The Purple and White Tattler at Elgin High
The Elgin High school paper features editors and staff including Mavis Durscher as Editor-in-Chief and Betty Strauch as Sports Writer. It shares student reports on grades, Thanksgiving art, booklets, a new Victrola in music class, and a front on the Junior class play with banquet notes. It also includes Questions of the Week, classroom activities, and brief sports notes about a basketball season opener against Randalia and Cler Mont on the home floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mavis Durscher
Betty Strauch
Harvey Gilbertson
Anna Schupbach
Lois Milles
Verne Bailey
Hazel Gilbertson
Betty Schor
Elizabeth Walters
Georganna Falk
Mabel Grimm
Betty Ann Schneider
Congo
Barker
Boleyn
Wenger
Larson
Blockhus
Christen
Strong
Randalia
Cler Mont
Boys Glee Club Sings at Methodist Church Program
The boys glee club provided entertainment Monday evening at the Methodist church program, singing two songs Swing Low Sweet Chariot and Down in Mobile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys’ Glee Club
Boys Glee Club
Methodist
Mobile
Schoolmasters Club address by W W Keenan in Fayette
Des Moines educator W W Keenan spoke to the Fayette County Schoolmasters Club at the regular meeting on Thursday evening November 13 with a 6 30 dinner at the Methodist Church Superintendent Robinson and coach Strong attended. Armistice Day was celebrated with a full day student dismissal. Football banquet featured Coach Strong Superintendent Robinson Dr H H Wolf and the cheerleaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Economics Department
Coach Strong
Dr. Wolf
W. W. Keenan
Des Moines
Fayette County
Fayette
Methodist Church
Keenan
Robinson
Strong
Wadena Good Neighbor Study Club and Community Scenes
Armistice Day events at Mrs. Pro bert home featured a full day session on Food Needs for the Body led by Mrs. Frey and Mrs. Kunzman with music by Mrs. Reeseland. Numerous social visits, club gatherings, prizes, and a high school one act play were noted, plus a kitchen fire damaging the Kenneth Baldwin home northwest of Wadena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Study Club
Wm. Probert
Will Frey
Elmer Kunzman
Ray Reeseland
Fred Tschantz
Esther Sherlock
Square Deal 500
Luther Crandall
H. H. Whitcher
Alfred Johnson
Wilder Mattocks
Ole Johnson
Dorothy Weber
Walter Murray
Bess Culver
Arlington
Fred Heiden
H. Aeschliman and
Lee
Elwin Notbohm
Sumner
Leo Baldwin
Dubuque
Tom Baldwin
Kathryn Messerli
Winnebago
Neb
Mayme Molumby
Keen-O-Bridge Club
Ray Herwig
James Freeman
Frank Welch
G. P. Clark
Burdett Sackett
Oelwein
Elizabeth Kohler
M. A. Klingman
L. W. McKellar
Carl Woelschow
Delhi
Harry Dean
Klingman
Firefighters and Neighbors Contain Quick House Fire
Fire department and neighbors acted swiftly to control a blaze, with the fire soon under control. No injuries reported and the cause is under investigation as crews secure the scene.
Community Gatherings and Guests Across Grand Meadow
The Grand Meadow INT reports a flurry of social visits and small gatherings. Families such as Larson, Landsgard, Olson, and Reinhart hosted or attended parties, dinners, and weekend visits with relatives and friends in West Union, Monona, and nearby towns. Elmer Johnson visitors from Camp Arborne on furlough highlight travel among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Larson
Olson
West Union
Barbara Burass
Carolyn ‘Erickson
Harry Helgerson
Daalia Landsgard
Clarice Lien
Martin Larson
Andrew Lan Wa Gerson
Thelma
Leona
Leona Lyng
Ams
Horwae
Uy Yugaas
Howard
EZ Eass
Monona
Henry Larson
Tiowis Amundson
Joyce
Weeseoee Ginner
Saree Olson
Walter i Szamdy
Dale
PreeSport
Anton Sizeasen
Oscar Lien
Ruth AA Zmidersson
Arthur Olson
Lavanda
Edwin Loftsgard Horra
Walter Lundy
Henry Nyborg
Immayzezei
Fern Buraas
Doris Johnson
Porpoises Declared Crown Property in British Waters
A Royal decree states that any porpoise caught within British waters becomes the crown’s property, classed as royal fish. The ruling affects fishermen and maritime operations, defining possession and regulatory rights for captured wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiting
Crown
Typewriter Use Improves School Work, Psychologists Say
Psychologists Wood and Frank Freeman report from a survey across 22 cities that 2,000 students using typewriters showed fewer mistakes and faster progress than peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Frank Freeman Trasare
Handshake After Neutrality Bill Despite Opposition
Washington lawmakers share a handshake after the bill’s passage. Rep James P Richards of South Carolina, floor leader of the opposition, greets Rep Sol Bloom who piloted the measure through the House by a 212 to 154 vote. Richards opposed foreign policy alignment but supported administration stance on key issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. Cc
James P. Richards
South Carolina
Sol Bloom
Bloom
Richards
Apple Tree Bears Dual Harvest in Novembers Bloom
David Van Steenis of Bear Knoxville reports an apple tree that served two roles this year. In early November a Yellow Transparent tree bore fruit though not heavily at first, then blossomed after ripening. A second crop produced apples about half the typical size. August Mithelman tended the Gifford residence in Grinnell for 16 years. After Charles C. Gifford of Papeete inherited the property, he sold it to Mithelman for 1.00 dollars. the house has remained unoccupied but well maintained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sobersides
WMT
Howdy Roberts
Sobersides
Sunnysides
The
Sunnysiders
David van Steenis
Bear Knoxville
August Mithelman
Gifford
Grinnell
Charles C. Gifford
Papeete
Tahiti
Mithelman
First Tabloid Form Reaches Lindsay Post Ontario
The Lindsay Post of Lindsay Ontario becomes the province’s first tabloid daily paper adopting a style popularized by the English Daily Mirror and Daily Sketch and later by certain New York papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
Lindsay Post
Lindsay
Ont
Daily Mirror
Daily Sketch
New York
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Purple and White Tattler
Elgin High
Karen Kiple
Janice Schori
Bradley Anderson
Russ
Jack A
Bailey
Bernice
Anna Ottosen
Beloit
Wis
Milton Ottosen
Strong Supt. Robinson
H. H. Wolf
Wadena News
Alka-Seltzer
Grand Meadow
Lehman
Schumacher
Mel
West
Weibel Milli
Factory Fresh
H&j Tires
Elgin Oil Company
F. D. Welch
Elgin, Iowa
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