Students Become Proficient Drivers In Driver Education
Mary Anncal outlines a driver education program for sophomores with classroom work and behind the wheel driving. The course includes a test at the courthouse, weekly 15 minute drives, 30 classroom hours, 6 hours behind the wheel, and trips to Humboldt Eagle Grove and Fort Dodge to gain night and city driving experience. Insurance reductions apply to ages 16 to 25, commonly about 10 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Anncal
Court House
Gillespie
Humboldt
Eagle Grove
Fort Dodge
Calendar of Events May 3 and 4 Music Contest and Prom
May 3 and 4 feature a large group music contest. May 11 resumes with the Junior Senior Prom. Bobcats are listed among participants.
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Bobcats
Chips of Chatter and the Spring Promises
A fragmented column discusses spring optimism, contest time, and cautious speech. It mentions learning versus misquoting, cornflakes sales on Sunday in Columbus, Florida law on snoring, and a misused dictionary definition of model. It ends by praising simple frankness over pretensions.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dean
Curra
Gebles
Fla
Students Attend State Typing and Personality Contest
Patricia Johnson and four other girls plus Mrs Sumner traveled to Des Moines for the State Typing and Personality Contest. Patricia represented Boone Valley, registered on arrival, and faced a panel interview to judge the best business personality among 140 high school seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Johnsin
Frances Bird
Lois Repp
Karen Tincher
May Gilligan
Eunice Hefty
Des Moines
Patricia
Sumner
Sunner
Shriner’s Club
Boys Complete Many Projects In Shop
Freshman shop students built a nailbox and a what-not shelf to learn hand tools. Advanced boys work on varied projects including lamps, a two-wheeled trailer, book shelves, a cattle bank, a chest of drawers, a cabinet, remodeling a hoghouse, a ringing chute, panels, and a baseball bat.
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Deve Biesemeyer
Kenny Helmicn
Jim Pullman
Kermit Nine
Kenny Pedersen
Kenny Kiley
John Guy
Monte Hefty
Bruce Wigans
Bob Fisher
Sixth Grade Studies China and Language Skills
Sixth graders study China including divisions rivers and key cities using Look magazine as a source. They review verbs and select appropriate usage. Arithmetic moves to related numbers after fractions and decimals review. Tulip borders and bird drawings decorate their room.
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China
Look Magazine
Fourth Grade Students Bring Pets To School
Phillip Ogan brought a turtle named Mert to school while Aen Veeder arrived with a small rabbit. Visitors last week included Mrs Virgil Tate, Janelle Huntley, and Mrs Oliver Huntley who brought birthday treats for her daughter. There were no perfect spelling papers last week.
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Phillip Ogan
Mert
Aen Veeder
Virgil Tate
Janelle
Oliver Huntley
First Grade Puppets Celebrate Storytime at School
First graders made stick puppets based on Miss Calipers House and What Bayly Saw. Dennis Amerson brought treats for his seventh birthday on Sunday April 21. Mrs Ammerson visited the class before recess as students shared branches during science.
Senior of the Week Roger Siemens Profile
Senior Roger Siemens, son of Mr and Mrs Bert Siemens of Bein born January 1 1939, stands six foot one inch and 170 pounds. The article notes blue eyes dark hair and strong appetite while detailing his studies in American Problems physics chemistry and English. It outlines his dream girl and a day with a Mercury car before his plan to attend Grinnell College for pre medicine and then medical school to specialize in surgery.
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Roger Siemens
Bert Siemens
Bein
Roger
Mercury
Pat Boone
Grace Kelly
James Stewart
Grinnell
Week of April 29 School Menu Summary
Weeklong menu lists meals for Monday through Friday. Items include Meat Sandwiches scalloped corn apple sauce cake and celery on Monday. Beefburgers peas grapefruit sections ice Krispy Cookies on Tuesday. Baked Pork in Mashed Potatoes celery and carrot sticks chocolate pudding on Wednesday. Chili cabbage salad fruit salad and corn bread on Thursday. Fish Sticks scalloped potatoes lettuce salad pink applesauce on Friday.
Fifth Grade Studies the Heart and States Preference
A fifth grade class studies heart function adding auricle and ventricle terms and viewing a film strip. They learn decimals in arithmetic and finish a unit on the United States. The preferred state to live in is Florida, with California and Texas following.
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United States
Florida
California
Texas
Kindergarten Helps With New "Helping Hands" Chart
The kindergarten room uses a chart named Helping Hands showing duty assignments each Monday. Kathy Velanu celebrated her birthday on Monday April 28 and treated the afternoon class with windy bars. In art they cut and colored flowers and etched a mower, plate, and leaves from construction paper. They trade the flowers at a bulletin board titled May Showers Bring May Flowers.
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Kathy VeLanu
Apell
Bulletin Heard
Editorial We're Having Fun Working On The Prom
Al Bell visited Boone Valley on April 24 as Renwick and Hardy students traveled to Vernon for an assembly. He wore a Tyrolean costume and presented souvenirs from Austria while discussing his travels in a film called Sons of Austria. Juniors saved for the Junior-Senior Banquet and committees planned the event with help from Mrs Sunner and Mr Morwick.
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al Bell
Boone Valley
Renwick and
Hardy
Vernon
Bell
Atria
Sunner
Morwick
Junior High Debates Highlight Eight-Grade Contests
The eighth grade held six more debates with teams led by Verle Tate and Dennis Kitley defeating Roberta Weldhouse and Judy French on the resolution that chain states harm public welfare. Myrna Mills and Sandra Kraft beat Diane McCurry and Janice Odland on a six-year term president. Merle Anderson and Alan Henriksen won against Gloria Nerem and Mary Huntley on lowering voting age to 14. Judy Helmich and Carolyn Bardwell visited from Sioux City and Livermore.
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Verle Tate
Dennis Kitley
Roberta Weldhouse
Judy French
Myrna Mills
Sandra Kraft
Diane McCurry
Janice Odland
Myrna
Sandra
Bill Clowes
Larry Anderson
Penny McCarry
Bonita Engstrum
Judes
Harold Bisbee
Jerry Tokheim
Marilyn Phlips
Judy Hansen
Marilyn
Judy
Merle Anderson
Alan Henriksen
Gloria Nerem
Mary Huntley
Merle
Alan
Ed Hebner
Wanda Hefty
Norman Tincher
Paul Gilligan
Judy Helmich
Sioux City
Carolyn Bardwell
Livermore
Health class studies torso in county loan program
A week long health class studied a life size plastic torso loaned by the county to schools. Five groups examined the circulatory, respiratory, nervous systems, endocrine glands, and the head and brain using detachable parts to illustrate human anatomy.
Bubculs NORD GRADE Class Studies Birds
Third grade students study birds and learn writing. Donnie Lerdal and Bobby Jenson gave candy bats for birthdays. The class works on spelling papers and apostrophes, with focus on session endings and descriptions.
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Bubculs—Nord
Donnie Lerdal
Bobby Jenson
Shorthand Class Uses Tape Recorder To Raise Speed
Shorthand students practice speed drills using a tape recorder. Mrs Sunner, the instructor, assigns dictations at 40 60 100 words per minute for different groups. They use free periods to boost speed toward 100 words per minute or more by school close.
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Sunner
Bobcats Second Grade Birthdays Celebrated
Thursday Steve Bram and Miss Midland lead a class celebration for birthdays. The day includes weather discussion in science and proper number ordering in arithmetic. In art and language Cummileey selected for future puppet shows. Mrs Keister’s reading bliss presented the wife The Fox and His Bay cats.
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Steve Bram
Miss Midland
Operetta Presented By Junior High Students
The Vernon grade school presented the operetta The Air Adventures of Johnny Stamp on April 23 directed by Miss Oliver with students from fifth through eighth grades. The cast featured Johnny Stamp Clair Nerem and a large multi‑grade ensemble portraying characters from various nations and roles culminating in a lively finale.
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Johnny Stamp
Vernon
Miss Oliver
Clair Nerem
Phillip Hefty
Newfoundland
Isves
Terry Nerem
Verle Tate
Gary Nerem
Gary Hefty
France
Mickey Kepper
Galen Engstrom
Steve Palmer
Ronnie Klasse
Nerum
Glenda Smith
Monty McCurry
Switzerland
Clackmaker
Dennis Rapp
Bell
Larry Hebner
Rusia Mischa
Jim McGowan
Vladimir
Ed Hebner
Mary Huntley
Daugter
Judy French
Witter
Petya Petrovich
Dy Berper
Petya
M Hansen
Katinka
Cheiy Roxie White
Ching
Denis Kitley
Joyce Betty
Gordon Jensen
Gloria Kubis
Don Kelling
Hawaii
Charley
Sandy Palmer
Bil
Jerry Tokheini
Susie
Dannie
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robest
Allbcats
Austria
Buntley
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