Program Given By Blind Pupils Of State School
A March 6 program in the high school auditorium featured students from the Town School for Visually Handicapped Children of Vinton. Sam Ashcroft discussed the Iowa School for the Blind, its enrollment, funding, and curriculum. Dale Wolthoff demonstrated braille, with six lights and a six-key typewriter. The program included braille writing, music performances, and various student contributions, ending with praise for the educational value.
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Town School For
Vinton
Harmon
Sam Ashcroft
School For the Blind
Ashcroft
Iowa School For the Blind
Iowa
State Board of Education
Ao Os
University Hospital
Dale Wolthoff
Junior Miller
Eldora
Dale Wealthoff
Cavaliers to Play For Sophomore Dance
The sophomores sponsor the last school dance of the year with the Cavaliers from Hampton providing music. The Cavaliers, known for earlier Fireman’s Ball and VFW dances, will perform. Admission is 75 cents a couple or 55 cents for a single.
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Cavaliers
Hampton
Alumni News Drives Membership At Homecoming Event
Alumni planned an active drive for members during Homecoming on Oct 28. A membership stand was set up beside the junior food stand before and during the game. After the game the food committee served coffee and cookies as a picnic is planned for the fourth Sunday in June. Current membership stands at m1. earliest listing traces to 1906 with W. J. Van Tiger. The first class was 1886 with three members M. Blair Alice Farra Os and M. Elizabeth Wilcox. The group seeks information on alumni including current addresses and occupations.
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Pas
Homecom
Dlan
W. J. van Tiger
M. Blair Alice Farra Os
M. Elizabeth Wilcox
Hi Lites Staff Roster and Editorial Team
A listing of staff and editors for Hi-Lites including Joanne Persons Jen nis Juchems Art Editor Roberta Bashy Bob Largan Betey Wille Mira Landon Hauer Jerr y Jondanhl with reporters Janice Persons Mary Lou Sanders Eileen Perkins Kenneth Dalldorf Betty Neubauer Delores Dixon Donna Lugian Jene Lees Rit Jacobs Joan Kaw Joan Follett Norma Burns Pattie Blair Bob Bateson Orian Mitchell Marlene Moats Ruth Guenther Pat Holcomb Lucille Rogenberger Rosalie Risse Julianne Eekel Bernardine Meters Nancy Jones Elien Dettbarn Veronica McCarty and Gloria Ruby.
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Joanne Persons
Jennis Juchems
Roberta Bashy
Bob Largan
Betey Wille
Mira Landon
Mr. Hauer
Jerry Jondanhl
Janice Persons
Mary Lou Sanders
Eileen Perkins
Kenneth Dalldorf
Betty Neubauer
Delores Dixon
Donna Lugian
Jene
Lees Rit Jacobs
Joan Kaw
Joan Follett
Norma Burns
Pau Tie Blair
Bob Bateson
Orian Mitchell
Marlene Moats
Ives All~hee
Ruth Guenther
Pat Holcomb
Luchlle Rogenberger
Rosalie Risse
Typlate
Julianne Eekel
Joanne Ergens
Bernardine Meters
Nancy Jones
Elien Dettbarn
Veronica McCarty
Burebura Ware
Gloria Ruby
Let's Start Clubs An Editorial About Teen Clubs
Joanne Persons argues teens can steer away from trouble by forming wholesome clubs outside school. She cites the Sweet Sixteen group of 16 year olds and urges communities to foster camera stamp music art and social clubs for constructive evening activities.
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Joanne Persons
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Darts at the Arts band tests students
The TC band conducted a surprise test led by Mr. Aurand catching members off guard and revealing gaps in knowledge. The group performed a lively show with the novelty piece The Three Trees and warned that anything can happen. A big production of Tom Sawyer is set for March 17.
What If Students Quieted Hall Duty Or Classes
A reflective musing questions if common classroom disruptions could end. It ponders whether civics on time, on track assignments, weekend chatter, and quirky local figures like Crow Vaughn Kitty Reece Mary Farmer and Hairless Homer might ever align with ideal behavior. Readers are invited to share thoughts.
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Mary Farmer
Town Falls
Walters
Eldorian Deadline Set for March 15
The Eldorian project fixes March 15 as the completion deadline for the final pages and press readiness. The text notes a new Eldorian edition with election of a king and queen, urging readers to back the effort to create lasting memories.
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Dorian
Esse
Rosalie Risse Competes In Regional Oratory Contest
Rosalie Risse, Eldora finalist in the American Legion oratorical contest, traveled to Reinbeck for the district meet on Monday March 6. A 6:30 banquet for contestants and their teacher preceded the auditorium contest with six other towns represented. Marshalltown won first, Waverly took second, and Tama placed third.
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Rosalie Risse
Oratory
American Legion
Reinbeck
Eldora
Marshalltown
Tama
Waterloo
Waverly
Sheffield
Tom Sawyers Treasure Hunt staged for all ages
Eldora Theatrical cast and crew present Tom Sawyers Treasure Hunt as a family show with adult appeal. Matinee Thursday at 1 45 for grades 12 to 8 and grades 15 to 8 from nearby towns. Friday night performance priced 85c for students and 60c for adults.
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Theadans
Eldora
Alet
Dates Set For Music Contests Across Four Cities
The music contest schedule opens April 1 at Sheffield for soloists and small groups, continues April 15 at Hampton with all entrants including large and small groups, then April 22 at Mason City for the state large group contest, and ends May in Perry for state small groups and soloists. Vocal and instrumental departments list multiple ensembles and soloists, and all participants are urged to compete for superior ratings.
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Sheffield
Hampton
Mason City
Perry
Vocal
Madrigal
Pat Irwin
Ellen Dettbarn
Mary Farmer
Veronica McCarty
Jerry
Jondahl
Euphonium
Orlan Mitchell
Bob Halasey
Pat Follett
Verlene Huehn
Marilyn Eggleston
Carnet
Darrell Scott
Verlee Reist
Dixie Crosley
Dave Wilson
Marlene Maats
Ronald Oldenburg
Jerry Jondahl
Glen Gaede
Talent Show Winners Broadcast Over Station WHO
A March 8 home talent show at BHS drew a crowd of over 900 in the gym. Dixie Jordan hosted the event sponsored by the senior class. Eldora winners included Veronica McCarty Shiley Follett Joy Lee and Gordon Ortson while out of town winners were Sharon Kay Redman Alden Robert Granner Owasa Marjorie Specht Joan Reel and RH Bell Conrad.
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BHS
Dixie Jordan
Sphboring
Pari A Ue Ieng
Abevelopers
Saryang
Veronica McCarty
Shiley Follett
Joy Lee
Gordon Ortson
Eldora
Sharon Kay Redman
Alden
Robert Granner
Owasa
Marjorie Specht
Joan Reel
Rh] Bell
Conrad
Who Is the Senior Ag Student 1950 Award Winner
Several days ago the ag boys set to choose the senior ag student of 1950 to receive the lekath award based on scholarship projects and leadership in farm organizations. Points were tallied from freshman year to senior year and after a lengthy vote the winner was decided, though graduation awaited to reveal the name.
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Ielekath
T C Bang Concert in Eldora Gym
T C Bang from Iowa State Teachers College led a Spring Tour stop in Eldora on March 6 at 2 30. The T C band of about eighty five members included former BHS students Mary K Kurtz Jim Maltby and Terry Stilley. The program of twelve numbers featured First Movement of the Second Symphony written for Eldora band members and Mr Aurand.
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Eldora
Boas
Iowa State Teachers College
T. C
BHS
Mary K. Kurtz
Jim Maltby
Terry Stilley
Aurand
Teachers College
A Tiny Boy Who Never Sleeps at Home
A short, playful verse describes a small boy who roams, skips sleep, and dislikes sitting still. He acts in school like a marching band raising spirits for teachers, drifts from family duties, pesters his mother and sister, and returns home with unpredictable moods and cheerful energy.
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Bro
First Grade Class Notes Weather Calendar and New Words
Miss Gildemeister's first grade tracks daily weather with colored figures on a March calendar and uses monthly folders with art, writing samples, and numbers. Two new vocabulary words evaporation and hibernation enter the class, while Judy Rahlfsen joins from Timber Valley and Ronnie Lawler and Jerry Steinfeldt move away.
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Gildemeister
Bauer
Judy Rahlfsen
Timber Valley School
Ronnie Lawler
Union
Jerry Steinfeldt
Owasa
Tatlin Till Des Moines Talent Show Sparks Talk
Local chatter centers on Tatlin Till Des Moines with talk of grades from aptitude tests after a night with Stan Kenton. Jondahl Halasey share results while the home talent show reveals hidden talents and rehearsal crowds including Martin.
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Des Moines
Stan Kenton
Jondahl and
Halasey
Gordon and Joy
Martin
Schmidt
Joe
Debates on New Activities At Local School
A survey of students and teachers reveals mixed views on adding or cutting school activities. Proposals include golf for all, a swimming pool, wrestling, boxing, tennis, tumbling teams, a photographer club, badminton, and a girls volleyball team, with many noting busy schedules already.
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Lucille Rosenberger
Raymond Rash
Julie Eckel
Arvid Lauritzen
Betty Fpinske
Ives Allbee
Gary Button
Doris Lamasters
Kemp Huelm
Mary Krejci
Ronnie Oldenburg
Duane Lloyd
District Debaters Prepare for Dubuque Meet
District debate teams brace for Saturday’s tournament in Dubuque. Eldora’s squad faces shaky prep as rival schools Thompson Davenport Sioux City Muscatine Burlington and University High of Town City loom. Team members Tage Mitchell Piper and Allbee feel nerves but stay determined to win.
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Dubuque
Eldora
Thompson
Davenport
Sioux City
Muscatine
Burlington
University High
Town City
Allbee
Tage
Mitchell
Piper
Spelling Race Track Led by Heslop in 7B Class
The 7B class uses a race track chart with two teams, Orange led by Nancy Heslop and Red. Kelvin Huehn conceived the idea and, with Bruce Froning, worked it out.
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Nancy Heslop
Kelvin Huehn
Bruce Froning
Second Grade Notes Show Pupils, Puppets, and Snowmen
Second graders share classroom anecdotes about a pup named Spot and a chewing incident, time tests in arithmetic, and student riddles. A puppet show of Three Billy Goats Gruff is mentioned, along with poems The Wind by Douglas Goodell and Snowmen by Rachel Berry.
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Larry McNeriney
Miss Colyn
Billy Goat
Douglas Goodell
Rachel Berry
Miss Nelson
Students study children of Japan and China in class
In a unit on children of other lands, students finished learning about Mexico and now explore Chinese and Japanese youngsters. Allen Eggleston brought Japan printed books, chopsticks, and silkworm cocoons for study. They make booklets and assess manners at meals and in the cafeteria.
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Mexico
Allen Eggleston
Japan
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