School notes and class activities ripple through Campus
A school page recounts a peculiar odor in class as Slye is seen with bare feet. Senior work continues after Miss Cook’s resignation with Mrs Trudo teaching commercial subjects. Car clubs Chevrolets beat Studebakers in a card sale and soon plan a Studebaker party. Senior bookkeeping wrestles with tough problems while Miss Lapitz’s speech class practices impromptu topics. Most annual layouts are complete, and Drake University representatives lectured on college education, inspiring students toward further study.
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Miss Cook
Trudo
Studebakers
Trude
Miss Lapitz
Drake University
Des Moines
What Kind of Hen Lays the Longest and Other Riddles
A quirky collection of riddles with puns and wordplay asks which hen lays the longest, what’s worse than a worm in an apple, and the joke about a clock striking thirteen. It includes verse about a girl named Mabel and a political rant on France and communism, ending with a warning about apathy.
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France
United States
America
Postwar industry growth reshapes Pacific Northwest economy
Babson notes extensive research and five percent of citizens drive regional expansion. Aluminum becomes regional, food processing grows with agricultural output, and new canneries flour mills and other plants employ jobs. Lumber based furniture, paper pulp and chemical sectors expand. power output climbs.
Life Insurance as Necessity Dollars Across Ages
The piece argues that life insurance dollars are always big dollars, with value varying by recipient. A dollar equals 1.00 to a middle aged person, 0.30 to a youth, and potentially 10.00 or more to a widow, or equally high to an old man, highlighting subjective purchasing power.
Frontier opportunities and youth taxidermy noted
In 1947 forecasts miss growth pace, yet frontiers remain for rapid advances. The Pacific Northwest shows brightest spots where prospects look dim. Dean Mosman, 15, of Grand Junction builds a fine mail‑learned taxidermy collection including a great horned owl, proving environment and heredity influence success.
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Pacific Northwest
Dean Mosman
Grand Junction
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Slye
Lyle
Sibovniys
Mabel
Babson
Truman
Consult
Roy E. Pease
General Agent Mutual Trust Life Insurance Co
J Sumner
Weyerhaeuser Happy Home
Hasbrouck Lumber CO
AK pAtovermer
Denver Electric Shop
Denver, Iowa
Aula Cs
SWIFT
AQT USA
Wee Pally
Carnation Dairy
Wesson
WLU
Kies
Our
INV
Coura
Sunkist
Procter & Gamble
Ladyfinger
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