City juniors form Red Cross council in school year
Forty five juniors from four city junior high schools elected Mary Ruth Cravens president Albert Eddy vice president Betsy Ross secretary Dorothy Haworth treasurer at the first Junior Red Cross council meeting. James Bromwell presided and outlined the program and a 425 piece Halloween nutcap project for Des Moines veterans hospital.
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National Red Cross
Washington
D. C
Red Cross
Waterloo
Government Veterans Hospital
Des Moines
Cleveland
Lincoln
Kenwood
Tyler
Buchanan
Roosevelt
Jane Nelson
Jack Downer
Franklin
Delores Woods
Jane Hall
Katherine Rieth
Czechoslovakia
Wilson Junior High
Roosevelt School
Navy
McKinley Junior High
Arthur
Betty Ann Erickson
Dorris Jeffries
Eugene Pugh
Eleanor Mitter
Caroline Savage
Fillmore
Alberta Henry
Ruth Hardiman
Garfield
Wendl Nash
Betty Ness
Harrison
Eloise Richardson
Evelyn Triebel
Richard Heaton
Kenneth LaTell
Hayes
Lorraine Blazek
Mildred Mrkvicka
Jackson
Kathleen Lehman
Ellen Johnson
Johnson
Robert Sandborn
Kenneth Knous
Elizabeth Church
Lorraine Bear
Taylor
Betty Subotnik
Irene Antics
Margaret Newman
Melvin Couscer
John Huston
van Buren
Enid McQuiston
Betty Novak
Benjamin Franklin
Betsy Ross
Albert Eddy
Mary Ruth Cravens
Gayle Koch
James Bromwell
McKinley
Franklin McConkey
Jim Scholtenberger
Barbara Marshall
Margaret Ann Foster
Lasswell
Red Cross Council
Dorothy Haworth
Alberti Eddy
McKinley Woodwork Class Builds Colonial Bridge Lamps
Thirty ninth grade boys at McKinley under director H H White craft colonial bridge lamps. Lamps feature two upright pieces with notches for adjustable height and will include electrical wiring by the students alongside woodwork duties.
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McKinley
H. H. White
Hayes School Notes on Tree Study and Leaf Booklets
Second grade pupils study trees with focus on shape and leaves. They created a pictorial booklet and spatter leaf prints. Ink prints of leaves also form additional booklets.
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Hayes
John Havlicek Elected Grant High Student Council President
John Havlicek has been elected president of the Grant High School student council. Other officers include Robert Dennis as vice-president Mary Lockwood as secretary and Fonda Woodford as treasurer. The grant activities include S. O. N nature club initiation and Girls Athletic Association initiation with Jane Grissel Jane Curry Velma Hronik Elsie Baker Bernice Havlik and Frances Zitek. The 11B assembly featured a clarinet solo by William Geiger a dance by June Womochil Frances Truhlicek and accompanist Elaine Graham. Additional performances included a cornet solo by Thomas Stastny a tumbling act and piano solos by Viasta Tomes.
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John Havlicek
Grant
Robert Dennis
Mary Lockwood
Fonda Woodford
S. O. N. Nature Club
Girls’ Athletic Association
Jane Grissel
Jane Curry
Velma Hronik
Elsie Baker
Bernice Havlik
Frances Zitek
Junior Darrow
William Geiger
Kenneth White
Robert Bokorney
June Womochil
Frances Truhlicek
Elaine Graham
Thomas Stastny
Viasta Tomes
Mavis Nelson
James Leeman
Franklin School Pupils Explore Tarpon Springs Sponge Exhibit
Franklin school pupils enjoyed a sponge exhibit from Tarpon Springs Florida presented by Henrietta Dows 7A6. The three sponge varieties included common commercial sponges finger sponges with long branches and vase sponges. The display spurred reference reading across classes revealing sponges are fixed animals lacking eyes or organs yet feed like animals. Sponges form colonies some attach to crabs burrow in shells or cling to stones and their water pores supply oxygen. Tarpon Springs remains the world's top sponge shipping port.
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Tarpon Springs
Fla
Regional Red Cross Convention Speaker Planned Next Week
A former Janier will address the national Red Cross convention with a speaker set for next week during two regional conferences. The event highlights ongoing regional forums ahead of the national gathering.
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Janier
Red Cross
Garfield Volleyball Opens Season With Local Matches
Garfield school hosted two 4A 5A and 6B volleyball games. The 4A 5A team beat 5B 31 to 21 while the 6B girls beat 6A by 15 to 13. Teams featured captains Lucille Stone King Ruth Ross Mary Louise Pettys and Betty Ness among others.
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Garfield School
Lucille Stoneking
Virginia Wiley
Marybelle Wiley
Mary Jane Wisehart
Marion Johnson
Joan Vanclere
Mildred Harrelson
Ramona Miller
Dorothy Demory
Doris Holsapple
Helen Thillen
Maxine Butters
Ruth Ross
Tone Thompson
Margaret Wiley
Mary Anne Clark
Laura Marie Tice
Dorothy Gallagher
Patricia Wilkins
Jacqueline Bachman
Barbara Basley
Phyllis Morningstar
Delores Bergloff
Mary Louise Pettys
Betty Ness
Margaret Keeler
Marian Pospishil
Betty Hinds
Violet Handshaw
Betty Seaton
Viola Smith
Elaine Holsapple
Phyllis Leacox
Louise Higher
Gertrude Knake
Grant Student Wins Safety Essay Prize
E G Stepanek a 17 year old Grant high school student won a safety essay prize for guidance on safe conduct while riding driving walking and bicycling. The piece urges careful tire brakes lights and steering and promotes stop look listen and live at crossings to prevent fatalities and injuries.
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E. G. Stepanek
Wilson Avenue
Grant High School
United States
Cedar Rapids
Cleveland
Weeds Studied By Harrison School Sixth Gradors
Harrison School sixth graders conducted two field trips to study weeds along the roadside near the campus. They noted plant toughness, large mullein roots, ragweed leaf shapes, knotweed stems, and persistence of perennials like dandelion and plantain. Other observed species included crab grass, foxtail, smartweed, pigweed, velvet leaf, thistle, milkweed, and motherwort.
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Harrison
Chinese student Dorothy Wilkinson visits Polk school class
Miss Dorothy Wilkinson with Wen Pi Chen, a Simpson College student, visited Polk school’s 3A class last week. She shared details about her home life and childhood in China with the pupils.
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Dorothy Wilkinson
Wen Pi Chen
Simpson College
Polk School
China
Officers Elected in Wilson Building Home Room Units
Home room officers are named for seventh, eighth and ninth grades at the Wilson Building. Seventh grade leaders include 7B3 and 1A4 with presidents and officers listed. eighth grade officers cover groups 8B6 8B8 8A1 and 8Ag. ninth index officers include SBc SBd and related posts.
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Wilson
Anna Belle Taylor
Geraldine Lanka
Ruth Dill
Bernard Gallagher
Lloyd Watson
Lora Turner
Douglas Mathews
Lorrine Spencer
Janos
Frances Lanning
Vivienne Robinson
Jerome Brejcha
Jeanette LeMar
Tom Farmer
Sylvia Chada
Neal Hoover
Herman Freud
Howard Klekar
Pauline Oliphant
Evelyn Hanson
Carol McCune
Jane Houghton
Charles Price
John Hensley
Charleen Karlik
Grace DeGroote
Virginia Rock
Marian Chyba
Glen Kirby
Sbc
Sbc——Miss Marthe Griffith: President, Georgette Ellas
John Vampola
Milred Chase
Presisters
Russell Krejel
Aldred Marsoui
Eleanor Klouds
Sbd
Miss Mell Wills
Marie Jane Kibler
Richard Hubacek
Betty Smith
Carl Landergott
Jack Machula
Dorothy Oliphant
Sidney Temple
Polk Third Graders Present Assembly Program
Third graders at Polk School performed an assembly in the little theater on Thursday for 3A pupils. The chorus included Eva Jane Bishop and several others. there were talks on flies by several students. a play titled Queen Isabella and Columbus featured Muriel Burnell Robert Condon Burton Bracy Cyrus Wagner Richard Hunter Eva Jane Bishop and James Hamilton.
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Polk 3B
Little Theater
Eva Jane Bishop
Mabel Miller
Anna Mae Osterlund
Betty Jean van de Walker
Evelyn Thompson
Leona Sebrecht
Rchard Hunter
Iona Sebrecht
Regina Gillen
Janet Crabbe
Virginia Lanning
Barbara Hayden
Wallace Hansen
Harriet Murdock
Burton Bracy
Anna Thompson
Patricia Miller
Connie Klima
Robert Veverka
Mable Miller
Alice Swomley
Francienne Kallias
Richard Hunter
Anna Mae _ Osterlund
Columbus
Muriel Burnell
Robert Condon
Cyrus Wagner
James Hamilton
Johnson Building Safety Council Members
The Johnson school safety council includes John Wagner George Henry Jack Buresh Elaine Nunnally Billy Kennedy Sally Lubrger David Battin Lorraine Barron David Ring Nancy Averill Bobby Chadima Carol Curran. Assistant members are Ben Wolverton Perry Woodward Jack Munn Jean Files Allan Taylor Doris Jackson Billy Kohl Betty Kutchera George Lowe Marysene Poole Kathleen Hanson Dean Barnhizer.
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Johnson School Safety Council
John Wagner
George Henry
Jack Buresh
Elaine Nunally
Billy Kennedy
Sally Luberger
David Battin
Lorraine Barron
David Ring
Nancy Averill
Bobby Chadima
Carol Curran
Ben Wolverton
Perry Woodward
Jack Munn
Jean Files
Allan Taylor
Doris Jackson
Billy Kohl
Betty Kutchera
George Lowe
Marysene Poole
Kathleen Hanson
Dean Barnhizer
Study Of Fuel And Fire Control In Wilson 9A Class
In Wilson 9A class Bert rand studied fuel use and fire control with Cedar Rapids Gas, covering producer gas from coal, by products like coal tar and ammonia, and natural gas shipment to consumers. It explains gas production, purification, metering by cubic feet for producer gas and therms for natural gas, and notes storage and distribution basics.
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Wilson School
Bertrand Jensen
Cedar Rapids Gas Company
Bertrand
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt juniors build pencil radios for World Series games
Roosevelt junior high boys crafted crystal radio sets to hear the World Series. Bob Scriben made a set in the top of his pencil, with Harold Steadman Lynn Millburn and Clyde Winne also producing devices.
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Roosevelt Junior High
Bob Scriben
Harold Steadman
Lynn Millburn
Clyde Winne
Gas Rates Compared In Cedar Rapids Consumers Weigh Costs
A historical note explains two natural gas rates in Cedar Rapids. The general service plan carries a 68 cent minimum, with 19 cents per therm for the first 50 therms and 16 1/2 cents for excess. 100 therms would total about 17.08 dollars. The factory rate charges 20 cents per therm for the first 10, then 12 cents for the next 35, and 7 44 cents for excess, yielding 10.95 dollars for 100 therms, a possible saving versus the general service rate.
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Cedar Rapids
Eas
Polk School Excursion Rebounds From Antique Coach
The 3B pupils at Polk school visited a landau on an excursion Monday. Children enjoyed sitting in facing seats but preferred modern automobiles. The left seat lacked windows, and lighting consisted of glass cases with small kerosene lamps.
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Polk School
Miniature Hospital at Jackson Safety Club Project
Jackson sixth graders build a miniature street with stop signals and an emergency hospital as the feature. Doll nurses doctors and patients fill three hospital rooms while a toy ambulance sits outside. Safety guides patrol playgrounds, using a first aid kit and posters to promote caution.
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Safety Club
Jackson
Tackson School
Bob Tewart
Tru-Ar
Bob Tewsl
Polk School adds new basement theater for east side
The Polk school little theater in the building basement was finished and dedicated this week. Old gymnasium space was transformed with beaver board walls and a sixteen foot eight inch by ten foot stage using four old platforms. Seating for 166 with room for 100 more in the auditorium is planned, and lighting wiring, brown curtains, and a tan brown decor finish the space.
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Polk School
Franklin High 9th Grade Girls Glee Club Members Named
The ninth grade girls glee club at Franklin School directed by Miss Margaret Porter lists members including Betty Baker Merylin Bartholmew Fiora Mae Barton Kathleen Carey Merle Edwards Lucille Hamlin Betty Jane Johnson Kathryn Lynch Kathryn Owen Elsie Ainsworth Jean Killen Betty Szicar Jean Rawe Betty Mae Sommer Betty Stauffer Pegsy Stewart Lorraine Schillig Dorothy Cline Dorothy Graham Mary Hall Eloise Helfenstein Jean Hrunka Dorothy Speake Lucille Torrence Lorraine Crago Mary Dennis Ruth Pike Betty Jane Seysler Ruth Jane Hubbard Betty Kemper Dorothy Jane Plock Ruth Rich Ilsegret Weber Lorraine Mathies Dorothy Bowser Dorothy Chapin.
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Margaret Porter
Franklin School
Betty Baker
Merylin
Bartholmew
Fiora Mae Barton
Kathleen Carey
Merle Edwards
Lucille Hamlin
Betty Jane Johnson
Kathryn Lynch
Kathryn Owen
Elsie Ainsworth
Jean Killen
Betty Szicar
Jean Rawe
Betty Mae Sommer
Betty Stauffer
Pegsy Stewart
Lorraine Schillig
Dorothy Cline
Dorothy Graham
Mary Hall
Eloise Helfenstein
Jean Hrunk
Vacation Rhymes Describe Loren Welch’s Noted Sparrow
Pranklin boys and girls spend summer observing nature. Loren Welch, a 9B pupil, notes a sparrow near a barrel and its nest on the ground, and spots a tufted titmouse perched in trees as it surveys a possible home.
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Loren Welch
Aquatic Exhibit Built by Johnson School Students
The 5A science project at Johnson School created the classroom aquarium with student committees handling tasks. Names include Marjory Fiebig Esther Perley Sally Luburger Doris Jackson Miriam Greenberg and others who washed materials arranged plants shells and rocks and carried water. N. J. Markey contributed a science exhibit from New Orleans.
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John=son school
Marjory Fie
Esther Perley
Sally Luberger
Doris Jackson
Miriam Greenberg
Bobby Jones
Verne Leh
James Thomas
Virginia Cuddy
Bete Ty Bachman
Bill Kennedy
Allan Taylor
Dean McMonigal
Robins Jackson
N. J. Markey
New Orleans
Johnson School
McKinley Pupils Perform Instrumental Program
McKinley pupils were entertained recently at an instrumental program featuring flute and cello selections by Roland Moehlmann with accompaniment from Miss Eleanor Taylor.
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McKinley
Roland Moehlmann
Eleanor Taylor
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Dorothy Dvorak
Junior Red Cross Council
Grant High Student Council
Gazette
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Donald Andrew
Donald Bruns
Janet Bokerney
Amy M. Devitt
Weeds
Polk School News
New Theater
Norma Lou Haegg
Dorothy Mesknes
Norman Rice
Robert Morris
Polk
Johnson Building Safety Council
Polk Excursion
Dorothy:orris
Igny Mesknes
Norm Lou Haegs
Mary Ellen Rye
Forrest Spencer
Lyle Tollefsom
Janice Clark
Gerry McKeeby
Eugene Thenhaus
Gene Burrieg
Gordon Ramsey
Robert’ Sately
Dorothy Bradley
Richard Ale
Bright
Bobby Klopp
LaVonne Bachman
Vernon Bell
Marilyn Rudin
Glee Club
Franklin High
Johnson Science Notes
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