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Newspaper
Titonka Topic
Location
Titonka, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1959
Page
2
The school reports progress in math science English with credits by grade level, notes a shortage of teachers, doctors, nurses, engineers, and highlights gains in library use, sports, and arts. It discusses testing, new 7th grade typing, lack of foreign language, and future plans for nine week reporting periods and continued project work.
Friday January 30 Lakota plays here and Tuesday February 3 West Bend plays there. Friday February 6 speech contest at Kanawah. Last scheduled basketball game here with Thompson. Cook and Jeff exchange a sharp remark about timing and birth.
Chief Ivy Morgan presents a judo demonstration for students using five high school boys and two girls. He shows wrist release from grabs, bear hugs, and escapes. The session covers police holds, removing a chair taker, guiding a resisting detainee, handling weapons, and personal safety against threats.
The teacher of the week is Mrs. Sathoff who teaches Junior High English reading spelling history social studies and arithmetic. She graduated from Iowa Falls High School Ellsworth College and took extra training at Iowa State Teacher's College. She chose teaching to work with young people and enjoys Titanka school’s progress and cooperative staff.
The article lists top attendance by grade for the first semester with grade by grade averages from 1.25 to 2.32 days missed per student. It also names students who have perfect attendance so far, across kindergarten through fifth grade and several first to fifth grade classes, including teachers Budlong Gartner Olson Haugh Stroebel Schwartz Gartner Jansen Helland Hobb.
Margaret McDonald notes THS Conference Tournament pride for both boys and girls. Girls beat Sentral in a thrilling game. boys, though Ringsted finals were tough, showed courage and potential. End of six weeks brings honor roll, essays, and photos forthcoming.
A school attendance list shows students across grades 8 through 12 with no absences or tardies for the semester. The names include LaVaughn Ackerman Jo Baade Jack Thrunkhill Richard Trunkhill Sandra Watson Judy Weir Larry Pearson and others noting perfect attendance throughout the term.
A weekly school lunch menu lists meals from Monday January 19 to Friday January 23 including chicken noodle soup with crackers bread and butter lemon jello salad apple sauce and milk Monday hamburg er cabbage casserole mashed potatoes and butter dried fruit and cherry sauce with milk Tuesday creamed roast beef on mashed potatoes buttered spinach bread and butter fruit cup and milk Wednesday meat sandwich mashed potatoes and butter buttered corn cherry jello milk Thursday creamed macaroni and cheese bread and butter buttered green beans apple milk Friday leftovers include a sweet treat and milk plus a quote about a man with a mansion yacht and racing stable.
The notice lists Semester Honor Roll recipients with B averages or higher. 12th grade names include Mary Lou Dimond and Ellen Nelson among others, 10th grade features Pamela Beal and Claude Spilsborough, 9th grade lists Rosanne Alexander and Billy Carroll, 8th grade cites Mark Boyken and Kathleen Eden, 7th grade shows Sherry Boyken and John Brandt.
A group of students discusses preferring the conference system over county tournaments. Opinions vary on familiarity of opponents, perceived skill level, fairness for smaller programs, and the convenience of sharing finals for boys and girls on the same night.
Last week the annual staff portraits were taken by Waltz Studio of Des Moines on Friday January 23. The session moved away from formal poses with many group photos captured in casual gatherings outside the staff positions and using locations beyond the gym. Students cooperated despite a busy schedule while attire varied from band robes to everyday clothing and dialectic remarks between students and Dermit about math.
The column summarizes classroom updates from Miss Olson's first graders and multiple grade levels. It notes holiday gifts shared among students, a new flag craft, and math topics on tens and ones. It covers reading group books, gym recess, and dental card status, plus Iowa Basic Skills testing and various student activities across grades.
A jumble of schoolyard chatter raises questions about who talked to whom and why. Students reference Lakota, Burt, Tyke, Sentral, and a 1954 graduate amid rumors of plans, alleys, letters, and a recent Thursday Friday incident.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Karry recounting a quarrel with her brother ending in him begging on his knees. Claude asks for details and Karry recalls the brother being forced out from under the bed, calling him a coward.
Titanica High School students publish Tepee Tidbits weekly with Marilyn Welhousen as editor and Margaret McDonald as assistant. Mrs Brandt serves as advisor.
A garbled school note references P T girls finding clothes and Mrs Govern with mumps, mentions physics class chaos with a dead corner in the second semester, and lists various students and odd observations about class life including chemistry smell, nitric acid burn, and hydrogen sulfide odor.
Final preparations are underway for the February 6 preliminary declamation contest in Kanawha Titanka with three contestants per field. Eliminations for interpretive reading occur this week for freshmen and sophomores, with two students chosen from each high school class by Mrs. Brandt or Mrs. Salveson. On Tuesday January 27 eliminations for one act plays begin at 1 30 pm, open to high school students.
A senior sextet lists Ellen Nelson Cora Belle Stecker Marianne Rippen trop Barbara Ringsdorf Sharon Rippentrop and JoAnn Baade for the contest. A junior sextet includes Sylvia Eden Verna Gray Edith Huisinga Ardith Brandt Lenora Huisman and Sandy Smith. Sophomores field Ricky Rakow France Bruns Carolyn Intermill Sherry Wenger Margaret Brandt Lorraine Stecker. Freshmen are ineligible in sextets. two mixed quartets and six soloists noted. Special thanks to accompanist Sandra Gartner for vocal work this year.
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