Public School Notes Junior Declamatory Contest Held Soon
The junior declamatory contest features 20 contestants across humorous and dramatic categories. Humorous entrants include Kuker Klein Hanff Kuker Hinemann Shipp Ambrose Omelik Borchert Bull and more. dramatic contestants include Hale Kroll Sassman Morf Webrand Drewis Hesse Hanff Hankner Nienhaus and others. Preliminaries are expected mid December.
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Wm. Kuker
Kathryn Klein
Veronica Hanff
Iola Kuker
Laura Hinemann
Violet Shipp
Violet Ambrose
Iris Omelik
Bruce Borchert
Edith Bull
Shirley Hale
Zatha Kroll
Mildred Sassman
Lee Lou Morf
Ellen Webrand
Ruth Drewis
Lucille Hesse
Gretchen Hanff
Dorothy Hankner
Beverly Nienhaus
Junior Class Play Delights Audience in Spontaneous Show
A junior class production Friday evening drew hearty laughter as Minnie’s slow movements sparked amusement. Sam Phelps’s defense of Dizzy contrasted with disdain after the game, highlighting baseball as a heartfelt matter and Dizzy’s strong stage presence engaging even Hester Trader.
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Minnie
Sam Phelps
Dizzy
Hester Trader
Phelps and community rally around baseball pledge
The tale centers on Lois Phelps and the town’s interest in baseball sparked by a student named Russell Rogers who vowed to lifelong participation after a decisive game. Mrs. Phelps Mortimer Weldon and the Junior Class led by Miss Sturch supported a successful school play.
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Lois Phelps
Russell Rogers
Scoreless Armistice Day clash with Sumner ends in a tie
The final football game of the season on Armistice Day between the boys and Sumner ended 0 to 0. The team is now even for the season after losses to New Hampton 7 to 6 and a win over Waverly 7 to 6. A large basketball squad began practice with veterans Croval Harmening captain Bennett Eichmann Krueger and others Sien Frese Hankner Gehrke Holmes. The first game is set for December 5 against Oran.
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Sumner
New Hampton
Waverly
Croval Harmening
Bennett
Eichmann
Krueger
Sien
First Grade Celebrates Vada Kleiss Birthday in Room
A first grade class marked six year old Vada Kleiss birthday with a small party Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Kleiss hosted lunch and the class began a Clean Hands Health Campaign. Each child received a chart to track home hand washing.
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Vada Kleiss
Mrs. Kleiss
Mexican Pie with Rice A Savory Tomato Dish
The article extols Mexican cooking in San Antonio de Bexar and suggests a prepared dish called Mexican Pie with Rice. It details sautéing onion and peppers, adding garlic and canned tomatoes, beef, and seasonings, then layering with cooked rice and buttered crumbs before baking. Serves six.
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Mexico
San Antonio de Bexar
Chile
Hay Market Plaza
Honor roll stars awarded for clean habits at school
A weekly clean hands and personal hygiene chart awards a star and an A on the honor roll. Students with stars this past two weeks include Virgil Beck Lois Drew Jeanette Droste Vada Kleiss Donald Ladage Darlyces Oltrogge Donna Peacock.
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Virgil Beck
Lois Drewis
Jeanette Droste
Vada Kleiss
Donald Ladage
Darlyces Oltrogge
Donna Peacock
Milroy’s Class Reports Spell ing Test and Interest Stories
Miss Milroy’s class notes 14 words on spelling test last week. Eighteen took it. 15 boys and girls scored 100. Virgil Duecker is this week’s helper. A weekend experience was shared, with Jeanette Morf’s tale named most interesting. Other notable stories came from Jeanne Doty Forrest Bolte and Roger Boeckman.
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Virgil Duecker
Jeanette Morf
Jeanne Doty
Forrest Bolte
Roger Boeckman
Pop Corn Land Poem and Owl Notes From Third Grade
Miss Boyle teaches third grade poetry with Pop Corn Land and lines about kernels dancing in a pan. Students discuss barn owls eating mice, tests on reading speed, and a project making animals from colored paper and clay with various shapes.
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Verla Hagen
Naomi Berlin
Lorin Eichmann
Donna Jean Matthiesen
Marie Hanff
Irma Piegors
Fourth Grade Committee Meet Led by Roy Bradfield
Thursday night the fourth grade under Miss Chesebro held a committee meeting. Roy Bradfield was named chairman and committees were elected: Room committee Helen and Kenneth Bunger. desk inspection Owen and Jeannine. playground Marilyn and Herman. waste paper basket Virgil and Florence. The health book covered vegetables and the third row made November health poster. A girl plays with corn carrot tomato beet and onion.
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Roy Bradfield
Helen
Kenneth Bunger
Owen
Jeannine
Marilyn
Herman
Virgil
Florence
Little Foamy Chops and the Brave Pig Hero
Fifth grade teacher Miss Conklin shares a story by Ernest Thompson Seton about Little Foamy Chops, a smart wild pig who protects Lizette from a rattlesnake during swimming. The tale ends with Lizette grateful and the pig asking for a back scratch. Five students earned gold stars for reading five hundred pages. The class celebrated a health week with a peanut hunt.
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Ernest Thompson Seton
Lizette
Burdine Stoffregen
Betty Schmidt
Alois Tegtmeier
Ruth Sassman
Millard Pries
Ruth Kroll
Hidden Peanut Surprise Ends Our Day
A light moment recalls someone finding twenty-one peanuts and earning five more than others. The narrator notes delight in the small surprise and shared amusement.
Sixth Grade Plans and Topics Teased by Teachers
In arithmetic we learn to divide by decimals and did scale drawing. English Tuesday we write business letters to the department of agriculture requesting a pamphlet on Bird Houses and How to Make Them. We tell stories about making bird houses as we begin a new chapter in history titled Shall France or England Rule in America.
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Department of Agriculture
France
England
America
Lois Buls
Seventh Grade Lesson Highlights and Poems Taught
Violet Shipp reports Seventh Grade under Miss Ensminger and Mr Van derlinden covering arithmetic on budget making geography about Europe and English tests on subjects and predicates. The week includes study of two poems Sea Fever by John Masefield and Harro by Frank Dempster Sherman.
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Europe
John Masefield
Harro
Frank Dempster Sherman
Violet Shipp
Eighth Grade Notes From Teachers Miss Ensminger and Van derlinden
Gretchen Hanff recaps eighth grade activities in physiology animal food reading exercise Problems in Thinking with four descriptive words per paragraph. English covers compound sentences. Arithmetic reviews compound interest. Citizenship focuses on state government.
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Gretchen Hanff
Minniwanca camp fire installs officers at schoolhouse
At a ceremonial meeting on November 9, the Minni-wan-ca camp fire installed officers at the school house. Lucille Schumacher was named president, Gladys Hankner vice president, Zatha Kroll secretary and treasurer, and Shirley Rosenthal scribe. The seven members listed include Geraldine Goodenbour and Irene Holm. The note adds a linguistic aside about the word artery derived from aer meaning air and terein meaning to keep.
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Min-ni-wan-ca
Lucille Schumacher
Gladys Hankner
Zatha Kroll
Shirley Rosenthal
Geraldine Goodenbour
Irene Holm
Lucille Hesse
Miss Smith Exaggerations Prompt Age Question
A brief exchange quotes remarks about Miss Smith’s tendency to exaggerate and a follow up asking about her age. The dialogue hints at personal gossip without naming locations or events. No further details or context are provided.
Whiskey on the hoof at Schenley plant reveal
A 50,000 gallon rye mash fermenting for Golden Wedding Rye Whiskey at the Joseph Finch plant in Schenley, Pennsylvania. The spirit will be aged in charred casks for ten years. W. T. Palmer, noted sales executive, will oversee its sale.
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Schenley
W. T. Palmer
Roosevelt to direct federal relief effort this winter
President Roosevelt announced a civil works program with 400 million dollars from the public works fund to remove four million people from relief rolls and place them in self sustaining federal state and local projects. Harry Hopkins will head the effort and meet governors engineers mayors and relief administrators to finalize plans for a 600 million dollar expenditure this winter.
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The
Helm News Service
Civil Works Administration
Public Works Fund
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Voters seek liberal stance over bosses in city elections
Partisanship fades as electors seek continued liberal governance and revolt against political bosses. Observers say the aim is to punish leaders for misrule and high taxes while Roosevelt’s policies are not a campaign stake, with relief funds supplementing dole during winter.
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New York
Boston
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Presiden Roosevelt
Fashion Note Or Theatre Plans In Quiet Parley
A playful exchange shows a couple debating outfits before choosing activities. He suggests theater, she replies she has nothing to wear. He counters with dancing as an option, highlighting social plans and fashion considerations.
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Benny Friedman
Brooklyn
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Louisiana
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J. M. Foster
Mr. Foster
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American Poultry Jrol
the Farm Journal
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Waseca
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