Five Year Olds Begin Half Day School Orientation
Five year olds in public schools start a half day program to ease into the new classroom environment. Kindergarten teachers supervise students in fifteen buildings guiding them through adjusted routines as they prepare for full primary classes next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pup
Alice Kitchin
Joseph H. Kitchin
Third Avenue SE
Leonta Ann Morrison
M. H. Morrison
Second Avenue
Marybel Killian
Herbert L. Killian
Woodland Drive
Charles Beatty
Nineteenth Street
Barbara Jane Viant
J. P. Viant
Higley Avenue
Kathryn Ann Chehak
Milo A. Chehak
Greenwood Drive
McKinley Class Adopts Recipe Card Files in Home Economics
New feature in McKinley junior high home economics uses recipe card file boxes. Girls in 8B class prepare breakfast fruits while 8A works on luncheon quick breads and ninth grade on dinner rolls. All groups compile scrapbook materials. instructor is Miss Ilene Peet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Junior High
Ilene Peet
New Books Arrive for Young Readers at Public Library
Brief reviews introduce new children’s titles. Jerome Anthony by Eva Knox Evans follows Araminta helping a country boy adapt to Atlanta city life with thrills like roller skating and a zoo visit. Penelope Ellen and Her Friends by Ethel Parton shows a year apart from parents with new friendships and chicken pox. Flag of the Desert by Herbert Best features Bill and Terry in western Africa aiding a camel and a native boy to become chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome Anthony
Eva Knox Evans
Araminta
Atlanta
Penelope Ellen
Ethel Parton
Penelope
Herbert Best
Africa
Bill
Terry
Kornu
Enrollment Rises Slightly in Public Schools This Year
First week figures show 9 835 students enrolled in 1935 36 rising to 9 784 this term. Senior high adds 139, elementary up 52, junior highs down 140 with varied changes across twenty buildings led by gains at Roosevelt senior high and McKinley high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Big Springs
Buchanan
Cleveland
Fillmore
Garfield
Harrison
Hayes
Jackson
Johnson
Kenwood
Lincoln
Polk
Taylor
Tyler
van Buren
Franklin Junior High
McKinley Junior High
Roosevelt Junior High
Wilson Junior High
Franklin Senior High
McKinley Senior High
Roosevelt Senior High
Wilson Senior High
Taylor Boy Builds Backyard Menagerie of Nine Pet Species
Edward Buck, 10, at Taylor School with parental help, pets a varied yard menagerie at 706 Ninth Street SW. The collection includes Chinese person the crocodile, two turtles, Oscar and Toby, plus pigeons, white rats, cats, dogs, goldfish and shrimp. Edward hopes to add a monkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Buck
Taylor School
George E. Buck
Ninth Street
Fatty
Shrimp
Oscar
Toby
Dudley
Buck
Edward
Toots
Napoleon
Gray Fang
Palula
Chico
Small high schools praised by new McKinley principal
W L Paxson the new principal at McKinley High extols small high school units like Cedar Rapids four six year schools. He contrasts with large high schools calling them factory like with little personal contact and notes how home and school attitudes shape student outcomes. Paxson a native Iowan moved from Spencer to Sioux City before assuming the principal role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Senior High School
W. L. Paxson
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Central High School
Paxson
Spencer
Coe College Announces Piano Scholarship Contest
Coe College offers a year of piano study through a scholarship competition led by Miss Mokrejs. The contest, open to ages five to eighteen, will be held next Saturday September 26 at 9 a.m. Applications are available at the Coe College department and must be returned by September 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Mokress
Coe College
Mokrejs
Coe College Department of Music
New York City
New York
John Mokress
Department
Roosevelt Council Sells Booster Tickets At School
Roosevelt senior high school began booster ticket sales this week run by the student council. Members listed include Monte Linkletter Mary Louise Scriven Maynard Kint and many others with alternates providing coverage for admissions to athletic social and program activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Senior High School
Monte Linkletter
Mary Louise Scriven
Maynard Kint
Margaret Mineck
Jane Nelson
Ted Welch
Russell Green
Geraldine Haddy
Roy Shelton
Dick Nelson
Bob Cochrane
Leonard Fuller
William Kelsey
Phyllis Snyder
George Carson
Don Richardson
Junior Valenta
Clarence Brockman
Doris Hegewald
Mary Ann Nielson
James Holton
Bill Diehl
Marguerite Raftery
Margaret Sewell
Edna Comley
Don Bruce
Lewis Millburn
James Puryear
Dorothy Laughlin
James King
Robert Elliott
Jean Horton
Fred Mineck
Kathryn Stewart
Frank Martin, Jr
Harlan Leichsenring
Carl Fjellman
Paul Janda
Phyllis Wiley
Bob Romesburg
Geraldine Daleske
Virgil Richardson
Irmalee Butka
Leo Sweeney
Bernard Hermsen
Margery Field
Lorraine Lake
Roosevelt High Club Talks Outline School Activities
Roosevelt senior high held a first assembly where representatives from Aristotelian honor society debate Entre Nous French club Girls' athletic association Gamma Delta dramatic society Hi Y Pebbles R club boys athletics Radio club Sigma Sigma sociology club Sigma Omicron Nu Nature society Tri Blue Girl Reserve and others described aims and activities. A new bi weekly club program begins this year with half hour meetings at 8 15 and home room period, reducing school assemblies to bi weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Senior High
Jeane Kelley
Aristotelian Honor Society
Leo Sweeney
Entre Nous French Club
Jeanne Beauchamp
Girls’ Athletic Association
Mavis Nelson
Gamma Delta Dramatic Society
Bernard Hermsen
Hi-Y
George James Holton
Pebbles
Fred Dick
R. Club
Bill Diehl
Bob Scriven
Sigma Sigma
Robert Burlingame
Sigma Omnicon Nu Nature Society
Ray Carlson
Tri- Blue Girl
Ellen Lockwood
New Cheer Leaders Named At McKinley
McKinley senior high crowned new cheerleaders Josephine Beadle Nola Berger and Milton Nemec who led a Friday pep meet in gold and black. Activity ticket campaigns were held and new yells and songs were rehearsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley Senior High
Josephine Beadle
Nola Berger
Milton Nemec
June Graduates Enter College This Fall At Local High Schools
Close to 100 members of the June classes are entering college this fall. Notable continuations include McKinley students Dorothy Awesto Mount Mercy and Dorothy Donnan to Coe, John Davenport to the University of Chicago, and many to the University of Iowa, Grinnell, Cornell, and other institutions. Franklin and Roosevelt graduates also pursue Coe College, Iowa State University, and the University of Iowa, with several nurses training at St. Luke's and other teachers colleges represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Dorothy Awes
Mount Mercy
Frank Bates
Cornell
John Davenport
University of Chicago
Jean Eckford
Grinnell
James French
Goldena Greenblatt
Mary Ann Herschel
Milford Mills
Rosann Shomler
University of Iowa
Sam Hedges
University of Washington
Dorothy Leefers
Iowa State College
Coe College
Ann Crull
Mary Ellen McLeod
Franklin Pierce
Helen Pleshek
Jane Sigmund
Elizabeth Lehman
Caius Thomas
Leroy Victorine
Florence Arnold
Dorothy Carr
Lydia Ann Courtright
Harlan Dobry
Paul Fidler
Geanne Krebs
Robert Lee
Wilson
John Froelich
Lawrence Pestal
Eleanor Hurka
Alvin Hurt
Bernice Easke
Jean Savage
Ka Nelson
Louisiana State
Welcome Assembly Held Tuesday At Wilson Building
An assembly at Wilson school Tuesday welcomed new pupils and staff. James Leehman gave greetings to Miss Jennie Post, Miss Katherine Bryan introduced new teachers, Betty Rollins presented new seventh graders, Florence Livingood welcomed senior high pupils, with songs and brief greetings from local groups and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson School
James Leehman
Jennie Post
Charlotte Burlingham
Miss Post
Katherine Bryan
Betty Rollins
Florence Livingood
Sixteenth Avenue Commercial Club
Frank Kanak
Charles Turechek
Rudolph My
Girl Reserve Triangle Activity Plans Set for School Year
Senior high and junior high Girl Reserve programs begin after Sept. 28 with a cabinet meeting at the YWCA. Activities include ping pong, badminton, and open discussions, plus a picnic lunch. Fun Nights start Oct 7, with planning meetings on Oct 6. Saturday recreation begins Oct 17 for grades four to six and junior high girls in crafts, games, dramatics, and skating. assemblies next week invite girls from Roosevelt Wilson Franklin and McKinley to join and learn about the program and leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Wilson
Franklin
McKinley
McKinley Junior High Registers 48 Out‑Of‑Town Students
Forty eight pupils from out of town who moved to Cedar Rapids during the summer have registered at McKinley junior high school. The list includes students from Iowa City Lincoln Neb Chicago Ill Mitchellville Des Moines Dubuque Marion Waterloo and other communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
McKinley Junior High School
Donna Jean Barnes
Oxeford Junction
Beverly Breese
Clear Lake
George Thayer
Davenport
LaVonne_ Shallenberger
Marshalltown
Mari«guerite Walters
Mt. Vernon
Edith Misar
Chicago, Ill
Rex DeLaHunt
Marion
Robert Farr
Riverside
Harry Kuhn
Des Moines
John Cimburek
Dubu
Maida Shaffer
Waterloo
Marie Thompson
Betty Trailer
Atlantic
Virginia Carlson
Farego
N. D
Donald Brown
Iowa City
Eugene Davis
Lincoln
Neb
Dean Gabbert
New London
William Gallagher
Elkander
Ernest Jackson
Eldora
Malcolm Klopp
Bob Laufer
Donald Neuenschwander
Fayette
Jack Pilgrim
Burlington
Robert Wooleyhan
Peoria
Ill
Velma Anderson
Helen Barger
Millersburg
Marjorie Clark
Bernice Cubbison
Madeline Moore
Mary Louise Stoneking
Mount Vernon
Virginia Atterback
Tipton
Betty White
Atkins
Louise Gillette
Beverly Snell
Wau<ton
Tom Hawthorne
Bob Hayes
New Pupils Enroll at Fillmore School
Fillmore school welcomed many new students across classes from kindergarten to sixth grade. Listed names include Lloyd Oliver Robert Roy Beverly Neer Bobbie Blackwell Calvin Markham Doris Jean Clifford Jacqueline Poland Rosswell McCauley Sammy Randall Betty Jacque Billy Shukers James Randall Roger Peterson and more in 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4B 5A 5B 6B sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fillmore School
Lloyd Oliver
Robert Roy
Beverly Neer
Bobbie Blackwell
Calvin Markham
Doris Jean Clifford
Jacqueline Poland
Rosswell McCauley
Sammy Randall
Betty Jacque
Billy Shukers
James Randall
Roger Peterson
Daniel Cohen
Lorel Blackwell
Billy Johnson
Donald Rattray
Janette Turner
Alvin Griffeth
Verle Norman
Dona Jean Fogleons
Donald Parsons
Jane
Also Mentioned on This Page
Charles Ballard
Harold de la Mater
Billy Fisher
Charles Muir
Evelyn Hatter
Anita Morey
Richard Robbins
Marilyn Reid
Joan Poncin
Richard Senninger
Hugh van Cleve
Duane van Horn
Donna Siebert
Marilyn Stanard
Charles Welsh
Joe Zobin
Barbara Anne Doyftrt
Irvin James Doyle
Joyce Ann Eddins
Donald J. Herman
Milton Louis Holoc
Lorraine Barbara Hejkal
Irene Betty Konecny
Margaret Leonore LeVan
Dolores Maxine Marsh
Raymond Peterson
Patricia May Tenny
Betty Jean Teply
Dolores Helen Ulch
James Brizzolara
Donnell Carnes
Jimmy Chipokas
Sheridan Cook
Jackie Gillam
Billy Kibbie
Raymond Miller
Billy Miller
Douglas Owen
Frank Richardson
Huston Rogers
Billy Saunders
Charles Scheurs
Richard Schloss
Deane Schuller
Helen Marie Englet
Howard Hamilton
Jack Allen Lowe
Betty Jean Luchterhand
Charles Russell Oldfield
Billy Taylor
Beverly Andrews
Donald Turner
Ralph Stephan
Barbara Jane Baumhoefener
Jeanette Estes
Jackie Estes
Freida Mae Conard
Jack Stanton
Shirley Finefield
Max Selzer
Richard Schaefer
Charlotte Lahne
John Krouse
Bonnie O'Neill
Leo
Margie Summerill
Betty Porter
Mavis White
Anna Mae Fineberg
Barbara Mapel
Darleen Walters
Elton Brooks
Jimmy Contentos
Merlyn Hunter
Bobby Johnston
John Olson
Jerrald Padzewsky
Earl Palmer
Billy Prendergast
Douglas Peverill
Dicky White
John Williams
Bobby Slater
David Arthur Anderson
David Allen Bear
James Milton Beck
Shirley Elaine Benike
Maxine Cornthwaite
Billie Diehl
Richard Easterday
Mildred Edda
David Loring Fagle
Dixie Lee Floyd
Leonard Fuchs
Bonnie Gurley
Leroy Hoyt
Harley Kephart
Lloyd Keyser
Georgia Leonard
Clifford Lagerquist
Paul Logan
Slayman Murray
John O’brine
Willa Oliphant
William Padgett
Jeanette Prout
Viola Petsel
Ann Phela
Margaret Brague
Jackie Freytag
Peggy Alcorn
David Maloney
Richard Bennett
Barbara Chado
Wilda Squires
Roma Rosenberg
Billie Kohl
Dickie Byron
Joan Michael
John St. Aubin
Robert Davis
Dolores McDonald
Lois Fox
Barbara Jean Viant
Charles Loren Beatty
Henrietta Louise McDermott
Marlene Lillis
Margaret Mach
Nancy Ford Stewart
Phyllis McArtor
JoAnn Kathryn Gabriel
Robert L. Lynch
Gaylin Hager
Johnny Sykora
Paul Arklay Gourley
Gary Lee Adams
David Thomas Suchomel
Clarence Dean Norman
Stanley Petrick
Jimmie Pauba
Betty Korsmo
Betty Lou Whited
Jean Arlene Todd
Douglas Battin
Dale Bucknam
Don Cornwell
John Curran
Gardiner Dutton
James Ferguson
Robert Fletcher
James Games
Donn Gatto
Richard Husband
Billy Kneass
Jack Lehman
James Morse
Forest Rutgers
Peter Widmer
Constance Arnett
Barbara Boyd
Mary Clements
Constance Cornwell
Gloria Jones
Janet Jones
Ellen Jean Kaupke
Joan Lankau
Jacqueline McMickle
Jacqueline McLaughlin
Kathleen O’donnell
Harriet Ohlman
Patricia Rich
Sharon Sealy
Donna Watson
Donna Williams
Larry Lee Buehler
Loretta Ann Buehler
James Caperonis
Richard Dougherty
Keith Dudley
Darlene Forney
Milton Hale
Douglas Hamilton
Phyllis Hite
Jack Allen Hunt
Leo Leon Johnson
Josephine Kapsalakis
Doris Jean Kopetsky
James Long
Bonnie Lou Sandboe
Kenneth Shields
Evelyn Marie Soukup
Donald Stastny
Richard Allen Steggall
Martin Trout
Joyce Joan Vinton
Thelma White
Vladislav Zumr
Thorroron Protoos
Taylor Boy
Crocodile
Turtle
Roosevelt Council
Doe College
State University
Wilson Building
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!