and Old Matt Halloway. Allison McBride later abducts Molly in a dramatic climax. Edna Mae Baskerville is named in Monona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Literary Guild
Viking Fress
Allison
Theodore Acland Harper
Prune Pickers
Evelyn
Molly
Old Matt Halloway
Matt
Andrew McBride
Muriel
The Proof The Tears That Marked a Public Shame
Naomi Williams a 13 year old pupil at Jay School is noted for a public display of tears on her cheeks described as a disgrace in a local school notice. The text records the incident without graphic detail or further context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Williams
Jay School
Blakesburg
Has Enough Stamps To Finance Education
Delbert Blumenshine a Cedar Rapids teen has built a stamp collection valued enough to fund four years of college and start a business. At seventeen he has collected since age four, totaling nearly 20 000 stamps with 3 300 varieties. His hobby sustains him as he remains bedfast due to past injuries and relies on stamps for income and purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Delbert Blumenshine
Cedar Rapids
Delbert BlumenShine Collects Stamps and Market Tactics
Delbert Blumenshine recalls meeting a stamp dealer with a burlap sack of mission stamps bought for 50 cents a handful. One stamp now valued at 36 dollars due to errors such as color, design flaws, and scarce varieties. He mounts stamps in folios and uses perforation and watermark tests to identify issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delbert
Fifty Cent Grab Sells Stamp Collector's Theory and Hobbies
An elderly stamp dealer explains stamp values hinge on supply and demand with scalpers and destruction shaping prices. The piece profiles Delbert, a crutch-walking booklover who built a modern bookcase and amasses signs, including Fragile and Dead End Street, displayed around his bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Delbert
It’s A Good Idea To Know Dogs Names On Route
A Cedar Rapids paper carrier, 14 year old Bastian Kruid enier, learned dog names to avoid bites. He asked owners for each dog’s name and noted it beside the owner. Now his route changed and he must learn new dogs and their names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bastian Kruidenier
Cedar Rapids
Bastian
Cap
Trixy
Rex
Rastus
Duke
Ginger
Saints and Rebels: Biographies for Older Students
Recommend this excellent book of biographies for older students. Eloise Lownsbery portrays crusaders for freedom democracy and social justice, including Don Bosco and Lord Shaftesbury, as enduring voices of reform across nations and ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eloise Lownsbery
Longmans
Henrietta Szold
Miss Lownsbery
Don Bosco
Italy
Our Lady
Lord Shaftesbury
England
Maverick, Ferris Wheel, Lake Chang, Cashew Seed, Pop Origin
Readable items cover Maverick cattle branding, George Ferris who invented the Ferris wheel for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, Lake Chang nickname in Webster Massachusetts explaining a native fishing proverb, the cashew seed growth on the cashew apple, and the origin of the term pop from soda pop when corks popped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maverick
Samuel Maverick
George W. G. Ferris
Chicago
Webster
Mass
Tropical
America
Camping Alone That's Life For Him
Victor Pilcher an 8th grader from Alburnett, age 13, prefers outdoor life. He camps cooks and fishes, watches birds and animals, draws them as people, and creates health posters and placards. He owns a fifty year old gun, collects old keys and stamps, and built a road grader for neighborhood use. He aims to earn college money and dreams of becoming a cartoonist or commercial artist. He is the son of O W Pilcher of Alburnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Pilcher
Alburnett
Victor
Health Crusade
Tll
Consolidated School of
Stamps by A C Zalesky Presents Great Smoky Mountains Scene
The 10 cent National Parks stamp depicts the Great Smoky Mountains on the Tennessee North Carolina border. The article extols the region as wild and rugged with abundant pines and rhododendron. It notes trout streams, wildlife, and distant dangers from water moccasins and copperheads, including moonshiner outposts and wary locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Smoky Mountains
Tennessee-North Carolina
Appalachians
Iowa
Post Office Comic Request For Purple 3 Cent Stamp
A patient man in a post office asks for a neat purple stamp with a dinky perforated hem and mucilage. The clerks describe an evening cloak in redingote style with fox fur as they converse, causing the customer to speak up.
Thoth Said to Invent Dancing in Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptians attributed the origin of dancing to the god Thoth. The claim appears in historical traditions describing Thoth as a patron of wisdom and arts guiding cultural practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thoth
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Tommy
Paul F Hill
Movieland
Dack Haley
St. Patrick's
Kerchoo
Saratoga
Lake
Thompson
A. C. Zalesky
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