Foremost 4 H alum becomes renowned air pilot Al Schramm
Al Schramm once a leading 4 H breeder of purebred Duroc Jerseys at the South Dakota State Fair in 1924 chose aviation. He earned a pilot rating and an aviation mechanic license at 18, joined Seinsen Aircraft Corp in Detroit as test pilot. He later flew Mascot International A G missions and logged about 5,500 flight hours, 800,000 miles, and 32 trips around the globe.
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al Schramm
South Dakton
Yankyn
Aberdeen
Alkun
Troport
Seinsen Aircraft Corporation
Detroit
Als
Lindbergh
Mascot International A. G
Switzerland
North America
Stinson
Valley Consolidated School Reports Fifteen Pupils
A Valley Consolidated School report lists fifteen pupils across grades from first to seventh. Names include Rosalia Turcock James Fora Lucille YVerslius Merlin Schultz Nadine Ly man Patricia Ford Arlene Lyman Stanley Burger Stanley May Betty Ramseil Elaine Lyman Willis Schwartz Dorothy May Ruth Ramseil and La-
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Valley Consolidated School
LaDene Burger
Dorothy Schulz
Rosalia Turcock
James Fora
Lucille Yverslius
Merlin Schultz
Nadine Lyman
Patricia Ford
Arlene Lyman
Stanley Burger
Stanley May
Betty Ramseil
Elaine Lyman
Willis Schwartz
Dorothy May
Ruth Ramseil
Pupils’ Activities Noted At School Event
J Done Burger observes pupils arriving by car or horseback at the school. Larger children play volleyball and take part in tournaments while smaller pupils ride the merry-go-round and use the teeter totter.
Repairs at Whiteside School After Yard Work
Last week men brought Jones as kindling while others repaired the chimney and the Whiteside Independent Consolidated School merry-go-round. Doris Matthews writes. Spelling honors went to Bobby Datel Joyce DeShazer Ellen Garner Doris Matthews Louise Feters Pauline Kohlmeyer and Billy Datel. Pupils begin Palmer writing project with the first 25 drills.
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Whiteside School
Jones
Whiteside Independent Consolidated School
Doris Matthews
Bobby Datel
Joyce DeShazer
Ellen Garner
Louise Feters
Pauline Kohlmeyer
Billy Datel
Palmer
Titonka Troop Meets After School at Methodist Church
Titonka Troop 6 of the Girl Stouts met at the Methodist Church after school on Monday. Dolores Patterson welcomed as a second class Scout from Duluth. Plans for the next three months approved. meeting opened with pledges, songs, and the Scout motto.
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Methodist Church
Nelson
Hiawatha
Dolores Patterson
Duluth
Dorothea Dunbar
Reviews Study Of New England States
In Fairfield School No 2 sixth graders studied the New England and Middle Atlantic states focusing on physical features climate occupations and coastal cities. Leona Clegg notes interest in flood reports from the Evening Hours and mentions rivers like the Merrimac Connecticut Penobscot and Fall Rivers overflowing after heavy rains affecting the people there.
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Fairfield School
New England
Middle Atlantic
Leona Clegg
Merrimac
Connecticut
Penobscot
Fall Rivers
Waterpower Trouble Amid Factory Growth
The piece notes a surplus of waterpower powering factories yet yielding widespread trouble for residents. It contrasts fire and power with the idea that energy serves but also strains the community, highlighting a critical view of industrial progress and resource use.
Reading Reports At Jefferson School
Our teacher Miss Gutzler brings library books from the Carnegie Library and the County Library. Second and third graders receive a ribbon for each book read and all pupils read to earn yearly awards from the county superintendent. Many pupils average one book per week. typed copies of a book report form are filled out for each book read.
Boy Scout and Book Readings At Jefferson School
Miss Gutzler finished The Boy Who Had No Birthday by Helen Hunt Jackson. Pupils enjoyed the tale of a boy who lost his parents in a flood and learned his true age while discovering his father’s money. Eu Nice McCoy wrote the account.
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Miss Gutzler
Helen Hunt Jackson
David
Boy Scouts of Woodcraft
Eunice McCoy
Jefferson School
Opening Exercises At School By Grade
The article describes daily opening exercises with different grade groups taking turns each day eighth grade on Monday seventh grade on Tuesday and fifth grade on Wednesday highlighting orderly school routines and student participation.
Sixth, third and fourth grade class schedule note
A fragmented note describes class groupings for Wednesday for sixth grades, Thursday for third and fourth grades, and mentions upper grades with events on Friday. It references Melvin Mortimer and Mortimer School, but many words are garbled. The readable parts suggest a school activity schedule with landscape pictures and five choices for activities.
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Melvin Mortimer
Mortimer
Tyrrell School bulletin board highlights newspaper finds
Marguerite Greenan reports the Tyrrell School will locate important items in newspapers and post them on a bulletin board for classroom notice and discussion.
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Marguerite Greenan
Seventh graders study watts and kilowatt hours at Whiteside School
Maria Feterl, a seventh grader at Whiteside School, explains in arithmetic class that students are learning to read electric meters and understand watts and kilowatt hours.
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Whiteside School
Tepor ‘Maria Feterl
Story Books Prove Real Interesting
Joseph M. Watter Jr of the Lindy League of Foster District No 1 School notes pupils must read one more book than their grade. A student reading 15 books will receive an award, with each pupil needing to read additional titles to reach the limit.
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Joseph M. Watter, Jr
Lindy League of
Foster
Joseph Greenan
Halloween Program Planned At The Weeks School
The Weeks School held a U. G. S. meeting Friday to plan a Halloween program. Miss Culver proposed selling a blanket at the event. Officers elected were Della Kohlmeyer president Elton Anson vice president and Lillian Jungemann secretary. All pupils attended. Entertainment followed by refreshments prepared by Della Kohlmeyer.
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Miss Culver
Della Kohlmeyer
Elton Anson
Lillian Jungemann
Sixth graders study Still Life In Art by Cezanne at Ackerman School
The sixth graders reviewed Still Life In Art by Paul Cezanne last week with interest. Gloria Kelley notes current geography covers the New England States with two stories left before moving to the Middle Atlantic States. Science for watch graders uses workbooks for study.
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Ackerman School
Paul Cezanne
Gloria Kelley
New England
Middle Atlantic
Halsey Leaguers Hold Second Regular Meeting
The Halsey League met last Friday for its second regular gathering. After a business session Elvin Guthmiller presented a book report and John Renner with Duane Shoemaker read a memorized poem “When the Frost is on the Pumpkins” while Shoemaker also read “The Rose and the Gardener.” The group closed with a chorus of the C. L. song led by Elvin Guthmiller.
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Halsey
Halsey League
Elvin Guthmiller
John Renner
Duane Shoemaker
C. L
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