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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 26, 1936

Page

5

Franklin students boost golf and tennis activities at school

At Franklin senior high pupils engage in home room golf and tennis tournaments with 47 boys and 22 girls entering events. A mixed two ball foursome is set for October 3 at Kenmore as Miss Sutherland and Mr Templeman promote lifelong sports.

Franklin Senior High School Kenmore McKinley James McPartland Barney McPartland Bill McPartland Claire Porter Mark Hunnicut John McDowell Richard Ball John Mehgan Bill Mehgan Charles Johnson Frank Carpenter Clark Jennings Fred Arduser Evan Kearney Jim Bowman Joe Markey George Johnson Virgil Spear George Ludlow Harry Grove Allan Peterson James Drew Donald Ross Ruben Tucker Bill Curran Jim Cowin George Nasif Bob Smith Charles Tschirgi John Frasiman Joe Crawford Emerson Hovey Roosevelt Senior High School Harriet Sargent Richard Ford Marilynne Frantz Richard Marilynne Roosevelt Archimedes Francis Brinkman Franklin Senior High Jim McPartland Bill Kempter

Cheer Guides Lead Crowds At Local High School Football Games

Pep guides from Franklin McKinley Wilson and Roosevelt schools are introduced with their leaders Jack Walters Nola Berger Milton Nemec Josephine Beadle David Thompson Bob Nelson R J Martin and J W Smith.

Jack Walters Franklin Nola Berger Milton Nemec Josephine Beadle McKinley David Thompson Bob Nelson Wilson Roosevelt R. J. Martin J. W. Smith

Nat's Vocational Pamphlets Aid Career Choice

The National Occupational Conference in New York issues a series of pamphlets to help youths choosing a life work. The pamphlets cover a wide range of vocations from cinematography to city management and include critical comments and composite abstracts.

National Occupational Conference Fifth Avenue New York City Inquirer New York Times

Garfield School Names Sixth Grade Baseball Captains

Sammy Leacox and Marvin Smith headline Garfield school sixth grade baseball as captains. Leacox leads teammates Wayne Elliott Keith Kelley Herbert Thome Byron Morehead Robert Langridge Robert Rickey Jack Darling Billy Leonard Jack Heiss Jerry Parker Charles Douglas Billy Prenasil Don Hapsap ple Merritt Oliphant. Smith captains Warren Johnson Frank Nash John McNabb Donald Janssen George Hill John Sebern Raymon Pata Leo Wittengle Charles Thillen Eldo Mentzer Silbur Cornthwaite Clarence Janeba Howard Gallagher Edward OBrien.

Sammy Leacox Marvin Smith Garfield School Sammy Wayne Elliott Keith Kelley Herbert Thome Byron Morehead Robert Langridge Robert Rickey Jack Darling Billy Leonard Jack Heiss Jerry Parker Charles Douglas Billy Prenasil Don Halsapple Merritt Oliphant Marvin Warren Johnson Frank Nash John McNabb Donald Janssen George Hill John Sebern Raymon Pat

Maxine Meier Named Editor Of Wilson School Paper

Maxine Meier has been elected editor of a new all school paper to be published at Wilson. First issue expected in about ten days. Staff includes Lumir Kolarik associate editor Dorothy Oliphant business manager Mary Maxine Courtney feature editor Lester Stepanek inquiring reporter Betty Smith and Marie Kibler news editors Betty Subotnik Catharine Morgan news reporters Michael Kacere art editor Charles Moel Rose Vyhnanek sports editors Robert Tvrdik Louis Valliere social and club news editor Charlotte Burlingame with Robert Martin.

Maxine Meier Wilson Lumir Kolarik Dorothy Oliphant Mary Maxine Courtney Lester Stepanek Betty Smith Marie Kibler Betty Subotnik Catharine Morgan Michael Kacere Charles Moel Rose Vyhnanek Robert Tvrdik Louis Valliere Charlotte Burlingame Robert Martin

Harrison Teams Choose Captains

The Harrison playing fields provide baseball diamonds for each class. Captains named include 6A Blanche Hallquist and Charles Tubbs. 62 Helen Shields and Dick Zobl. 5A Delaine Ebsen and Tommy Gallagher. 5B Noreen Hiland and Gordon Baker. 4A Joyce Fryrear and Leslie Butts. 4B Margaret Counterman and Billy Hughes.

Harrison Blanche Hallquist Charles Tubbs Helen Shields Dick Zobl Delaine Ebsen Tommy Gallagher Noreen Hiland Gordon Baker Joyce Fryrear Leslie Butts Margaret Counterman Billy Hughes

Lincoln Soccer Captains Named by School Grades

Lincoln school announces soccer team captains by grade. Sixth graders Leon Anderson, James Reger, Charlotte Jahnke, and Elaine Dill lead. Fifth graders Robert Fugate, Donald Merklin, Bonnie Vanda, and Grace Vernon follow. Fourth graders Donald Bys, Ellery Whitmer, Jeanne Jiricek, and Patricia Splicha selected.

Lincoln Lincoln School Leon Anderson James Reger Charlotte Jahnke Elaine Dill Robert Fugate Donald Merklin Bonnie Vanda Grace Vernon Donald Bys Ellery Whitmer Jeanne Jiricek Patricia Splicha

Vacation Trophies From Johnson Students Exhibit Local Finds

Johnson students display summer travel keepsakes in class exhibits. Betty Blaise 6A shows a Chinatown doll set from San Francisco, Mary Louise Nelson 5A a deer bone from Superior National Forest, Diane Marshall 6A Indian jewelry from Estes Park, Raymond Westrom 5A petrified wood and desert sand from Arizona, Sherry Ann Zalesky 4B adobe brick from New Mexico and lava, Raymond Westrom also brings Old Faithful mineral deposit, Crystal Rocks from Crystal Cave South Dakota, Niagara cave stalactite, James Protzman 4B and Eugene Moore 5B show two other mineral pieces, Annie Elizabeth Riordan 5A shells from Florida, Sterling McNelly GA stones from the Delaware River.

Arizona Painted Desert Raymond Westrom Sherry Ann Zalesky New Mexico Old Faithful Crystal Cave South Dakota Niagara Cave James Protzman Eugene Moore Annie Elizabeth Riordan Florida Sterling McNelly Delaware River Washington

Fillmore Students Tour Roosevelt Grounds

The 1A and 2B children from Fillmore school walked to Roosevelt school grounds to study traffic on highway 30. They counted twenty six trucks in twenty minutes and noted the busy highway activity.

Fillmore School Roosevelt School Highway 30

Pupils At Franklin Build Up Nest Eggs By Vacation Chores

Franklin school 8B2 pupils earned money during summer by varied tasks. Girls helped at home with chores and meals earning stamps for collections. some worked off site picking berries or selling lost golf balls. Boys mowed lawns and did odd jobs, with one totaling 41 dollars.

Franklin Franklin School

Fall Reading Picks From the Public Library

New arrivals include Ling Grandson of Yen Foh and Children of Banana Land for eight to nine year olds showing snowball games jungle journeys and banana feasts. For older readers For Keeps follows Nancy and Jack Kendall in keeping Lazy K lands after their father’s death. Sachim Bird introduces young Vespacian Robin who befriends Squando and earns the sachim bird headband.

Ling Yen-Foh Ethel Eldridge Melicent H. Lee Benito Lola Tio Lorenzo Gertrude E. Mallette Nancy Jack Kendall Gertrude Robinson Vespacian Robin Maine Squando Sachim

Organize Bands and Orchestras Across Schools

High and elementary divisions organize bands and orchestras with new uniforms and tryouts. Roosevelt High School debuts scarlet and black attire while Wilson Band wears white slacks and royal blue sweaters under conductor Alan Richardson. Garfield, Harrison, and other schools report senior and junior orchestras with named students and instruments.

Roosevelt Wilson Roosevelt High School All Iowa Daily Show Marion Marion High School William Vesely Wilson Band

St Pats Senior Boys Stage Burlesque Skit The Fatal Quest

The St Patrick's School senior boys presented a burlesque titled The Fatal Quest on Friday morning to the student body. Cast included Robert Litsey, Joseph Marsh, John Ryan, Rollo Carnes, William Driscoll, Marvin Simmons, and Richard Lattner with roles across the performance.

St. Patrick’s School Robert Litsey Joseph Marsh Bellringer John Ryan Rollo Carnes William Driscoll Marvin Simmons Richard Lattner

Lincoln School selects six students for hygiene poster program

The Lincoln school committee named Wayne Whitmer Lorraine Pedersen Junior Young ton Maxine Barnes Dwayne Morey and Willard Vokt to draw monthly hygiene posters with colored chalk on the blackboard.

Lincoln School Wayne Whitmer Lorraine Pedersen Junior Youngton Maxine Barnes Dwayne Morey Willard Vokt

Franklin Teachers Meet For Picnic

Franklin junior and senior high teachers held a steak fry at Bever Park this week. Fifty five people attended. The standing social committees for the year organized the event with Ruth Martin, chairwoman, and Margaret Dani among junior high leaders, and Leone Sutherland, chairwoman, Rac chel Wilson, and Russell L. Poppenhager for the senior high group.

Franklin Bever Park Ruth Martin Margaret Dani Gertrude Reuter Leone Sutherland Racchel Wilson Russell L. Poppenhager

Lincoln school safety council members named

The Lincoln school safety council list includes Nadine Brown Roy Bonham Dorothy Baldwin Everett Andrews and Joseph Eikenberry.

Safety Council Lincoln School Nadine Brown Roy Bonham Dorothy Baldwin Everett Andrews Joseph Eikenberry

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