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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1952

Page

8

Muscatine School Staff Virtually Complete for Upcoming Year

Muscatine public schools near full staffing with only one vacancy for instrumental music in elementary grades. Gordon McLean advances to higher post. four new hires include first grade instructors at Garfield and Jefferson schools amid annexation-driven expansion. Detailed list covers board, administration, and staffing across junior college, high school, and Franklin Garfield schools.

Muscatine Public Gordon McLean Harold Freese A. A. Johnson Garfield Jefferson School Park Place Muscatine Board of Education Clifford E. Worst L. D. Krueger A. C. Altenbernd Robert Hahn van Snyder Robert Asthalter Kenneth Schreurs Corine Marx George Jacobs John McCaffrey Helen Stange Max A. Collins W. Floyd Scott Edith F. Stocker Myra van Ysseldyk Walter S. Martin Phyllis Mead S. G. Overholt George M. Oveson Olga Piersall Lulu Radebaugh Kluth Roberts Ada Rolland Frances Ryan Mary C. Ryan David K. Shelton R. E. Tesch Barbara Staves Frances Willey Franklin Lillie Friederchsen Kenneth Bartelt Marie Eitman Gertrude Fuller Helen Jensen Bernice Leu Frances Meyer Esther Minder Edith Roth Reuben Tesch Alice Topping Garfield School Kenneth Huber Kathleen Asp Delores Hoben Margaret O'Toole Marguerite Roth Gertrude Sywassink

Enrollment Rise at Muscatine Catholic High School

Enrollment at Muscatine Catholic high school is rising since the 1950 merger of two schools. Principal Rev. M. J. Dingman notes 94 students in year one, 104 in year two, and 120 expected this year with registration planned for Aug 27–28 for freshmen and sophomores and Aug 28 for juniors.

Muscatine Catholic High School M. J. Dingman

Pre School Workshop Opens Wednesday for City Teachers

Muscatine teachers and staff prepare for the 1952 53 school year at the annual pre school workshop announced by Supt A A Johnson State University of Iowa speaker Howe Roberts will headline sessions beginning Wednesday at 1 pm The program covers in service training and education topics with a Friday plan for staff meetings and inter grade discussions scheduled throughout the event.

Muscatine Supt A. A. Johnson Howe Roberts State University of Iowa Supt. Johnson Fred Messenger Iowa State Education Assn James Loper Elmer Swanson Lincoln School City Scott, Foresman Co Frank Ralston

Park Place and City Schools Custodial Staff Listed

The document enumerates custodians across district schools led by general custodian Fred W. Lange with assistants Aaron James and Walter Weggen. It names staff by building including Myrtle Mills Park Place elementary, Jefferson Lincoln McKinley and Garfield schools among others.

Fred W. Lange Aaron James Walter Weggen Robert Schmidt Ralph Flake Harold Marx George McCaffrey Gertrude Steele Thomas Dywiak Walter Waltman Floyd Whitlow Franklin Edward Bierman Garfield Harry Houseman Grant School Floyd Mundt William Heuer Marie Stroh Jefferson School Lyal Chamberlin Irene Flood Lincoln School Otto Boehl McKinley School

Rat Origins in America Traced to Europe and Asia

The article notes that Chinese origin rodents and species from China are native to America along with American rats. It states that cotton Florida and Rocky Mountain rats are native in America and that common brown and black rats arrived with early colonists from Europe.

Cotton Florida Rocky Mountain America Europe China

Zion Lutheran School Wilton Opens 1952 53 Term

Zion Lutheran parochial school in Wilton will convene at 9 a m Monday for the 1952 53 term opening. Students dismissed in the morning with regular classes starting Tuesday. Principal H L Waech assisted by Audrey Leichholt of Chippewa Falls who will teach first through fourth grades. Waech will teach the upper grades.

Officials Attend Campaign School in Des Moines

Mrs. Alberta Kelley of Nichols first district Democratic committeewoman and Mrs. Charlene Meacham of Nichols vice chairman of the Muscatine County Democratic Central committee attended an Iowa Democratic campaign school at Des Moines Friday.

Alberta Kelley Nichols Charlene Meacham Muscatine County Democratic Central Committee Iowa Democratic Campaign Des Moines

Wilton Junction American Legion Installs New Officers

In Wilton Junction Iowa the American Legion installs officers at their new home Friday night. New officers include Lloyd T Owens commander Elmer G Steffens adjutant Dean Birkhofer first vice commander Robert Maurer second vice commander Kenneth Coss sergeant at arms Ben Shea service officer Ralph Marshall historian and Robert Lange chaplain.

Wilton Junction Iowa Jack Hemmingway West Branch American Legion Lloyd T. Owens Elmer G. Steffens Dean Birkhofer Robert Maurer Kenneth Coss Ben Shea Ralph Marshall Robert Lange Chaplin

Memo work list to memory poetry and prose in Muscatine

Muscatine public schools plan a year of required and supplementary memorization of works from Edgar Guest to Shakespeare. Grades from first to twelfth include poems, Bible verses, anthems, and pieces by Milton, Rossetti, Kipling, and Frost, with national songs for later grades.

Muscatine Supt. Johnson Mear D. Wood Grace Harden Ida Mae Hetzler Walter Martin Edgar A. Guest James Whitcomb Riley William Shakespeare John Milton Vachel Lindsay the Woodpecker Elizabeth Madox Roberts Dorothy Aldis Christiana Rossetti James S. Tippett Brewer Stevenson George Cooper Aldis Cooper Ward Rose Fyleman Fyleman Kate Brown Marie L. Allen Rossetti Annette Wynne de la Mare Christopher Morley Cecil Alexander Clara Bates Jevenson Lindsay Edward Lear Frank D. Sherman Rachel Field America S. F. Smith H. H. Jackson Eugene Field Howard Arnold Walter Joyce Kilmer James Whitecomb Riley Don Durk Dowdee Henry van Dyke Robert Frost Abraham Lincoln Rudyard Kipling Longfellow Riley James Russell Loewell William Evenest Henley Alfred Lord Tennyson Shakespeare John Gillespie Magee Samuel Taylor Coleridge Oliver Wendell Holmes William Cullen Bryant Bryant Man With Edwin Markham Geoffrey Chaucer A. E. Houseman Milton Kipling

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