Clermont School News notes classroom progress and activities
Continued report from Clermont School highlights home economics cooking experiments with orange nog and banana milk shakes, math lessons on percents, social science units, and agriculture record keeping. Kindergarten children face whooping cough and illnesses while enjoying science books and art exhibits. Second and first grades cover measuring, night and day concepts, new science books, weather lessons, and early filmstrips. Art projects use toothpicks and pipe cleaners, with several students earning perfect attendance in the first semester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce
Roberta Palmer
Linda Cummings
Kurtis Krueger
Sharon Williams
Bluebirds
Mary and
Linda Thies
Donna Durr
Shirley Tatro
Randalia hosts state speech prelim week of February 14
Randalia will host the preliminary state speech contest the week of February 14 with competitors from Randalia Maynard Fayette Wa dena and Clermont. Clermont entries include divisions in oratorical dramatic humorous declamations original oratory interpretive reading extemporaneous speaking and radio speaking. Three Clermont High School students enter each division along with a one act play cast Vera Hangartner JoAnn Moore and Charles Wagner. A county one act contest follows March 14 15 in Stanley with Maynard Arlington Stanley Alpha Hawkeye Oelwein West Union Oran Randalia Fayette and Clermont among participants. Certificates go to superior schools. The cast includes Douglas Appelman Marilyn Guyer John Knuden and Joan Bennett. Local students Sheryl Peterson and Cathryn Crowe spoke at PTA on January 26 with Cathryn also addressing Town Ladies Aid.
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Randalia
Maynard
Fayette
Wadena
Clermont
Vera Hangartner
JoAnn Moore
Charles Wagner
Stanley
Arlington
Alpha
Hawkeye
Oelwein
West Union
Oran
Douglas Appelman
Marilyn Guyer
John Knuden
Joan Bennett
Sheryl Peterson
Cathryn Crowe
PTA
Cathryn
Mrs Jerdee Hosts Ladies Bridge Evening
Clermont notes a dinner and bridge hosted by Mrs I C Jerdee for the ladies bridge club with Mae Carlin high score and Mrs Bess Blake second. Numerous visits and casual social calls are listed among local families, including Erickson, Cline, Olson, Hyde, and Anderson households. Relatives and neighbors from West Union, Mason City, Decorah, Prairie du Chien, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, and Danville are mentioned with gatherings and farewells as Army duty departs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. C. Jerdee
Ladies’ Bridge Club
Mae Carlin
Bess Blake
Dining Guests Gather Across Families in Local Areas
Sunday gatherings included the Bill Schmidt family with guests in Farmersburg, Merle Lange and daughters from Postville with James Henderson, Paul Miene and Clarence Kittelson in Postville and Gilbert Anderson homes, and West Union plus Decorah attendees. Epistle group at Douglas Appelman’s church meeting drew youth from West Union Calmar Waukon Decorah. Birthday and honor news include Burton Appelman’s 2nd, with Cedar Falls visitors and Marilyn Gress on the State Teachers College honor list. St Ann's Circle met at R G Schupanitz's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Lange
Postville
James Henderson
Paul Miene
Clarence Kittelson
Gilbert Anderson
Earl Kloster
West Union
Wm. Burrow
James Anderson
Douglas Appelman
Episopal Church
Calmar
Waukon
Decorah
Helen
Bert Henderson
Vino Gress
Parker Gress
Cedar Falls
Claude Gress
Marilyn Gress
State Teachers College
Air Conditioning Inventions Transform Industrial Production
Air conditioning was developed by Dr. Willis Carrier about 50 years ago to fix temperature and humidity in a color printing plant. Since then it supports a wide range of industries including candy, textiles, tobacco, optics, chemicals and pharmaceuticals, enabling modern production methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis 8. Carrier
America
Buy Wisely and Often When Children Need New Shoes
State College extension textiles expert urges parents to monitor growing child feet and replace shoes promptly. Outgrown or tight footwear can distort bone growth and cause back aches, irritability, and stomach upsets. Guidance covers proper fit, toe shape, moisture absorption, socking, and careful measurement for every purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Rea
State College Extension Textiles and
Race drivers warn of highway danger and truck dependence
Daytona champion Teague argues racers must concentrate on driving to live while motorists often drift mentally. The piece notes over 100 songs about autos with only three hits and cites the Automobile Manufacturers Assn estimating 25,000 U S communities depend entirely on trucks and trailers. It mentions Key West's 120,433 residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Teague
Daytona
Fla
Vincent Bryan
Gua Edwards
Grant Clarke
Henry
Walter O'Keefe
Automobile Manufacturers Assn
U.S
Key West
Finland Makes Alaska? No, Aland Islands Guarantor Change
In 1951 Finland formally became guarantor of the independence of the Aland Islands in the Gulf of Bothnia by enacting a new home rule act that superseded the 1922 act which had made the League of Nations the guarantor for the Alands.
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Freq Islands
Finland
Aland Islands
Gulf of Bothnia
League of Nations
Alands
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Farmersburg
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