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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1956
Page
4
The article discusses basketball as a fast exciting team sport popular in the United States and abroad. It notes the season runs November to early April with high scores possible, emphasizes teamwork and leadership, and highlights physical skills and spectator appeal.
Boone Valley School teams raise funds by corn harvest to buy new basketball uniforms. Boys wear red jerseys with red and white trim and BV on the left leg of red pants. Girls feature a sailor collar and zipper front with elastic waist and leg cuffs.
The week’s school lunch menu lists dishes by day: Monday toasted cheese sandwiches with chili and peach sauce. Tuesday lima beans and ham with celery muffins and fruit jello. Wednesday maid bites with potato salad beet pickles and pear sauce. Thursday creamed chicken on mashed potatoes with peas and frosticks. Friday ham and egg scallop with potato chips fruit and oatmeal cookies.
The blue and red spelling teams tied 61 to 61 with blue leading by one point. Monty McCurry and Kathy Gilligan won best costumes. Darlene McCurry and Pamela Ward were out with colds. Five strip films were shown in social studies after completing the unit. Mrs George Hoffman visited on Halloween. Johns’s birthday was celebrated with candy bars.
November schedule notes a junior class play at 7:00 p.m. with community attendance encouraged and student actors slated to perform.
Bobcat cheerleaders peddle small charms at five cents each to attach to lapel pins. Kindergarten notes report two new games STAR SHIPS and CAT AND RAT and a new song RED DRESS. Sheryl Wilshusen returns after appendectomy while Cyn thia Spellmeyer recovers from tonsil surgery and several classmates celebrate birthdays.
Third graders prepared weather charts and reports on seasons day and night and shorter winter days. Mrs Kelling held parent conferences in place of report cards. Eunice Hefty and Vicki Ogan are named, with Gloria Yanney returning to class after hospitalization. Twenty four students had perfect spellings last week.
The junior class presents a school play with student performers and a brief run through schedule and venue details for attendees.
Band members launch this year’s magazine selling drive on Tuesday November 6 with two teams led by captains Arlis Rapp and Audrey Wigans. Crowell Collier Publishing explains offers on Collier’s and Companion while Sandra McKenna serves as business manager. The group plans house-to-house outreach and seeks community support.
Miss Oliver uses rhythm sticks in music as students bring records on Thursday. David Gimner was absent with a cold on Tuesday November 6. Skippy Anderson’s birthday was November 8. Mrs Cledis Anderson visited on Monday November 6. Parent conferences occurred last week while Miss Waskow held conferences with Audrey Wi fans and Bernadine Olson as student teachers.
Second graders study Indians in social studies. Frances Bird reads Indian stories and leads the group as students color Indian pictures. Frances assists while the teacher conferences with parents. Richard Baessler is ill with bronchitis. Lois Lerdal brings birthday treats. Kent Swanson and Lois Lerdal return dental cards, now 22 returned.
In the seventh grade, eight students earned A’s on a geography unit test Donna Brophy Dawn Clowes Galen Engstrom Joyce Hefty Dennis Kubly Nick Anderson Don Kelling Clair Nerem. Additional A’s were earned in a history unit by Ed Hebner Alan Henrickson Penny McCurry Marilyn Philipp. They study the Machine Age and Hungary Suez Canal. The class read The Willow Plate in drama.
Five seniors from Boone Valley High School toured Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls on Perspective Teachers Day Tuesday November 43. Attendees were John Guy Don Kraft Audrey Wigans Bernadine Olson and Arlis Rapp escorted by Mr Wittmer. They sat in on classes observed practice teachers and joined a clinic on teacher qualifications. The event is sponsored by Iowa State Teachers College and Wartburg College.
A high school mock election on Tuesday with 122 ballots and 2 spoiled saw 51 straight Republican, 46 split, and 23 straight Democratic tickets. Preliminary results list Eisenhower 84 Stevenson 34 Hickenlooper 74 Evans 43 Hoegh 76 Loveless 44 Nicholas 79 O Malley 39 Lynhorst 77 Davey 42 Akers 1 Eischeid 32 Abrahamson 40 Hansen 4 Spry 80 Ohlson 37 Erbe 72 Fitzgerald 45 Thompson 77 Vaughan 41 Peterson 73 Hullinger 44 Robeate
Fourth grade students excel in spelling and present reports drawn from social studies and science. They studied the Navajo Indians, brought home made Indian souvenirs, and crafted Otomi ceremonial dolls from paper. Eleanor Schwidder chaired the room during Miss Opdahl’s conferences with mothers.
A 1956 readers column emphasizes the universal vote as a citizen privilege. It traces ballot history from Salem 1629 to the Australian secret ballot, defines voting rights and registration, and lists fundamental civil rights including free speech, assembly, privacy, and property.
Sixth grade students practice multiplying by powers of ten and study Greece through drawings. Social studies cover world affairs while daily war news notes appear in class. English drills and late reading workbooks create long assignments. First aid topics appear as they learn to handle nosebleeds bites and frostbite. A sample ballot and election materials aid understanding of marking ballots.
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