East Side High Plays Set May 16 In Two Schools
East side McKinley will stage Peg O My Heart directed by Ina Hibbard and Franklin presents The Youngest directed by Geraldine Green on Saturday May 16. Casts include Rosann Shomler in Peg O My Heart and Dale Barnett in The Youngest with a large supporting lineup.
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East Side
McKinley
Peg O’ My Heart
Ina Hibbard
Franklin
Geraldine Green
Peg O'My Heart
Laurette Taylor
Rosann Shomler
Chichester
Mrs. Chichester
Marjorie Schindler
Alaric
Harlan Dobry
Ethel
Mary Ellen McLeod
Montgomery Hawkins
John Linsley
Christian Brent
Don Wescott
Jarvis
Franklin Pierce
Bennett
Helen Pleshek
Franklin High Singers Prepare Friday Night Concert
Franklin Senior High presents three choirs Friday night. A mixed boys group 40 strong and a 60 girl chorus from regular classes join a 40 voice a cappella ensemble. Program spans Bach to contemporary pieces and spirituals with small admission.
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Franklin Senior High Singers
Bach
the Heavens
Purcell Jeanie
Foster
Woodbury
EPCOT
McFarren
the Star
Arnold
Strickland
James Corwin
Lloyd Davis
Troy Deal
Earl Delzell, Jr
Fredrick Diers
Albert Eddy
William Fleugel
Larry Goldberg
Robert Hersom
Robert Johnson
Rolland Johnson
Leo Leonard
Franklin Mitralsky
Charles Norberg
Howard Bachman
Dale Barn
Gren House Open at Fillmore Building Thursday
Fillmore school hosts open house Thursday evening with 7:15 to 8 pm class activities across rooms followed by a musical playlet The Return of Saki by 5B class tied to a Japanese project. Geography work led by Mrs Maloney, costumes by Miss Juhl, script by Miss Wilcox, and music supervision by Miss Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore School
Saki
Bessie Maloney
la Venda Juhl
Margaret Wilcox
Ilo Moore
Kathleen Miller
Arlene Churchill
Chester Ehrenberger
Maxine West
Richard Whitney
Elizabeth Witt
Buddy Swab
Raymond Block
Kenneth Cooper
Raymond Cooper
Billy Dolph
Sammy de Hook
Alice Humphreys
Billy Johnson
Russell Kennedy
Phyllis Marchal
Daryl Munsell
Mary Roushek
Jean Runner
School Orchestra Featured In Big Springs Program
Open house at Big Springs school showcased the school orchestra directed by A Richardson. Jean Buckner performed a clarinet solo as students from 4A to 6A participated in phonics reading history arithmetic and geography demos supervised by Miss Adora Sykes Miss Marjorie Donohue and principal. Refreshments followed for pupils and parents.
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Big Springs
A. Richardson
Richardson
Jean Buckner
Mary Jeanne Palmer
Marian Jacobs
Robert Buckner
Gertrude Schomberg
Joan Kindig
Jean Wells
Herbert Northcutt
Beverly Morris
Donald Knutson
Ina Belle Long
Louise Schomberg
Adora Sykes
Marjorie Donohue
Miss Sykes
Miss Donahue
Ben Sykes
Geraldine Mulherin
Lincoln School First Graders Sing On Spring Program
Poem and song selections about spring formed the program presented by first grade pupils at Lincoln School for the PTA meeting held last week.
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Lincoln School
Iowa State College President to Speak at Graduation
Dr Charles E Finley new president of Iowa State college at Ames will deliver the commencement address at public school exercises on Wednesday June 3 in the Memorial building Four high schools McKinley Franklin Wilson and Roosevelt graduates will receive diplomas at the services
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Charles E. Finley
Iowa State College
Ames
Memorial Building
McKinley
Franklin
Wilson
Roosevelt
Picture Painted By Jackson Pupil Framed For School
Edwin Bruns credits a Jackson school pupil Louis Martinez a 13 year old Mexican student with the school’s finest public system painting. The cork board oil piece depicts an alley view toward the Immaculate Conception church from a school window. Louis trained under Miss Dorothy Houts for a year and lives at 6060 Avenue NE with Mr and Mrs Saldana.
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Jackson School
Edwin Bruns
Louis Martinez
Jackson
Immaculate Conception Church
Dorothy Houts
Louis
Avenue NE
Merci Saldana
Harrison School Operetta The Magic Beanstalk Debuts
Harrison pupils staged The Magic Beanstalk with Leo Leibsohn as Jack and Tom Phelps as the giant. A large group portrait shows operetta characters including Mary Haworth, Lillian Dolezal, May Ellen Baldwin, Rex Phillips and Dixie Dailey. The Franklin school a cappella choir will perform in Friday’s spring concert. additional singers are listed as not pictured.
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Harrison
Leo Leibsohn
Jack
Tom Phelps
Mary Haworth
Lillian Dolezal
May Ellen Baldwin
Rolland Diehl
Deloris Broussard
Rex Phillips
Captain Kidd
Dixie Dailey
Franklin School
Thelma Simon
Margaret Farquhar
Geneva Haldeman
Jean Rasdel
Martha Jane van Meter
Lucy Siver
Dorothy Kemp
Dorothy Plock
Jane Goldberg
Joe Ainsworth
James
Jeanne Engleman
Robert Miller
Robert Phillips
Malcolm Metcalf
Dorothy Jones
Winifred Murray
David Tyerman
Harrison Pupils Stage The Magic Beanstalk Becomes Local Hit
Harrison pupils presented The Magic Beanstalk in the auditorium last night. With 260 participants the operetta featured a tap dancing cow and colorful village pageantry including Leo Leibsohn as Jack, Deloris Broussard as the Queen Ann dancer, Rolland Diehl as Magician Foolerness, Rex Phillips as Captain Kidd, and Tom Phelps as Giant Blunderbuss in a lively three act production.
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Ogreland
Harrison
Jack
Leo Leibsohn
Ann
Deloris Broussard
Juliana
Cow
Kenneth Marsh
Roger Donegan
Rex Phillips
Captain Kidd
Rose Mary Mann
Bob Shanahan
Rolland Diehl
Foolerness
Franklin Peddie Wins Hoosier Festival Top Honors
Franklin Peddie ranked first in the Hoosier music festival earning a gold medal and a 75 scholarship to Indiana University. A senior at North Side High School Fort Wayne he has led operettas sung in the a cappella choir and served as drum major, with notable work in dramatics and the school newspaper.
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Franklin Peddie
A. F. Peddie
McKinley Junior High
Cedar Rapids
Indiana University
North Side High School
Fort Wayne
Ind
Franklin
Baseball Captains Elected At Lincoln
Lincoln school announces baseball captain selections for four grades. Sixth graders Joseph Eikenberry James Reger Jean Borst and Frances Gatrelle lead the sixth. Fifth graders Leon Anderson Willard Vokt Mary Johnson and Elsine Dill lead the fifth. Fourth graders Dean Kruse Billy Birkicht Erman Brown and Doris Hamer lead the fourth.
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Lincoln School
Joseph Eikenberry
James Reger
Jean Borst
Frances Gatrelle
Leon Anderson
Willard Vokt
Mary Johnson
Elsine Dill
Dean Kruse
Billy Birkicht
Erman Brown
Doris Hamer
Noise Meter Shows Turmoil In School Rooms
In San Francisco scientists used a noise meter to gauge classroom noise to aid an upcoming anti noise ordinance. Readings: 60 decibels with students out of the room and 73 to 80 decibels when present, comparable to street traffic and heavy traffic respectively.
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San Francisco
Bret Harte
Memorial Proposed At Wright's Old Home
The Phi Delta Kappa fraternity in Newcastle Indiana plans a nationwide drive for 250000 dollars to build a memorial at Wilbur Wright birthplace. Part of the funds would finance an aviation beacon at Wrights birthplace and honor the co inventor of the airplane.
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Wright
Newcastle
Ind
Wilbur Wright
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
McKinley Band Players Debut Uniforms and Phonograph Recording
McKinley high school band members unveil new black and white uniforms and celebrate making a phonograph recording of two selections In A Chinese Temple Garden and Children s March The photo lists band members and the director with players arranged in three rows as presented in the article
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McKinley
Top Row
Donald Hersch
Keith Carson
Vernon Laton
Frank Fulkerson
Donald Kessler
Andrew Smith
Robert Rummel
Harlow Bailey
Harold Grimm
Charles Blahnik
Thomas Pratt
George Gable
Robert Julis
Willis Jacus
Joseph Jekerie
Berle Miller
Robert Gietrap
Paul Anthony
Charles Verda
Milton Nemec
Roy Coffman
Josephine Beadle
Velma King
Irene Brooks
Ruth Allen
Donald Moen
Wayne Miller
John Kacere
West Siders stage Strangers at Home and Captain Applejack
Wilson high school presents Strangers At Home a modern comedy by Pierre Tracy directed by Wilson’s cast includes Mrs Crosby Florence Livingood and Joe Nemec Roosevelt high school follows with Captain Applejack Kenneth White in the lead. Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets directs with a long cast and student staff listed for roles and production work.
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Wilson High School Dramatic Guild
Roosevelt
Captain Applejack
Pierre Tracy
Wilson
Crosby
Florence Livingood
Russ
Joe Nemec
Bob Novak
Phoebe
Verona Chalupnik
Jean
Charlotte Burlingham
Kay
Wanda Farmer
Hamiston
Alice Kulhavey
Stuart Mason
Leo Shikoski
Tom Gibbs
Forrest Ainsworth
Harold Step
Roosevelt High School
Kenneth White
Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets
Lush
Harlan Endsley
Poppy
Edward Ilten
Virgil Richardson
Ralph Cerney
Bernard Hermsen
Karl Biskup
New Children Books at Public Library Expand Youth Reads
The library adds titles for girls and boys including Whistling Snake by Elizabeth Morse set in Bangkok with a royal pearl theft. Franz 2 Dog of the Police follows a Berkeley trained police dog. Strings to Adventure follows sisters staging marionette shows and Automobiles from Start to Finish explores the life of a car.
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Elizabeth Morse
Bangkok
Siam
Sally Hammond
Rickky
Franz
S. P. Meeks
Berkeley
Calif
Berkeley Police Department
Honolulu
Allena Best
Katherine Newcomb
Catherine Fairweather
Kitt-Cat Company
Franklin Beck
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Anna Jean Sallach
Gertrude Jacobson
June Denio
Marianne Corey
Shirley Sanderson
Barbara Shepherd
Mary Louise Giovanazzi
Ruth Ann Hasek
Dorothy Miller
Bette June Shaffer
Josephine Thomas
Betty Cottingham
Eloise Heath
Barbara Shonka
Virginia Dodds
Phyllis Snod
Thompson
Jack and the Giant
Gren House
Fillmore Building
Lincoln
John Barry
Charles E, Friley
Ruth Kemp
Giant
Hoosier
Lasswell Photo
M’kinley School
West Siders
Wilson Dramatic Guild
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