Pageant Show Maps Cedar Rapids History From 1836 to 1936
Jackson pupils present a Cedar Rapids pageant at McKinley auditorium detailing 100 years of local progress. Fifth graders, guided by Miss Mary Pavlovsky, stage eight episodes with costumes, a parade of raw products, and made in Cedar Rapids goods. The finale proclaims Cedar Rapids a good place now and always with community groups and schools featured.
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Cedar Rapids
Jackson
McKinley Auditorium
Mary Pavlovsky
China
Japan
Africa
Greenland
Czechoslovakia
Spain
Scotland
Greece
Boy Scouts
Coe College
Y. M
Community House
Jackson School
J. W. Stone
Osgood Shepherd
Phillip Hull
Robert Ellis
Shepherd
M. S. Barber
J. L Shearer
Marion
Sawyer
Miller
Cooper
Alice Hedges
Evelyn Tewart
Ruth Wing
Pauline Halverson
Marilyn Ladd
Arda Mae Cox
Nadine Thompson
Richard Craft
Mabel Beltram
Betty Shrader
Herbert Brooks
Bruce Ellis
Grant Ellis
Page Hathaway
Howard Hoffman
Dallas Morrison
Robert Waggoner
Milo Kennedy
Gladys Kitts
Blanche McComas
Betty Moss
Doris Stalzer
Lora Jean Barker
Miriam Langham
Jacqueline Brown
Bernice Dean
Thompson
Mabel Bertram
Ruth Sing
Evelyn Tewalt
Northwest Schools Will Give Concert
The Northwest public school district instrumental program, postponed due to cold weather, is rescheduled for Friday night March 27 in the Roosevelt auditorium. Proceeds will fund uniforms for the Roosevelt school marching band. Participants include pupils from Cleveland Fillmore Harrison and junior and senior high schools with the senior high orchestra. Solo and small group numbers as well as ensembles are planned. All groups are led by William Vesely.
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Northwest Public School
Roosevelt Auditorium
Roosevelt School
Cleveland
Fillmore
Harrison
William Vesely
Laurel Wreath Girl Scout Troop No 4 Marks Year of Scouting
The Laurel Wreath Girl Scout troop No. 4 completes a year of scouting led by Captain Gladys Holmes with fifteen girls. six have passed second class. Sponsoring committee includes Miss Belle Campbell chair, Miss Ruth Zieke, Miss Minnie Ziesing, Miss Mary Campbell, and Miss Alberta Michel. Officers are Captain Mrs. Gladys Holmes with lieutenants Thetis Holmes and Lillian Moore. patrol leaders Gladys Moore, Mariellyn Thune, and Verna Holmes.
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Laurel Wreath
Gladys Holmes
Belle Campbell
Ruth Zieke
Minnie Ziesing
Mary Campbell
Alberta Michel
Thetis Holmes
Lillian Moore
Gladys Moore
Mariellyn Thune
Verna Holmes
Roosevelt Teacher To Speak At N E A Convention
Robert Ebel a Roosevelt senior high science teacher and debate coach has been invited to address the National Education Association annual meeting in Portland Oregon in June He will speak to the department of scientific instruction on Achieving Objectives in Science This is his second year in the Cedar Rapids public system after excellent records at Iowa State Teachers College and progress toward a Master of Arts at the University of Iowa
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Robert Ebel
Roosevelt Senior High
National Education Association
Portland
Ore
Ebel
Department of Scientific Instruction
Cedar Rapids
Girl Reserve Council Names Franklin Franklin Girls Leaders
Edith Boardman of Franklin school serves as president of the Girl Reserve senior high inter club council. Other members include Anna Mae Dunlap Kathryn Nelson Marguerite McDonnell Helen Pleshek Evelyn Prusek Kathleen Daley Marie Kibler Emma Jean Williams and Gladys Miller of the Negro girls clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Boardman
Franklin School
Girl Reserve Senior High
Anna Mae Dunlap
Franklin
Kathryn Nelson
Marguerite McDonnell
Roosevelt
Helen Pleshek
Evelyn Prusek
McKinley
Kathleen Daley
Marie Kibler
Wilson
Emma Jean Williams
Gladys Miller
Negro Girls’ Clubs
Wilson Dramatic Guild Presents Four One-Act Plays Friday
The Wilson high school dramatic guild will stage four one act plays Friday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Aline Brumback leads a mystery by Wilbur Daniel Steele with Jean Starry, Donald Conway and Robert Wild. The comedy A Matter of Choice features Ruth Subotnik with Verona Chalupnik, Harold Stepanek, Blanche Stelcik, David Thompson, Alma Wachal and June Womochil. The satire Finders Keepers stars Forrest Ainsworth with Charlotte Burlingham and Winifred Doty. The farce A Wedding is led by Leo Shikoski and a cast including Kathleen Daley, James Leehman, Lucille Steyne, Charles Moel, John Froehlich and Wanda Farmer. Pierre A. Tracy directs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson High School Dramatic Guild
Aline Brumback
Wilbur Daniel Steele
Jean Starry
Donald Conway
Robert Wild
Ruth Subotnik
Verona Chalupnik
Harold Stepanek
Blanche Stelcik
David Thompson
Alma Wachal
June Womochil
Lasswell
Wilson Dramatic Guild
Forrest Ainsworth
Leo Shikoski
Ruth Sobotnik
Franklin seventh graders stage Clever one act play Clean Up
Franklin school 7A class presented the one act play Clean Up with songs focusing on health. Jim the lunch room proprietor reforms with help from Mimi Salvation Army girl and six serving maids as Osceptic Olive is won over by a cleaner restaurant and renewed patronage.
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Franklin
Hygeia Cafe
Olive
Jim
Mimi
Salvation Army
Mr. Olive
Newsboys
Jim Batten
Marvin Berg
Wallace Darling
Dick Chadima
N. J. Markey
Theodore Kasner
Osceptic
Charles Hasek
George Ross
Margaret Allen
Aretha Sebrecht
Jean Fahrney
Jean Thompson
Marcia Kensinger
Ruth Knight
Betty Hinds
Dorothy Batchelder
Elaine Vannaly
Jean Files
George Owen
LeRoy Daniels
Junior Kohl
Weaton Ralston
Bob Sanborn
Bob Killian
Geraldine Green
Phoebe Bingham
James Rozek
R. Rees
Junior Bishop
S. Fulkerson
D. Harper
M. Hurley
S. Mahrbacker
K. Ottsert
J. Phelan
R. Rice
J. Rutan
G. Schmidt
R. Schomberg
H. Simmonds
J. Tharp
H. Thome
J. Milhon
H. Langridge
Betty Ahrendsen
Betty Burrin
Doris Campbell
Patricia Eckart
Virginia Greer
Margaret Hessert
Catherine Miller
Beth Jane Veverka
Paul Kindler
Ann Lindemann
Tee Bee
Robert Green
Ella Harding
Erma Oberg
Dorothy Gabbert
Faith McMurray
Clella Seidel
Ninth Grade Girls Team Wins Franklin Basketball Tourney
The Franklin Junior High ninth grade girls tournament was won by the 9A8 home room team led by captain Barbara Shepard. Runners up were 9A7 with captain Theone Larson leading players including Helen Mitchell and Marianne Corey among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Junior High School
Barbara Shepard
Helen Mitchell
Marianne Corey
Virginia Bowker
Shirley Sanderson
Madeline Behrends
Ruth McMonigal
Nita Fields
Jean Ashby
Theone Larson
New Members Initiated Into McKinley Girls Athletic Association
The McKinley Girls Athletic association welcomed Betty Allendar Hellen Humphreys La Vonne Weatherall Ruth Allen Irma Kutcera Geraldine Foggey and Josephine Beadle during a picnic supper at Mary Ellen McLeod home Nola Berger was named in charge of the Tuesday noon sport activities for the organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Girls’ Athletic Association
Mary Ellen McLeod
Betty Allendar
Hellen Humphreys
La-Vonne Weatherall
Ruth Allen
Irma Kutcera
Geraldine Foggey
Josephine Beadle
Nola Berger
Sub-District Music Meet Draws 56 Pupils from Four Cedar Rapids High Schools
Fifty six pupils from McKinley Roosevelt Wilson and Franklin high schools will compete in sub district music contests at Vinton and Monticello next Friday and Saturday. Franklin leads with sixteen soloists and three groups. Details list individual performers across violin piano brass and woodwind sections with assigned instruments and schools. Building directors Miss Alice Inskeep and staff coordinate the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Monticello
Franklin
McKinley
Roosevelt
Wilson
Virginia Harman
Emma Allen
Mary Solomon
Florence van Winkle
Willis Jacus
Frank Fulkerson
John Kacere
Wayne Mitter
Arvada Buresh
Frances Truhlicek
Tom Stastny
Alvin Hurt
Joseph Nemec
Arnold Yuza
Robert Stastny
Thomas Stastny
LeRoy Krejci
Richard Hach
Carl Landergott
Kathleen Check
Vera Drake
Willa Martin
Rose Anne Kubovec
Charles Moel
Rae Blodgett
Robert Beiber
Meinard Scheurfield
Philip Reames
Freddie Arduser
Edwin Timm
Charles Dulin
Bobby Smythe
Edward Horak
Raymond Abel
Margaret Victorine
Don Reysa
Vernon Guttenfelder
Robert Bei
Paul Anthony
William Vesely
Alan W. Richardson
Colorful Johnson Operetta Repeats Friday Night
The Johnson school operetta Rumplestiltskin returns Friday at 7 30 p m in McKinley auditorium with Roberta Owens as the girl and Jack Wolf as the dwarf. A rainbow chorus and dancers join Old King Cole played by John Fisher and a full cast led by director Arensa Bodholdt and pianist Paul Anthony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Crocker
Johnson School
Jack Wolf
Old King Cole
John Fisher
Jan
Janette
the Miller
Donald Bennett
Elwina Imes
Goldstick
Bill Thompson
States Retain 1935 Plate Colors by Inverting Designs
Fifteen states keep the same color combos for 1935 license plates in 1936, changing only which elements serve as the background and the numerals. This color inversion preserves familiar designs while updating the display aspect for the new year.
Librarian Topics Mexico For Garfield Students
Miss E. Joanna Hagey, public librarian, spoke to Garfield school's GA class on Mexico. She demonstrated Mexican pottery weaving glassware basketry and a grass rain coat and discussed hygienic conditions and the sale of local wares and foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Joanna Hagey
Garfield School
Mexico
Harrison pupils exhibit diverse hobbies at school show
Harrison intermediate grades staged a hobby and pet show with boys baking cakes and pies and girls pursuing sports, fish flies, wood carving, stamps, and sewing. Alvin Edaburn wowed with a table of varied hobby items and a self made hooked rug. The event ended with plans for an annual affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Harrison School
Alvin Edaburn
E. A. Edaburn
Eleventh Street
Alvin
Mary Jane Bingham
America
Carrie Frost
William Lawrence
Jean Tremaine
Bobby Beam
Corrine Durland
Tom Phelps
Bonnie Beem
Roger Baldwin
Mahal
Ruth Culbreth
Lois Hollan
Deloris Broussard
Bob Shannahan
Frank Podzimek
Marvin Murphy
Eugene Hersom
Melvin Baker
Mildred Navratil
Donald Dudek
Bruce Lane
Bobby Carpenter
Darwin Bell
Rollin Oswald
Harriet Satterly
Lamir Dvorak
Dorothy Davis
George Tribel
Rose Mary Mann
Helen Shields
Jean Gorman
Marion Nosek
Violet Heneck
Katherine Brown
Betty Burks
Deloris Gibson
Helen Harrington
Garnet Franks
Leorda Lionas
Mary Ellen Kraus
Geneva Niles
Merle Geiger
Marian Edaburn
Betty Issell
Clyde Mae Davis
Anna Ae Manwiller
Betty Lieber
Gwendolyn Smith
Charlotte Groth
Hobby
McKinley District Musicians 10 Prepare Tuesday Concert
Two hundred pupils from McKinley district instrumental classes will perform Tuesday at 8 p m in the McKinley auditorium. Elementary string classes, seventh grade, eighth and ninth grade orchestras, and senior high bands from Johnson Tyler Jackson Buchanan schools will appear under Paul Anthony. The program includes works by standard composers and a range of pieces from young to senior groups. The list of performing students spans multiple elementary, seventh grade, eighth and ninth grade, and senior high ensembles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Johnson
Tyler
Jackson
Buchanan
Paul Anthony
Vienna
Bizet
Frank Fulkerson
Donald Hersch
John Kacere
Willis Jacus
Robert Giltrap
Milton Nemec
Don Kessler
Vernon Laton
Ruth Allen
Joseph Jekerle
Berle Miller
Andrew Smith
Robert Rummel
Irene Brooks
Robert Julis
Velma King
Keith Carson
George Gable
Wayne Mitter
Don Moen
Harold Grimm
Tom Pratt
Charles Blahnik
Charles Vejda
Harlan Bailey
Eugene Pinney
Junior Coffman
Josephine Beadle
Darlene Kudina
Betty Sidwell
Verl Stern
Canetana Cortez
Evangeline Kavroulakis
Charles Keyes
Janet Ruffin
Phyllis Tyler
Delores Haddad
Emma Hlavacek
Frances Kacerovsky
Mary Risk
Margey Ann Estill
Bonita Neilson
Topsy Carberry
Dean Ring
Bob Bell
Dale Kociric
Peggy Varvaris
Chris Varvaris
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Northwest
Laurel Wreath Scouts
N. E. A. Convention
Girl Reserve Council
Garfield School News
Girl
Bernadine Grady
George Triebel
Kenneth Marsh
Corinne Stainbrook
Betty Dulin
Donald Fritz
Earl Welton
Franklin Robinson
Kathrine Henderson
Betty Bissell
Leo Fiala
Milroy Malley
Carol Carnes
Billy Sanders
George Mally
Evelyn Welch
Frances Richardson
Joyce Richardson
Audry Frantz
Lucile Soukup
Loretta Kepler
Doris Canterbury
M’kinley
Mary Anderson
Donald Lowe
Alfred Peterson
Ann Crull
Eldon Bys
John Lindsy
Maxine Humphreys
Clara Slagle
Roberta Velma King
Richard Reiley
Harlene Bailey
Darlene Johnson
Robert Kacera
Eleanor Mitter
Robert Moen
Robert Preis
Robertina Smith
Wilbur Gregor
Marino Pusateri
Donald Giltrap
Vernon Harger
Virginia Kohl
Marjorie Harris
Joan Berger
Irene Gianedakis
Lula Zervas
Darlene Vaughn
Doris Smith
George Pechar
William Kennedy
Margaret Reid
Merilyn Miller
Walter Thousand
Marvin Melsha
Doreen Moorman
Fred Abodeely
Clark Mahannah
Dick Olson
Herbert Love
Joe Nemec
Janis Owens
Edward Kopecky
Dale McDaniel
Herbert Penningroth
Pauline Condos
Virginia Clapp
Lucille Harris
Lois Grisset
Maydean Swatosh
John Krabbenhoff
Richard Grover
Patty Marshall
Rebecca Hallman
Helen Turnbull
Bryce Fisher
Eva Bougham
Donald Hunter
Kenneth Cornwell
Elaine Kinke
Barbara Beals
Janis Bailey
Barbara Rapoport
Elaine Smulekoff
Francis Siamis
Joan Arnold
Marjorie Lyon
Mary Poole
Roberta Owens
Joan Kadovy
Fiona Kennedy
Mildred Fuller
Dean Barnhizer
Bill Moore
Darell Wilkey
Richard Sedlacek
Ray Robinson
Richard Selvie
Tom Pickford
Dave Battin
Dorothy Ridgeway
Paul Tiffany
Don Bennett
Dave Ring
Joan Kadlee
Blair
Carl Svoboda
Paul Perdue
Jim Wescott
John Cheak
Marabelle Pratt
Doris Kahler
Warren Pugh
Wayne Mochal
Wayne Swan
Don Nedved
Dale Kocric
Phyllis Horak
Frank Jekerle
Frank Tyler
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