Columbus Day Observances Highlight 1492 Discovery
The article recalls Columbus Day celebrations as schools study his era. It notes Columbus sailed August 3 1492 with the Santa Maria Nina and Pinta, funded by Isabella and Ferdinand, and reached San Salvador on October 12 1492.
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Urteen
Rodrigo Triani
la Tierra
America
Triani
Christopher Columbus
Santa Maria
Columbus
France
Ferdinand
Brom
Bahamas
Florida
San Salvador
Fillmore Pupils Prepare Columbus Assembly Program
Fillmore school 5A class under Miss Mable Rugh rehearses a Columbus Day play titled Columbus and Queen Isabella. Cast includes Loren Clark as Columbus and Helen Raftis as Queen Isabella with others such as Lorraine Hinton Sebastian Louis Brown Diego Harold Barnes King Ferdinand Norman Crouse Fernando and Richard Humphreys Alonzo Pinzon. A second month end assembly will salute Hiawatha.
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Mable Rugh
Fillmore School
Columbus
Queen Isabella
Loren Clark
Helen Raftis
Lorraine Hinton
Sebastian
Louis Brown
Diego
Harold Barnes
King Ferdinand
Norman Crouse
Fernando
Richard Humphreys
Alonzo Pinzon
Hiawatha
Harvard Literature Chair Succeeds Longfellow Mis Houghton Tale
In a corrected reading the piece notes Miss Jane Houghton a Wilson teacher and Lowell taking the Harvard literature chair after Longfellow. It also mentions Atlantic Monthly accepting Holmes as a contributor under condition.
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Jane Houghton
Wilson
Lowell
Longfellow
Harvard
Atlantic Monthly
Holmes
Second Graders At Polk School Present Assembly Programs
Polk school second graders presented an assembly reviewing science and reading work this week. Students delivered talks on the Spider topic by John Miller and others, Grasshopper talks by several students, and descriptions of Eugene Field's life and poetry by Phyllis Sheppard and David Peddycourt.
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Polk School
John Miller
David Peddycourt
Ruth Mortensen
Marilyn Willey
Gloria Mittan
Robert Barkier
Norman Dake
George Haman
Lavonne Hines
Charles Vondracek
Gladys Carter
McDaniel
Gerald Sacora
Louis Jedlicka
Frank Jun
Jun
Gilbert Hatter
Catherine Richard Jedlicka
Helen Kuchynka
Kathryn Ann Loomis
Katherine Safely
Kenneth Wilson
Fredrick Israel
Yvonne Smith
Margaret Neidermeyer
Eugene Field
Phyllis Sheppard
Rare Manuscript Shown At McKinley School
A deed dated March 25 1721 on sheep skin was displayed to McKinley junior high pupils. James Brodie custodian arranged the exhibit with his son owning the item. the red wax seal and three sixpence stamps accompanied the antique document. The deed's script impressed teachers comparing its hand writing to modern Palmer method.
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McKinley
James Brodie
Play Train Built by Taylor Kindergarteners
Taylor school kindergartners built a play train with engine coal car and coaches for daily rides. The project expanded vocabulary taught train songs and depictions of trains and depots. The scene shows Merritt Graham as flagman and Robert Henton as engineer with peers as conductor brakeman and passengers.
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Taylor Kindergarteners
Taylor School
Merritt Graham
Robert Henton
Aemial Yarde
Ronald Larson
Lois Anderson
Mack Taylor
Jerry Sundberg
Betty Jane Lieber
Betty Jean Tabi Leskansa
Ee Nile 7
Siete Aoa
Wilson Home Room elects president and vice president
Milton Steff and Rose Kosina win the 9Aa home room presidency at Woodrow Wilson Junior High in a close vote over Raymond St Germain and Evelyn Kazebier by one ballot. Campaign speeches promise thrift, higher tax on notes and whispering, more library time, and debate on wet and dry issues affecting the school.
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Milton Steff
Rose Ko- Sina
9Aa
Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
Raymond St. Germain
Evelyn Kazebier
Board of Education
Oral Thompson
Stefn
Joe Konigsmark
Oppo
Ee Ee
Ordi Thomp
Volunteers Home Room Club Elects Officers
The 7A3 pupils in the Miss Mildred group formed The Volunteers as their home room club. Elected officers include President LaVerne Moel and Vice President Robert Singer. secretary remains to be named.
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Mildred
LaVerne Moel
Robert Singer
Wide Awake Health Club Organized at Arthur
Arthur school forms Wide Awake Health Club with officers President Dorothy Batchelder secretary Ruth Knight treasurer Robert Kimball and members Patricia Eckhart Gary Brown Jean Elder Paul Clark Caroline Engel John Hamilton from the 4A class of Arthur.
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Arthur School
Dorothy Batchelder
Ruth Knight
Robert Kimball
Patricia Eckhart
Gary Brown
Jean Elder
Paul Clark
Caroline Engel
John Hamilton
Polk Kindgarten Farewell Event For Staff Member
A Polk kindergarten held a farewell party this week honoring a departing staff member. Attendees included teachers and administrators as they acknowledged years of service and wished best for the future.
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Polk
Washington Sophs to Stage Tea for Tom Comedy
The Washington high school sophomore class play Tea for Tom will be presented Saturday night Oct. 22 in the Franklin junior auditorium. Miss Ina Hib directs the three act comedy featuring Ruth Beall Pete Kirby Robert Bishop Arliss Covington Warner Ruth Arnold Martha Trewin Mrs Rose Madge Jones Hugh, with a chorus providing musical interludes.
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Washington High School
Tom
Franklin Junior
Ina Hibis
Ruth Beall
Pete Kirby
Robert Bishop
Arliss Covington
Warner
Ruth Arnold
Martha Trewin
Mrs. Rose
Madge Jones
Hugh
Tiny Grocery Store Hygiene Project in Fillmore
In Miriam Silseth’s 6B room at Fillmore School a miniature grocery store is under construction as a hygiene project. Students tour four nearby stores after a school lunch picnic and craft tiny shelves clerks and customers dolls, with a back counter and cellophane glass for pretend meat samples.
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Fillmore
Miriam Silseth
Fillmore School
Dollis
Opportunity Assemblies At Wilson School
Wilson school fills this semester’s assembly calendar as a new program invites groups to request a half hour of entertainment or instruction. The plan spots undiscovered talent and Troop 2 of Boy Scouts were among the first to apply for a program slot.
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Wilson School
Troop 2
Boy Scouts
McKinley School Notes on Vallisnaria Plant in Aquarium
Miss Myra Willis’s science room at McKinley school features Vallisnaria, an unusual oxygen producing plant for the classroom aquarium. When blooming the plant sends long wire like tendrils to the water surface where a small flower appears.
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McKinley School
Myra Willis
Arthur School Students Present Science And Literature Talks
Arthur school activity programs featured pupil talks on spiders and grasshoppers with student announcers Scott Linge Marshall Nelson and Doris Himes guiding sessions. Participants included John Jiruska Irvine Daehn Dick Layman Billy Weisley Ray Ingham Patty Mally Gene Morokoff Ruth Jeangram Sutherland Dows Alding Harlan and many others.
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Arthur School
Scott Linge
Annie Smithey
John Jiruska
Irvine Daehn
Dick Layman
Billy Weisley
Ray Ingham
Patty Mally
Gene Morokoff
Ruth Jean Gram
Gertrude Nixon
Sutherland Dows
Dling
Ald Harlan
Marshall Nelson
Margaret Grier
June Ellen Mann
Jeanette Larson
Margaret Lientz
Gladyce Johnson
George Engl
Betty Anderson
Keith Hines
Marietta Einen
Joyce Darland
L. P. Lyman
Lee Jamison
Mabel Scheide
Doris Himes
Robert Klevorn
Billy Owen
Martha Schrader
James Hausler
Buddie Engberg
Doralene Henkle
Dean Stucker
Marjorie Barnes
Robert Mitchell
Eleanor Barnes
Alice Mary Thompson
Peggy Smythe
Barbara Anderson
Tyler IB Pupils Exhibit Toys And Poems
Tyler IB pupils held an exhibit featuring their toys and stories. The event followed an assembly where students read Stevenson's poems studied during the month and presented tales inspired by activities, including Our Walk by Leona Ee Kittens by Ruth Bishop Baby by Pearl Doci tha telics Our help act by Zelpha Johnson.
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Tyler School
Stevenson
Leona Ee
Ruth Bishop
Pearl Doci
Zelpha Johnson
Children plan illustrated booklet of their favorite toys
A group of children plan to publish an illustrated booklet featuring stories and pictures about their favorite toys. The project uses toys as reading prompts and art lessons, sharing personal reflections and drawings.
Polk Second Graders Train With Inmates In Cage Of Spiders
Polk school second graders study garden house and zebra spiders in a wire cage in their 2A science room. They observe webs and prey captured by the spiders and await tiny pinhead spiderlings from egg sacks brought by Gilbert Hatter.
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Polk
Polk School
Gilbert Hatter
Jack
Betsy
Senior and Junior Orchestra Members Listed
The senior orchestra includes Dora Jean Bolenbaugh Joan Louise Kadavy John Kouger Howard Beals Clark Mahannah Billie Cur ran Mary Ann Corey Dick Lynch Robert Warren Junior Hunter By ron Walker Peggy Young Franklin a Billy Holmes and Ralph oo S Sadenaey. Verne Lehman Marvin Berg Donald Hunter Joan Yessler and Curtis Dryden are also named.
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Dora Jean Bolenbaugh
Joan Louise Kadavy
John Kouger
Howard Beals
Clark Mahannah
Billie Curran
Mary Ann Corey
Dick Lynch
Robert Warren
Junior Hunter
Byron Walker
Peggy Young
Franklin A Billy Holmes
Sadenaey Orchestra
Verne Lehman
Marvin Berg
Donald Hunter
Joan Yessler
Curtis Dryden
Thirty Nine Boys In One General Science Class At Wilson Junior High
A Wilson Junior High general science class taught by Miss Thelma Morton overflows with thirty nine boys. The pupils engage with a broad science survey from clothing and textiles to electricity and lab tests. The class shows high interest, good conduct, and a practical focus on health and daily life.
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Wilson Junior High
Thelma Morton
Miss Morton
Classroom Exhibits Highlight Various Special Clothing Classifications
Students collected fur fabric samples and related items to mount in classroom displays on special clothing classifications including leather rubber asbestos and fur. Hewson Jewelry company lent an exhibit of reptile specimens to support their study.
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Hewson Jewelry Company
Interest Groups Meet at YWCA Sponsored by Girl Reserve
Three girls hobby groups organized by the Girl Reserve began meetings this week at the YWCA. Senior high girls held Wednesday sessions 6 30 to 8 pm on crafts dramatics puppet theater roller skating astronomy and poetry with special leaders. Noon talks every Friday during lunch discuss hobby progress for rural and edge of town students. Saturday programs for junior high girls aged 10 to 14 run 1 30 to 3 30 pm with leaders including Miss Lucille Ladd and Jean Grout.
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Girl Reserve
Lucille Ladd
Y. W. C. A. Health Education
Hepner
Jean Grout
Hayes Students Compile School Song Book In Classes
Hayes building in Miss Ilo Moore's room hosts a project where fourth through sixth graders compose songs for a planned four volume school song book. Students choose themes like autumn leaves and vacation memories, with rhythm and melody noted as key benefits and growing enthusiasm from all involved.
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Ilo Moore
Hayes
Aig Rege
Writing Certificates Awarded At Franklin
Franklin junior high awarded penmanship certificates to many pupils. Recipients include Josephine Nebendahl Valerie Konecny Elizabeth Kensinger Earl Bender Phyllis Johnson John Bailey Helen Weber Thelda Sharp Phyllis Wycof Kathryn Erwin Raymond Abel Alice Kubec Lucile Mullen Mee Alice Horak Frances Darling William Dunshee Robert Hayward Edward Fleming Carmen Grennan Jeanne Russett Laura Smith Herbert Westrom Mary Lee Mardella Parrott Patricia Groves Bernice Renid Smith George Helmen dahl Gilbert Person Marcia Ko
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Franklin
Josephine Nebendahl
Valerie Konecny
Elizabeth Kensinger
Earl Bender
Phyllis Johnson
John Bailey
Helen Weber
Thelda Sharp
Phyllis Wycof
Kathryn Erwin
Raymond Abel
Alice Louise Kubec
Lucile Mullen
Mee Alice Horak
Frances R. Darling
William E. Dunshee
Robert Hayward
Edward Fleming
Carmen Grennan
Jeanne Russett
Laura Smith
Herbert Westrom
Mary Frances Lee
Mardella Parrott
Patricia Groves
Bernice Tiep
George Keller
James
B. Cesar
Maxine Kopel
Dorothy Jane Ball
Caroline Farrow
Roger Perkins
Bernadine
Clara Renid Smith
George Helmendahl
Gilbert Person
Marcia Ko
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