Girl Reserves Hold Gypsy Band Treasure Hunt
Wednesday afternoon the Git Rienettes held a short meeting at the school house with a roll call and songs. The group split into three teams to hunt hidden treasure around the school, awarding finds to Ocle Caudell Freda Brenning and Dorothy Durbin after which they enjoyed hot chocolate doughnuts and candy in home economics.
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Rienettes
Amy Ham- Bere
Adria TittéHington
National Girl Reserve
Rural Commounity
Ocle Caudell
Freda Brenning
Dorothy Durbin
Junior Hallowe'en Party Plans Noted
The junior class will host an Hallowe'en party at Mrs Balyers home Friday night. Girls plan fried chicken sandwiches pies and other good things while boys supply the dessert. Proceeds from candy sales at last Friday’s game were added to the treasury for the upcoming junior senior banquet. In American Literature they study Longfellow and home ec continues with aprons.
Freshmen Studying History and Science Topics
In ancient history the freshmen study the Persian war and Oriental empire, noting parallels with Greek civilization. The Latin class works on genders and case endings. Science covers air and sound, atmospheric pressures, and human work, with pupils defining chapter keywords.
Fourth Grade Students Struggle With Multiplication Work
The report notes many students face difficulty with multiplication combinations while aiming to improve health inspection readiness. Perfect spelling for the week was achieved by Bertha Brentning Doris Ireland Jane Saar Julia Jean Breele Irene Waller Dale Feart Ralph Hart Eldon Hedding Clayton Hertz Billy Shepard Walter Smith and Eugene Walker.
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Gomme
Bertha Brentning
Doris Ireland
Jane Saar
Julia Jean Breele
Irene Waller
Dale Feart
Ralph Hart
Eldon Hedding
Clayton Hertz
Billy Shepard
Walter Smith
Eugene Walker
Sophorttiores Explain Their Talks with Illustrations
The farm crops boys work in the shop room two days weekly and build a project to aid their work. They study Mercantilism and American colonial struggles in ancient history, split their history into six parts, and will finish Part II and begin Part III this week. Geometry covers transversals and angles, once difficult but now clearer. Each Tuesday features a theme in English and Thursday a talk, with recent board illustrations of discussed ideas.
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Boya
Fifth Grade Halloween Party Plans and Elections
Fifth graders plan a Hallowe en party at Elinor Farquber han s house inviting classmates. They elected chairmen and helpers for committees with Mary Louise Juelke entertainment Lenore Mansfeld decoration and Betty Caudell refreshments. Monthly monitors chosen and parliamentary order studied.
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Elinor Far
Quber Han
Mary Louise Juelke
Lenore Mansfeld
Betty Caudell
Robert Perdew
Malvern
Mae! Shepard
Middle Atlantic
Edna Davis
Canada
Second Grade Spelling Class Honors Standouts
Second grade pupils Edel Knight Batty Lou Bar kus Marilyn Cupp and Pegeyt McCormick earned 100 percent in spelling last week. Mrs Ed Knight visited Friday morning as the class shared Halloween craft projects.
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Yaview
Edel Knight
Batty Lou Barkus
Marilyn Cupp
Pegeyt McCormick
Ed Knight
First Grade News Note Highlights Visitor And Absences
First grade reports Maxine Clark joining the class with visitors Mia Trively and Mrs Hol Knight last week. Billy Baer and Clyde Bateman have been absent due to mines.
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Maxine Clark
Mia, Trively
Senior Time at School and Ticket Sales Highlight Class
In a school note seniors celebrate their status as leaders by selling the most football season tickets $17.60 with contributors James Benton Vera Hummel Sy Wearin and Rath Donner. They reflect on study hours in physics economics and history and joke about the famous monkey in family trees while noting school life remains lighthearted and busy.
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Sehiota
James Benton
Vera Hummel
Sy Wearin
Rath Donner
Hold Snake Dance After Victory Over Randolph
Students of M. H. 8. met at the school house Friday night and in awake fashion toured all business houses yelling. They gathered in the middle of Main Street and gave loud yells before being admitted to the Ems press theater through Mrs. Mason for a good show.
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Main Street
Ems Press Theater
Third Grade Language Contest And Perfect Spelling Honors
A fourth grade classroom plans a hall whisper contest with star losses for noise. If tied, the teacher will buy Halloween candy next Friday. Readers note perfect spelling scores by Betty Baer Janet Bennett Goldie Cozad Geraldine Kelso Wilma Stroud Dorothy Sloth ener Clara Shepard Clarribelle Biggerstaff Delbert Davia Clarence Davis Richard Fickel Jack Harela Jimmies Hering Charles Johnson Jackie Knight Whitney McCormick Tommy Reed Eugene Rubenking Joe Salyers Johnnia Schorr Leon Smith Loren Bonine and most girls achieved perfect scores with only two exceptions.
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Betty Baer
Janet Bennett
Goldie Cozad
Geraldine Kelso
Wilma Stroud
Dorothy Slothener
Clara Shepard
Clarribelle Biggerstaff
Delbert Davia
Clarence Davis
Richard Fickel
Jack Harela
Jimmies Hering
Charles Johnson
Jackie Knight
Whitney McCormick
Tommy Reed
Eugene Rubenking
Joe Salyers
Johnnia Schorr
Leon Smith
Loren Bonine
Boxe
Freshman to Senior Pokes Fun at School Life
A playful dialogue mocks student woes from ignorance geometry to senior worries. Donald Riggins jokes about "Bams" and "Sentora" while Mrs. Salyers in Economics prompts class judgments. The piece ends with a hint of future views by B. Ann Optimist.
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Salyers
Donald Riggins
B. Ann
Rural Pupils Have Perfect Attendance Across Rural Schools
Rural pupils at several schools posted 100 percent attendance in the first six weeks. West Liberty No. 1 Vogler upper grades Little Brick Pleasant Hill Mt. Vernon Ingraham township and Wallingford list students with flawless records. Names include Es t her Gragifa Robert Hunt Marjoria Jena Clifford White Albert Crouch Minna Jens Russel Crouch George White Ervin Jens Henry Wohs Maria Yohs and Linda Jens from West Liberty No. 1. Vogler upper grades include John Heltmann Lucille Wasser mann Donald Deitehler Alfred Haitmann Roy Mass Clarence Roenfeld Leonard Deitehler Chris Gobel Rollin Hansen Albert Loof Lee Roenfeld Louise Bose Linda Heitmann Marvin Loof Arlene Wassermann. Little Brick lists Wayne Branson Loren Branson David Ward Earl Ward Paul Ward Lawrence Buffington Max Sni der Selma Alle e Darlene Mick elwait Junior Peppers Mildred Burch Helen Wheeler. Pleasant Hill School lists Geneve Hammer Harl Maynes Keith Hopp Russell Maynes Darwin Maynes Harle Maddocks Jr Bobby Hopp Virginia Hopp. Mt. Vernon Ingraham township includes Lucille Collier Edward Collier Victor Williams Bernice Farman Maxine Deitehler Carl Neitchler Adeline Collier Lola Colter Martin Jenkel Albert Jenkel Phylisa Willons Norma Walters Shirley Bur ots Paul Collier Bonnie Weak. Oph.
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West Liberty No
Vogler
West Liberty School
Local School Rosters and Teachers Listed Across District
A long OCR readout lists numerous student names by school across Pacific City Pleasant Valley Indian Creek Prairie Valley Forest Grove Oak Bluff Vogler Whrner Pickerill and other districts. It includes teachers such as Fredia McGin Matjorlé McClary Sybil McGill Frances Whitehead and George Van Orsdel.
Bethlehem School Celebrates September October Birthdays
In Bethlehem school seven pupils having birthdays in September and October were honored with a Friday celebration. During recess several mothers visited to observe the pupils’ work and, at closing, served refreshments of fruit salad, birthday cake, and candy while teacher Thelma Roberts presented each child with a gift.
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Bethlehem — School
Thelma Roberts
Farm Sales and Pigs At 4-H Club Auction
The 4 H club pig sale drew attention to quality stock as farmers seek profitable returns from careful methods. Late planted corn in Mills County yields higher per acre than earlier plantings, with one field producing over fifty bushels. Discussions among pig club members on selling mixed breeds highlight different approaches praised by Henry Buch and B F Anderson.
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Mills County
Lyle Howard
Pig Club
Henry Buch
B. F. Anderson
Local OCR fragment yields unclear report
A damaged OCR snippet from The Lander area shows fragmented text with unclear meaning about an AO or event, rendering specifics uncertain. The readable parts do not establish a date, place, people, or action. more legible copy needed for a coherent summary.
Mt Vernon school plans Oct 31 box supper and Nov corn-husking contest
Mt Vernon Oct 23 1940 report notes Mt Vernon school to host a box supper on Oct 31 and the Millis County Farm Bureau to stage the annual cornhucking contest at the Fred Durbin farm on Nov 3. G F Wills visited Des Moines Oct 11 to see his sister Eva Wainwright and relatives. He was joined Oct 17 by his wife and daughter and relatives for a picnic Social line at Wainwrights Oct 18. They returned via Audubon Extra and Atlantic. Harley Stevenson bought a corn picker to speed husking. W A Bower putting up a large new orth to hold the corn.
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Millis County Farm Bureau
Fred Durbin
G. F. Wills
Des Moines
Eva Wainwright
Wills
H. ©. Danford
Chicago Stock Show Marks Thanksgiving
Chicago’s Thanksgiving celebration known as the International Livestock Exposition will run from November 29 to December 6. The event at the Chicago Union Stock Yards promises a packed display of farm products from continents beyond North America and even distant from South America.
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Chicago
Poultry Marketing Advice Shared At Clarinda Meeting
A poultry grading and marketing session in Clarinda on October 16 offered tips on ethical handling and sales. Attendees, including from Mille and Malvern counties, emphasized selling ripe poultry, keeping sexes and breeds separate, avoiding crowding in crates, and protecting birds from weather during transport.
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Clarinda
Mille County
Malsern
Bruce Boehner
Lester Saar
Malvern
Stouder Proposes Hog Mange Dip Formula Ahead of Cold Weather
Stouder advises inspecting hogs for rough scaly skin deep wrinkles or reddened patches and rubbing. Infected hogs decline in vitality during cold weather and should be dipped immediately. A mix of one pint liquid lime sulphur to twenty five to thirty pints warm water kills mange, repeat after two to three weeks. Dipping mid day in sun avoids chills. cold weather reduces efficacy of powders.
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Antia
K. W. Broudar
Ak-Sat-Beri Show Exhibit by Mills County 4-H
Mills county to be represented by 11 hairy beef calves shown by eight 4-H club members. Participants include Sy Weatin Jr Malvern Robert Benton Malvern Walter Carl Donner Hastings Max Turter Hastings Dick Hyde Hastings Gerald Lea Hastings Ernest and Julia Ruch Glenwood. Calves comprise 4 Angus 4 Shorthorns 3 Herefords. Also Davin Hurzer to show Guernsey herd and Fickel & Sons Jerreys herd.
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Mills County
Cinh
Thorn
Sy Weatin Jr
Malvern
Robert Benton
Walter Carl Donner
Hastings
Max Turter
Dick Hyde
Gerald Lea
Ernest
Jutlua Ruch
Glenwood
Davin & Hurzer
Guernsey
Fickel & Sons
Jerreys
Girls Club Leaders To Meet Nov 4 In Malvern
Mills county 4-H club leaders and committee members will meet in the Malvern Community building on Tuesday November 4 to plan the 1941 year project Bread. Miss Lulu Tragoning from the extension service will lead the meeting which begins at 10 p m. All leaders committees and others interested in girls 4-H club work are urged to attend.
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Mills County
Malvern
Lulu Tragoning
Extension Service
Mills County Guernsey Breeders to Have Sale
The annual Mills County Guernsey Breeders sale will be held at the Mills County fair grounds on Oct. 30. This sale gives Southwestern Iowa dairying interests a chance to secure foundation stock from reputable breeders.
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Milla County
Milla County Fairgrounds
Iowa
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George van Orsdel
Marvin Coos
Donald Whitehead
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Richard van Credel
Batiett
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Lilian Needham
Jane Thompson
Paul Naylor
James Naylor
Maple Grove
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Pacific City
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May Heiroat
Katherine Rubenking
Fats Herman
Harry Helmat
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Mildred Bendt
Emmett Schoehing
Myron Schoening
Anita Bendt
Elsa Kay
William Leick
Myron Fohrberg
Katherine Nansel
Lawrence Lelek
Ellen Kay
Elda Kehl
Virginia, Heck
Paul Nansel
Virgil Rohlberg
Gordon Schoening
Ervin Kay
Pleasant Valley
Keith McChite
Fera Cary
Lee Cary
Fern Maddocks
Florence Wilhelm
Dorothy Wilhelm
Charles Junior Wilhelm
Sylvia Ford
Edith Frink
Donald Clyde Jackson
Edna Clay
Indian Creek
Mary Gaile Crouse
Charlotte Scott
Floss Scott
Mary Lotse Peugh
Betty Crouse
Thomas Vandershule
James Imel
Lorraine Bowen
Clarence Roedell
Rowena Peugh
Julia Haney
Virginia Scott
Muriel Peugh
Prairie Valley
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Margaret Mills
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Kenneth Morrical
Ruth Matcom
Cati Malcom
Jernice Malcom
Lee Stribling
Oak Bluff No. 1
Nadine Christensen
Dwayne Blackman
Floyd Christensen
Robert Christensen
Joe Bontedt
John Bostedt
Lavina Hoffman
Pearl Blackman
Cethlehem' School
Lander
J. H. George
Vern Sale Pavilion
Missouri
J. H. George Talbott & Cramer
Andy Berkhimer
Mt. Vernon
South American
Dallas News
Mills County Farm Bureau News
Edge Rosenfeld
Misa Massis Berry
Stouder
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