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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1936

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Geraldine Green Directs Dramatics In Both Buildings

Geraldine Green heads East Side High School junior and senior dramatics directing this year with a two-school program of class and assembly plays. The season opens with Three Pills In A Bottle performed by Franklin eleventh graders, Oct. 14, and McKinley eleventh graders, Oct. 23, plus a slate of further events through January 26.

East Side Geraldine Green Franklin McKinley Sims Tony Miss Green Ellen Swomley Margaret Eikendall Tony Sims Grace Sheldon Harold Parkes James Dochterman James Hodgson John McDowell Jeanne Hruska Marianne Jeppeson

Youths Career Picks Show Wide Range of Vocation Dreams

A Franklin school eighth grade canvass reveals ambitions across professions. Boys name autos, law, teaching, engineering, and farming while girls seek office work, aviation, arts, banking, and evangelism, with several aiming for medicine, law, or public service.

Fifth grade pupils present fire prevention play at PTA

Fifth grade pupils at Ancumn School will present a two act fire prevention play titled Beware The Match Boys at the PTA meeting on Tuesday. Cast includes Bobby Fugate Christina Spangler Dean St Germain Bornie Vanda Cyrus McCalley Gaylord DeValli Russell Hauskins Paul Valliere Donald Merklin Richard Myers John Dochterman and Doris Hamer.

Grace Ancumn P.T.A Bobby Fugate Christina Spangler Dean St. Germain Bornie Vanda Cyrus McCalley Gaylord DeValli Russell Hauskins Paul Valliere Donald Merklin

Franklin 7B4 Elects School Officers

Franklin 7B4 pupils have elected officers led by President Bob Williams, Secretary June Weaver, Treasurer James Sibert, and Red Cross representative Dick Reeder.

Franklin Bob Williams June Weaver James Sibert Red Cross Dick Reeder

Correction Names Omitted in Kenwood School Orchestra Story

Virginia Lou Bice and Joan Nost were unintentionally left out of last week's Kenwood school page story announcing the personnel of the school orchestra. The notice corrects the ensemble roster and reaffirms the byline.

Kenwood Correction Virginia Lou Bice Joan Nost Kenwood ‘School

Remembering Last Winter Girls Sew Flannel Garments

Franklin 7B girls study home making from a clothing standpoint with linen kitchen sets and linens as first projects. Ninth grade focuses on blouses while kindergarten twins illustrate classroom attendance. Many students work on aprons, pajamas, skirts, underwear, dresses, and smocks reflecting last winter’s clothing work.

Franklin

Wilson 9A Class to Stage Hobgoblin House Play

The 9A class of Wilson junior high presents the mystery comedy Hobgoblin House Friday October 30. Director Miss Louise Renner leads a cast including James Benish Winifred Hershey Lillian McCalley Mary Jane Melsa Jack Zaruba Robert Sedenka Crystle Luchterhand Bob Gamek Avohn Denton Robert Soutsky Louis Valliere and Helen Kulhavy.

Wilson Junior High School Louise Renner James Benish Winifred Hershey Lillian McCalley Mary Jane Melsa Jack Zaruba Robert Sedenka Crystle Luchterhand Bob 3Amek Avohn Denton Robert Soutsky Louis Valliere Helen Kulhavy

Exploring Expedition Starts Second Voyage This Week

The program begins its second voyage this week with books research and classroom study aimed at bold discoveries in distant lands. Students Irene Willis Jeanne Walker Betty Ard Edward Harford and Betty Lehman of the 5B grade have already recorded discoveries.

Mneagier Irene Willis Jeanne Walker Betty Ard Edward Harford Betty Lehman

Wilson School Notes Program at Wilson School

The 7B1 homeroom program directed by Lloyd Mrstik featured riddles by Kenneth Anderson and Robert Bruna, songs by Mrstik and Robert Rubendall, jokes by Richard Topinka and Donald Berkicht, and a poem by Kenneth Wittengle.

Wilson School Lloyd Mrstik Kenneth Anderson Robert Bruna Robert Rubendall Richard Topinka Donald Berkicht Kenneth Wittengle

Lincoln Pupils Form School Orchestra

Fifteen Lincoln boys and girls are members of the school orchestra including Marion Creger Gaylord De Vaul Paul Valliere Cyrus Mc Calley Dale Green Phillis Larson James Reger Wayne Whitmer Dorothy Matejka Charles Decker Dwayne Morey Joseph Juiken berry Ellery Whitmer Gary Brawner and Kenneth Kloubec Beginners taking instrumental lessons are Dickey Youngton Donald Andrew Billy Orton Betty Ann Borst Virginia Dill Janet Sullivan Dean Brawner Jimmy Burke and Jackie McCalley.

Lincoln Marion Creger Gaylord de Vaul Paul Valliere Cyrus McCalley Dale Green Phillis Larson James Reger Wayne Whitmer Dorothy Matejka Charles Decker Dwayne Morey Joseph Juikenberry Ellery Whitmer Gary Brawner Kenneth Kloubec Dickey Youngton Donald Andrew Billy Orton Betty Ann Borst Virginia Dill Janet Sullivan Dean Brawner Jimmy Burke Jackie McCalley

Fun Night At YWCA Draws 300 Students

More than 300 high school pupils attended the first Y M Y W fun night at the YWCA on Wednesday. Dancing and games led the entertainment while John Hollenbeck chaired the event with officers and a large student council assisting. Tickets for upcoming nights go on sale Monday 3 30 to 5 30 and 7 to 9 pm.

Fun Night Council John Hollenbeck Robert G. Bennett Mike Macek Dick Hollister Jim Leehman Mary Jane Marousek Winifred’ Dot

McKinley Pupils Paint Summer Vacation Scenes in Class

McKinley students in 7B and 8B art classes describe summer activities in chalk and watercolor. Highlights include Wayne Swan’s muddy windshield view, George Thayer’s airplane perspective, and group water color studies of picnics and family outings. Individual works feature Camp Fire and Grand Canyon depictions, horse jumping, and a cottage lake scene.

McKinley Pike's Peak Mexico Grand Canyon Wayne Swan George Thayer Blanche Mohn Kathleen Lehman Janet Meyer Eleanora Johnston Ellen Johnson Millicent Svoboda Sylvia Lehti Joanne Crawford Jo Ann Berger Rosa Peterson

Orchestra at Johnson School Rehearsal Roster 27

Twenty seven boys and girls are in the Johnson school orchestra this year with named players Fiona Kennedy Mary Poole Dean Ring Dean Barnhizer Mildred Fuller Betty Shrader Florence Churchill Francis Siamis Joan Arnold Jacqueline Carberry Rose Ma Doty David Ring Joanne Kadlee Joe Polck Nadine Sinaiko Dorothy Ridgeway Tom Pickford Sterlin McNelly Paul Tiffany David Martin John Fisher Carol Kopel Janice Bailey Keith Hines Charys Lenzen In the beginners instrumental class are Don Deamer Mary Hubbard Jessie Coward Jim Protzman Earl McAnally Bob Hedberg Teddy Wagner Bob Barnett Jim Victorine George McNelly Charles Brammer Sally Zuercher Zella Gillham James Lick Larry Johnson Sally Henry Owen Rubins Jeanne Radenz Wilaura Skien Bernard Lillick Jim Mansfield

Johnson School Fiona Kennedy Mary Poole Dean Ring Dean Barnhizer Mildred Fuller Betty Shrader Florence Churchill Francis Siamis Joan Arnold Jaqueline Carberry Rose Ma Doty David Ring Joanne Kadlee Joe Curray Bill Polck Nadine Sinaiko Dorothy Ridgeway Tom Pickford Sterlin McNelly Paul Tiffany David Martin John Fisher Carol Ko

Study Sugar As Preservative By 9B Class

The 9B focus class under Miss Theen Peet studied The Preservation of Food With Much Sugar. They made samples of preserves, jams, marmalades, conserves, and jellies to compare. They also tested fruit juices with alcohol for pectin and worked on computing the actual cost per jar.

Av scKinley Theen Peet

High School Vocal Groups Enroll 285 Students

About 285 boys and girls participate in vocal music across four senior high schools. Groups range from large mixed choruses to quartets and sextets with McKinley Jubilee chorus noted for performing Negro spirituals. Roosevelt and Wilson also show active ensembles with officers named and rosters listed.

Jubilee McKinley Maurine Hamblin Roosevelt Wilson Gladys Thomann Helen Keith Franklin

Membership Parties Attract New Pupils Into Girl Reserves

Girl Reserve activities expand at four high schools with new members from senior and junior divisions. McKinley Hi-Y-Ette finishes with a circus led by principal W L Paxson, attended by over 200 girls, with advisers Mrs Frank Guyott and Miss Alice Rogers assisting. Several women named as volunteer leaders and senior and Negro girl clubs organized with health talks planned at Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company on dates across October.

IRL McKinley Hi-Y-Ette W. L. Paxson Frank Guyott Alice Rogers Mary Bowne Lillian Grigg Janette Kuns Helen McManes Jene Frasinger Bernice Corporon Helen MacFarland John Evans Dorothy Svee Watts Phyllis Peacock Mildred Pazdernik Love Cruikshank Sara Ann Brown Frances Larson Mildred Krebs Eleanor Bessemer Kathryn Simonton Millburn Laura Hutchinson Ruth Walker Eve ‘Junek Katherine Hunter Betty Gifford Jeanne Morgan Lorraine Marquarat Addie Zika Esther Chapin T.M. Ingersoll Henrietta Frank Elsie Propst Cool Wilson Franklin McKinley Roosevelt Roose Welf

Wilson School Debates If Men Or Women Work Hard

Wilson school plans home room programs with a debate on whether women work harder than men in 8As and 8Ag next Friday. Dorothy Hronek Marilyn Tomash and Ruth Nemec argue affirmative while Willmer Cimptich Richard Farmer and Lynn Kehm argue negative. Orville Fitzgerald chairs. The 9Aa class hosts daily topics from general discussion to short plays and a mystery solved by a pupil court. The 9Aa soccer team, led by Charles Price, beat 9B 1 0 this week.

Wilson School 8As 8Ag Dorothy Hronek Marilyn Tomash Ruth Nemec Willmer Cimptich Richard Farmer Lynn Kehm Orville Fitzgerald 9Aa Helen Kulhavy Phyllis Subotnik Douglas Mathews Charles Price

Roosevelt Debating Team Seeks 20 Tryouts

Twenty Roosevelt high school students answered the first call for this year's debating team led by instructor and coach Robert Ebel. The initial question asks whether all electric utilities should be government owned and operated, with four experienced debaters and several newcomers listed among the hopefuls.

Roosevelt High School Robert Ebel Leo Sweensey Carl Fjeliman John Clemens John McDonald James Holton Ray Carlson Betty Hulsbert

Polk School Builds Insect Cage for Science Room

Robert Ballow constructed an insect cage for Polk school's science room. The device will hold Eraschorperes keg waste and a mix of insects or small animals brought in for study.

Polk Science Robert Ballow Polk School

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