Notable prize winners named in Cedar Rapids event
Amelia Earhart Putnam and Charles Lindbergh top a popular list as prizes were awarded in three divisions at a Cedar Rapids event. Senior winner Robert Evans, 15, and Ida Mae Anderson, 14, lead junior and grade school prizes with multiple honorable mentions across Roosevelt Cedar Rapids McKinley and Wilson high schools and local Cedar Rapids schools.
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Wanier Nish
Robert Evans
Walker Hich
Adam Evans, Jr
Ida Mae Anderson
A Anderson
Oneida Consolidated School
Marvin Hollingsworth
C E OQ Oleson Marvin
Buchanan School
Cedar Rapids
Maxeene Wood
Roosevelt Senior
Nick Nassif
McKinley Senior
O Charles Hodge
Franklin Gentior
Cedar Rap
Jeanne Stepanek
Wilson High School
Dorothy Salisbury
Costown
Hazieton
Arlene Terpkosh
Hazel Ridge
Marion
Val Jean Prather
Polk
Mente
Col
Jeen Bedell
Arthur
John Liddle J
Johnson
Prizce
Contributions in The Juniior Gazette Spring Issue
The piece describes instructions for junior contributions to The Junior Gazette of Cedar Rapids Tawa Waite. It outlines submission format with name age grade and address on each contribution and a drawing on 6 by 8 inches with margins. It mentions spring showers bringing flowers and sports on the diamond and tennis courts.
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Juniior Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Tawa Waite
Answers To Quiz 1 Grain pests and film clues
The reader supplies the quiz answers including grain pests and a Greta Garbo clue. The sequence includes false statements about Greta Garbo and about a genuine eye in a film. It notes a President Rouse and a resignation.
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Greta Garbo
Rouse
Audre Tharp Designs Own Dresses In Hopkinton
Audre Tharp a Hopkinton High freshman sketched and sewed her own dress creations for years. She enjoys English foreign languages American history and domestic science and writes short stories. She studies sewing as a practical hobby and hopes it will guide her future work in fashion.
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Audre
William D Tharp
Hopkinton High School
Rural Schoolboy Keeps Two Year Attendance Record
Lee Jamison son of Mr and Mrs Jamison of Central City earned awards for perfect attendance and punctuality at Rogers Crossing school three miles west of Central City. He attended in all kinds of weather, maintaining the two year record across last year and this year.
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Lee Jamison
Jamison
Central City
Lee
Beng
Rogers Crossing
My Hero: A Grandfather’s Life of Selfless Kindness
A student reflects on a grandfather who endured hardship after his mother’s death at nine and raised younger siblings. He sacrificed his own manhood, denounced wrong, and faced life’s trials with quiet courage. His simple, worry free demeanor leaves a lasting impression despite aging and illness.
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Pero
Amelia Earhart Fulham a Heroine in My Mind
The writer names Amelia Earhart Fulham as their greatest heroine praising her courage in the unflown mission and her calmness under pressure after a wheel failure. They argue she proves a person can do what a man can do and surpass many other heroes in admiration.
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Amelia Earhart Putnam
Fulham
The
Pacific
Coronations Old New In This Book
A guest critic reviews Coronations Old New In This Book by Alice Daladesh with illustrations by Les Malay. The work surveys English and legendary coronations from Alfred the Great to Edward VII, detailing rulers, crown customs, and historical context.
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Alice Daladesh
Les Malay
Charles Scroners
Alfred the Great
William the Conqueror
Prince of Wales
Noort
Weitoamr
Wester
Frigand
Jimmie Green Part Captures Critical Moment
An unclear summary notes Jimmie Green involved in a key play or moment. The fragment mentions difficulties with length, possible timing, and a mailing reference to the United States, but details are limited. The record preserves the core names and generic action without specifics.
Quiz Style True False Questions From The War Era
A fragmentary sports style quiz presents five true or false items about Army worms Hollywood jewels grass and acorns wartime Spain cancelled stamps and Justice Willis Van Devanter.
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Spain
Willis van Devanter
Supreme Court
Stamps by A C Zalesky Tell of Lee and Lincoln Link
A fragmented 1861 reminiscence describes President Lincoln calling Robert E Lee to command the Union forces. It notes Lee’s early life at West Point and Mexican War service, highlighting his career path and later presidential imagery.
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Lincoln
Robert E Lee
Oapoy Lee
Solder
West Pont Heetra Rone
Manfest
Tanenin
Lee
Daves
Navy
Wasterton
Unclear OCR Text Describes Transport Milestone and Operations
Fragmentary notes mention a person named Tearter Ohighly and a unit or company with transport operations. It references a United States singieted (singleted) role and a 2 year old vessel that had already traveled over 50 600 miles in transports. The text is garbled and lacks coherent structure.
Young Iowa dairy kids run Edgewood route
The Perrinjaquet family in Edgewood Iowa owns 15 Guernsey cows and distributes 95 quarts daily. Children Eugene six and Virginia five help with deliveries under parental guidance as winter approaches. The siblings, joined by five others, shoulder active roles in the family dairy business.
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Iowa
Eugene Perringaquet
Virginia
Edgewood
Betty
M G Perrinjaquet
Students Build Own Planetarium To Study Zodiac Signs
Cedar Rapids fourth, fifth and sixth graders created a student planetarium using a large paper dome. Under Miss Recene Ashton and Edwin Bruns, they studied constellations and the zodiac, then displayed interpretive art of signs like Gemini Aquarius Leo Taurus and Pisces.
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Fillmore
Cedar Rapids
Recene Ashton
Edwin Bruns
Aquarius
Menecie
Leo
Taurus
Kraft Paperoon
Puppet Show Brings Goldilocks Tale To Cedar Round School
At Cleveland school in Cedar Round, first graders under Miss Ace line Monullon presented a puppet version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Students built the set and puppets, sewed costumes, and performed reading lines with music, with a full cast and stage crew.
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Sears and Goldilocks
O New
Cleveland
Cedar Rounds
Aceline B. Monullon
PTA
Materals
Vincent Bartuick
Richard Rabik
Betty Ann Shank
Joan Hauskas
Clyde McMillan
Rose Marie Drums
Vivian Frasinger
June Littleton
Cedar Rapids Boy Earns National Scholastic Art Honor
George Norman a 13 year old Benjamin Franklin school pupil in Cedar Rapids received honors in a national Scholastic contest for high school students. He is active in basketball tumbling football and scouts and plans to become a commercial artist.
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George Norman
Benjamin Franklin School
Cedar Rapids
Scholastic
American High School Weekly
George
George C. Norman
Troop 21
Boy Scouts of America
Margaret Danielson
Franklin School
Slang references and colorful phrases in American speech
The text notes common food related slang like raspberries good egg baloney and peach noting their everyday use. It also mentions cauliflower ears a George Orwell style list of expressions and cites Shakespeare longest word honorificabilitudinitatibus from Love's Labour Lost as an example of linguistic flair.
Record of two St Patrick’s graduates at Cedar Rapids
Mary Leone Dahlem age 18 and Richard Lattner age 17 posted perfect attendance records across eleven and twelve years respectively at St Patrick’s School Cedar Rapids. Dahlem plans business studies after commencement while Lattner contemplates aviation and acting with Community players.
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Efither
St. Patrick’s School
Cedar Rapids
Mary Leone Dahlem
Richard Lattner
Mary Leane
Richard
Story of a Prairie Visit Ends in Escape
A 21 year old frontiersman in a Cedar Rapids inspired tale lures a traveler to a cabin. David Dorwart is fed then hidden danger grows when the host hides a knife and plans harm while another family member signals mercy by targeting a ham for breakfast.
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Doris Elaine Cone
McKinley
Cedar Rapids
David Dorwart
David
Mr. Johnson
Areca
Jim
Movie Guide Highlights Classic Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet with Norma Shearer and Leslie Howard praised as a faithful Shakespearean treatment. Also notes Woman Chases Man with Joel McCrea and Miriam Hopkins as a goofy family comedy. Mountain Justice stars George Brent and Josephine Hutchinson for older audiences. A Stark tale of a girl killing her father in self defense is noted.
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Norma Shearer
Leslie Howard
Joel McCrea
Miriam Hopkins
George Brent
Josephine Hutchinson
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Amelia Earhart
Putnam
Lindbergh
Duke of Windsor
Florence Nightingale
Claudette Colbert
Ginger Rogers
MVLIQ
Tareart Putnam
Charles Lindbergh
Tef
Gazivtte
Windsor
Claccette Colbert
Mani Assays
Ava
Chemisis
N- Pressages
Florence Niet Gas
Pascoe
PSSST
Sarast
Gtet Rogers
Jane Wotters
Mechu Rave
Simon Sera
Decca Durbin
Thore Power
the Dionnes
Tom Mix
Oneida
Allace
James Lifre
Jabrean Schnal
Gir
Aucre Tsay
Hopkinton
HERO
Walker High School
Walker
Heroine
Ann Greenberg
Jimmie Green Sr
Jimmie Green
United States
Hollywood
A. C. Zalesky
Gieves
Lac
Peorane Riachard
Mary Leone Roth
Richards
Mary Jearnes
Spusnish
Bosetail
Mary Leone
John O. Latiner
Ihis
Gilbert
Charles M Dahlem
Binds Street
Gompe
Mary Leone Daulem
Movie Guide
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