What the Folks at Summer Are Doing
Laurel chapter of O E S 8S held its regular meeting Tuesday evening electing 1933 officers. Ruth Evans is worthy matron and George Wescott worthy patron. Bernice McCormick associate matron and F J Wells associate patron. Florence Mohling secretary Mary Linn treasurer Jessie Robinson conductress Emma Warner associate conductress Belle Wescott chaplain Doris Tibbitts marshal Hulda Bathke pianist Helen Meyers Adah Florence Hatchkin Ruth Myra Haase Esther Dorothy Claus Martha La Vera Fink Electa Daisy Shales warden J M Murphy sentinel.
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Laurel
O. E
Ruth Evans
George Wescott
Bernice McCormick
F. J. Wells
Florence Mohling
Mary Linn
Jessie Robinson
Emma Warner
Belle Wescott
Doris Tibbitts
Hulda Bathke
Helen Meyers
Adah
Florence Hatchkin
Ruth
Myra Haase
Esther
Dorothy Claus
Martha
la Vera Fink
Electa
Daisy Shales
J. M. Murphy
Sentinel
Willard Memorial Program Noted By W C T U
The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union met at Mrs. F C Scott’s home on Friday afternoon. A Frances Willard commemoration program followed the business session with song, scripture, prayer, a poem, several readings on leadership and dedication, and a talk on the Frances Willard Memorial Fund.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
F. C. Scott
Frances Willard
Jesus
Willard
U. S. Congress
Sumner High Girls Rout Frederika as Boys Fall Short
Sumner split a double header with Frederika Friday. The Sumner girls won 26 to 6 while the Sumner boys lost 34 to 14. Frederika forward Carney led with 19 points and Traeger topped Sumner with 6.
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Sumner High School
Frederika
Sumner
Frederika Girls
Carney
Traeger
Smith to Transfer as Rural Carrier February 27
Loyal M. Smith, clerk in the local post office for ten years, will be transferred to Onslow to assume duties as rural carrier February 27. Mrs. Smith and their son Stanley will remain in town for the present.
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Loyal M. Smith
Onslow
Sumner Area Social Roster Includes Weddings and Visits
The report highlights a silver wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. John Beck near Sumner at Spring Fountain Lutheran Church with about 75 attendees. It lists numerous social visits and events including Suits Us club, Wescott family relocation from Chicago, student visits from Upper Iowa University, trips to Fredericksburg and Decorah, Eastern Star school of instruction led by Pearl Fluegel, and various bridge and social gatherings involving locals and guests from towns like Waverly, Denver, Tripoli, Readlyn, Oelwein, and Waterloo.
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John Beck
Sumner
Spring Fountain Lutheran Church
Suits Us Club
J. P. Murphy
L. D. Wescott
Chicago
Margaret Cady
Wilma Richards
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
George Cady
F. K. Brown
Fredericksburg
Fred Brown
Alf Swenson
Waverly
F. J. Wilharm
Pearl Fluegel
Charles City
Eastern Star
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Wm. McGuiness
Florence Hatchkin
Fred Westendorf
Denver
H. F. Wood
H. H. Karsten
Decorah
E. C. Schildbach
LaVerne Luther
Oelwein
Adolph Meyer
Weekend Guests and Local Visits Across Communities
Residents returned home after a week with the Quandts and other hosts. Visits extended to Hawkeye, Oelwein, Decorah, Tripoli, Nevada, Waterloo, West Union, Randalia, and Long Beach. Activities included club meetings, basketball events, and a tonsil operation for C J McNally. Rex Robinson plans a California return after vacation with F Ray Robinson.
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Arthur Thomas
Sharon Center
H. Ss. Shales
Randalia
W. H. Wehrmacher
Waverly
Emma Wehrmacher
C. J. McNally
Rex Robinson
F. Ray Robinson
Long Beach
Calif
Error in Declamatory Contest Results Corrected
An error in transferring percentages was found in later results checking of the Declamatory Contest held February 10. The correction lists Lucinda Dohrmann as Pioneer.
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Lucinda Dohrmann
First Grade Honor Roll and Classroom News in 1933
In Tripoli Iowa on February 20 1933 Miss Oleson reports four students not absent this fourth six weeks and lists the seven on honor roll. Letters pass weekly via in room bank and post office with My Weekly Primer newspaper and spelling sheets. Students write home letters about play and drawings, mentioning Jeanne Doty Patricia Hale Enecia Lamb Gerhardt Rettig Jeanette Morf and Maxine Peters.
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Robert Carpenter
Gerhardt Rettig
Enecia Lamb
Jeanette Morf
Jeanne Doty
Virgil Duecker
Patricia Hale
Maxine Peters
Jeanette
Tripoli
Iowa
Patricia
Valentine party notes from Second Grade class
Miss Milroy teaches second grade with 14 students who were never tardy or absent over six weeks. The class describes planning an ice cream party with ice cream made in domestic science, sharing tasks, turning the freezer, and enjoying two dishes of ice cream and cookies while exchanging valentines.
Third Grade Improves With Six Weeks Work
Miss Boyle reports strong progress in third grade with better six weeks tests and daily work. top scorers include Kenneth Shipp Ruth Berlin Helen Schmidt and others. sample original verse by Marilyn Duecker and Florence BoBeckman reflects classroom poetry effort.
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Kenneth Shipp
Ruth Berlin
Helen Schmidt
Harvey Kowalsky
Wendell Rieck
James Carpenter
James Bisbey
Marilyn Duecker
Jeannine Krueger
Floyd Gebert
Owen Hankner
Robert Kuhrt
Edward Selck
Florence BoBeckman
Fourth Grade Hosts Darlene Miller Visit
Fourth grade pupils praised a visiting teacher Darlene Miller who introduced a game chickeny chickeny chanery crow. Absent or tardy lists include Zenovia Henning Ruth Kroll Millard Pries Betty Stuckenberg and Iphogene Carpenter. In six weeks tests Betty Stuckenberg read 217 words a minute with perfect ten. Betty Schmidt and Iphogene Carpenter scored 100 in English.
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Zenovia Henning
Ruth Kroll
Millard Pries
Betty Stuckenberg
Iphogene Carpenter
Betty Schmidt
Seventh Grade News Highlights at Junior High
The seventh grade studies interest and uses the interest table. Four students — Gretchen Hanff, Lee Lou Morf, Fred Stuckenberg, and Dorothy Hankner — earn dental honor roll. Reading class outlines Wonders of the World. each student will research a wonder.
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Gretchen Hanff
Lee Lou Morf
Fred Stuckenberg
Dorothy Hankner
Beverly Nienhaus
Punctuation review and poetry study in class
Several days are spent on illness related notes. Students review punctuation marks studied earlier and will take a test on Wednesday. They read Wordsworth and Browning poems and study board feet in arithmetic, with news by Shirley Rosenthal and Shirley Hale.
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Westminster Bridge
Wordsworth
Browning
Shirley Rosenthal
Shirley Hale
Domenica Cavern in Slovakia Described as World's Large Stalactite Cave
A Prague University professor notes Domenica Cavern in Slovakia is among the largest stalactite caves globally. The cave runs about 5,000 yards, features a labyrinth of halls, stalactites resembling waterfalls, veils, water lilies, and coral-like mounds, and evidence suggests primitive human habitation.
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Slovakia
Prague University
Romantic Gypsy wedding cake ritual described
The passage notes a romantic marriage custom among Gypsies where the ceremony is not complete until the bride and groom share a bite of wedding cake. The cake’s flour is mixed with blood from their wrists, a practice described as part of their ritual.
Plant Eats Surface of Glass Vine in Tropical Africa Clings to Window
A tropical Africa plant develops a vine that climbs beside a window and gradually eats away the glass surface. The growth resembles a natural process where the stem adheres to the pane as it expands. Further observations are needed to confirm mechanisms and potential control measures.
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Africa
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Waterloo
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Louise Vierth
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Fred Duecker
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Readlyn
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Jess Fish
Hawkeye
Art Gretty
Mae Tiffany
O. F. Busching
Oscar Minkel
F. W. Heineman
Sophie Tegtmeier
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Ernest Heineman
Earl Webster
C. FE. Dirksen
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Nevada
G. J. Sexton
W. A. Heyer
L. M. Smith
C. F. Bathke
R. J. Mueller
John Lewis
New Hampton
P. F. Wilharm
L. L. Wilharm
Lena Hoth
Westgate
George Waldron
Donald
West Union
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Blood
Viola Hackbarth
Public
Farnum
of Barker
Jones
Mikes
G Brandt
Bennett
Boeckman
If Zander
If Bockhaus
C Harmening
Crinklaw
Miss Oleson
Gerhardt
Milroy
Betty Ambrose
Naomi Berlin
Mary Jeane Buechele
James Crittenden
Jeanette Drewis
Lorin Eichmann
Ralph Fink
Ray Fink
Verla Hagen
Marie Hanff
Donna Lee
Arnold Nielsen
Irma Piegers
Robert Selck
Miss Boyle
Chesebro
Darlene Miller
L. W. Vanderlinden
Miss Ensminger
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Evonne Kuhrt
Helen Thomas
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