Nine weeks tests loom as term papers near due dates
The note recalls upcoming nine week tests and looming term papers with students scrambling to pick topics. A chemistry incident is mentioned where nitric acid caused a hole in a skirt due to a broken retort. Social notes mention operetta attendance and fashion reflections from old grandmother photos. The Girls Glee Club prepares for a large group contest and Monday practice nights are set. Quote of the week pushes resilience over failure.
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Mary Ann
Small Ensembles and Groups Announced for State Solo Ensemble
The state contest set for Ventura on April 11 and 12 features instrumental groups led by Miss Oliver and Mr Baessler. Entries include Brass Sextet, Trombone Quartet, French Horn Quartet, Flute Quartet, Clarinet Quartets, Woodwind Quartet, Brass Quintet, Saxophone Quartet, Drum Ensemble, and Vocal ensembles with Girls Sextet Boys Octet Mixed Octet and Girls Trio plus several soloists.
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Miss Oliver
Mr Baessler
Ventura
Bruce Wigans
Adele Jensen
Kay McGowan
Paul Espe
Dick Gimer
Pat Green
Doug Roseberry
Ron Anderson
Mary Ann Cole
Donna Swan
Barb Kamp
Ron Nerem
Marilyn Lerdal
Dawn Clowes
Bonita Engstrom
Karen Tincher
Ron Larson
Judy Henriksen
Sharon Hoffman
Jan McGowan
Charlene Hooker
Virginia Wig
Virginia Gimer
Arolyn Robb
Joanne Espé
Adelle Jensen
Dick Gimner
Shirley Amosson
Judy Gillespie
Janet Martin
Mike Huntley
Larry Wittmer
Clair Nerem
Jim Westfall
Joanne Seger
Joanne Espe
Daryl Hansen
Roger Weyer
Doug Huntley
Kenny Friday
Jim McGowan
Ed Hebner
Linda Huntley
Nona ‘Hefty
Fourth Grade Poppy Posters and Reading Highlights
Fourth grade students are making poppy posters in art class and finishing a reading of The New Times and Places. Mrs Swanson completed Lassie Come Home for the class while Dennis Hefty returned his dental card and seventeen of twenty four cards have been returned. In arithmetic the class studies hundreds in addition and subtraction and possessives in language. New Orleans is being studied in social studies.
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New Times and Places
Seventh Grade Pupils Prepare for Nine Weeks Tests
Seventh grade classes focus on geography map booklets about South American countries and review work. English concentrates on sentence diagraming pronouns and antecedents. Health covers proper introductions for meeting people. Reading centers on The Lion Decides. Former student Bob Bensfield moved to a Minnesota farm.
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Bob Bensfield
Minnesota
Editorial Deadline Seeks Time to Live Beyond Pressure
The piece laments modern deadlines that rush daily life and rob leisure. It cites Thoreau's Walden as a reminder to live rather than merely finish tasks. Also notes the Robin reading group activities and a kite making art project by children.
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Robin
Marcia Anderson
David Hebner
Joan Helmich
David Hoffman
Norman Marty
Donna Palmer
Bruce Pergande
Wayne Veeder
Beer Ae Pe
Kindergarten Visitors and Farm Themed Lessons
Wednesday the kindergarten room welcomed Mrs Duane Anderson Julie and Mrs Herman Bleich. Students explored Dick and Jane on the farm learned farm animal songs read stories and poetry and practiced the number five letter formation in manuscript class. Absent were Donald Garman Jody Wanken Kenneth Cameron Dale Thompson Joan Fitch and Rebecca Rademaker.
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Duane Anderson
Julie
Herman Bleich
Jane
Donald Garman
Jody Wanken
Kenneth Cameron
Dale Thompson
Joan Fitch
Rebecca Rademaker
Band Members Travel to Mason City for Special Concert
A large majority of the band toured Mason City on Tuesday afternoon to hear the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra. A Mason City High School concert featured Mozarts Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Copeland Hoe Down Handel Water Music and a percussion showcase.
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Mason City
Minnaapolis Symphony Orchestra
Mason City High School
Figaro
Mozzart
Hoe
Copeland
Second Grade Easter Decor Creates Classroom Scene
The second grade room is decorated for Easter with five pretty bunnies and eggs on a bulletin board. Religious pictures depict Easter events while a tale about an Italian boy and Austrian girl observing the holiday is shared. In science, students watch a steam experiment showing clouds form from condensing water vapor.
Food Fair Tomorrow at High School Gym
Readers are invited to attend the FHA Food Fair tomorrow with prizes to be awarded. Proceeds go to the Homemaking department for equipment. Foods arrive by 11 00 AM with categories for pies meringue cake cookies rolls breads and more. Auction starts at 2 00 PM after viewing at 1 30 PM.
Gloria Boyer Returns to Third Grade After Mumps Outbreak
Gloria Boyer, new to Perry Washington Two, returns to class two weeks after a mumps illness. She adjusts to playground games like jump rope as the third grade resumes activities. Fourth grade finishes a unit on trading communities in the U S and Japan and arithmetic covers borrowing tens and hundreds.
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Gloria Boyer
Washington
Perry
Gloria
United States
Japan
Return of Anne Clowes Brightens First and Second Grade
In the first and second grades students welcome Anne Clowes back after a hospital stay. They sent letters and pictures, she replied with a card, and the class created stories with illustrations. St Patrick's Day shamrocks were made and a new word building game and play clock were enjoyed. For sale listing notes desk blotters 19x24 at 15¢ each from Renwick Times.
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Anne Clowes
Anne
Renwick
For Sale: One Inch Paper Tape Roll
Classified brief notes a large roll of one inch width paper tape for sale at 49 cents, advertised in The Renwick Times.
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The
Renwick Times
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