Purple and White Tattler Student News Notes
Local school page highlights staff roles and student activity. Primary room reports riding a horse named Brownie, plant gifts, and attendance awards. second and third grades show drawings of children skating and crafts. Juniors and seniors discuss sociology and American government. class sizes noted and definitions of government and state covered. Game recap includes Elgin versus Arlington, with final 50 to 39 and 40 to 17 wins, plus upcoming county tournament schedule and ticket details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Luana
Barker
Arlington
Robinson
Fourth and Fifth Grades Perfect Attendance List
The ten pupils with perfect attendance for the first semester are Marie Adrian Phyllis Pinney June Grimm Veda Walters Lavern Dennler Dean Torkelson Gerald Schneider Paul Adrian James Bovis and Jimmy Daniels. Barbara Crider Marilyn Falk and Phyllis Pinney missed only one word in spelling all semester. In art class students study ellipsis and plan to obtain picture collections showing ellipsis from magazines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Adrian
Phyllis Pinney
June Grimm
Veda Walters
Lavern Dennler
Dean Torkelson
Gerald Schneider
Paul Adrian
James Bovis
Jimmy Daniels
Barbara Crider
Marilyn Falk
Sixth and Seventh Grade Class Report and Activities
Sixth and seventh graders show good punctuality with several named pupils never absent or tardy. Absent only half days are Bertha Jane Casper Delores Torkelson Ivan Torkelson and Merlin Miller. Scouts support March of Dimes selling about two hundred pins. Seventh graders study fish industry with each pupil preparing a fish report. Miss Reed reads The Dove in the Eagle's Nest by Yonge. Sixth graders study sentence subjects and division into two parts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Grimm
Geraldine Howard
Jane Falk
Dorothy Torkelson
George Christen
Ben, Sehori
Bertha Jane Casper
Delores Torkelson
Ivan Torkelson
Merlin Miller
Boy Scouts
Campfire
Roosevelt
Schoolmasters Meeting At West Union Feb 4
West Union hosts a Schoolmasters meeting on February 4 with speaker Mr. Richinson of Washington Iowa president of the high school board association. Board members invited include B J Baumgartner Walter Falk C B Schori Max Hunsberger H Gilbertson Fr A Crider Samuel Mosby and others. New subjects list shows teachers and assignments for second semester including physics algebra civics home economics biology english music and coaching among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Richinson
Washington
Iowa
High School Board Association
B. J. Baumgartner
Walter Falk
C. B. Schori
Max Hunsberger
H. S. Gilbertson
A. Crider
Samuel Mosby
Robinson
Mr. Strong
Missy. Crane
M Currie
Miss Williams
Miss Sadoff
Mr. Stronmpg
Awn Luvernand World
Lectures on Tuberculosis and Vocations Class Report
The program featured a talk on Todays Fight Against Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Fo e of Youth with films Behind the Shadows Cloud in the Sky Goodbye Mr Germ Let My People Live On the Firing Line They Do Come Back sponsored by the Iowa Tuberculosis Assn and local groups Vocations class discusses future occupations including aviation food supply and electricity with instructor Mr Robinson leading students through subject offerings and career outlooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robinson
Play Progress on Almost Eighteen First Act Completed
Local high school reports progress on the first act of Almost Eighteen with plans to start the second act this week. Committees appointed include Property crew Erma Butikofer Mabel Grimm and Jim Christ stage managers Harvey Gilbertson Dale Kelly and Lavern Larson Advertising Home Economics club and Promptress Erma Butikofer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Butikofer
Mabel Grimm
Jim Christ
Harvey Gilbertson
Dale Kelly
Lavern Larson
Book Reports Prompt Teachers To Change Reporting Plan
In advanced grammar class students may give oral book reports this semester as teachers remember and adapt to new expectations. The note suggests shifting from written to oral presentations, reflecting classroom changes and student engagement.
Whispers in the Typing Room and School Day Mix
An undisturbed study period runs alongside play practice and class chatter in a high school setting. Students, including girls from the glee club and senior boys, adapt to a routine of sewing conversations and date-checked rooms while semester tests loom and report cards arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Glee Club
Lavern Larson
Levey
Clermont
Kipin Basketball team drops two hard games on new floor
The Kipin basketball squad lost both Tuesday contests on the new floor, breaking their season record. The first team celebrated a debut on the new surface, while Flan marked his first defeat since Coach Mr. Strong began coaching in Elgon. Luana led the late-night thriller with a 21 to 4 finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kipin
Clah Thier
Iy Flan
Mr. Strong
Elgon
Blut
Everning
Luana
Tun
Wadena News covers social events and school honors
Mrs. Luther Crandall entertains the Auction Bridge club at eight o'clock with prizes for Mrs. Freeman Herrling Nelson and Herrling. Wadena high school announces first semester honor roll with freshmen through seniors named. Church group plans January 30 meeting and a play. Shower honors Elizabeth Aeschliman with green and white decor. Mr. and Mrs. Bender, long term missionaries, return from South America after 27 years. future plans noted. Local visits and socials including Nellie Ruth Whittenbaugh's return, and multiple family visits across towns. Creamery annual meeting and cones set for February 1 with Catholic dinner in Presbyterian church dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Crandall
Auction Bridge Club
James Freeman
Arthur Herrling
Wm. Nelson
A. G. Herrling
Wadena High School
Dorothy Cline
Alice Sniffin
Betty Johnson
Lee Aeschliman
J. H. Wilson
Glen Minger
O. D. Hunsberger
Roy Leonhart
Elizabeth Kohler
Russell Nelson
Fred Heiden
Elizabeth Aeschli
G. F. Bender
Staten Island
N. Y
Louisa Schmidt
Assemblies of God of
Springfield
Venezuela
Caracas
Barquisineta
Lara
Toledo
Ohio
United States
South America
Nellie Ruth Whittenbaugh
Waterloo
Maynard
Ray Herwig
Henry Herwig
Aij
Presbyterian Church
Household Illumination and the Argand Miles Revolution
Howard G. Wubbard describes the shift from open reservoir lamps with side wicks to the Argand Miles lamp featuring vertical wick and closed reservoir. The changes allowed burning cheaper greases, prompting early experiments and possible pre-1810 inventions like South Carolinian John Love’s 1798 patent for an “allow lamp” and later claims of a “lamp for burning lard.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aimee Argand
John Miles
Howard G. Wubbard
Argand
Miles
Atlantic
John Love
South Carolina
United States
Thomas P. Jones
Journal of the Franklin Institute
Patent Office
Blue Hole Cavern Puzzles Ohio Limestone Region
The Blue Hole at Castalia Ohio is a limestone cavern feature feeding Cold Creek with a high mineral content. The water petrifies organic matter and remains unfrozen, keeping a steady temperature year round as it flows three miles to Lake Erie.
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Ohio
Blue Hole
Castalia
Lake Erie
Cold Creek
Henry Howe
Superstition Mountain Mine Tale of Snowbeard Murder
A Detroit News correspondent recounts Superstition Mountain east of Phoenix where legends tie to a great flood. Dutchman Snowbeard the Dutch man allegedly murdered heirs and hid a Sonora mine, later revealing it to his nephew who was killed. Eight others were shot seeking the mine. Snowbeard died in 1892 without the site. A bronze tablet marks his grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Detroit News
Sonora
Mexico
Jacob Walz
Snowbeard
Pilots Surpass Billion Miles in Licensed Flight
A Commerce Department study shows licensed pilots have accumulated about 3.054 billion miles. Transport pilots, the highest license class, account for roughly 11 twelfths of the total, with private, limited commercial, and industrial pilots making up the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Department
Department
Aeronautics Branch
New Dye in Use Replaces Old Inks and Paints
A brilliant blue dye from the pthalo cyanine class shows excellent fastness, replacing older dyes in printing inks paints lacquers rubber wallpaper and Unoleum. Pthalocyanines resemble chlorophyll in structure but show no natural occurrence.
Soap's Valuable By-Product Glycerol
Glycerol is a valuable by-product of soap manufacture, noted for its usefulness in various applications and its role in the soap production process.
Deciphering. Fabyan on Secret Codes and Varied Cipher
George Fabyan, the cipher expert, stated that he has yet to find a message in secret code that cannot be dead. He described the biblical cipher, created about 300 years ago by Sir Francis Eaton, as the most dangerous for its potential infinite variation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fabyan
Francis Eaton
Amateur radio operator chalks up 13000 contacts overseas
Short Wave Radio Ham Stanley Beliveau of Yakima Washington says he has made more than 13000 contacts with hams in foreign countries and holds confirmation cards or letters from over 6000 of them. He recently connected with another operator in Stanleyville in west central Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Beliveau
Yakima
Wash
Stanleyville
Central Africa
Moccasins Spur English Trade Carved by Colonists in Early Industry
The export of American moccasins to England helped establish an indigenous footwear industry. By 1650 colonists were shipping moccasins to England as many favored native styles over English shoes and boots.
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England
America
Let Soap Work When You Wash
Guidance on washing fabrics urges letting soap do the work rather than scrubbing. It warns rubbing wears fabrics and notes that prolonged soiling increases the need for rubbing, suggesting gentler washing yields better care of clothes and linens.
State of Franklin Territory Named For Three Years
The text notes that the area now part of Tennessee was historically referred to as the State of Franklin for a three year period. It records a named historic entity and dates its existence within the broader U.S. territorial evolution. The assertion highlights Franklin as a designation in a formative era.
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Franklin
Tennessee
State of
Mother Becomes Nan in Sisters Servants Order
Mrs. Mary Schmidt formerly of Liebenthal Kansas joins the Sisters Servants of the Sacred Heart of Mary at Beaversville after her husband’s death. She is mother to five children and has three daughters in Catholic sisterhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nan
Mary Schmidt
Liebenthal
Kan
Order of
Sisters Servants of the Rery Heart of Mary
Beaversville
Schmidt
Civil War Stamps and Stamps in Civil War Sanitary Fairs
Civil War stamps inspired present day Christmas seals and tuberculosis stamps with forerunners in Sanitary Fair stamps. Funds were raised in Cleveland in 1863 for soldiers wounded in the Civil War by stamp sales. Similar fairs occurred in Chicago New York Albany Boston Stamford and elsewhere. An inflatable pliable automobile fender was invented. Street cars and walls can’t force a lasting dent yet they guard against road dirt and water.
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Cleveland
Chicago
New York
Albany
Boston
Stamford
Youth Is Tough Kisas Moos Hit by Car at Carnarvon
A 105 year old Negro named Kisas Moos in Carnarvon South Africa endured only abrasions after a motor car struck him and ran over both of his legs.
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Kisas Moos
Carnarvon
South Africa
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