Evergreen weekly paper at Coggon high earns praise
The Evergreen, Coggon High School’s 15 year old student paper, operates on a balanced budget with no deficit. Editor Pearl French leads 34 staffers in producing an eight page tri weekly issue funded mainly by ads and subscriptions, while offering practical training in English, typing, stenciling, and mimeograph work.
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Coggon
Evergreen
Scholastic Press Association
United
Pearl French
Coggan High School
Ever- Breen
Warren Caldwell
French
Little
Austin
Maxine Merthaler
Robert Bell
Paul McAreavy
Beulah McCann
Howard Runyon
Cecil Henton
Dick Henderson
Toad Suffers If Mouth Held Open In Breathing Struggle
A toad risks suffocation when its mouth is kept open as it lacks ribs to assist breathing and gas exchange. The statement notes the animal cannot expand or contract its chest in the manner needed for proper respiration.
Has Chosen Magician's Profession
Charles Larkey a Central City high school junior 17 plans vaudeville as a future career. He has invested 200 in magic gear learned tricks for three years and keeps a room workshop practicing two hours daily plus weekends. He has nearly 150 tricks including rabbit production and silks through tubes and schedules engagements this summer. Maurice Flack in Marion shares interest and Charles reads widely on tricks.
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Charles Larkey
Central City
Charles
Marion
Maurice Flack
Maurice
International Junior Society of Magicians
International Brotherhood
Oscar
Quiz on music and composers from a vintage page
A reader quiz asks five questions about song meaning, Sousa marches popularity, Stradivarius reliability, lyric attribution on sheet music, and common concert pieces. Correct answers yield points from 20 to 100, with grade labels from poor to perfect, and a page reference to review the solutions.
Feather Spice Cake Recipe From The Cookbook
Virginia Steinbeck of Keystone submits a feathered spice cake recipe with rhubarb dessert potential. The recipe includes Feather Spice Cake and Fluffy Mocha Frosting with butter sugar flour and spices, plus optional three 10 inch layers and nut garnish.
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Virginia Steinbeck
Keystone
Virginia
The Field Daisy Poem and Young Author Note
A short verse about the field daisy praising spring and cautioning walkers not to tread on it. Includes a dedication by Sidney Leroy Torson, age 7 12 years, West Union, and a separate line stating Saturn's year is thirty times Earth's.
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Sidney Leroy Torson
West Union
Famous Mothers and Their Children book reviewed
A new biography by Anna Curtis Chandler surveys famed mothers such as Mary Arden Shakespeare and Marie Curie. The volume presents concise life stories, suggesting it as an ideal gift for thoughtful youths aged 10 to 14 and a meaningful present from children to mothers.
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Abraham Lincoln
Anna Curtis Chandler
Stokes
Mary Arden Shakespeare
Marie Antoinette
Mary Washington
Maria Letizia Buonaparte
Leah Mendelssohn
Margaret Carnegie
Marie Sklodowska Cu
New 13 cent Martha Washington stamp on first day sale
The 13 cent Martha Washington stamp of the U S presidential series debuts May 5 in brown, same size as the 1 cent Washington stamp. Poland marks the 150th anniversary of the U S Constitution with a deep gray commemorative stamp featuring Washington, Kosciuszko, Paine, and Revolutionary War imagery. The Chicago Postmaster prepares a National Air Mail Week cachet for May 15 21, and covers should be sent to the Cadet Committee at the Main Post Office, Chicago.
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Martha Washington
U.S
George Washington
U. S
Poland
Washington
Kosciuszko
Thomas Paine
Lady Liberty
Empire State
Manhattan Towers
Chicago
National Air Mail
Questions and Answers contest in The Junior Gazette
The Junior Gazette invites readers to enter its first annual Questions and Answers contest with twelve prizes across Cedar Rapids and Iowa locations. Ten questions cover preferences, money, hobbies, pets, activities, and values with a closing date in May and specific entry instructions.
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Junior Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Half-Rubber The Popular Kids Bat Ball Game
Originating in Savannah Georgia 16 years ago half rubber uses a broom handle bat and half sponge roller ball. Two players form a team pitcher and catcher with simple rules and no bases. Hits include a single and a home run 150 feet.
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Savannah
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Lucille Kinley
Morris Gater
Mary -Eloise Senst
S. B. Little
Herman Candler
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Carl Dueser
Toad
Mary Kay Angerer
Wilson School
Central City High School
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By Carl Dueser
Margaret Smola
Sousa
Stradivarius
Jeanette Beyer
Saturn
Earth
Liszt’s. Liebestraum
Iowa
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