Rabbi Polish to Speak at Senior Highs Ceremony
Edar Rapids reports two citywide Girl Reserves ceremonies this month with a world fellowship theme. The senior high event at First Presbyterian features Rabbi David Polish of Temple Judah as speaker and includes a candlelighting rite and pledge of commitment.
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Edar Rapids
First Presbyterian Church
David Polish
Temple Judah
Dorothy Navratil
McKinley Hi
Roosevelt Tri-Blue
Ruth Jane Hubbard
Franklin Hi
Collection Of Toy Soldiers Shown At Armistice Program
Armistice day observed at Fillmore school with toy soldiers on display by Howard Cole from ten countries. Intermediate grades won with a program including songs and poems such as America and In Flanders Fields, Star Spangled Banner.
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Fillmore School
Howard Cole
Howard
Ugle Call
Edward Miller
America
Flanders Fields
Johnny
Ninth Grade Birthplaces Survey at Franklin Junior High
A Franklin junior high survey of ninth grade students shows twelve states besides Iowa as birthplaces: Missouri Illinois Michigan South Dakota Arkansas Minnesota Wyoming Oklahoma Wisconsin Kansas and Indiana.
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Franklin Junior High School
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Michigan
South Dakota
Arkansas
Minnesota
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Kansas
Indiana
Junior Red Cross Launches Several Service Projects
Junior Red Cross representatives launched multiple service projects at their last Saturday meeting. The Iowa Soldiers' Orphans home in Davenport will receive 700 Christmas remembrances from Red Cross workers from Hayes to Roosevelt junior high. Other efforts include nut cup making for the Home for Aged Women in Cleveland, tally making by Roosevelt pupils for an Iowa veterans hospital, and a Franklin ninth grade first aid club. Dorothy Melle of Coe College spoke about Norway and answered questions in a one hour forum.
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Hayes
Johnson
Fillmore
Jackson
Cleveland
Lincoln
Buchanan
Taylor
Big Springs
Polk
Garfield
Franklin
Roosevelt
Iowa Veterans’ Hospital
Dorothy Melle
Coe College
Norway
McKinley Building To Hold Open House Wednesday Night
McKinley junior and senior high schools host an open house Wednesday from 7 30 to 9 30 p m Teachers will be in their rooms to meet parents and friends Guides will show guests around the building Advisers will discuss next semester schedules with parents during the event
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McKinley
Franklin junior high volleyball crowns nine grade champs
Three hundred Franklin junior high girls competed in a volleyball tournament naming championship teams for seventh eighth and ninth grades. The 9B3 team captained by Jane Hall won ninth grade honors with listed players, followed by the 9A6 runners up. The 8A6 eighth grade champions were led by Dorothy Helmendahl with a full roster, while the 7A5 and 7A7 squads claimed titles with captains Betty Lou Hruska and Sally Luberger respectively and multiple players newsed.
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Franklin
Jane Hall
Kathryn Greene
Margaret Barngrover
Nora Cocker
Edna Kiesewetter
Bonnie Tripp
Marilyn Siebke
Catherine Keeler
Alicia Franey
Virginia Hendrickson
La-Vonne Allen
Mary Engledow
Dolores Macula
Betty Gurley
Ethel Martin
Neva Mae Weber
Myra Reynolds
Frances Burton
Shirley Sacora
Gladys Ricker
Dorothy J. Helmendahl
Elaine Jensen
Phyllis Haynes
Dorothy Cline
Helen Kinney
Maxine Nowadzky
Doris Wage
Catherine Bleakley
Audrey Bleakley
Jean Severn
Bell Demery
Shirley Parks
Edith Spencer
Phyllis Leacox
Marcia Kensinger
Vera Howland
Marian Reiff
Marian Pospishal
Ruth Hardiman
Ruth Knight
Jean Thompson
Dorothy Batchelder
Virginia Williamson
Jean Fahrney
Bonnie McGregor
Dolores Bacon
Jean Elder
Miriam Armstrong
Phyllis Hook
Nadine Morse
Elaine Lillick
Marilyn Smith
Helen Prochaska
Valera Kraus
Esther Perley
Jane Alexander
Annie Jean
Armistice Day Programs Highlight Roosevelt and Wilson Juniors
Impressive Armistice programs at Roosevelt and Wilson junior high schools featured readings from Psalms and poetry, patriotic songs, and student tributes. Students Estelle Murphy and Jack Forbes led pieces. choirs, glee clubs, and solos performed selections including The Day of Glory and In Flanders Field.
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Roosevelt
Wilson
Estelle Murphy
William Vesely
Donald Lehmkuhl
Richard Carey
Richard Riley
Betty Allard
Phyllis Raferty
Josephine Milota
Irene Antes
Jack Linkletter
Donald Preckel
Bill Henecks
Walter Sampson
Bob Mellen
Robert Lundquist
Erick
Margaret Blaine
Jack Forbes
John Kenery
Eddie Wharton
Bob Hallquist
Bob Hall
Kenneth Curran
Louis Pazour
Donald Carter
Boys’ Glee Club
Miss Retha Underhill
Dreamers
Caroline Savage
Wanda Clemert
Flanders Field
Jimmie Nichols
Assembly
Jack Foster
Girls’ Glee Club
Grace Meloney
John Hasek
Roy Shelton
George Baldwin
Wilson School
George Clark
Robert Tordik
America
Irene Rubendall
Betty Subotnik
Kathleen Check
Delores Wood
Doris Doherty
Virginia Miller
Robert McEndree
Charles Havlik
Take Leads In Roosevelt All-School Play Fly Away Home
Edward Byers takes the leading role of the father while Mavis Nelson is one of his four children. They stir up complications when he returns after a long absence to arrange for a divorce from their mother in the Roosevelt all school play to be given Thursday and Friday nights.
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Mavis Nelson
HE Roosevelt
James Masters
Masters
Provincetown
McKinley Starts Movie History Of School Activities
McKinley building begins a moving picture history of junior and senior high activities. The first reel to be shown at a Wednesday pay assembly at 3 pm, five cent admission, proceeds funding marching band uniforms. Ten minute reel covers dramatics art gym and music pupils with color footage of the 1936 marching band unit at the state music contest in Iowa City.
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McKinley
Iowa City
Franklin 8B4 Champions Win Another Victory
The Franklin 8B4 home room boys won the eighth grade double elimination touch football tournament with seven teams and twelve games. They have claimed sweepstakes in athletic honors throughout their junior high career, following 7B’s wins in soccer, basketball and baseball. The champions are Carl Tenhaus captain Harry Ackerman Carl Carpenter Paul Clark Roger Dietz Rollis Dietz Robert Everts Clifford Freeman Charles Harris William Hunsacker Edward McNabb Junior Moneypenny Richard Nash Richard Shaffer Tom Shive Kenneth Teether Craig Webb.
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Franklin
Carl Tenhaus
Harry Ackerman
Carl Carpenter
Paul Clark
Roger Dietz
Rollis Dietz
Robert Everts
Clifford Freeman
Charles Harris
William Hunsacker
Book Week highlights grow on reading in schools
Book Week celebrates "Books To Grow On" with exhibits on science, geography, history, art and poetry. The library shows feature mini Africa village displays and author Carol Brink’s Newbery winning Caddie Woodlawn with other titles by Phil Stong and Ingri D Aulaire, among others.
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Anne Caroll Moore
Marcella Klein
South Africa
Newbery
Carol Brink
Wisconsin
Caddie Woodlawn
Caddie
Woodlawn
France
Phil Stong
Franklin School Notes on Eighth Grade Girls Foods Class
Franklin junior high notes report eighth grade girls in foods class under Miss Rachel McIntyre. The 8B class is studying food combinations and planning related projects.
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Franklin
Stu
Mayor Hahn Talks to Cedar Rapids Class about City Government
Mayor Frank H. Hahn spoke to the 9B social science class at Franklin junior high school on Cedar Rapids government. The pupils are studying city government structures and functions.
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Frank H. Hahn
Franklin Junior High School
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt All-School Play “Fly Away Home” Next Week
The Roosevelt school auditorium hosts the family comedy Fly Away Home Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. Edward Byers plays the father with a large Masters family cast. Miss Roberta D. Sheets directs aided by students, with full stage crew named in the program.
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Armand Sioan
Viola Etela Age Ewaey
Robert Machovecs
Jeanne Kelly Ece
Roberta D. Sheets
Harland Endsley
Helen Taber
George Moran
Ted Welch
Karl Biskup
Roy Shelton
Virgil Richardson
Robert Cocayne
Martyn Frantz
Charles Russell
Rudolph Grubich
Martin Luber
Earl Youtzy
Margaret Mineck
Mary Louise Gilchrist
Mary Ann Nelson
Margaret Moloney
Eleanor Brantner
Doris Hegewald
Jane Nelson
James Watson
Runaway Owl Jimmy Disappears From Fillmore School
Runaway screech owl Jimmy with a broken wing vanished from a hospital box at Fillmore School. Miss Marie Kugler’s class had housed him for recuperation, but Monday night the box was moved to a friend’s home and Jimmy escaped. Principal Miss Marjorie Donohue later found the bird on a curtain rod, an apparent runaway.
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Jim
Fillmore School
Jimmy
Marie Kugler
Marjorie Donohue
Dad's Night At Roosevelt School Monday Meeting
Dad's Night will be held Monday at the Roosevelt school P T A meeting starting at 7 30. Judge Thomas B Powell will speak. The football squad will be presented and the school band will play. Committee includes J W Ensign chairman J Maloney Dempsy Jones M T Hasek Leslie Griggs Gus Mineck Dave L Williams and L D Dennis.
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Roosevelt School
Thomas B. Powell
J. W. Ensign
J. Maloney
Dempsy Jones
M. T. Hasek
Leslie Griggs
Gus Mineck
Dave L. Williams
L. D. Dennis
Haycraft Elected President Of Wilson 9BD Home Room
Arthur Haycraft heads the 9BD home room at Wilson school and is elected president. Officers include Raymond Garnant as vice president and Clifford Jensen as secretary. The November committee features Garnant as chairman with Kacere Bartos Mrstik and Myers on the slate.
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Wilson
Wilson School
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Clifford Jensen
Mike Kacere
Dorothy Bartos
Fern Mrstik
Donald Myers
Maxine Surry
Virginia Johnson
Marjorie Robbins
Rebecca McDermott
Norma Fer
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