Cedar Rapids youths kayak home after 50 mile river trip
Don Bennett 14 Mark Bates 14 Alan Taylor 14 and David Battin 13 of Cedar Rapids with Lyman Benton completed a 50 mile Cedar River voyage from Vinton to Cedar Rapids in home built kayaks. They camped along the river fished at night and faced fog and sand bars. A kayak accident near Palo slowed them but they finished with soaked belongings and a close collision between Mark Bates and Benton. The trip ended near the oldest school in Iowa.
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Don Bennett
Mark Bates
Alan Taylor
David Battin
Cedar Rapids
Lyman Benton
Cedar River
Vinton
Palo
Lyman
al Taylor
Benton
Mark
Iowa
MC A
Balding
Four Boys Paddle Kayaks From Vinton on River Trip
Thompson photo features four boys from Vinton building and paddling custom kayaks. Lyman Benton created the initial 13 foot design, then the 9 foot model used by the group. Don completed his craft in two weeks. others took about a month. They carried food for six meals plus one extra, two fires per meal, water scarce, and used canned goods and corn. Names and addresses of the boys' families are listed, and plans for a downstream fall trip are noted.
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Y.M.C. A
Lyman Benton
Don
Alan
Bennett
Cork
Katie
H. H. Bennett
Blake Boulevard
Harmon R. Taylor
Mark
Gilbert M. Bates
Linden Drive
David
Franklin S. Battin
Cottage Grove Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Adventures of Jimmy Microbe praised in school review
A Shueyville Elementary teacher lauds The Adventures of Jimmy Microbe for teaching health habits and sanitary lessons. Students in a one room school used flash cards and wall charts to follow Jim through Windpipe Lane and Throat Street, learning why not to share cups or bites.
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Jimmy Microbe
Jim
Windpipe Lane
Throat Street
Evangeline Maule
Shueyville
Thres
Quiz Questions and Scoring for Five Trivia Items
A page lists five multiple choice questions with options on famous quotes a fish type and a dessert. Each correct answer earns 20 points, totaling 100 for all five, with score bands described.
Seven Cedar Rapids Boys Build Paddle Tennis Court
A group of seven Cedar Rapids boys in the Daniel's park district built a paddle tennis court on a vacant lot after learning the game at the Daniel's park playground. They paced off the roughly 10 by 6 foot court, prepared the sod, marked lines with lime, and fashioned their own paddles from three ply wood. When rain stops play they gather at Mrs. Laura B. Fauchier's garage to card game and whittle paddles.
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Daniel’s Park
Cedar Rapids
Daniel's Park
Bob Cornish
John Hand
Glen Baker
Edward Lynott
Bob Fauchier
Leo Wittengle
Warren Johnson
Laura B. Fauchier
12Th St
A Poem About True Friends by Mary Kay Angerer
The piece outlines what makes a real friend who stands by you in bad times and shares honest thoughts. It notes trust, confiding, and mutual support as hallmarks of lasting friendship. The author Mary Kay Angerer signs the work from 9A Wilson Cedar Rapids.
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Mary Kay Angerer
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Chip Off Old Block Henry Geiger Carves at Six
Henry Geiger, six, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Geiger Cedar Rapids, follows his wood carving father with a string of small cars a doll house and a toy truck. His latest pieces show clear improvement and enjoy local praise for a six year old maker.
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Henry George Geiger
Henry Geiger
Wavelend Driverw
Cedar Rapids
Henry
Young Henry
Second Annual School of Cub Reporting Ends Today
Cedar Rapids cub reporters and photographers are asked to bring or mail notebooks of summer work to The Junior Gazette by September 14 for credit. Submit scrapbooks even if only one story or photo exists. actual reporting school closes today.
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Cub
Cedar Rapids
Junior Gazette
Fairfax 4-H Girls to Perform Highland Fling at All-Iowa Fair
Three Fairfax 4-H girls from Linn county Betty Rogers Doris Rogers and Dorothy Burgess will dance the Highland Fling at Hawkeye Downs during the All Iowa Fair September 4 to 9 The event includes 200 to 300 4-H girls in a pageant and a 300 member women s chorus All Iowa Farm Bureau day on September 8 is expected to draw 15000 farmers
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Hey
Bonnie Lassies
Betty
Doris Rogers
Dorothy Burgess
Fairfax
Dorothy
R. D. Burgess
Burgess
Doris
W. K. Rogers
S. H. Sheeler
Davenport
Cedar County
Benton County
Tory
Benton
Tama County
Farm Bureau
Edna Olmsted Puts 4 H Skill Toward College Path
Edna Olmsted of Giard near McGregor works in the Farm Bureau office in El kader within the soil conservation unit transferring figures onto aerial township maps. She aims to be a speech teacher after attending Upper Iowa University at Fayette and has earned National Honor Society and typing pins. She led 4 H as county vice president after five years of service and has demonstrated at the Dairy Cattle Congress and state 4 H convention in Ames. Edna sews her own clothes and also makes clothes for her younger brother. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David N. Olmsted.
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Edna Mae
Lacida Vogt
Ames
Edna
David N. Olmsted
Luella Bare Studies Birds From Walker Area
Luella Bare, a 13 year old from Walker, studies local birds and their songs. Her migration focus includes field observations before spring snow melt and a poster shows a feeding chain. She collects stones, gardens, plays piano in school, and participates in band and church choir.
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Luella Bare
Walker
Luella
E. D. Bare
Webster Poe Corrigan Saddle Dessert
Reading of five names and items listed in sequence. No clear narrative or event provided.
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Webster
Poe
Corrigan
Saddle
Dessert
Delta Youth Owns 3504-H Dairy Herd
Delta youth Robert Reinert, 14, owns a $350 herd of pure bred Guernsey dairy heifers built through four years in 4-H. He won grand championship at the Keokuk fair with Sally Buttercup and earned premiums totaling $115 across four years. Reinert, son of Roy and [Mrs.] Reinert, is Delta High School junior and plans Ames short course before Iowa State College.
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Robert Reinert
Near
Delta
Guernsey
Robert
Roy Reinert
Sally Buttercup
Keokuk Fair
What Cheer
Sally
Keokuk County Fair
Iowa State College
Delta High
Ames
Stones Gathered For Monona Outdoor Fireplace
Epworth league boys and Rev. G W Turner collected stones from the hills around Monona to build an outdoor fireplace behind the Methodist church. The cross shaped structure symbolizes devotional missionary social and recreational aims with the fourth division being recreational. A wiener roast started the project and a plaque reading E L is on the chimney. The fireplace is shared with other church groups in Monona.
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Monona
Epworth League
G. W. Turner
League
E. L
Twila Rue Chatters on a Sour Cream Chocolate Cake Recipe
Jeanette Beyer shares a reader letter from eleven year old Twila Rue Chatters ton of Onslow about a sour cream chocolate cake recipe. Twila describes helping at home and wanting to bake, including her frosting and steps for a moist cake.
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Twila
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