Freshman-Senior Social Dance Sparks Local Gossip
A lively row of high school social notes describes freshmen seen with new classmates, jilted boyfriends peeking in, and multiple couples at Miss Yeager's party. It recalls New Year dances with Rock Falls and Tampico crowds, plus a birthday celebration for Cyn Irwin and a bobsled party led by Butch Guess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dies
Don Breitweiser
Ruth Mary
Yuletide
Chicago
Beau Drummel
Miss Redfield
Rock Falls
Willie Sims
Wilmette
Bill
Marijane Huber
Bud Sundberg
Mary Jane Crump
al Hill
Naomi Reuters
Cyn Irwin
Butch” Guess
Dodie van Derhoof
Illness Update From Bloomington and Surrounding Areas
Mrs. Twardock remains very ill with pneumonia and stays with her parents in Bloomington while Twardock children are with grandparents in Chenoa. Mr. Eades missed much of the week due to his mother's serious illness. Betty Jane Long recovers from scarlet fever. Mrs. Davis and Miss Hunt return to school after illness. pleurisy and flu affected their holidays.
Welcome New Students Voice at Freshman Orientation
The notice lists seniors seniors Vesta Raney Fairfield Ill Bernice Sommer Milwaukee Marjorie Rhodes Canada Roy Friesen Nebraska John Manus Shannon juniors Eileen Boyes Minneapolis Marie Burkett Bushnell Bertha Marr Mt Carroll Esther Schultz Chicago Fred Stevenberg Eric Elsie Barre St Louis John Wild Wauwatosa Wis and nine new 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 Charloes 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 Charloes
Dora McConnell
Alumni Home For Holidays From Many Colleges
Readable names of Grinnell Knox Monmouth Illinois Cornell Iowa Wisconsin and other alumni visiting home for holidays. The piece lists individuals by college including Grinnell Knox Monmouth Cornell Iowa Beloit and Illinois with a light closing reminder to consider past exam days.
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
Illinois
Lois Reitzel
Frances Greenlee
Madelyn Stevens
Cornell
Nile Gartner
University of Iowa
Ruth Weyrauch
Kennard Besse
Beloit
Howard Abbott
Peggy Irwin
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
LibraryVacation Reading List Showcases Favorite Authors
Over the holidays students and teachers at the school read widely with several titles recurring. Etta May Anspach leads with six books including Life with Father and Lantern in Her Hand while others like Miss Ludens and Mr. Scheid report multiple reads from authors such as Aldrich Douglas Morgan and Balderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Barraclough
Father
Etta May Anspach
Bess Streeter Aldrich
Lloyd C. 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
Clarence Day
H. G. Wells
Lytton Strachey
Miss Lovrien
H. G. Well
Archie
Don Marquis
Rylee
Sinclair Lewis
Jane Ward
Booker T. Washington
Boake Carter
Bob Johnson
Rome Burns
Alexander Woolcott
George Seldes
Noel Coward
Mark Sullivan
Mary Jane Geyer
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Three Men
Diana
Kathleen Norris
Remembering the Wallace Grade School heydays basketball and mischief
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls Wallace Grade School days in sixth grade rivalries between boys and girls. As stories flash of Healey, Marge Hill, Alley Hill, Cyn Irwin, Larry Wheeler, and others in yard games and pranks, the piece evokes sports feats and playful mischief from years past.
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 Delights with Paris Theme and Christmas Carols
December meeting featured Herbert Bell Margaret Thomas and William Sims discussing Un Peu de Paris and French Customs at Christmas Time. The club sang traditional French carols and played a popular French game. Taffy apples were served to members and French students after the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Bell
Margaret Thomas
William Sims
France
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!