Elgin High School News Preview and School Back to Work
The Purple arid White Tattler reports the August 31 return to Elgin High for a new year. Students urged to pursue civic readiness, moral growth, and intellectual development. New teachers Miss Mardorf and Miss Crowe highlighted. Junior Class notes list three new members and a hospital stay. Courses include Shorthand, Business Arithmetic, Physics, and Economics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Miss .Mardorf
Leland Belknap
Harold Deirams
Dean Mitts
Decorah Hospital
Primary and First Grade Class News Summary
In primary grades ten pupils are in first grade and eight in fire le. Second and Third grades have 10 and 11 children. Thursday English class dramatized The Little Red Hen. Fourth and Fifth study Africa in Geography with Bombo and New England states in progress. Arithmetic reviews multiplication tables forgotten during summer. Miss Krohn reads Just David. Nina Mae Ashby is the new pupil.
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Africa
Bombo
New England States
Enrollment in Sixth and Seventh Grades
The sixth grade has fourteen students with seven boys and seven girls. The seventh grade has eighteen students with ten boys and eight girls. Two new pupils this year are Jennings and Imogene Itts.
Eighth Grade Class Notes and Subjects
Ten eighth graders in the class with one absent pupil Gor den Schupbach. In Science the class studies planets. In History the presidents of the United States are being learned.
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Gorden Schupbach
United States
Freshman Class Sees 26 Pupils With New Members Elected
Report from the school notes 26 pupils in the Freshman class, 14 new and 12 returning. Mr. Strongang serves as sponsor and class president with officers to be elected soon. The Sophomore group includes 15 former freshmen now advancing, with emphasis on typing.
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Strongang
Tame
Elgin High Class of Sixteen Introduces Senior Year
Upper Cima freshmen from three years ago now present the Classy Senior at Elgin High. The sixteen members are Niméyeene Batley Becket Ken Christen Lois Feller Vernie Lehman Lois Miller William Moore Betty Ann Schnieder Betty Schori Ann Mae Schupbach Betty Strauch Otis Torkelson, with Mr. Robinson as class sponsor. They promise interviews incidents and happenings as the year progresses and invite reader engagement with their edition.
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Cima
Elgin High
Niméyeene Batley
2 Bee Becket
Ken Christen
Lois Feller
Vernie Lehman
Lois Miller
William Moore
Betty Ann Schnieder
Betty Schori
Ann Mae Schupbach
Betty Strauch
Otis Torkelson
Surprise Visitors At Start Of School Week
Two visitors stopped by the school in the first week. Navy men Jack Adrian and Jacob Schnieder met with students. James Christ began his sophomore year at the University of Iowa, adding to campus chatter.
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Withm the Navy
Jack Adrian
Jacob Schnieder
James Christ
University of Iowa
Music Schedule and Glee Club Timetables
The schedule lists Band sessions on Tuesday and Thursday from 8:30 to 9:00. Girls Glee Club meets Monday and Wednesday from 2:20 to 3:00. Boys Glee Club meets Tuesday from 2:20 to 3:00. ipod usage appears Friday from 9:30 to 9:00. Teachers housing details include several staff at specific homes and apartments.
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Girls Glee Club
Boys Glee Club
Novelty Column and Sports Update from Local School
A light novelty column lists staff names and nicknames while noting Harold Johnson as a junior, Florence, Jack, Beverly, Oliver, Reuben, Otis, Moore, Merlin, Shirley, Junia, and others. Sports notes praise Coach Strong’s return and lack of games due to transportation, with a list of scrimmaging players including Dennler, Little, Dennler, Butikofer, Harold Glass, Johnson, Moore, Miller, Warton, Torkelson, Larson, Capper, Bovis, Gehring, and Belknap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Johnson
Lehman Hill
Florence
Jack
Beverly
Oliver
Reuben
Otis
Moore
Merlin
Shirley
Junia
Strong
Tom Barker
Waterloo
Becauise
Glen Dennler
Donald Little
Thomas Dennler
John Butikofer, Jr
Harold Glass, Jr
Gene Wenger
Louis Halverson
Gerald Gehring
Bill Moore
Merlin Miller
John Warton
Otis Torkelson
Kenneth Larson
Leland Capper
George Bovis
Junior Gehring
Leland Belknap
Alumni Reflections: Seniors Step Into Past Leaders’ Chairs
Alumni column notes how current seniors move into the seats once held by former senior leaders. The writer hints at sharing memories and lessons from those predecessors as the school moves forward.
Clermont Local News Highlights Short Visits and Family News
Local notes from Clermont report Hae Carragher and Engie family ties, with Engie arriving from St. Louis for a brief stay. Donald Larson left recently, while the Tenn family spent time with relatives. Crowe family traveled to Dubuque and Fayette for weekend visits. Labke and Banning relatives attended a funeral in West Union. Simek family visited Waterloo, and James Loftsgard visited from Cedar Rapids while Perry Paulson’s appendectomy occurred in West Union.
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Hae Carragher
Here
Castair Joycelyn Engie
St. Louis
Corp
Donald Larson
Sar Carancee Tenn
Haery Manner Larson
E L. Crowe
Amma
Mary
Richard
Crowe
Dubuque
Fayette
Russell Graves
A Labke
Brida Schaty
West Union
H A. Labke
Lorcilie and
Phylls
Richard Banning
Community events and obituaries from Cedar Rapids area
Local notices recount a interdenominational Sunday school meeting at West Union and social gatherings in Ossian and surrounding towns. Bertha Schate of West Union dies, services held at Burnham funeral home. Birthdays and family dinners marked by neighbors, with visitors from Ossian and rail of Waterloo institute attendees.
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RV. Breet
Sxiney Noting
J. F. Miller
Norival Payette County
West Union
Gertina Burass
Gloria
Lowie Amundson
Mirs
Earl Peake
Postville
Cedar Rapids
Florence Erickson
W. Andrew
Bertha Schate
Herman Griebenow
Fred Bigier
B. Riegel
Gerald Gutcher
Bess Tschantz
E. F. Lessig
Jessie Triem
Dan Burke
Brady Paulson
Frank Fay
Wayne Abel
Sandvold and Morris
Inez Wol
Edna Torkelson
Ossian
Nets
Walter Vinton
Waterloo
Russell Lamson
G. E. Jorgenson
Richard Wenrich
Lubke
Lucille
Phyliis
Nutting and Helms families visit Clermont and Des Moines trip
Brainard items note Mr and Mrs Wm Nutting and their sons visiting Sidney Nutting home in Clermont Monday evening. Mrs Marshall Helms Peggy and Bobby visited Cleve Erhardt home Tuesday evening. Geo Mueller went to Des Moines on Thursday as an army selectee. Mrs S S Patterson and Marian hosted the Ladies Aid Society at their home Thursday. Ten members.
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Wm Nutting and Sons
Sidney Nutting
Clermont
Marshall Helms
Peggy
Bobby
Cleve Erhardt
Geo. Mueller
Des Moines
Army
S. S. Patterson
Marian
Ladies’ Aid Society
Percheron Stallion Sold To West Coast Farm
A four-year-old Percheron stallion named Lynnwood Donne bred by Lynnwood Farm in Carmel Indiana sold to Carnation Mill Farms of Carnation Washington. The horse will be used to improve the farm's herd of purebred Percheron mares.
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Middle West
West Coast
Lynnwood Donne
Lynnwood Farm
Carmel
Indiana
Carnation Mill Farms
Carnation, Wash
Baby Born to Dead Mother With Policemen as Midwives
In Louisville Kentucky a six pound son of Elmer Wittitoe was delivered fifty minutes after his mother died. County patrolmen Wm Sturgeon and Wm Sneelen acted as midwives with a doctor unavailable. They followed instructions relayed by a desk sergeant via radio from Health Director Hugh Leavell. Nurse Alberta Dickerson held the baby as Radio desk Sgt Ray Nachand observed. Flowers were delivered by radio, a novelty noted in the article.
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Louisville
Elmer Wittitoe
Jefferson County
Kentucky
Hisother
Wm. Sturgeon
Wm. Sneelen
Hugh Leavell
Alberta Dickerson
Ray Nachand
Local residents keep social visits across Cresco area
A chronology of visits and gatherings is listed with residents of West Union Clermont Cresco Brainard and nearby towns. People including Darlene Nottnagel Raymond Mays Marian Patterson and others are noted as visiting friends relatives and hosting meals across several homes during the week. The Brainard school opened with Ethel Boyle teaching and additional social calls are reported in Cedar Rapids Oelwea Missouri and Marquette areas.
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West Union
Brainard
Gus Brause
Raymond Mays
Marian Patterson
Chas. Peters
Darlene Notinagel
Marquette
George Hyde
Woodrow Hyde
John Rutledge
Raymund Mays
Fritz Netnagat
Oelwe
Brainard School
Ethel Boyle
Harvey Gilbert
Marshalltown
D. H. Craft
Roy Burnside
Carrie
Missouri
Robert Mott
Carol
Grace Barker
Kenneth
Wm. Nutting
Frank Lyon
Wm. Sullivan
Dr Miles Nervine Offers Liquid and Effervescent Tablets
An advertisement touts Dr Miles Nervine in liquid and effervescent tablet forms for soothing tense nerves. It urges readers to try it and to purchase at drug stores with prices listed as 35¢ and 75¢ for effervescent tablets and larger sizes at 25¢ and $1.00, with directions to use as directed.
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Dr. Mile Nervine
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Thelma Landsgard
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Alice Becker
Margaret Rippon
Verna Groth
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Dunkle
Mel Kohler
Krohn
B. J. Baumgartner
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