City schools add seventeen new teachers to staff
The district introduces seventeen new teachers across high and junior high schools, plus three of eight special teachers. New hires include Kenneth Bruce and Clarence Wood among others, with Alice Schwartz and Lois Yager joining the art supervisor and nurse staffs, and Dorothy Sylvester as apprentice teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Schwartz
Lois Yager
Dorothy Sylvester
Kenneth Bruce
B. W. Johnson
Norma Parry
Clarence Wood
Patricia Green
Curtis Johnson
Opal Jester
Bernita Keith
Wilma Papenhausen
Ruth Wood
Cordley
Thelma Hayter
Rimary
Lincoln
Arlene Hogan
McAllaster
Doris Balay
Helen Cooper
Pinckney
Lucile Hisey
Ruth Montzingo
Emily Preyer
Woodlawn
Charlotte Campbell
Alice M. Dicker
Irene Nordstrom
Helen Gaw i
Lucile Hisey - Louise Wilks
Mabel Barnhart
Maud Ellsworth
Electa Kindlesperger
Marcia Cartér
William Leech
Birth certificates required for kindergarten entrance
Children entering kindergarten must show birth certificates as announced by school authorities. The rule, in effect since 1938, requires a September 1 fifth birthday or a January 1 fifth birthday with a readiness test. About 70 children are eligible for testing. 40 have already taken it. Parents may call Miss Vesta White at 3000 to arrange testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesta. White
Superintendent commends police and firemen for child safety
Supt. C. D. Dean praised the work of the police and firemen in keeping the streets safer for the children. He noted an officer was present even in the summer at Junior high to watch the children attending the summer art studio.
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Supt. C. D. Dean
Teachers Council Will Meet on September 7
Members of the Educational Council of Lawrence Teachers will hold their first meeting Saturday morning September 7. Miss Helen Shaw is president with officers Miss Dorothy Wilson first vice president Mrs Edyth M Salvesen second vice president Miss Carol Watkinson secretary and Ira E Hunt treasurer. The Council was organized by the public school system.
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Educational Council of Lawrence
Helen Shaw
Dorothy Wilson
Edyth. M. Salvesen
Carol Watkinson
Ira E. Hunt
Teachers for Mutual Help Plan First Meeting
The social and program committees announce plans for the first meeting to support measures beneficial to schools, the community, and the teaching profession. Social committee members include Ruth Watermulder chair, Mary Miss, Mrs. Ralph Graber, Ira Hunt, Esther Wilson, Genevieve West, Helen Harshberger. Program committee members are Susan Friend, Dorothea Weingartner, and Oliver Hobbs.
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Mary
Ruth Watermulder
Ralph Graber
Ira EF. Hunt
Esther Wilson
Genevieve West
Helen Harshberger
Susan Friend
Dorothea Weingartner
Oliver Hobbs
City Library Adopts Winter Hours on September 3
Librarian Miss Lillian Constant announces winter hours begin September 3. The library opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 9 p.m. daily except Sundays and holidays, shifting from the usual September 1 date due to Labor Day. A daily habit of reading the classified page is encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Constant
Instrumental Head Leads Senior High Band and Ensembles
Oliver Hobbs oversees instrumental music at the senior high including band orchestra quartets and soloists. His groups have excelled in music contests and the band offers Lawrence residents weekly summer concerts for enjoyment.
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Oliver Hobbs
Lawrence
Police Chief Appeals for Caution as School Opens
Police Chief Jude Anderson urges motorists to watch for hundreds of school children returning to streets. Stop signs at Seventh and Illinois and at Nineteenth and Massachusetts will be supervised by officers and a fireman. Slow signs near Liberty Memorial High School will be police supervised. A bicycle ordinance will be introduced to city council to curb reckless riding.
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Jude
Anderson
Seventh
Illinois
Nineteenth
Massachusetts
Liberty Memorial High School
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Neal M. Wherry
Edwin J. Logsdon
Anne Lorimer
Lowell E. Bailey
Pauline McKinney
Mildred Newman
Marie Burnette
Faye Orelup
Pearl Carpenter
Saree Parry Chester B. C . Perry Bingham
Martha Rayhill
Margaret Dart W. Walter Russell
Cora Davenport
Gertrude Ruttan
Florence Eaton
Elmer H. Schaake
L. H. Emmett - Warren Smith
Eleta Ernst Irma B. Spangler
William R. Essick
Kenneth Weaver
Garvin C.gillum
Joe M. Williams
Ralph E. Graber
Iva Belle Harper
Robert. E. Wood
John E. Jacobs
Arthur Miller
Forrest L. Nell Florence Allen Tillie R. Oberle
Faith Beach
Harold
Preston Edwin T. Burgess
Edyth M. Salvesen
Joe Butrum
William B. Sam
Maurice Cannady
Merville
Celia L. Stuart
Rachel Gard
Claire Toy
Mary Ruth Water
Elizabeth Hemier-mulder
Dorothéa Wein
Carolyn Henry
Ira F. Hunt
Dorothy Jane Will
Ida G. Lyons Nettie M. Wismer
Nancy McClelland
Marie Woodruff
Mildred Mast
Cordney Teresa Anderson
Bernita Keith Clarine Beyer
Marian Lane
Jennette Bower
Wilma Papensockhausen
Myrile Hanson
Hazel Lee Sim
Helen Harshbe Orper Mons Rhuy Holmes
Lincoln Thelma Hay Lee Lilian Webster
cAllaster Yetieve Gardner
Susan Todd
Ada Mae Tull June Pilumley
Alice van Buskirk
Mabel J. Richard Carol Watkinson
New York
Helen Allan
Mildred Kirkham
Hazel Dawson
Alice Shimimans
Muriel Dougan
Mertie Edwards
Ethel Woods
Marion Gray
Lilian Phillips Hi
Jean Russell
Evelyn Graber
Opal Jayne Ken Mildred Stringhamnedy
Mabel Mallory
Frances Young
Lorraine McGeorge
Edna Steele Wernice Nash
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