Chance to Name Your Hero or Heroine for Prizes
Readers are invited to write 100 to 200 words naming a hero or heroine with reasons for admiration. Entries must be delivered or postmarked by midnight May 7 and include name, age, school, town, and parents. Prizes award $1 per age group with final judging by the editors of THE JUNIOR GAZETTE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Gazette
Mary Jones
Willow School
Nomansland
Iowa
John Jones
Edgar Hoover
Amelia Euthart
Albert Einstein
Ginger Rogers
Margaret Mitchell
Elmer Layden
Bob Feller
Shirley Temple
THE
Movie Guide Picks and Family Friendly Films
This section lists films including Parade with Phil Regan and Frances Langford, Duke Ellington and Eddie Duchin orchestras, The Man Who Could Work Miracles with Roland Young, Wake Up and Live with Walter Winchell, plus Mother Nature's Trick. It notes benefits for school library and church use and adds a brief poem about April snow. Joan Kanak submitted from 7B2 Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Regan
Frances Langford
Pert Kelton
Duke Ellington
Eddie Duchin
Ively
Roland Young
Walter Winchell
Ben Bernie
Winchell
Bernie
Patsy Kelly
Ned Sparks
Quiz How's be pv here WHIH
A playful quiz item lists six true false prompts and a memory challenge about public figures places and events, including a prize prize. The text prompts readers to answer true or false and to name the Dionne quintuplets from memory.
Sea Made Men: Gloucester Sailor's Rise Told for Youth
A book review promotes spring and summer reading for youths. The Sea Made Men tells Gohemy Law's oceanic journey from teen sailor to captain, highlighting practical training and integrity as key values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger W Babson
Elisabeth Alling
Revell
Roger Babson
America
Gohemy Law
Gloucester
John Randolph
Eaic
Horatio Alger
James Bromwell
Franklin Senior High
Cedar Rapids
Ace Model Club Sponsors State Contest for Iowa Youth
The Ace Model club of Marshalltown invites eastern Iowa youths to a state wide model airplane contest with junior and senior divisions. Prizes go to the rubber powered plane that stays aloft longest using an official model. Entries may request complete details by writing to 19 South Center Street Marshalltown. Two state championship trophies will be awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Ace Model Club of
Marshalltown
Ace Model Club
South Center Street
Squirrels Put in Care by Rohrig Children Near Aurora
Road owners Lorraine Joyce and Donald Rohrig share a farm life experience with three abandoned baby squirrels found by their father while he cut trees. Mrs. Rohrig feeds them with a medicine dropper, the trio learns quickly, and the tame pets nest in a kitchen basket as the children anticipate an active summer with their new companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine
Joyce
Donald Rohrig
Frank Rohrig
Aurora
Sunset prose poem hints at moonlit romance
At sunset the sun hides behind purple peaks flooding the samp with fiery glow for his sweetheart the moon gliding in silvery splendor from the east mountains nod in twilight Elizabeth Mobry 18 years old appears in a dated poetic fragment with a name and age attached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moon
Elizabeth Mobry
Charcoal Artist James Crider Builds Path in Drama
James Crider, 16, of Belle Plaine high school, has parallel talents in sketching and dramatics. He studies at Cum ming Academy of Art, contributes to stage design, posters, and costumes, and plans a career in commercial art aligned with theatre. He has exhibited works, earned poster prizes, and leads decorating committees for school events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crider
Belle Plaine
James
Cumming Academy of Art
Des Moines
Jimmy
The
Purple Masquers
Iowa City
A de Molay
Cedar Rapids Youth Critics Spotlight On Sleeping Beauty
Cedar Rapids pupils in the Junior League critique a school presentation of The Sleeping Beauty. The reviews identify strongest actors and most effective scenes, reflecting sharp, youthful insight into performance quality and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Hollywood
Cedar Rapids Junior League
Readers react to Sleeping Beauty play at Roosevelt school
Students from Roosevelt and Wilson schools praise the production. They comment on acting, costumes, and staging while noting the king wore a wrist watch and suggesting improvements to lighting and castle décor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Pugsley
McKinley
Prince
Peter
Mary Vokolek
Wilson
Dave Scott
Georganne Dunshee
Queen
Malvolia
David Coffing
P.S
Red Riding Hood
High School Girl Ardith Kohl Shows Way With Homes Skills
Ardith Kohl a Marlette high school sophomore is described as a busy 15 year old who cooked baked bread made wedding ring and flower garden quilts and sewed clothes from age four. She excels in 3 A two B six week grades and speaks of her cream candy and white cake recipes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia
Ann Marks
McKinley
Roosevelt School
Ruth Williams
Erty
Harlene Bailey
Squire
Malvolia
Ardith Kohl
Esther Kohl
Martelle
High Prhent
Ardith
Stamp Wealth Sparks Family Plans and Tense Reunion
In the Stewart household the stamp bonanza fuels dreams of vast wealth as Billy and Donald press Elliot VI for big bids. Aaron Jr., stepping into the library, apologizes for Stewart Hall events, sought to repair trust with the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliot VI
Stonewall
Donald
Aaron, Jr
Billy
Aaron Stewart
Elliot Stewarts
Stewart Hall
Treasured bonds lessons steer Aaron Stewart tale
In a family drama the Stewart siblings decide to reveal a hidden treasure and face past deeds. Aaron Jr disclaims involvement in the bonds theft while the heirs opt to honor their grandfather’s memory. They plan to fund Aaron’s college with part of the treasure, valuing love over hate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Don
Stewart Hall
Aaron Stewarts
Aaron
Elliot II
Aaron, Jr
Donald
Elliot
Dad
Billy the Dog’s Mischievous Snooze
A playful portrait of Billy the dog showing his silly, naughty, and haughty side. The narrator recalls a sick spell when Billy slimmed down to a stick like frame and was sent to bed without milk on his bread, while still calling him silly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Miriam Flaskerud
Corneille Stamp Highlights 300th Le Cid Anniversary
A 1937 stamp issue marks the 300th anniversary of Le Cid and Corneille's impact on French drama. The piece notes Corneille's rise, his three unities concept, later decline, and Louis XIV's late financial aid, with demand hot for used stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corneille
Paris
Rouen
Louis XIV
Junior Gazette Letter Encourages Reader Feedback
A reader praises the Junior Gazette and invites young readers to share ideas for improvements. The editor encourages helpful suggestions and promises to consider them.
Answers to Quiz One C Includes An Electric Power Plot
The quiz results include statements about autographs and power projects. False claims note Gary Cooper sidewalk autographs and a man hiding in a shack offering a bribe to a boy. True items reference a dog replacement by an unidentified Californian and the Dionne quints named Yvonne Emilie Cecile Annette and Marie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yosemite National Park
Carol Jean van Horn
Cedar Rapids
Gary Cooper
Robert Schaeffer
Robert
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Vailvocide
Movie Guide
Mother Nature
Joan Kanak
Hubert Schaeffer
Lancaster
Iowa 4-H Club
King
Dick Pinney
Lew
Blanche Trachta
Tyler
Wanda Johnson
Hayes
Josephine Posse
Tyler School
Carl H. Claudy
Guianas
Cape of Good Hope
Stewart
New York
Woreer
Eliot
Don Sald
MY Pet
A. C. Zalesky
New
Mary Hanssen
Monticello
Electric Power Project
Dionnequins
Yvonne
Emilie
Cecile
Annette
Marie
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