Roosevelt and Wilson to Publish Joint Senior Yearbook
Roosevelt and Wilson high schools plan a cooperative senior yearbook to replace former Grant and Washington annuals. The Roosevelt Wilson Clipper will feature color themes and senior photos with separate staffs led by editors in chief Maxine Burke and Bernard Russell, supported by faculty sponsors and student photographers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Maxine Burke
Robert Bokerney
Loyal Meek
Ruth ‘Andre
Wilson
Bernard Russel
Eleanor Hurka
Kathleen Daley
Forrest Ainsworth
William Owen
Elsie Propst
Pierre Tracy
Library Receives Books Of Children In Foreign Lands
Public library adds several children titles from abroad. Stories include Kintu set with a Congo chief, Jamaica Johnny about a Jamaican boy, Tutku the Eskimo hunter, Carlos and Lola in the Philippine Islands, Chinese Twins with Moon Flower and Golden Boy, highlighting cross cultural adventures and early 20th century perspectives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kintu
Elizabeth Enright
Congo
Jamaica
Johnny
Elmer
Berta Hader
Solomon
Tutku
Armstrong Sperry
Tuktu
Carlos
Lola
Phyllis Sowers
Philippine Islands
Chango
Lucy ‘Perkins
Golden Boy
Moon Flower
China
Vern VanCura Elected President of Wilson Nature Club
Vern VanCura has been elected president of the Wilson Nature Club. Other officers named include Helen Berdecny as vice president and secretary, Betty Smith as treasurer, and Sidney Temple as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern VanCura
Wilson Nature Club
Helen Berdecny
Betty Smith
Sidney Temple
Wooden Soldiers Parade At Wilson Junior High
Wilson Junior High gifted a standout physical education assembly directed by Miss Henrietta Frank. Three girl groups danced English folk dance Rye waltz and wooden soldiers while ninth grade boys staged novelty relays and a volleyball game. Nineteen girls earning national athletic badges received pins from instructor Miss Opal Dee Porter as Betty Rollins led the demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Lamir Zitek
Howard Klekar
Graduation events announced for Ames Iowa State college seniors
Graduates prepare for full scheduled days ahead of commencement on Wednesday June 3 in the Memorial building with Dr. Charles E Finley president of Iowa State college at Ames as speaker for joint services where McKinley Franklin Roosevelt and Wilson seniors will receive diplomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial
Charles E. Finley
Iowa State College
Ames
McKinley
Franklin
Roosevelt
Wilson
West Side
Roosevelt Hotel
Marousek Elected President of Wilson Tri-Hi Club
Mary Jane Marousek has been elected president of the Wilson Tri-Hi club. Other officers named include Winifred Doty as vice president, Marie Kibler secretary, and Anna Jensen treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Marousek
Wilson Tri-Hi Club
Winifred Doty
Marie Kibler
Anna Jensen
Program Climaxed Tyler Bird Project With Assembly
Tyler 2A children wrapped up a bird themed semester with a program blending poems songs stories and speeches. Highlights included a bird glee club vocabulary charts and a display featuring bird homes bird houses feeding trays and a woodland scene backdrop with a white picket fence. Participants listed include Daniel Cohen Kenneth Daum Jerome Grubich Florence Travis Mary Alida Vosdingh Nathaniel McNiel Robert Kovar Betty Robertson Rosie Rodgers Dolores Sape Joe Haddy Marjorie Smith Barbara Howard Robert Norman Rosemary Williams Richard Henson 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
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler 2A
Bird Glee Club
Daniel Cohen
Kenneth Daum
Jerome Grubich
Florence Travis
Mary Alida 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 School Marble Winners Named for 6A 5B and 4A
Billy Burger won 6A, Kenneth Delp took 5B, and Wallace Barnett earned 4A honors in the Arthur school marble tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur School
Billy Burger
Kenneth Delp
Wallace Barnett
Roosevelt Seniors Stage Captain Applejack Friday at School
Roosevelt seniors present Captain Applejack in Arabian Nights style Friday night at the school auditorium. Kenneth White stars as the reserved bachelor whose ancestor was a pirate. William Geiger plays villain Ivan Borolsky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Captain Applejack
Kenneth White
High Seas
William Geiger
Ivan Borolsky
Viola Metela
Poppy Faire
Wilma Wykle
Agatha Whatcome
Polk health project 15 builds a model restaurant
Outgrowth of the Polk 3B food project includes a model restaurant tour of the Wilson packing plant and a health play titled Breakfast Table. Pupils designed and furnished the area with tables chairs and service items while learning about balanced meals dining etiquette and food service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Packing
Wilson Packing Plant
Iowa
Robert Scheib
Jimmy Hamiston
Roberta Hill
Robert Schuller
Jean Richardson
Betty Bouldin
Vernon Harriman
Mary Lou Moorman
Margaret Nosek
Robert Jenkins
Joan Gray
John Moore
Franklin Jayne
Marvin Bramon
Delores Olsen
Betty Ross
Phillip Hoover
Billy Pohorsky
Jack Homan
George Miller
Hassan Kalell
Mary Thomas
Barbara Risk
John Meskness
Claude King
Judith Howard
Leo Smith
Carolyn Mack
Joy Hoff
Joyce Gearhart
Wava Buckwheat
Marcelline Moss
Lois Linders
Rhyme On Local Projects From Polk Johnson And Tyler
A brief excerpt shows Johnson Polk and Tyler using verse to describe projects in intermediate grade work. It compares Amazonia with Cedar Rapids highlighting jungle imagery and dangers while noting student authorship from the Johnson GA area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk, Johnson and
Tyler
Johnson, Polk and Tyler
Books of wonder spark a girl elf tale
A reader describes shelves filled with fantasy books about girls and elves, treasure quests, and magical adventures that thrill to the fingertips without mention of bleak or mature topics.
Mr Nuthatch Poem by Val Jean Prother
A winter bird poem celebrating the nuthatch by Val Jean Prother on Polk 4A. The speaker notes the bird’s upside down trunk work while foraging for worms and being admired as “home” despite not nesting. The verse ends with an upbeat line about the worm and a lingering good finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Nuthatch
Val Jean Prother
Polk 4A
Observation Week Adds Pride to Grade Schools Display
Observation Week in public grade schools drew praise from parents and teachers. Open house at three campuses showcased projects and handwork, with special pupil demonstrations at several schools. Lincoln PTA served tea as out of town guests from Cornell and Iowa State Teachers College observed the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Hansel
Gretel
Polk
Cleveland
Arthur
Fillmore
Lincoln School
Cornell
Iowa State Teachers College
Roosevelt Man Earns Columbia Fellowship for Winter Study
Lawrence E. Olson, social studies teacher at Roosevelt senior high, wins the Lydia C. Roberts graduate fellowship for a year of study at Columbia University Teachers College New York City. He receives 850 plus travel funds and will return to Iowa for at least two years after completing studies. Olson, Winterset native, earned a Drake B A in 1929 and an Iowa M A, previously led Morgan Minnesota high school and now teaches at Grant in Cedar Rapids. The board grants a year leave for this educational administration and supervision work following summer study at Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
McKinley Ninth Grade to Stage Two One-Act Plays
The McKinley ninth grade presents The Girl from Weepah and All in The Dark in the school auditorium during the last week of May. Casts include Mary Arline Jayne Beth Betty Thomson Caroline Dawn Chapel Helen Madge Young Nell Smith and others with stage crew Doris Hill Patricia Rice and Florence Healy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Kindergarten Builds Orange Crate Monoplane
Interest centers on a low winged tri motor monoplane made from orange crates. The craft can carry a pilot and one passenger around the room and is equipped with wheels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk Kindergarten
Just Folks. A mother devoted to her children at tea
The poem portrays a mother who never leaves her children alone for tea. She stays home to greet them after school, cherishes family meals, and finds contentment only when her family is cared for. Her heart stays with her children even when away, preferring home and domestic duties.
Mothers Honored At Cedar Rapids Girl Reserve Tea Events
Cedar Rapids Girl Reserves host teas honoring mothers with joint clubs from Franklin junior high performing pieces and solo numbers. McKinley ninth grade and Y W C A groups also welcome mothers with musical selections and dramatizations as plans for next week include a Roosevelt tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
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
Roosevelt
Wilson On High
Et McKinley Senior High
Van Buren Folkloric Dance Festival at Woodrow Wilson
Van Buren presents a World’s Fair style folk dance program at Woodrow Wilson Junior High on Wednesday at 7 30 p m. The first half features dances and songs from twenty countries with a finale showing America’s melting pot. The second part showcases American dance and song with a large cast including Indians from Robert Watkins to Rex Kline and many named groups and soloists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Henrietta Izer
Helen Jean Schlantz
van Buren
Wilgon School
Wilson
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
Bob Ennis
Erick Sheronick
Lloyd Mrstik
Lester Hodina
John Frnch
Donald Brink
Vera Peterka
Mildred Mahring
Betty Jean Harrison
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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Clipper
Franklin Key
McKinley Arrow
East Side
Washington
Washington Cedar
Roosevelt-Wilson
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 Jeravarik
Iss Ella M. Grissell
Alice F. Rudd
Harry R. Peterson
Raymond F. Gorman
Marguerite Chapman
Elect
Thompson
Florence Livingood
Anna Mae Chiamosta
Mary Louise Fieseler
Bessie Livingood
Betty Rollins
Marie Jane Kibler
Miriam Stehlik
Dorothy Barta
Tri-Hi
Arthur Marble Champs
Applejack
Amazonia
Billy Sinaike
Johnson GA
Margaret Kohl
Poe
My Heart
Peggy
Jerry
Peg O
Brent
Don Wescott
John Lindsley
Peg
Franklin Pierce
Miss Ina Hibbard
Polk Airplane
Edgar A. Guest
Ireland
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
India
Rosemary Lattner
Darlene Knake
Marguerite Womacka
Spain
Amelia Fulmer
France
Dorothy Andreson
Italy
Edith Usher
Nita Ellison
Trene 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
Helenan Schluntz
Mary Vokolek
Betty Jean Jirsa
Charles Elias
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
Leoland Dankert
Raymond Jones
Ae Fowler
Charles Lingo
Luc ¢E Dennis
Ross Johnson
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