Winners in The Junior Gazette Questions and Answers Contest
Announced prize winners from Cedar Rapids area and beyond as readers of The Junior Gazette shared ideas on where they like to live and what they would do with a thousand dollars. Elizabeth Billings and Frances R Hill win senior prizes. Ruth Giblin and Betty Raplinger win junior prizes. numerous honorable mentions follow with multiple Iowa towns and schools named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Junior Gazette
Anunteu
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Billings
Coggan Public School
P. Billings
Coggon
Frances R. Hill
Coggon Public School
L. D. Hill
Ruth Giblin
Williamsburg Public School
P. H. Giblin
Williamsburg
Betty Jean Raplinger
South English Public School
H.W. Raplinger
South English
Helen Stoner
Lone Willow Rural School
H. A. Stoner
Sally Barrett
Hawthorne School of Independence
First Prize Senior Division Winner Elizabeth Billings Coggon Iowa
Elizabeth Billings of Coggon wins first prize in the senior division outside Cedar Rapids. She praises rural life over the city and outlines plans to attend a reputable college, help others, and contribute to her community. She lists hobbies and musical talents including sousaphone and violin.
Poppy Poster Winners Named In Cedar Rapids Contest
The American Legion auxiliary sponsors a Memorial Day Poppy Poster contest in Cedar Rapids schools. Ione Thompson won first prize with her 8A Franklin poster. Donald Gray and Doris Stone took second and third respectively, under art instructor Erma Oberg and judge Mrs. Kent Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Legion Auxiliary
Cedar Rapids
Ione Thompson
Franklin
T. A. Thompson
Seventeenth Street
Donald Gray
J. H. Gray
Longwood Drive
Doris Stone
Lloyd W. Stone
K Avenue
Erma Oberg
Kent Andrews
First Avenue E
First Prize in Junior Division by Jack Foster
Jack Foster of Roosevelt School 1608 Fourth Street SW Cedar Rapids wins first prize in the junior division. He favors city life for school opportunities and aims to become a mechanical engineer with a $1,000 funding dream. He collects coins, builds radios, plays violin, runs track, owns a dog, and works a paper route while noting values in youth and ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Jack Foster
Roosevelt School
Fourth Street
France
England
Greece
Italy
Germany
China
Japan
Harrison School
Margaret Blaine
Roosevelt
J. H. Blaine
Eighth Street
Norman Hornum
N. M. Hornum
C Avenue NW
W. C. Foster
Don Schwinn
Immaculate Conception School
C. S. Schwinn
Bever Avenue
Mary Ellen Dennis
Harerison
L. D. Dennis
O Avenue NW
Margarette Evenson
Trinity Lutheran School
E. W. Evenson
Maplewood Drive
Contest Question Set On Living, Money, Hobbies And Community
A list of ten questions asks about living preferences city or country reasons money use if given 1000 dollars hobbies and unique hobbies sports and music plays pets earnings activities and youth involvement. It seeks traits admired in older persons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gimpy
Oscar
Coggan High School
First Prise in Junior Division Ruth Giblin Williamsburg
A reader notes Ruth Giblin of Williamsburg wins first prize in the junior division. The piece reflects on city conveniences and social amenities, college plans, hobbies, dolls collection, sports, music, pet dog, and earnings from paper folding for film purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prise
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Giblin
Williamsburg
Helen Worth
Canada
Mexico
United States
Tale of Patience in Parental Roles
The passage notes admiration for an older person’s patience and links it to what good mothers should possess. It reflects on values in family and community life and the qualities preserved across generations.
First Prize in Grade Division Highlights Local Entries
A Cedar Rapids area page features young students noting prizes and hobbies. Helen Stoner from College Township Linn County wins first prize in grade division, with reflections on education, Camp Fire, pets, sports, piano, and community activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Helen Stoner
College Township
Linn County
Pauleen Groesgen
Prince
Pony
Spotty
Peggy
Tommy
Charcoal
Blackie
Topsy
Phoebe
Lamb
Fawn
Shep
City living praised for schools and services by Margaret Blaine
Margaret Blaine argues city life offers better education, shopping, transit, and medical care within walking distance and near parks. She envisions a future with red satin shoes, a red bicycle, and plans to travel to Hollywood. The piece showcases personal hobbies and memories, including sports viewing and public speaking experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Margaret Blaine
Eighth Street
Roosevelt School
Hollywood
Bunnies
Raiders
Zipper
Whiz
Reflections on pets youth and aging from a student's essay
The piece muses on goldfish as easy pets and questions whether fish think or sleep. It shifts to personal finances, school activities, and church work. It contrasts aging dignity with youth culture, noting middle-aged women at beauty salons and men chasing fashion. It ends with a preference for an older, gray-haired partner over youth’s appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flop
Snow White
Christian Endeavor Society
Roosevelt High Winners in Questions and Answers Contest
Cedar Rapids Roosevelt students win prizes in a citywide Questions and Answers contest. The piece lists winners, prizes, and special honors across Roosevelt and other area schools, with names, ages, grades, and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt High School
Remembering War Heroes At Wilson School
A student poem honors fallen soldiers from a great war. Mary Kay Angerer of 9B Cedar Rapids reads of the dead, memorials, and the silent grief carried by mounds and empty sleeves, urging reverence on this day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kay Angerer
Wilson School
Cedar Rapids
Geese wear wood collars to block hedge gaps in France
In France, farmers place broad wooden collars around geese necks to stop them from slipping through hedges and crossing farm boundaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Helpful Hint on Cut Violet Care for Freshness
Practical tip explains cut violets do not absorb water via stems and must be watered directly on the flowers to stay fresh, noting they wilt quickly without occasional direct watering.
Reel Lather Replaces Soap in Movie Shaving Scenes
In film shaving moments, whipped cream substitutes for soap lather. Lather appears less convincing and wears off quicker, so actors use cream to maintain a realistic, durable foam look on screen.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coggan
Independence
Elaine F. Dann
Calamus Consolidated School
Carl Li. Dann
Lost Nation
Dorothy Baker
Carson High School
Marengo
Roy L. Baker
Homestead
Dorothy Heneke
Delmar High School
Herman Heneke
Delmar
Anna Catherine Grindred
Oxford Junction
Elaine Witt
Delmar School
Ben Witt
Dorothy Greene
What Cheer High School
Frank Greene
What Cheer
Adine van Fossen
Toddville High School
John van Fossen
Jacqueline Niles
West Union School
Franklin Olson
Clermont School
Louis Olson
Clermont
Cien Thompson
Norway School
E. J. Thompson
Norway
Charlene Fenton
Stanwood
W. G. Fenton
Harlan C. Folfs
Herman G. Folfs
Elgin
Alice Green
Calamus School
Alburnett School
H. Koch
Central City
Betty Porth
Carl Porth
Calamus
Catherine Hegeman
St. Patrick's School
W. H. Hegeman
Waukon
Dorothy Salisbury
Katherine Latham
Hawthorne
C. R. Latham
Shirley Tegen
Tegen
Lenore Lisk
H. Lisk
Maude Ethel McInerney
Union No. 2
Frank Duncalf, Jr
van Horne
Mary Esther Boyd
Washington School
C. O. Hoover
Lisbon
Barbara Boyd
Lesta Jean Rion
Irving School
Marion
Mae Ret Honan
Camp Hitaga
Glen Crowder
Science Teachers’ Museum
Pete
Coliseum
Ben Haddad
D. J. Haddad
Avenue NW
Elaine Kindead
McKinley
Julia Kindead
Ninth Street SE
Jim Ensign
J. W. Ensign
Ellis Boulevard
Loreraine Jones
T. M. Jones
Fifth Street
Vera Pyle
J. H. Pyle
Wilson Avenue
Lucille Johns
A. Johns
G Avenue
Edna Siemer
G. F. Siemer
Southland Avenue
Lois Detlefsen
Trinity Luetheran School
C. Detlefsen
Murray Drive
June Smith
N. Smith
Loretta Hoy
Immaculate Conception
F. M. Hoy
Fourth Avenue
Frances Burns
E. J. Burns
Fourteenth Street
Patricia Sullivan
E. J. Sullivan
Second Avenue
Mary Lou Carpenter
W. C. Carpenter
Jimmie McNamara
J. M. McNamara
Jo Anne Williams
Jackson
L. A. Williams
Fifteenth Street
Anna Mae Stepanek
van Buren School
John F. Stepanek
N Street
Bernice Marie Voveroch
Dairy Dale
Peter R. Held
Forest Drive
Bobby Clem
Ross Clem
Sixth Avenue
Warren Summy
F. B. Summy
Jimmy McLain
L. H. McLain
Fifth Avenue
Barbara Preston
Jackeson
E. Preston
Joan Hadad
Jim Hadad
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