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Newspaper
Eldora Herald Ledger
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1952
Page
6
Students share personal signs of spring from graduation countdowns to warm weather. Some quote joys, others admit laziness or a desire to skip classes. A stray line hints at unsafe thoughts tied to seasonal mood.
A sixty voice chorus from Teachers College Cedar Falls performed at Eldora High School gym on Wednesday afternoon. The program featured spirituals and modern songs, drawing a large audience and praise for the students efforts.
April 1 to 4 the High School Forensic League travels to Iowa City for competition. April 4 to 5 a Webster City music contest follows, then Easter Vacation April 11 to 14. A variety show is set for April 16 in the evening, with State Music Finals on April 25 to 26.
The junior high named the play cast for Juke Box to be staged Thursday afternoon April 17 and Friday evening April 18. Cast list includes Betty Bateson Jeanie Ellen Dillavoy Frankie Jerry Cleveland Clancy Louis Ziesman Pete Tom Flickinger Runt Leonard Stewart Henry Billy Smith Prof Larry La Velle Malone Mary Butler Kate Mary June Starn Bets Joyce Nuckolls Piggy Shirley Manship Lilly Donna Rooks Matilda More Diane Dickinson. New officers were elected for the last quarter with 6 A President Susan Brown and others listed for roles including vice president secretary and treasurer.
George Fagg's piece muses on paradoxes and changes in global and U.S. policy from past alliances to present actions. It contrasts wartime unity, defense expenses, and evolving enemies with a call to safeguard democracy amid a “strange, strange world.”
April birthdays are listed for Eldora High students across grades. Seniors include Jaylyn Winters Lith Fagg Richard Stone. juniors Phyllis Williams J R Aiken Bob Bateson Roger Harrington Duane Lloyd Lowell Wieman Kenny Wagner. sophomores Sandra Bailey Leone Bowers Rev. Long Marilyn Mitchell Marian Stewart. freshmen Ann Cable Marilyon Miller Pat Neubauer Danny Munson. Happy Birthday everyone.
Grade school notes describe Miss Clemon's class preparing a school play and Mrs. Marshman's room displaying Easter decorations while studying multiplication fractions and U S geography. Miss Bender's room shows Easter nests and two students, Larry Noble and Charles Diehl, with perfect attendance. Dorothy Roeske arrives from Owasa as June Eggleston moves to Steam Boat Rock.
Delores Dixon is listed as a proof reader in the student council roster. Gordon Lamb appears as a student council member. The notice confirms membership roles in the school organization for the current term.
In the third quarter thirty students earned honor roll honors. Seniors include George Fagg Frank Nowasell Dolores Bright Norma Burns Donna Luglan Verlee Reist Bette Trout Jane Wood Juniors include Bill Krause Dix Cros ley Yvonne Estes Mary Ann Schultz Kemp Huehn Gary Soli Sophomores include Sandra Bailey Ruby Barr Leone Bowers Ed win Brown Julia Clingerman Shirley Follett Barbara Gran zow Norma Jeske Mary Ellen Krause Freshmen include Heidi Asu Mary Beach Art Berg Marilyn Miller Jean Guenther Richard Walde Gary Walters.
The Pleasant Township Farm Bureau held its regular meeting on Tuesday March 25 with entertainment by FFA members. Performances included two quartets an instrumental duet parliamentary procedure and two accordion solos followed by refreshments in the basement.
A spoof piece reports Dave Piper named EHS superintendent, promising a radical plan to revamp the system with juke boxes, free Coke on every floor, and eight days a week of school. The satire notes humor surrounding reforms and a fictional funeral of the director. It mentions a perfect bowling score of 300 as a closing line.
The spring tour of college music groups visited the area with Iowa University concert band LS.T.C. mixed chorus and Grinnell College glee club. The Iowa State Teachers group performed well in the gym but attendance was low. The Great Big Doorstep comedy, starring David Piper and Verlee Riest, was acclaimed as the best in years.
Our senior says hello as Ted Tietz handles trig geometry physics and civics. He sings second tenor in glee club and chorus and stars for the basketball team as captain’s star winner. He lettered in basketball football and baseball and plans veterinary study at Iowa State after graduation.
Tatlin Till Till hints at buzzing romance and social rounds around EHS. Rumors swirl about Bill H and steady status, play rehearsals provoke chatter among Gordon L Jerry C and others. Peg Estes and Gary receive praise for a returning ring while a former Eldora student seeks a girl with a small appetite by phone 168.
The fragment states a travel path from Wake Island to Midway Island with aJanuary 21 departure and January 20 arrival, which defies normal calendar progression and suggests a date inconsistency or typographical error in the source.
Notice is given that the undersigned has been appointed and qualified as Administrator of the estate of Inger Sampson, deceased, of Hardin County Iowa. All persons indebted must pay immediately and those with claims should present them to the administrator for allowance and file with the Clerk of the District Court. Co. Sampson, Administrator.
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