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Newspaper
Malvern Leader
Location
Malvern, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
6
EMAITCHESS describes a bookkeeping lesson on promissory notes for delayed payments. It notes some students struggle with time management while others finish early and enjoy extended free study time. The business law class has studied agent duties and positions, completed by a three chapter test.
Sophomore students face a promised world history test after Christmas break causing dismay. The page notes business people focusing on factors for obtaining and retaining positions while English instruction in IT classes is cited as unenjoyable by students.
Freshmen and other students cheer vacation time as Home Ec girls finish bathrobes shown with sophomores in a style show. Algebra I covers literal equations and formulas while English lessons include simple sentences and travel on land.
Sophomore girls hosted a tea for their mothers last Wednesday featuring Christmas cookies candies and tea. Hostesses Arline Fickel and Dorene Swant introduced the event which showcased sewing projects and winter dresses by the sophomore class while Roberta Ranne described rakes and negligees crafted by the freshman class.
Senior normal training classes decorated their rooms with blue and silver motifs for Christmas. A Christmas tree with white lights complemented the silver decorations. The senior and junior classes drew names for inexpensive gifts. Miss Fouts invited the girls to view the Christmas program in her room Friday afternoon with Miss Kilpatrick's fourth graders.
The English literature class studies three Oliver Goldsmith comedies She Stoops to Conquer The Rivals and The School for Scandal The economics class covers taxation under The Economics of Government The U S history unit includes The Middle Border and the Great West The Mexican War and admission of western states to the Union are noted as part of the period Pioneer days are explored through grandparent stories and physics discusses heat transfer.
The third and fourth grades held a Christmas vacation party with 38 mothers attending. Mrs. Johnson made popcorn balls enjoyed by all. A small Christmas tree was on display, cleverly decorated for the occasion.
Mr Dyke and students in a manual arts class built a modernistic end table from solid oak over two weeks. They applied one coat of stain and four coats of varnish, with sanding after each coat and pumice stone finishing after the final layer.
A junior high assembly featured the fifth grade performing the original play Christmas Secrets by Bette Harfel and Lee Board. Peggy McCormick and Wertert Stogdill read Christmas poems, Betty Low Barkus offered What the Spirit of Christmas Means, and Dorothy Fazel presented A Visit from St Nicholas. The two grades sang carols and a visit from Santa distributed treats before a two week holiday dismissal.
A quirky collection of holiday wishes and classroom resolutions appears. entries include Twyla Fern Chamberlain asking Santa for a car for her boyfriend, Bud R seeking more dating pull, Jamie S hoping to raise a department grade, and Stella Jane Dyke pledging more regular school attendance.
Mothers visited Thursday as the fifth grade presented a Christmas program. Fifth and sixth grades celebrated together Friday with each person sharing a Christmas story or poem for individual reading. Students made a concentrated effort on adding fractions.
A playful verse enumerates sixteen freshmen, mostly girls, with sixteen names and classroom habits. It contrasts girl purses and powdering noses with boys staying up at night and struggling with lessons. Teachers Miss Walker Miss Packard Mr Dyke and others feature, ending with playful mischief about projects and gift reserves.
A fragment discusses chameleon reproduction noting eggs laid by the species and describes general features. It mentions the creatures as smooth-bodied, capable of rapid movement, and protected by scaly plates. Some varieties may show warts and spines with jagged crests.
Mesdames Santi and CL Wight hosted about 20 guests at their Henderson home for an evening of holiday fun. Attendees dressed as comic characters while Crazy Whist provided entertainment and prizes went to Mrs. A. J. Harbor and Miss Humbert. Grace Dory won best impersonation, with many residents and visitors from nearby towns joining in.
Mrs Menifee and Luella Warbar visited in Council Bluffs while Glenwood residents and Omaha visitors are reported. People named Wayne Byers and Rhine Dickersbach returned from Omaha and Workind Wye. Wills and Donner freed from a ware house in Workind Wye come home. The region remains rich in ranching sugar beans minerals and oil with many mines and oil wells. Deer roam the big game country. Tom Wills returns west for a government dam job. Mr and Mrs Go Wills head to Glendale California. Major trouble in western Nebraska may delay travel. Furley Stevesson and daughters were in Omaha. Chas Parks learned of Sam Parks death in Carson from a heart attack. funeral held there with burial at Macedonia. Mt Vernon school closes for a week’s Christmas vacation.
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