05 Oct 1956
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Newspaper
Hardin County Index
Location
Eldora, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1956
Page
1
A friendly note to Dave Luiken at General Hospital Iowa City Iowa cheering the Dodgers pennant and joking about not getting caught. The editor mentions a district tournament loss to Sheffield and a playful warning about not making eyes at nurses.
Fifteen girls join the season with one senior Delores Crosser. Juniors include Alma Lyon Brenda Bear Sarah Jo Daleske and Judy Gast. Sophomores are Ruth Luiken Delores Luilen Barbara Heard Joan Gast and Catherine Snider. Freshmen listed Karla Frerichs Carol Lou Reiter Charlotte Havens Jane Daleske and Daphne Hudspeth. Practice outdoors on passing pivoting drills. first game November 18 at Clemons.
Saturday morning the band departs at 9 30 a m for Waterloo to attend the National Dairy Cattle Congress where they are slated to perform a concert from 12 to 1 p m Members receive free passes to the grounds and the Hippodrome show
A compact feature lists junior students and their pet peeves from a classroom setting. Each line attributes a student and a quoted gripe, ranging from typing class annoyances to social interactions. The piece captures light schoolyard humor and character sketches within a weekly column.
A quirky weather round up assigns conditions to individuals: Margaret Bright is windy, Eugene Callaway breezy, Mr Beane fair, Ken Reed sunny, Jim Harris bright, Carol Reiter cloudy, Linda Asher cool, Mrs DeVault mild, Larry Meints rainy, and Freshmen Initiation settles with George Levington.
What would you do if somebody threw a palimpsest at you A palimpsest is writing paper The list includes Don Barholomew Joyce Freese Carole Reiter Delores Luiken Gene Callaway Roy Wilson Oct dates and humorous responses from each person
Carol and Karl present a playful portrait of freshmen with everyday quirks. Names like Kenneth CC Jane D David JL appear in a mosaic of small vignettes. Pieces touch on math papers laughter singing acting and hair color as the class maps personal traits and moments.
Tyrone Power plays Eddie Duchin with Kim Novak as Marjorie in a biographical drama. The pianist rises from Cassino intermissions to nightly performances, marries his encourager, grieving after her death, then enlists in the Navy. After the war he returns to a distant son who shuns him, while a close friend Chaquita shapes the boy’s life. The ending is poignant and the music shines. Shows October 21 24 in Eldora across four days.
Barbara Heard reports Arnold Fisher staged a timber and saw mill puppet show tied to geography studies. A logger scene with skid road, horses, logs and background tree cutting was created. LuAnn Kramer held a Saturday birthday party with games and lunch. Seventh and Eighth Grades plan a hayride on October 5 with Ray Taylor providing a rack and tractor and three girls coordinating lunch.
A humorous set of student wishes on changing places with various teachers and figures. Entries mix playful personal desires and light classroom plots, from wearing new suits to delivering speeches and directing bands, ending with a quip about a judge and acquaintances.
All state chorus auditions for mixed quartet set for Saturday October 20 in Des Moines. Quartet members named include Brenda Bear soprano Karen Beane alto Dennis Holmes tenor and Joe Knight bass. Alternates to perform in Steamboat Rock October 18 are Delores Crosser soprano Mary Last alto Eddie Bear tenor and Ronnie Pierson bass.
The list of officers includes Linda Murray as president Donna Hadley as vice president Patty Winters as secretary treasurer Janet Reece as historian Marianna Rains as reporter Judy Tatum as photographer and Patricia Beach Marilyn Wilson as music chairmen with recreation chairs Wanda Wallace and Starla Williams Anne Wooten gave a talk on Duties of 4 H Officers. Anne Marie Wooten reporter visits from Waterloo with Leonard Church family members. Mr and Mrs Paul Hackett and sons Vernon and Ronald were Sunday dinner guests of David Glen and wife in Bangor.
A Canadian National Railway photo notes the Mount Royal Cross, a Montreal landmark nearly 100 feet tall. It commemorates Maisonneuve’s 1643 ascent of the mountain carrying a large wooden cross to establish Ville Marie, symbolically placing it “close to the sky.”
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