Roosevelt Wilson to Co operate in publishing clipper
Roosevelt and Wilson high schools replace older yearbooks with senior souvenirs and a jointly published Roosevelt Wilson Clipper. The publication features two staffs led by editors in chief Maxine Burke and Bernard Russell, with editors and faculty sponsors listed along with upcoming east side yearbooks The McKinley Arrow and Franklin Key.
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Roosevelt
Wilson
Clipper
Franklin Key
McKinley Arrow
Grant
Washington
McKinley
Franklin
East Side
Washington Cedar
West Side
Roosevelt-Wilson
Maxine Burke
Robert Bokerney
Loyal Meek
Ruth ‘Andre
Bernard Russel
Eleanor Hurka
Kathleen Daley
Forrest Ainsworth
William Owen
Elsie Propst
Pierre Tracy
Wooden Soldiers Parade at Wilson Junior High
Wilson Junior High's physical education program staged a Friday assembly directed by Miss Henrietta Frank. Girls performed three English folk dances and the Rye waltz, plus a parade of wooden soldiers. Boys showcased a volleyball game and ninth grade novelty relays, while nineteen girls earned national athletic badge pins under Miss Opal Dee Porter. Betty Rollins emceed and led a four-event demonstrations sequence.
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Wilson Junior High
Bob Field
Leo Mraz
Marvin Priborsky
John Butler
Tom Farmer
Herman Frueh
Leonard Hamer
Charles Wild
Irvin Haeussler
John Sage
Louis Valliere
Tom Janos
Richard Lahman
Samir Zitek
Howard Klekar
Opal Dee Porter
Mary Ellen Brown
Edna Wachal
Madeline Hertel
Margaret Hoyt
Martha Suchy
Betty Rollins
Dorothy Ross
Frances Sloup
Margaret Filson
Catherine Smejkal
Mildred Mrkvicka
Irene Zitek
Blanche Marsoui
Marilyn Mathews
Adel Wear
Books Of Children In Foreign Lands At The Library
The public library adds several books about children abroad. Titles include Kintu by Elizabeth Enright about a Congo chief's son facing jungle fear. Jamaica Johnny by Elmer and Berta Hader. One Day With Tutku by Armstrong Sperry about an Eskimo boy. Carlos and Lola by Phyllis Sowers set in the Philippine Islands. Chinese Twins by Mrs. Lucy Perkins about twin siblings in China.
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Kintu
Elizabeth Enright
Congo
Jamaica
Johnny
Elmer
Berta Hader
Solomon
Tutku
Armstrong Sperry
Puktu
Carlos
Lola
Phyllis Sowers
Philippine Islands
Chango
Lucy Perkins
Golden Boy
Moon Flower
China
Elect Vern VanCura President of Wilson Nature Club
Vern VanCura is elected president of the Wilson Nature Club. Other officers include Helen Berdecny as vice president and secretary, Betty Smith as treasurer, and Sidney Temple.
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Vern VanCura
Wilson Nature Club
Helen Berdecny
Betty Smith
Sidney Temple
Graduation events set for June with ISU president to speak
Graduates prepare for a sequence of events through May and June. The joint commencement at Memorial Building features Dr. Charles E. Finley of Iowa State College at Ames as speaker. Frankin and McKinley seniors hold two grad week events including dinners on June 2 and day programs the prior week.
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Memorial
Charles E. Finley
Iowa State College
Ames
McKinley
Franklin
Roosevelt
Wilson
West Side
Roosevelt Hotel
Mary Jane Marousek Elected Wilson Tri-Hi President
Mary Jane Marousek has been elected president of the Wilson Tri-Hi club. Other officers are Winifred Doty as vice president Marie Kibler as secretary and Anna Jensen as treasurer.
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Thompson
Wilson
Florence Livingood
Anna Mae Chiamosta
Mary Louise Fieseler
Bessie Livingood
Betty Rollins
Marie Jane Kibler
Miriam Stehlik
Dorothy Barta
Betty Smith
Mary Jane Marousek
Wilson Tri-Hi Club
Winifred Doty
Marie Kibler
Anna Jensen
Tyler program climaxes bird project with display
Tyler 2A students concluded their bird activity with a program featuring a bird glee club poems songs and stories learned during the semester project. The event showcased the house garden bird houses feeding trays and a woodland scene with a white picket fence and trellis as a backdrop.
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Tyler 2A
Bird Glee Club
Daniel Cohen
Kenneth Daum
Jerome Grubich
Florence Travis
Mary Alica Vosdingh
Nathaniel McNiel
Robert Kovar
Betty Robertson
Rosie Rodgers
Dolores Sape
Joe Haddy
Marjorie Smith
Barbara Howard
Robert Norman
Rosemary Williams
Richard Holden
Helen Haddy
Donald Meyer
Jean Alch
Arlene Spooner
Elaine Lyons
Betty Lou Harnisch
Richard Henson
June Nichols
Margaret Shafer
Norma Ampey
Clem Keyes
Jay Ross
Jewell Jacubek
Freddy Cook
Howard Moss
Jane Miller
Melvin Henderson
Wayne Smith
Milo Sojka
Frederick Schmidt
Jeanne Abney
Arthur Marble Champs Winners Named at School Tournament
Arthur school held a marbles tournament with winners Billy Burger from 6A Kenneth Delp from 5B and Wallace Barnett from 4A earning top honors.
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Arthur School
Billy Burger
Kenneth Delp
Wallace Barnett
Roosevelt Seniors Stage Captain Applejack Friday Night
Roosevelt high seniors present Captain Applejack in the school auditorium Friday night a blend of adventure and romance in Arabian Nights style. Kenneth White stars as the reserved hero whose pirate ancestor reshapes his life with a twist. William Geiger plays Ivan Borolsky the villain, with a full supporting cast and Roberta D Sheets directing.
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Roosevelt
Captain Applejack
Kenneth White
High Seas
William Geiger
Ivan Borolsky
Viola Metela
Poppy Faire
Wilma Wykle
Agatha Whatcome
Health project 15 works out at Polk
Outgrowths of the Polk 3B food project include a model restaurant a visit to the Wilson packing plant and a health play for parents. Pupils designed napkins aprons and caps while learning about balanced meals table setting and public dining etiquette.
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Wilson Packing
Wilson Packing Plant
Iowa
Robert Scheib
Jimmy Hamiston
Roberta Hill
Robert Schuller
Jean Richardson
Betty Bouldin
Rhyme Poems Spotlight Polk Johnson Tyler Projects
In Polk Johnson and Tyler pupils present verse about diverse topics. One piece titled Amazonia by Billy Sinaike describes a jungle of earthquakes snakes and strange animals with vivid imagery. The writing reflects mid grade rhyme exercises and local school culture.
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Polk, Johnson and
Tyler
Johnson, Polk and Tyler
Books and Birds Poem Fragments by Margaret Kohl and Val Jean Prother
A clipped page presents two short pieces: Margaret Kohl’s poetry rejecting magical fairy books and a reading of a winter bird Mr Nuthatch by Val Jean Prother. The fragments describe children, sensory impressions, and a bird peering from a tree trunk in winter.
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MR. Nuthatch
Val Jean Prother
Polk
Observation Week Shines in Public Grade Schools
Parents and teachers praised a successful Observation Week across three host schools with open house daily. Pupils presented projects from the correlation program, handwork displays, and special demonstrations at Johnson Marionette Hansel and Gretel Polk History of Light Cleveland History of Paper Making Arthur health and dog projects Fillmore home mail post office.
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Johnson
Hansel
Gretel
Polk
Cleveland
Arthur
Fillmore
Lincoln
Cornell
Iowa State Teachers College
Roosevelt Educator Wins Columbia Fellowship for 1930s studies
Lawrence E. Olson, social studies teacher at Roosevelt High School, received the Lydia C. Roberts graduate fellowship to study a year at Teachers College Columbia University New York City. The award includes 850 dollars plus travel funds, and requires returning to Iowa for at least two years after the program. Olson, a Winterset native and Drake alumnus, will take leave from Cedar Rapids Grant High for educational administration and supervisory work at Columbia.
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Lawrence E. Olson
Roosevelt Senior High School
Lydia C. Roberts
Columbia University Teachers’ College
New York City
New York
Iowa
Olson
Winterset
Drake University
University of Iowa
Morgan, Minn
Cedar Rapids
Grant
Board of Education
Columbia
Harvard University
Roosevelt
Shomler Stars in McKinley Senior Play Peg O My Heart
Roseann Shomler and Frank Bates lead the McKinley senior class in Peg O My Heart to be staged Friday at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. The cast includes Marjorie Schindler, Harlan Dobry, Mary Ellen McLeod, Don Wescott, John Lindsley, and Helen Pleshek with Ina Hibbard directing.
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McKinley Arrow
Jean Eckford
Frank Bates
Roseann Shomler
John Davenport
Dorothy Carr
Robert Lee
Sara Lee Herbecker
Robert Kucera
Jane Sigmund
Dorothy Awes
Harold Heckart
Helen Pleshek
Mary Ellen McLeod
John Linsley
Mary Ann Herschel
Cecelia Leven
Marian Martin
Robert Adams
John Hutch
Robert Carver
William McGuire
Agnes Knapp
Helen Weber
Betty Nissen
Meriwyn Pollins
Emily Ce
Iss Ella M. Grissell
Alice F. Rudd
Harry R. Peterson
Raymond F. Gorman
Marguerite Chapman
Peggy
Jerry
McKinley
Peg O
My Heart
Brent
Don Wescott
John Lindsley
Peg
Franklin Pierce
Miss Ina Hibbard
McKinley Ninth Grade Presents Two One Act Plays
The McKinley ninth grade stages two one act plays in the school auditorium during the last week of May. The Girl from Weepah set in a living room of a sorority house as girls plan furnishings and await rushees. Cast includes Mary Arline Jayne Beth Thom as Caroline Dawn Chapel Helen Madge Young Nell Smith Marjorie Davis Ruth Trotner Ethel Kirkpatrick Joyce Margaret Sanders. The Dark features a large cast with Bob Warren Steve Joe Himmel Fatso Dick Staves Skinny Earl Whited Percy Robert Arnold Bennie John Platz Captain Blackbird David Rude and John Thousand. Stage crew includes Doris Hill Patricia Rice Florence Healy and Bob Warren among others.
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McKinley
Tri Nu
Mary
Arline Jayne
Beth
Betty Thomas
Caroline
Dawn Chapel
Helen
Madge Young
Nell Smith
Marjorie Davis
Ruth Trotner
Ethel Kirkpatrick
Joyce
Margaret Sanders
Doris Hill
Patricia Rice
Florence Healy
Bob Warren
Steve
Joe Himmel
Fatso
Dick Staves
Skinny
Earl Whited
Percy
Robert Arnold
Bennie
John Platz
Captain Blackbird
David
Polk Airplane Made From Orange Crates At Kindergarten
Interest centers on a low winged tri motor monoplane built from orange crates. The craft, with wheels, carries the pilot and one passenger around the room.
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Polk Kindergarten
Just Folks by Edgar A Guest
A reflective verse about a mother who prioritizes her children over personal pleasures. She stays home to manage tea time and prayers, cherishes family routines, and finds contentment in caring for her kids rather than seeking distant adventures.
Mothers Honored At Parties By Cedar Rapids Girl Reserves
Cedar Rapids Girl Reserves host teas and programs this week and next at Franklin and McKinley schools. Mothers of members attend. groups perform solos, readings, dances, and dramatizations. Activities include plans for Roosevelt and Wilson schools with installations for new officers.
Van Buren Festival of Folk Dance Planned at Woodrow Wilson
A festival of folk dance and American song will be held at Woodrow Wilson Junior High School Wednesday at 7 30 pm. The program features dances from twenty nations and scenes depicting the evolution of songs and dances in America with a finale showing harmony among cultures. Names of performers from Ireland to Mexico and the United States are listed, with pupils in the second part performing various dances and numbers.
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Thomas
Henrietta Izer
Helen Jean Schlantz
van Buren
Wilson School
Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
America
Robert Watkins
Arthur Kohler
Jaroslav Hruby
Rex Kline
Francis Luse
Billy McQuiston
Edward Rathje
Willard Owen
Elmer Dudley
Dick Farmer
Raymond Fritz
James McKee
Burton Watkins
Richard Bruna
Wellman Luse
Jack Wink
Lester Hurt
Milton Miniet
Robert Pruden
Wallace Nelson
Darlene Trout
Henriettta Izer
Bob Ennis
Erick Shere Onick
Lloyd Mrstik
Lester Hodina
John Frnch
Donald Brink
Vera Peterka
Mildred Mahring
Betty Jean Harerison
Henrietta Kubik
Priscilla McNeill
Doris Shields
Evelyn Anderson
Lottie Zaspal
Carl Turkington
Grant Lemaster
Vernon McDowell
Marvin Soukup
Harold Stanek
Bowery
Betty Ruth Konigsmark
Mary Frances Berger
Lois Johnson
Jean Anderson
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Tri-Hi
Arthur Marble Champs
Applejack
Amazonia
Billy Sinaike
Johnson GA
Margaret Kohl
Tyler GA
Asta
Ena
M'Kinley
Polk Airplane
Edgar A. Guest
Franklin Junior High
Martha Washington
Ruby Byers
Jeanne Kindler
Violet Hanshaw
Dorothy Jane Nesper
Beth Jean Veverka
Nita Fields
Betty Mae Leinbaugh
Y’s Players
Magnolia Hurst
Edith Reed
Gilberta Offut
Hazel Lowry
Erma Wingfield
Errannie Malbrue
McKinley Senior High
Ireland
Erick Sheronick
England
Lucille Dvorak
Chester Roloff
Lorraine Dalziel
Leonard Nelson
Dorothy Hale
George Mayfield
Evelyn Mrstik
Robert Carlson
Joyce Carlyle
Donald Lemon
Alberta Mefford
Scotland
Holland
Betty Hanson
Japan
Elaine Brague
Lavonna Dudley
Elsie Dye
Martha Lorene
Anna Mae Hodina
Denmark
Donna Cheney
Jean Krukow
Sweden
Charles Elias
Poland
Charles Loufek
Darrell McCready
Donald Havlik
Betty Mrstik
Anna Mae Stepanek
Evelyn White
Ella Mae Randall
Mary Lou Harrison
Arline Cilik
Germany
India
Rosemary Lattner
Darlene Knake
Marguerite Womacka
Spain
Amelia Fulmer
France
Dorothy Andreson
Italy
Edith Usher
Nita Ellison
Ilene Plank
Maxine Malecek
Rachel Ehrenberger
Shirley Turkington
Howard Bean
Milo Doupnik
Floyd Sailer
Robert Havlik
Lawrence Kimball
Donald Skalsky
Switzerland
Betty Harrison
Egypt
Betty Lou Soukup
Edrie Johns
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Robert Hanson
Jimmie Whalen
Shirley Nelson
Carl Nelson
Howard Caperonis
Anna Mae Durkee
Donna Mae Grant
Maria Holub
Betty Nemec
Franklin Chromosta
Russia
Dora Mae Gaskill
Lillian Rocerek
Mexico
Helene Schluntz
Mary Vokolek
Betty Jean Jirsa
Darelene Trout
Lyda Oakfield
Helen Jean Schluntz
Mary Balsanek
Dorothy Andresen
Uncle Sam
Earl Mottinger
Phyllis Noble
Leo Zach
Lyle Johnson
Robert Bruna
Lloyd Plank
Wesley Novak
Bessijean Zumer
Gladys Stanek
Wayne Hewitt
Bernard Hewitt
Robert Sumner
Betty Jane Keister
Leeland Dankert
Raymond Jones
Bobby Fowler
Charles Lingo
Luc Cille Is
Ross Johnson
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