Titonka Junior High Boys and Girls Basketball Season Start
Mr Schaub selected twelve seventh and eighth grade girls for the Titonka Junior High team with Ardith Eden Myrna Rippentrop Vivian Pommer Joan Beenken Betty Kiley Juanita Kiley on first team and Harriet Ullman Rosanne Alexander Betty Gigler Virginia Gray Elaine Folkerts Judy DeBoer on second. Four cheerleaders Beth Neeland Sarabeth Brandt Janet Welhousen Janice McGuire will wear high school outfits. In recent games at Crystal Lake Titonka girls lost 17 23 while Juanita Cordes led with 11. Bruce Akkerman led Titonka boys with 11 as they won 21 15. On Dec 17 Titonka girls defeated Armstrong 27 21 as Bruce Akkerman scored 6 for the boys in an overtime loss 20 18.
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Janet Welhousen
Janice McGuire
Crystal Lake
Titonka
Juanita Cordes
Joan Beenken
Bruce Akkerman
Armstrong
Tepee Tidbits notes Christmas break and school events
Editorial summarizes Christmas vacation absence, a successful December 16 program by the band first and second graders and vocal department, and hopes for continued school music interest. It notes Vickie Rakow on the calendar origin, junior high basketball with 1–1 records, declamation plans under Mr Easton, Ellen Nelson's safe driving article, and New Year wishes.
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Vickie Rakow
R. Schaub
Crystal Lake
Armstrong
Easton
Ellen Nelson
Tepee Tidbits
Book Of The Week About Cass And A Summer On A Farm
A sixteen year old girl Cass faces a busy summer staying home with her eight year old brother while her mother aids a married sister with a broken leg. She milks cows tends blueberries and solves a deer poaching mystery on a nearby island, meeting someone who changes everything.
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Cass
Thoughts On The New Year
A compact discussion of January as the first month, its 31 days, and origins from Janus. It notes Julius Caesar establishing the 365 day year with leap years, the Julian year starting in 45 BCE, and the naming of days of the week from Saxon roots. The calendar’s longevity and limited changes are mentioned.
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Janus
Julius Caesar
Christ
Woden
Seterne
These Teens WANTED More green formats and dates
A jumbled school page fragment lists notices and wishes from students and staff. Items include requests for events and dates, sales of school items, warnings, commendations, and basketball aims. Names appear alongside classes and duties, reflecting a lively campus bulletin.
Christmas News From Classrooms One Through Sixth Grade
A busy week across grades features Christmas plans and activities. Students share treats, decorating, and party preparations while studying math, geography, science, and literature. Notable items include birthday celebrations, puppet shows, and a bulletin tree of bulbs for perfect spelling.
Christmas Program Presented December 16
A Christmas Program by the vocal music department and band was presented on December 16. The band opened with six numbers including Frosty The Snowman and Christmas Rhapsody, followed by first and second graders singing four selections while dressed in night clothes and carrying toys. Eight music students sang We Wish You A Merry Christmas and O Rejoice Ye Christians Loudly, then sacred selections and a Biblical narration by Rev. Goldman. The stage featured Christmas trees and two large candles. a group of girls formed a Christmas tree. Credit was given to Mr. Faaborg and Mrs. Govern.
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Vocal Music Department
Frosty the Snowman
Eleventh Grade News and Class Updates
The week covered decorations for cookie boxes and candy filling. Chemistry tested bases and acids and prepared for Friday’s exam. Civil War topics included Lincoln and Johnson. Bookkeeping uses eight-column worksheets on Chapter 15 Financial Reports. Typing shifts to carbon copies. Poe study ends as geometry dives into circles.
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A. Lincoln
A. Johnson
Edgar Allan Poe
High School Holiday Movie Day with Harlem Globetrotters
Students at the high school and junior high enjoyed a no class afternoon on December 20 watching The Harlem Globetrotters movie and a cartoon. Faculty treated them to pop and candy bars during intermission and the Student Council was thanked for organizing the event.
Puppet Show Delights Students with Jason and the Golden Fleece
Students enjoyed a five act puppet presentation by the Cole Marionettes titled Jason and the Golden Fleece. Jason, King of Greece, led the cast of puppets in silk jersey costumes one third life size. Mr Avel explained string movement and answered questions about puppet structure.
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Cole Marionettes
Jason and the
Jason
King
Greece
Christmas Traditions Around The World
A survey of Christmas customs across nations. English celebrations run December 24 to January 12 with gift exchanges and Box ing Day charity. In Scandinavia Denmark Sweden Norway decorate with candles and special meals while Holland Belgium Italy describe gift lore and festive foods.
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England
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Holland
St. Nicholas
Santa Claus
Santa
Italy
Christmas customs around the world
The article describes Italian children drawing gifts from a large urn, Greek families sharing a coin baked cake tradition, and Mexican households breaking an earthen candy jar for gifts. It notes these customs reflect universal brotherliness and the spirit of God's gift of His Son to mankind.
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Greece
Denmark
Be Safer On Iowa Roads This Holiday Season
A column urges readers to make a New Year resolution to drive cautiously and courteously to prevent holiday auto accidents. It notes blaming roads rarely helps and stresses mental and physical fatigue as a cause, warning against reckless honking and hit and run behavior.
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Iowa
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Doug Swan
Miss Sleichter
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Virginia Gray
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Dale Kroon
Marcia Michaelsen
Larry Nelson
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Sandra Nath
Roger Spear
Judy Schmidt
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Miss Haugh
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Linda
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Esther
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Ronny P
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Lynn
Mavis
Gary R
Judith
Karen
Gary H
Robert
Gary S
Leon
Barbara
Mike
Russell
Cindy
Roberta
Dean
Darwin
Miss Jansen
China
Australia
Budlong Wei
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Diana
John
Janet B
Janet C
Sharon
Keith
Monte
Roy
Peggy
Myrna
Cathy
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Rodney
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Neal Michaelsen
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Bernice Post
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