Benton Blue Birds: Co Op Orchestra From Newhall Iowa
Five Benton County youths form The Benton Blue Birds a cooperative orchestra that plays Benny Goodman swing and Wayne King waltzes. Members include Robert Andrews Charles Bradley Clair Johnson John Petersen and Tyron Olson. They tour locally with a trailer and uniforms and plan a public address system and more performances.
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Benton County
Benton Blue Birds
Benny Goodman
Wayne King
Newhall
Robert Andrews
Charles Bradley
Clair Johnson
John Petersen
Tyron Olson
Norway
Benton
The
Presbyterian Church
Iowa
Football Book Review by a Junior Gazette Cub
A McKinley high school student reviews a Parratt & Rinehart football themed novel about Jerry Blaine a college freshman who clashes with campus life and radical factions. The critic notes few football scenes but highlights youth audience appeal and a smoker players detail.
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McKinley High School
Junior Gazette
Donal l. Haines
Parrat & Rinehart
Jerry Blaine
Jerry
Crossword Puzzle Awards Announced
From all over eastern Towa came entries in The Junior Gazette Rebus Crossword Puzzle contest. First prize went to Lois Ruth Gathmann 13 Cedar Rapids. second to Jeanette Everman 15 Cas atbbed. third to Frances de Best 14 Hopkinton. Honorable mentions include Donald Hollister 16 Cedar Rapids and Winifred Freeman 17 Cedar Rapids.
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Towa
Gazette Rebus
Lois Ruth Gathmann
Harry A Gathmann
Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
Jeanette Everman
Fred R. Everman
Thord
Frances de Bfst
D S de Best Hopkinton
Donald Hollister
John Hollister
Fourth Street
Winifred Freeman
Ray C Freeman
Eighth Street
Dorothy DeWald
William DeWald
Third Avenue
Lyle Busher
Watkins
Marjorie Christine Billings
Coggan
Dorothy O'Rourke
Monticello
Dale Marshal
Cascade
Grace Robison
Joan Locatell
Wayne Mitter
Beth Check
Answers To Quiz From a Damaged Page
The fragment lists quiz items about balsa wood origins Mt McKinley height Plymouth Massachusetts Bay colony and Onis since 1863 with a note about a mineral that will not burn. The text is garbled and contains multiple factual errors and misspellings.
Quiz questions and scoring for readers
Five trivia items test lightest wood highest North American peak Pilgrims Plymouth Puntans observance of Thanksgiving asbestos fire resistance. correct answers yield 20 points each and totals range from 20 to 100 with a key at page bottom.
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North America
Canada
Alaska
United States
Plymouth Colony
Story of Torrid Whirling Wind by Aileen Williams
Aileen Williams recalls a summer cyclone at her aunt’s country home. Storm winds shattered flowers and furniture, sent debris flying, and left her with a bump on her forehead yet the family escaped serious injury. She notes the hard work ahead to repair the damage.
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Aileen Williams
Mount Vernon
Jay School
Blakesburg
Request for Movie Pictures From Junior Gazette Reader
Verna Brackin of Lime Springs offers about 3 000 movie stills and names favorites Franchot Tone Alice Faye Loretta Young Paul Muni and Barbara Stanwyck She asks for mail pictures and notes a three cent stamp payment is required to cover costs The editor says Cedar Rapids collectors may pay a five cent bus fare to receive pictures and asks writers to specify preferred stars for possible substitution if unavailable
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Verna Brackin
Lime Springs
Franchot Tone
Alice Faye
Loretta Young
Paul Muni
Barbara Stanwyck
Junior Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Rosebuds Stay Buds After Singed Stems in Water
Freshly cut rosebuds fail to open and stay as buds for days when stems are singed with a match before placing in water. This preservation method notes a surprising effect on blooming and shelf life.
Fantastic Story of a Moon Flight and Scientific Feats
Kenneth Mangold reviews E F Northrup's Zero to Eighty a fictional autobiography of Kad Akkad Pseudoman living 1920 to 2000. Kad and partner Jean build an electric gun scale with a voyage to the moon and an underground Russian city. The piece notes sun spots and early film history.
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E. F. Northrup
Scientific Publishing Company
Akkad Pseudoman
Kad
Switzerland
Stratoplane
Zurich
Jean Bizet
Marie
Arizona
Jean
West Warp Club
Utah
Europe
Mt. Popocatapetl
Paul Schmickle builds farm future at Alburnett High
Paul Schmickle 13 of Alburnett precinct works with his father in a farm partnership owning a tractor. He drives, discs and plows, makes rope and a wagon box, and builds in manual training class. He favors science and math, writes poems, reads The Junior Gazette, and plans to own an Iowa farm. Parents J J Schmickle live four miles north of Alburnett.
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Paul Cooper
Alburnett
Paul
Alburnett High School
Zane Grey
Clarence Buddington Kelland
Gazette
Iowa
J. J. Schmickle
Dead End film praised as sociological NYC tenement drama
Critics hail Dead End a social study of environment and youth in New York slums. Goldwyn United Artists produced the drama with standout photography and acting by Sylvia Sidney Joel McCrea and Humphrey Bogart.
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New York
Goldwyn United Artists
Sylvia Sidney
Joel McCrea
Humphrey Bogart
Miss Sidney
McCrea
Hollywood
Bogart
New York City
Camp Fire girls follow treasure hunt to learn nature
Oelwein Koda girls recently completed a treasure hunt near Littleton to learn about the outdoors. They identified birch trees, wild crab apple, cottonwoods and other woods growing things after solving 20 clues and found treasure including wild plums and candy.
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Oelwein Kodas
Littleton
Stamp Collecting Contest Invites Young Enthusiasts
The Junior Gazette invites entrants 18 years or younger to write 75 to 150 words about stamp collecting. Submissions must include name, age, school, address, and parents in the upper right corner and be mailed by November 26 or delivered by November 27 at 5 p.m. Prize is the book Collecting Stamps For Fun and Profit by Frederick Collins.
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Frederick Collins
D. Appleton-Century
Young Cedar Rapids girl displays world dolls exhibit
Pamela Shackell a 10 year old GB pupil at Johnson School Cedar Rapids showcases nearly thirty foreign dolls daily from 3 to 5 pm in the Cedar Rapids Art Association gallery on the top floor of the main library. Dolls from Germany to Hungary and from Trinidad to England reflect a global collection.
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Pamela Shackell
Johnson School
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Art Association
Pamela
Italy
Trinidad
Bermuda
Barbados
Cuba
Switzerland
Russia
England
West Indies
Charles Shackell
Linden Drive
Stamp Editor Interviews Film Actress Leta Mons
Hollywood interview with Leta Mons, a philatelist and film actress, detailing her stamp collection of Belgium Austria France Germany Netherlands and Switzerland. She links stamps to music and history, notes patience and study aid her art, and defends stamp collecting as a source of knowledge and relaxation.
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Hollywood
Ali Baba
Leta Mons
Belgium
Austria
France
Germany
Netherlands
Switzerland
Astrid
Vienna
Music Capitol
Beethoven
Thanksgiving prep tips from The Gazette Cookbook
Plans For Thanksgiving cover table setting ideas and centerpieces using apples nuts berries leaves and DIY place cards. A simple cranberry relish recipe lists cranberries oranges sugar and optional celery and apple, with note it keeps only a day or two. Readers invited to submit more recipes to Junior Gazette Cookbook Cedar Rapids.
Barber Pole Origins Linked to Medieval Medical Roles
A brief note recalls the barber pole's long history dating to centuries past when barbers performed minor surgeries. The red and blue stripes symbolize the bande ages and medical roles once practiced in barber shops.
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Thompson Photo
Cub Reporter
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Tennyson
Porto Rico
Jamaica
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Mt McKinley
Plynouth
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Onis
Give
Kenneth Mangold
Alexander Black
Father
Movieland
Joel McCreai
Nature
Thompson Photsa
Jeanette Beyer
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