Senior and Junior Romance and Parties Highlight Yuletide Dance
The report describes multiple social scenes with freshmen and senior girls, with couples and dances at Miss Yeager's and various campuses. It notes a pattern of couples peeking in windows, Chicago and Wilmette connections, and a Tampico New Year’s Eve dance featuring Bud Sundberg and Cyn Trewin’s birthday celebration. A football game featuring Dodie Van Derhoof is mentioned as a party feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dies
Don Breitweiser
Ruth Mary
Yuletide
Miss Redfield
Rock Falls
Willie Sims
Wilmette
Bill
Marijane Huber
Bud Sundberg
Mary Jane Crumfor
al Hill
Naomi Renters
Cyn Trewin
Butch” Guess
Dodie van Derhoof
Illnesses Hit Bloomington School Staff and Students
Mrs. Twardock suffers pneumonia and remains in Bloomington with her parents while the Twardock children stay with grandparents in Chenoa. Betty Jane Long recovers from scarlet fever. Mrs. Davis and Miss Hunt return to school after illnesses. Mr. Hades away due to his mother’s serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twardock
Bloomington
Chenoa
Mrs. Twardock
Hades
Betty Jane Long
Davis
Miss Hunt
Welcome New Students and Freshman Class Lists
The notice lists new entrants since September including seniors Vesta Raney Fairfield Ill Bernice Sommer Milwaukee Marjorie Rhodes Canada Roy Friesen Nebraska John Manus Shannon juniors Eileen Boyes Minneapolis Marie Burkett Bushnell Ill Bertha Marr Mt Carroll Esther Schultz Chicago Fred Stevenberg Eric Elsie Barre St Louis John Wild Wauwatosa Wis and nine sophomores Maybert Aldrich Chicago Victor Bishop Kalamazoo Mich Ardetta Bodine Rock Falls Hermina Vogel Community Edgar Reiger Rock Falls John Kinman Aurora Edgar Houseman Morrison Niveta Charlees Rock Falls Dora McConnell Rock Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesta Raney
Fairfield
Ill
Bernice Sommer
Milwaukee
Marjorie Rhodes
Canada
Roy Friesen
Nebraska
John Manus
Shannon
Eileen Boyes
Minneapolis
Marie Burkett
Bushnell
Bertha Marr
Mt. Carroll
Esther Schultz
Chicago
Fred Stevenberg
Eric
Elsie Barre
St. Louis
John Wild
Wauwautosa
Wis
Maybert Aldrich
Victor Bishop
Kalamazoo
Mich
Ardetta Bodine
Rock Falls
Hermina Vogel
Community
Edgar Reiger
John Kinman
Aurora
Edgar Houseman
Morrison
Niveta Charlees
Dora McConnell
Old Grads Home for Holidays From Grinnell Knox and More
Alumni from Grinnell College Knox Monmouth Cornell Iowa Beloit Wisconsin and Illinois return home for the holidays. Names mentioned include Mary Louise Kendle L T Mortensen Lois Wahl Lynn Timmons Marion McCoy John Burkholder and many others while letters urge students to recall exam days and show a playful holiday tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grinnell College
Mary Louise Kendle
L. T. Mortensen
Lois Wahl
Lynn Timmons
Marion McCoy
John Burkholder
Knox
Mary Belle Haglund
Everett Meyers
Arden Ewbank
Kenny Weaver
Leora Weaver
Frog” Vipond
Anna Marie Young
Monmouth
Charlie Hussing
DeKalb
Bob Besse
Madison
Wes Bogott
Eureka
Tom Stabler
Sherman Baldwin
Ilinois
Lois Reitzel
Frances Greenlee
Madelyn Stevens
Cornell
Nile Gartner
University of Iowa
Ruth Wevgrauch
Kennard Besse
Beloit
Howard Abbott
Peggy Irwin
Illinois
Betty Goshert
Donald Gerdes
Carthage
Elizabeth Hungate
Chevy Chase
Rae Kreider
Fred Hardy
Wisconsin
Frances Conner
Grinnell
Jack Gleason
Iowa State College
Bob Warner
Bill Miller
Northwestern
Many Good Books Read During Vacation
During the holidays the library drew readers from students and teachers. Etta May Anspach leads with six books, including Lantern in Her Hand and White Bird Flying. Other popular reads include Life with Father by Day, Seven Pillars of Wisdom, and Autobiography by H. G. Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Barraclough
Father
Etta May Anspach
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Lloyd GC. Douglas
Charles Morgan
Berkley Square
John Balderson
Miss Ludens
Mary
Scotland and
Isles
Zweig
Chase and Schlink
Mr. Scheid
Lawrence
Humphry Cobb
Wolf
Queen Victoria
Lytton Strachey
Boake Carter
Bob Johnson
Rome Burns
Alexander Woolcott
George Seldes
Noel Coward
Mark Sullivan
Remembering Wallace Grade School days and games
Reminiscence recalls Wallace Grade School sixth grade feuds between boys and girls. A parade of classmates and local figures from Ward's to Bell's backyard cheered, kicked, and played marbles and basketball, with memories of Lemons, Healey, Huber, Wheeler, Ward, Kidd, and King.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Healey
Marge
Alley
Hill
Cyn Irwin
Sue Carol
Pasadena
George Huber
S.H.S. Gridiron
Marijane
Bell
Ann Kidd
Larry Wheeler
Ward’s
Ward
Jane
Mary Jones
Jones
Bud Sundberg
al Keebler
Kidd
King
Harold Healey
Harold
Central Grade
Capt. Wheeler
Bill Sims
Betty Meyer
Bells
California
French Club Discusses Christmas Themes and Carol Traditions
At the December meeting the French club explored Un Peu de Paris and French Customs at Christmas Time with Herbert Bell, Margaret Thomas, and William Sims. Members sang traditional French carols and played a popular French game. Taffy apples were served to the club and guests, the French students, after the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Bell
Margaret Thomas
William Sims
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uncle Billy
Clarence Day
H. G. Wells
Mary Jane Geyer
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Three Men
Diana
Kathleen Norris
Barberry Bush
Paris
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