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Roberta Wheelan
Ellen Gidley
Keith Gillespie
Julia Harvey
Mary Hesseltine
Evelyn Miller
Shirley Peterson
Nyla Reinier
Richard Vanerus
Bill Brown
Marjorie Faulkner
Maxine Logan
Joe Pease
Dorothea Snyder
Marge Walker
Helen Patterson
Florence Godwin Junior College
Mary Atchison
Graduation in cap and gown for the senior class
The editorial argues graduation should be a perfect, unified ceremony in cap and gown. It says caps and gowns foster companionship, reduce petty jealousies, and mark the occasion with dignity as seniors reach the end of high school.
Six Weeks Left in School May Shape Grades
This week begins six weeks that could decide graduation or repeating a year. Students may pass or fail depends on upcoming work and potential extra credit projects, with consequences for final grades and scholastic standing.
Weather talk and social notes from a spring week
The column brushes week pleasures and pending rain then lists attendees at a matinee and State visit. It mentions Dorthea with Bob visiting relatives, a matinee crowd including Henon Robertson Wallace Weil Lewis and Steele, plus Minick Sarah L Wanerus Applegate and others at the State event. The piece thanks Junior College for a class 40 party and closes with spring baseball hopes.
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Dorthea
Bob
Henon
Robertson
Wallace
Weil
Lewis
Steele
Tilbet
Minick
Sarah L
Wanerus
Applegate
Kates
Home Room Discussions Across Classes at Local High School
In Miss Shields era two home rooms discuss jobs for freshmen and summer work. Seniors in Miss Minick’s room 113 host VOX Pop polls showing girls outpacing boys. Impromptu topics include Ned Barden and Don Mitchell pieces. Shirley Peterson leads Miss Anderson’s homeroom on Student Government. Ideas propose noon dances to enrich curriculum and occupy staying students.
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Miss Shields
Miss Minick
Ned Barden
Don Mitchell
Shirley Peterson
Miss Anderson
Spring Poems From Lincoln School Third Grade
Young Lincoln School third graders under Miss Landau present spring themed verses. Student authors include Mary Stevens, Tommy Denson, Ruth Bartow, Virginia Walker, David Chilcote, Margaret Plumly, Bob Kleese, John Cupp, Lucille Pranger, Carla Gathet, and Ruth Harrow. Poems describe birds, rain, bees, trees, flowers, kites, and the season’s joys.
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Lincoln
Electrons Dance Before Students
Co. BK Jones and his wife demonstrated electronic light and sound effects before a general assembly on April 9. The show featured neon light tubes, an electric eye, a fire whistle light, a music beam, and a heart and hearing tests, concluding with a call to base life on a blueprint rather than chance.
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Benny Baker
Charles Atkinson
Jimmy
Marge Thompson
Jones
G A A Playday Set for April 20 with Local Ranch Theme
Committees named for the G A A playday on April 20 include invitation and hostess and program. Participating towns are Iowa City Fairfield Sigourney Muscatine West Liberty Williamsburg Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun Wellman South English and Washington. Events feature volleyball and kittenball with ariel darts and badminton when not competing.
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Iowa City
Fairfield
Sigourney
Muscatine
West Liberty
Willamsburg
Mt. Pleasant
Morning Sup
Wellman
South English
Washington
Lincoln
Janie Eicher
Roberta Wheelan
Shirley Peterson
Martha Turnipseed
Jean Atchison
Ruth Applegate
Marge Thompson
Jeanne Davis
Dorothy Humston
Theresa Williams
Eleanor Tucker
Norene McFarland
Marjorie
Wilma Simons
Margery Logan
Lila Godwin
Jeanne Sigafoore
Neva Jean Robertson
Clubicity All Girl Reserves Prepare for Little Sister Batquet
The Clubicity All Girl Reserves plan a Little Sister Banquet on the nineteenth of the month and outline after school meetings for next Thursday. Commercial Club announces a business meeting on Tuesday April 22, with an Art Club session on Monday April 20 and possible officer elections. Miracle Book Club convenes tomorrow at noon with Mildred Meyer presiding and Mrs. Strong delivering the message.
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Batquet
Commercial Club
Miracle Book Club
Mildred Meyer
Little Sisters
Jane Steele
Marge Thompson
Shirley Peterson
George Fields
Philip Nelson
Ruth Michels
Esther Hayes
Students Complete Painting for Wall
The eighth grade art class finished a mural on the north wall of the art room. The twelve by four foot piece is split into six panels showing farm life phases with greens and browns. Eleven students led the project: Evelyn Lester Frances Falk Darlene Young Norma Droll Bob Boileau Euccene Davis Dick Peterson Alice Wilson Joan Scott Mary Kep hart Audrey Putnam.
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S-1
Evelyn Lester
Frances Falk
Darlene Young
Norma Droll
Bob Boileau
Euecene Davis
Dick Peterson
Alice Wilson
Joan Scott
Mary Kephart
Audrey Putnam
Students Imitate Radio Performers at Washington High
Washington High School radio class under Miss Flood stages The Aldrich Family with Henry Aldrich and Barbara. Bob Marble plays Henry as mischievous antics unfold alongside Barbara and her grandmother, with Mr and Mrs Aldrich guiding Henry. The comedy ends with Henry staying out late as the youth scene seeks understanding.
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Henry Aldrich
Central High
Washington High School
Miss Flood
Aldrich
Henry
Barbara
Bob Marble
Mary
Jean Applegate
Richard Vanerus
Marge Faulkner
Mrs. Aldrich
Cushing
Constance Marshall
Evelyn Miller
Connie
Marilon Jane Bell
Washington High pupil earns All State nod in basketball
A Washington High School freshman, born May 18, 1925 in Winfield Iowa, stands out with basketball prowess and All-State nomination. He engages in multiple activities including glee club, Letter Club, Theta Mu, Mixed Chorus, Art Club, Students Council, football, basketball, and track while aiming to coach after graduation. He favors Stardust, dislikes self-praise, and would have liked to be named Robert.
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Washington
Winfield
Iowa
Oys’ Glee Club
Theta Mu
Students Council
Don Ameche
Anita Louise
Sammy Kaye
Orin Tucker
Wee Bonnie Baker
Stardust
Robert
Vocational Guidance Conference Presents Film and Speakers
The 1940 Vocational Guidance Conference hosted by Washington Junior College features Dean Harland Mead arranging events and a program with speakers from Iowa institutions. A color sound movie on Scientific Prediction for 1960 will premiere, presented by General Motors at the New York Fair. The event aims to guide youths choosing occupations.
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Washington Junior College
Harland Mead
Dean M
General Motors Corporation
New York
Class Room Notes on School Subjects
Miss Minick teaches sociology reports including divorce. Miss Wilson’s English class studies Tennyson and discusses Thesis weekly. Miss Shields covers credit in economics. Miss Morris’ gym starts Kitten Ball with outdoor play when weather allows. Miss Woods’ art pupils design several outfits.
Talent show options mix self suggestions and names
A list of people offering preferences for an event shows varied choices from musical acts to home talent and scientific demonstrations. Several individuals propose musical performances while others favor home talent or entertaining acts, with a few citing picture shows and mysterious exciting pieces.
Des Moines Delegate Talks on State Legislature at Junior College
KE R Stewart representative for three General Assemblies spoke to American Government class and high school government students about legislature procedures and notable bills from the last assembly. The talk highlighted practical aspects as students study state government while the Romantic Young Liang nears final week of rehearsal. Charles Willey visiting from Blandenville Illinois attended with Frank Nunan and Jeanne Shirk welcomed a new niece in Indianapolis. Officers chosen for graduation events include President Mary Atchison Vice-president Richard Hotle Secretary-treasurer Evelyn Eyes tone. A Chicago trip group returned tired while others endure the stories from those travelers.
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KE. R. Stewart
Des Moines
Liang
Mary Westphal
Mary
Dean Mead
Mary Atchison
Richard Hotle
Evelyn Eyestone
Chicago
Oskaloosa Demons Track Team Builds Before Relays
Notes from Locker Room describe the Oskaloosa Demons aiming to improve after a twelfth place finish last year. Key athletes Jefferson Berdo Randall Mace Durst Barden and Bordwell show promise in sprints hurdles and middle distance while field events rely on Mace Steele and Washington. Intra mural plans include kittenball ping pong and horseshoes under Mr Kimberlin with spring weather delaying action.
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Oskaloosa
Thomas Jefferson Berdo
Tommy Randall
Jack Mace
Charles Durst
Ned Barden
Dick Bordwell
Washington
Milo Steele
Kimberlin
Educational Chicago tour thrills junior college students
Mary Atchison reports a group of 32 students and chaperones taking a Milwaukee train to Chicago. The trip, guided by Stevens hotel staff, offered museums, city life, observations from the Board of Trade tower, and experiences aboard trains and in hotels, with strong praise for organizers Gingerich and Mead.
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Mary Atchison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Stevens Hotel
Gingerich
Mead
Suc
Board of Trade
Rockefeller Memorial
University of Chicago
Griff Williams
Marshall Field
Art Institute
Field Museum
Michie Boulevard
Lake Michigan
Stevensham Sawwiches
Jean Walker
Margaret Rudolph
Shede Aquarium
Planetarium
Stevens
Sullivan Composes at Organ While Bishop Delays Service
Sir Arthur Sullivan designed a London church pipe organ and served as vanist for its dedication. The Bishop of London was an hour late, so Sullivan played the organ to pacify the crowd. His humor surfaced with songs like The Waited for the Lord and Will de Come, while he later found inspiration at his dying brother’s bedside to set a failed Adelaide Procter poem to music.
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Sir Arthur Sullivan
London
England
Sullivan
Frederick
Adelaide Procter
The Lost Chord Fame and a Lost Ambassador
In the small hours and by dawe he completed a famed song The Lost Chord cherished as one of his greatest works. Tomorrow a lost ambassador figure looms as a notable development in the narrative.
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Dawe
Stretch Above G Smoky Mountains For 36 Miles
A long stretch of the Great Smoky range in North Carolina rises above 5,000 feet for 36 consecutive miles, marking a notable high-altitude corridor.
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Great Smoky Mountain Range
North Carolina
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