EMAITCHESS Exam week brings junior girls stress and festivity
State exams fill the week with four tests in spelling school management physiology and arithmetic. Miss Misa Brewer and Miss Hammer conduct tests while students anticipate the hardest arithmetic challenge. Senior popularity contest votes name Eudene Leu Jim Hering and many others, followed by a Senior Assembly with performances and the high school song finale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Frances Brewer
Miss Hammer
Miss Brewer
Emaitchess
Eudene Leu
Jim Hering
Annabelle Alberts
Jack Knight
Betty Beer
Eric Hall
Eugene Leu
Howard Gearhart
Betty Baer
Olive May Soliday
Hartley Knight
Annabelle Alberta
Eric Hart
Girls elected to represent Camp Brewster Reserves
Girls were elected this week to represent the Girl Reserves at Camp Brewster this summer. The girls named Golde Cozad Betty Heden and Betty Lou Barkur were chosen for past and planned activities. They intend to bring home ideas to promote Girl Reserve work and will depart June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Brewster
Golde Cozad
Betty Heden
Betty Lou Barkur
One or Two Senior Class Plays Debate
Reporters asked students and staff if the senior class should stage one or two plays. Opinions split: several favor two for broader participation and opportunity, while others back one due to workload and patronage concerns. Names cited include Jack Knight, Miss McVicker, Kenneth Evans, Mrs. Salyers, Peggy McCormick, Misa Bates, Mr. Davison, Annabelle Alberts, Bob Bingham, Kathleen Gilbert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claire de Lune
Betty Baer
Blue World
Dorothy Stothower
Joe Salyers
Bob Bingham
Jack Knight
Annabelle Alberts
Ethel Gearhart
Kathleen Gilbert
Janet Bennett
Rentora
Miss McVicker
Kenneth Evans
Kenneth Evans: Two. Then We Get Twice As Many Laughs, Mrs. Salyers
Peggy McCormick
Misa Bates
Mr. Davison
Sophisticated Inqokers by K. K.
An open letter to News Staff of 1940 41 offering guidance for the Emailchess desk. It warns of burdens like tardy reporters and sensitive blurbs while praising bold editors and cautioning against publishing damaging material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates
Miles
Glenwood
Malvern High School
Annabella Alberts
Senior class profiles and war notes from the year
The piece profiles senior students Ethel Storey Gearhart and Edna Bingham with details on looks ambitions activities and past roles, plus brief notes on Marton Shook and a freshman girl. It also mentions Edna recovering from an appendectomy and hopes for attendance at Friday’s commencement. A wartime note describes U S entry timing and Roosevelt note to Italy about Mediterranean involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Storey Gearhart
Ethel
Page Ase Bunker
Marton Shook
Mickey Rooney
Judy Garland
Edna
Fifth Grade Class Ends Year With Picnic and Commencement
This week marks the final school item of the year with wishes for a cheerful vacation. Seniors of 1840 receive a heartfelt commencement greeting from the fifth grade and their teacher. The faculty is wished a nice break as well. Pupils listed as never absent or tardy include Rose Marie Fickel Frieda Hall Lucille Swadley Wanda Lea Waller and Gene Sullivan. The class picnic occurred at the boy scout cabin Thursday evening and Misa Geiger treated the group to ice cream later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aun O
Rose Marie Fickel
Frieda Hall
Lucille Swadley
Wanda Lea Waller
Gene Sullivan
Boy Scent Cabin
Misa Geiger
War fears rise as price drops deepen and defense plans advance
A citizen reflects on the European war's effects, noting grain prices tumble and a 1.18 billion dollar military appropriation to expand American war production. The piece discusses doubts in Congress about military leadership, the German blitz through Holland and Belgium, and shifts in Allied command with Weygand replacing Gamelin as the crisis grows, while Mussolini observes from a nonbelligerent stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WU. SS
Secretary of Agriculture
Heodereit
Congress
Pacific
Europe
United States
Army
Navy
Armed Services
Great Britain
France
Holland
Belgium
Brussels
Antwerp
Poland
Norway
Balxium
Mertal Bourburden
Gamelin
Weygand
Near East
Memorial services planned for Walnut cemetery
Champion Hill visitors Mr and Mrs Claude Rector and family, George Ramey and Gert rude Rector of Missouri called on Harold Cooper Sunday night. Memorial services will be held at Walnut cemetery Sunday at 3 o clock with Rev Samuel Lee of Champion Hill as speaker. Mrs T C Bullington receiving medical treatment at Murthy Memorial Hospital in Red Oak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Rector
George Ramey
Gertrude Rector
Missouri
Harold Cooper
Walnut Cemetery
Samuel Lee
Champion Hill
T. C. Bullington
Murthy Memorial Hospital
Red Oak
Birthday dinner honors Mr Bishop with relatives in attendance
Mrs. Boyd Bishop hosted a birthday anniversary dinner for Mr. Bishop with a large group of relatives from Coburg Glenwood Council Bluffs Omaha and nearby areas. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Carl Anderson and family, Dewey Bishop and family, Walter Bishop, M. E. Berriman and family, A. H. Hatfield, C. W. Bishop and family, and guests Dahle Doser and family. Council Bluffs and Omaha visitors included Sherman Allen Joe Allen and F G Rochersperger. Merrill and Loretta Allen visited Dean McLain’s Lewia Conrad home near Red Oak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boyd Bishop
Bishop
Carl Anderson
Coburg
Dewey Bishop
Walter Bishop
M. E. Berriman
A. H. Hatfield
C. W. Bishop
Dahle Doser
Glenwood
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Senior Assembly
EATON
Adveri
Reelect
Woodford
R. Byington
Mills County
Republican Central Committee
DODGE
Ge Erica
Hie Warton
Malin
Abouchorary
Piper Garage
Man Ee, Lene
Eddie the Kid
Girl Reserve News
Heina An
Roy Copp
Irene “Riers
Menee Oay
Apele Lows
Waite Broad
Germany
Italian
Mediterranean
Roosevelt
Italy
Serret
Glendon Willams
Paris
England
Mussolini
DRS
Kline & Kline
Cateopathic Physicians
Kunce & Nelson
D. M. Kline
Dr. J
Kline
Roy Donner
Board OF Supervisors
Republican
Hattie M. Brown
Mills County Recorder
Ford
Wise Money
Ford Dealer
Hiss Tadey
Lau
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