Editorial Staff and Student Journalists Listed
The article lists editorial staff led by Editor John Rothlisberger and features editors Jean Mathers and Jean Applegate at Junior High with Lincoln and Stewart sections edited by Terry Anderson and Bob Gates. Reporters include Merle Booth and Jim Gallagher among others. junior college staff feature Maxine Logan with a journalism class headed by typists Viasta Musil and Jean.
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John Rothlisberger
Jean Mathers
Jean Applegate
Lincoln
Terry Anderson
Stewart
Bob Gates
Merle Booth
Jim Gallagher
Marilyn Green
Norma Hotle
Herbert Hoper
Charles Lemley
Phyllis Sisk
Viasta Musil
Raymond Weeks
Juanita Miller
Maxine Logan
Spring Drive Rules at Jefferson High School
Editorial urges careful driving and parking discipline as spring brings more cars. It stresses students must not park on the north side of Jefferson Street near the high school and urges obedience to all school rules to prevent obstructing driveways and setting a bad example.
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Jefferson Street
Edna Mercer Profile at Local High School
The outstanding faculty member Edna Mercer earned a B A from Cornell College Mt Vernon and a Master’s from Columbia University. She has taught for twenty years and values student effort while enjoying travel music and fiction reading.
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Edna Mercer
Miss Mercer
Cornell
New Orleans
Miami
Florida
New York City
Berkshire Mountains
Niagra Falls
Canada
California
Puget Sound
Freshman to Senior Romance Sparks at Senior Picnic
Flash Dankwardt relocates books to Etta Johnston and is seen with her in the hall. Rog and Thelma pair up, while several couples enroll for the senior picnic. Ike Knotts and Ace Whittaker show heightened affection as love rumors swirl.
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Dankwardt
Etta Johnston
Rog
Thelma
Herbie
Lester Hamil
Viola Marek
Merle Booth
Roberta Wihieelan
Dave Masson
Margaret Ragan
Rirchard Holden
Virginia Wylie
Herbie Huber
Thelma Flynn
Don Burger
Eleanore Keagy
Terry Anderson
Shirley Peterson
Ike Knotts
Ace Whittaker
Martha Crossett
Ace
Janitor’s Kingdom Tour Reveals Hidden School Machinery
An in-depth visit to a school janitor’s domain exposes a massive stoker heating coal system, two large water tanks, a three hundred ton coal room, auto heat and ventilation panels, and a high speed wheel. Gov Hamill explains coal fire risks while noises from radiators provoke laughter.
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Gov Hamil
Gov
Stoker
Hamil
College Selects Leaders for Gui Conference Sections
The Gui dance Conference at the college selects leaders for Civil Service Clergy Journalism Music Aviation Nursing Law and more seniors from neighboring high schools will attend. A three act play Sinister House with an all girl cast will debut April 24 and 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Downing
Post Office
Co. BE. Keagy
Ralph Shannon
Milo Sorden
Jack Snodgrass
Alina Heartz
Siniister House
Demons Track Team Gears Up For Early Meets
Locker Room Notes report more boys joining track this week as coach Geneva plans to enter the Oskaloosa or Davenport relays on April 18, the first meet for Washington. Afterward, they will compete in Little Six Outdoor Fort Madison Relays district and several smaller events.
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Geneva
Washington
Fort Madison
Local high school gossip and social pairs emerge
The transcript chronicles teen dating rumors and social ties among students. Max Darne dates sophomore Caldwell and meets his family while V with P. D. lists affection via Hi-Y pin. Edna Schaffer leaves E Chabal for an escort from Keota. Roger Lance writes to D Rab enold and Aud is connected to Edna.
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P. D
Max Darne
Caldwell
Max
Herb Huber
I. Springer
J. Applegate
Bob Masson
Jean
Roger Lance
D. Rabenold
Roger
Aud
Edna Schaffer
E. Chabal
Keota
Bob Gates
Don Voorhees
B. Neiswanger
M. Ragan
Iowa City
Captain Crilley to Speak on Deep Sea Feats this Week
Capt Frank Crilley, famed deep sea diver and Navy submarine engineer, will give a talk on Wednesday April 16 at 3 o clock. He locates shipwrecks, took part in the Nautilus under ice journey, and holds the S 4 wreck record near Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Crilley
America
United States Navy
Honolulus
Princetown
Sir Hubert Wilkins
North Pole
Crilley
Sallons
Liberty Magazine
Navy Cross
Red Cross
Calvin Coolidge
April Brings Many High School Birthdays This Month
The notice lists numerous high school student birthdays in April. Juanita Wallace and Clayton Ward on April 4. Merle Turnipseed and Genesa Payne on April 5. Mary Elizabeth Waggoner on April 7. Lila Holden and Robert Sut ton on April 8. Georganne Rudiger on April 9. LeRoy Luers on April 10. Evelyn Lester on April 12. Maurice Koehler on April 15. Bob Gates and Dean Batterson on April 18. Betty Sitions on April 19. Lafe and Lester Hamill on April 20. Jane Baldrige Billy Housell Norman Miller also on April 20.
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April Fool
Juanita Wallace
Clayton Ward
Merle Turnipseed
Genesa Payne
Mary Elizabeth Waggoner
Lila Holden
Robert Sutton
Georganne Rudiger
Norman Miller
Cape Alva: Most Western Point in Washington State
The article notes Cape Alva in Washington as the most western point in the United States. It identifies Cape Alva as the extreme western landmark within Washington.
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United States
Cape Alva
Washington
Bicyclists Also Get 15 Tracks Opened in New York
New York opens 15 dedicated bicycle tracks to keep cyclists off streets. Each borough features at least one track.
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New York
Borough
New Romance Rumor Leaves Spring Fever Hazy
Fragments hint at a budding romance involving TH Luers and A Putman amid springtime chatter. Unclear details and names circulate in the rumor mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luers
A. Putman
Lamb brings joy at Stewart and Lincoln classes
Kindergartners dye eggs under Miss Welch as Beta Ruth Ahrens brings her pet lamb Sally to Stewart and Lincoln schools. Children write a story about Sally and celebrate birthdays for Dan Brindley and Dorothy Kos at Lincoln. Easter vacation looms next week.
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Kindergarden
Stewart
Lincoln
Miss Welch
Beta Ruth Ahrens
Mary
Sally
Reta Ruth
Beta Ruth
Stewart School
Dan Brindley
Dorothy Kos
Lincoln School
High School Seniors Reflect On Favorite Experiences
Students from Washington High share what they enjoyed most during four years, highlighting activities from football games and senior picnics to band trips, Glee Club contests, and homecoming games. Some mention the senior year’s special events and personal insights on extra time.
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W. H
Jean Applegate
Charles Lemsey
Davenport
Jean Mathers
Merle Booth
Herbie Huber
Marilyn Green
Bob Gates
John Rothlisberger
Minneapolis
Martha Purnipseed
Weiner Faust
Terry Anderson
Dean Cox
Allen Atkinson
Max Birka
Viasta Music
Girls Glee Club
Ave
Viola Marek
Washington High School
Ames
Thelma Flynn
Weekly Calendar Monday Boys quartet Easter Program
Monday opens with a boys quartet and a 00 Easter program while Tuesday lists a mixed quartet at 4 00 and Wednesday notes a paid assembly. Thursday presents a girl reserves banquet and a girls sextet at 8 00. Sunday features a boys quartet.
Easter Cantata Presented by Junior College and High School
The Junior College and High School chorus present The Resurrection Easter Cantata on Monday April 4 at 7 30 in the High School auditorium. Soloists Lois Humble Jane Steele Merle Booth and Douglas Dowell perform with the orchestra under Mr Brayton. The work features sections The Empty Tomb Mary Magdalene and Blessing and Honor with a Sanctus solo by Merle Booth and direction by Mr Boyd White. Public invited.
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Charles Monney
Lois Humble
Jane Steele
Merle Booth
Douglas Dowell
Mr. Brayton
Boyd White
J C Students Split Meetings Women Hear Guidance Talks
Tuesday the college held separate meetings for men and women with a business session for the women. Miss Althea Montgomery Agnes Brophy and Helen Rhodebeck spoke on the American University Women's Guidance Conference held March 22 in Iowa City.
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Althea Montgomery
Agnes Brophy
Helen Rhodebeck
American University Women
Iowa City
Sigma Lambda Sigma
Zapolean
Miss Montgomery
Dean Mead
Eleanor Ames
Mumps Absences Prompt Classroom Debates At Junior High
Civics debates planned weekly as mumps outbreak increases absences to about 35 per day. Seventh grade cuts tardies in six weeks and aims to improve. Eighth grade woodwork ends, electricity begins, Dale White starts bass horn lessons. Fortnightly contest essays on What Democracy Means to Me awaited. Boys Glee Club sang at assembly. Seventh grade girls cook, next project breakfasts. Eighth grade English studies poetry, each student reads favorite poem. Seventh grade maths covers percentages, eighth grade works with equations. Geography project centers on manufacturing. Final tests for State University work set for April 17 and 18.
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Dale White
Boys Glee Club
The
State University
Lincoln Pupils Present Easter Play in School Program
Lincoln second graders staged an Easter themed program in the gym with 41 students performing. The show featured dramatizations such as Boy and His Goats and The Rabbit Who Wanted Wings, musical pieces, window displays, a library project, and a country bunny book review.
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Lincoln
Milton Hillery Rabbit
Gary Gorham
Fox
Marjorie Kerr
Squirrel
John Taylor Bee
Earl Malloy
Darren Morrison
Cleo Schilley
Virginia Campbell
Waida Watson
Allen Cradford
Ronnie Harlan
Fred Wilson
Robert Watson
Lorene Fritz
Patricia Thompson
Harold Messenger
Charles Fish
Ronnie Oetjen
Ture
Dusen
Bery
Jean Brock
Tam
Jack Davis
Our Library
Milton Hillery
Our
Jimmy Lloyd
David Brock
Darlene Payne
Donna Kallous
Melvin Snyder
Marsha Bailey
Marilyn Finn
Donna Curtis
Paul Brewer
Cleo Schelly
Mary Borden
GAA Begins Volleyball Tournament Across Eight Classes
All eight volleyball teams have played once in the G A A tournament with ratings as follows Freshman one win two losses Sophomore four wins three losses Junior five wins six losses Senior seven wins eight losses The tournament will end the first week after spring vacation weather permitting
Three High School Seniors To Be Awarded J C Scholarships
Three Washington High seniors will compete for three scholarships connected to Washington Junior College. The American Legion Auxiliary Leon Beatty Post funds a biennial $100 award split between tuition years. The Griffith scholarship grants $100 annual tuition for a Washington student. A third set by the American Legion supports tuition to JJC with a five-member selection panel.
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J. C
J.C
American Legion Auxiliary
Leon Beatty Post
Superintendent of Schools
Fae Schoonover
Washington Junior College
American Legion Scholars
Sy. Leon Beatty
Ae Unt
Leon Beatty
American Legion
Jaster Loge
Alberta Godfrey
Legion
App
Who's Who Profiles Roger Banks And Audrey Hotle
Roger Banks a sophomore with blue eyes light hair five foot five muscular build enjoys roller skating chorus and hockey likes blue and green wears rosy cheeks beaming smile dislikes school biology favorite music Boogie Woogie Boy singer Sammy Kaye actor Jimmy Stewart hopes to attend business school after high school Audrey Hotle a junior English and American history student active in band clarinet quartet and Theta Mu she leads Girl Reserves as social chairman basketball fan and I Give You My Word is her favorite song after graduation she plans to junior college
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Ifat Simbe
Roger
No Mater
Tiny
Roger Banks
Sammy Kaye
Jimmy Stewart
Audrey Hotle
Audrey
Girl Reserves
Fred Waring
Paul Muni
Bette Davis
Time hobbies of young Helen and Marilyn noted
The piece describes Helen as a waitress who scraps fashion pages to design hair styles and plans a beauty school graduation. It also profiles Marilyn Green who has collected over 300 items from several states and enjoys scrapbooks and reading adventure books.
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Heleen H
Helen
Los
Switzerland
Marilyn Green
Marilyn
Iowa
Illinois
Netra
Dakotas
Mar
College Want Ad Seeks Science Secretary Position
A reader seeks a secretary job in the science field with a doctor. The note notes interest in pursuing a science career but expresses uncertainty about the long term aim.
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Louise Moothart
Lois Nelson
Margery Morrow
Richland
Don Paul
Kenneth van Doren
Miss Powell
Max Darnell
Mae Crandall
Mary Jones
Bob Birney
Ardith Jarrard
Betty Kelly
George Swift
Virginia
Deborah
June
Wanda Pence
Betty Stevens
Maxine Mangold
Barbara Musil
Miss Sidels
Junior College
Booth, Dowell
GAA
High Sq
High Se
Marjorie Faulkner
Ses
W.H.S. Hobby-Lobby
P.L. Etter
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