Semester memories stretch through a busy school year
Editorial reflects on 1959 events at Titania and school activities from band festival to Homecoming, Alumni Banquet, and sports. Looks ahead to 1960 with plans for basketball tournaments, Prom, class play, Queen candidate selection, Skip Day, and Graduation, noting shared memories bind almost all students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algona
Sandra
Titania
Gayle
Spencer
FFA
Waterloo
North Iowa
High School Gossip Notebook Sees Freshman Class News
The column lists various high school social happenings among freshmen and staff. It notes New Year greetings, choir questions, rumors about S. S. and a boy from Algona, L. M. and D. G. enjoying Thursday night, a new steadiness between S. G. and D. M. Ardith E. keeps last Friday secret, and hints at semester tests ahead. Several Algona initials appear with relationships and a class ring found bearing R. A. from Algona. The holidays bring mood of joyful tidings across campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KE. F
B. G
S. S
Algona
L. M
D. G
S. G
D. M
Ardith E
S. C
E. H
R. A
C. I
D. C
J. P
D K
Teacher Of The Week Mrs Budlong Guides Sixth Graders
Mrs Budlong teaches sixth grade and chose teaching from childhood. She grew up in northern Minnesota, graduated from high school at Klemme and attended Iowa State Teachers College. She enjoys upper elementary work, finds teaching rewarding, and is taking a Spanish course with her students. She has two children, Linda and Cynthia, and hobbies in cooking and baking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Budlong
Minnesota
Klemme
Iowa State Teachers College
Reserve shelf highlights reference history titles
The school library lists reference books on government and US history on the reserve shelf. Titles include Documents of American History covering early US to present, The American Nation from 1865 to now, and The American System of Government with topics on statehood, civil rights, presidential succession, fiscal policy, armed forces, and ethical conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Supreme Court
Teens Best For School News Section
A collection of items from THS students includes notices about engagement ring news, tests, dates canceled, going steady status, team inquiries, photo shortages, bedtime habits, gossip, history class love, favorite P E class, broken glasses, semester test sales, no rough stuff in P T, Leslie P’s lively presence, talking habits, slumber party, grade aims, vacations, haircuts, seating changes in English, ankle recovery, birthday wishes and thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K.V.H
Sandy
Perna
Gary B
P. E
L. H
Kathy Willis
P. T
Leslie P
S. B
E. H
G.S
K. M
M. R
Joan B
B. G
New Year’s Eve Rumors Fly As Students Fill The Room
A bustling senior year scene unfolds with rumors about dress codes and dates. Names like Margaret, G G, B K appear in chatter about rings, steady relationships, and long hair while classrooms buzz about biology seating, history passes, and a witty quip from Mr. Truesdell after a long talk.
Stateline conference semifinal and final schedule
January events include girls semi finals January 14 at Titonka and boys semi finals January 15 at Armstrong. Finals January 16 at Sentral, with both teams. Later dates cover PTA January 18 and report cards January 20, plus junior high game versus Ledyard and high school game versus Burt on January 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stateline
Titonka
Armstrong
Sentral
Parents-Teachers Association
Ledyard
Burt
Back to School Blues and Semester Exams
Those last full days before school resume and the return to routine. Students face bell rings, piled assignments, and upcoming semester exams while hoping for calm focus and confidence. Some will also follow basketball tournaments as school spirit stays strong.
Mystery sophomore student sought by detectives
A sophomore girl is the mystery student this week. She was in study hall at 9 27 on Wednesday wearing a yellow blouse and black slacks. She is about 5 ft 2 in tall with black hair and green eyes. She participates in glee club and mixed chorus and is frequently drawing in spare time.
Puzzle Couple Riddles Two Words Link Missing Letters
A playful word puzzle item challenges solvers with a sequence of incomplete phrases. Each incomplete clue hints at a common word pair or transformation, inviting readers to fill the gaps and reveal a linked theme across the puzzle.
Titonka seniors Gary Michaelsen and Margaret share profiles
Gary Michaelsen, a 12 year Titonka student with blue eyes and light brown hair, plans college after football, basketball, and vocal music, favoring English and signing off with a life motto about effort. Margaret, a blue eyed Scotch Irish student, enjoys mixed chorus and band, eyes shrimp as favorite food, and aspires to be a nurse after high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary Michaelsen
Gary
Titonka School
Mike
Pat Boone
Margaret
Marg
Titonia School
Glen Miller
Rock Hudson
Elizabeth Taylor
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Favorite expressions of the teachers
A set of light classroom exchanges from teachers including Thiesse Lehman Ormston Brandt Truesdell Opheim Hill Crissinger Fanborg Sullivan. The snippets reveal a lively school scene with remarks about focus quiet handwriting and time to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thiesse
Lehman—Okee
Ormston
Back to School Chit Chat in Primary Classes
Kindergarten and 3rd to 6th graders share holiday tales, new games, and classroom projects. Students recount birthdays and unusual trips, master shoe tying, begin new reading texts, and prepare for semester tests in subjects from arithmetic to English while reviewing vocabulary and language rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheryll Walrod
Karen Brandt
Jane Andrews
Santa Claus
The Preparation Of The Youth Of America
A call for American youth to be alert informed tolerant skilled wise and reflective and bold citizens. It emphasizes resisting ignorance bigotry and moral sickness while embracing knowledge, liberty, physical health, and courage to lead in a new atomic age and defend democratic ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Typewriter Initiative To Run Across Week
A future campaign runs in the latter part of next week and continues over a longer period. It aims to give everyone a chance to use the new good typewriters.
Band Works Hard For Winter Concert
The band has started preparations for a winter concert with a tentative February Sunday date. Selections include E Flat Suite for Military Band and Hurricane along with contest numbers. The program promises a very fine concert.
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M. G
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M.A
G. G
B. K
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P. D
S. W
J. Z
Mr. Truesdell
What
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Margaret McDonald
Sarita
Larry Rickless
Schoo
Iowa
Senor Sequeros
Really
History
Arctic
Senior News
Tepee Tidbits
Titanica ‘High School
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Brandt
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