Editorial Staff and Reporters at Junior College Publication
Jean Applegate leads features with Jean Mathers as co editor. Reporters include Terry Anderson James Gallagher Bob Gates Keith Gillespie Helen Havel Jean Mathers Juanita Miller and Raymond Weeks. Typists include Jean Applegate and Vias ta Musil.
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Jean Applegate
Terry Anderson
James Gallagher
Bob Gates
Keith Gillespie
Helen Havel
Jean Mathers
Juanita Miller
Raymond Weeks
Maxine Logan
Viasta Musil
Patriotism in American life and democratic duties
An editorial urges awakening to real democratic responsibility beyond talking about freedoms. It calls for concrete action to preserve press speech and religious rights by actively upholding them. It stresses patriotism as duty and urges cooperation to keep America safe and united.
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America
Hitler
Washington Demons Open Home Season In Double Header
Tuesday night the Washington fans can see the local Demons on their home floor for the first time this season. Iowa City visits for a two game bill with reserves first and varsity clash second. The piece also notes gym class practice in tumbling volleyball and basketball.
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Washington
Iowa City
Outstanding college football player picks of 1940s voters
Readers vote on top college football star, with John Kimbrough, Tom Harmon, and Mike Enich named by multiple editors for their size, versatility, tackling, kicking, and leadership. Harmon's two All American years and scoring edge are highlighted by several voters.
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T. J. Berdo
John Kimbrough
Texas A
Willis Booth
Mike Enieh
Iowa
Don Burger
Tom Harmon
Dick Moore
Torist Cevas
Michigan
Jim Gallagher
Joe Pease
Harmon
Peck Geneva
Ken Kimberlins
Red Grange
Burch Holden
Kindergarteners Build In-School Grocery Store Scene
Lincoln and Stewart kindergartners create a classroom grocery store using tin cans jars and paper bananas on strings. A small wagon serves as a delivery vehicle to teach making change and purchases in a hands on activity.
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Lincoln
Stewart
Contact eyeglasses described as small lenses over the eye
A brief definition explains contact lenses as tiny optical lenses that sit directly on the eyeball and stay in place using the eyelids rather than frames.
Freshman Musings From Washington Junior College
A freshman recounts the humbling shift from senior status to first year at Washington Junior College. He jokes about lounge antics, being called Miss, and feeling no wiser after nine weeks of tests. The tone is light and self deprecating as he observes the campus roles.
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Mary
Washington Junior College
Who's Who: Dave Masson Senior Treasurer and Multi Activity Leader
David Masson known as Dave is senior class treasurer at Riverside Washington high. He is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 165 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He participates in marching band concert band orchestra brass sextet boys glee club Theta Mu and serves as sergeant at arms in the High. He favors Sammy Kay and enjoys driving or bowling when not busy. Viola Marek is senior class secretary taking bookkeeping homemaking typing American government. She is 1 foot 2% inches tall with brown hair and blue eyes. She participates in GAA GA glee club Homemaking Club and Theta Mu and previously attended Riverside high school for two years before Washington high.
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David Masson
Dave
Theta Mu
Sammy Kay
Viola Marek
Riverside High School
Washington High School
Homemaking Club Plans Christmas Party After Meeting
The Homemaking club met in the Homemaking Department Tuesday, November 26. Laura Jean Stout read the minutes as the group sang. Members worked on Christmas gifts including embroidery, knitting, and belt making. A Christmas party is planned for December 10.
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Laura Jean Stout
Miss Sidles Lecture on Library Among College Students
Miss Martha Sidles librarian gave a lecture to college students on how to find books in the library on Tuesday November 26. She illustrated the talk by distributing Scholastic magazine with an article on library work and then allowed students to browse the library to review the commented items.
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Martha Sidles
Scholastic
Washington High’s Marion Ferguson pursues X ray science
The senior class highlights Marion Ferguson as a scientifically minded student who builds and tests an X ray setup. An accident shattered his tube, a visitor’s shock near a spark demonstrates high voltage dangers, and Marion hopes to study physiological research with X rays after graduation. Joe Pease is noted for golf as another senior hobbyist.
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Washington High School
Marion Ferguson
Marion
Iowa City
T. C. Evans
December Birthdays Parade From Washington High
The article lists thirty-one December birthdays at Washington High School with names and grades, noting clusters on days from the first to the thirtieth. Highlights include Kenton Breidenthal as a sophomore on the second and Bob Downing on the thirteenth amid a busy birthday month.
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Bath
Washington High School
Kenton Breidenthal
Bette Neiswanger
Barbara Musil
Norma Jean Rhodebeck
Doris Gray
Hubert Reed
Don Voorhees
Marie Sojka
Bob Ross
Bob
Geneva Palmer
Ernestine Knepp
Phyllis Sisk
Donald
Ducky
Dale Sheetz
Dale
Marion Turnipseed
Ben Franklin Churchill
Dale Hoyle
Priscilla Dickingon
Audrey Jean Putnam
Maxine Guenther
Wilma Snyder
Grace Schoonover
Santa Claus
Mr. Stork
Joan Keifer
Dick Crawford
Bill
Blub) Robertson
Bob Downing
Elaine Thomassen
John Humble
Faye Varney
Hazel Sojka
Commercial Club Session Details From Monday Evening
A Commercial Club meeting was held in room 4 on Monday evening. Attendees included those pursuing commercial subjects with the vice-president Virginia Holden presiding. Neva Jean Robertson reported on secretary and treasurer duties as Caroleen Sartor led the program committee. Esther Goodlander posed a quiz, Herbert Huber spoke on Civil Service, and Burchard Holden discussed the Finance Company. Shirley Peterson organized a spell down before adjournment to next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Holden
Neva Jean Robertson
Caroleen Sartor
Esther Goodlander
Herbert Huber
Civil Service
Burchard Holden
Shirley Peterson
Joe Runs Golf Club Stand At Washington Country Club
During spring to fall Joe operates a small stand at the Washington Country club golf course selling balls tees candy and collecting green fees. A former high school golfer he also helps run the club in the summer, turning a tidy profit from the pastime.
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Washington Country Club
Joe
Gamma Boys Hold Second Meeting
The Gamma Roys of the Classical Chemistry club held its second formal meeting on Friday November 22. Members received pins from The American Institute of Eriepre Jad ings peering clubs and renewed a pledge to uphold the institution's long service and traditions. Marion Ferguson and John Humble presented talks on X ray tubes and photo electricity theory with practical applications. Plans for the next meeting include a trip or an outside speaker visit.
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Gamma Roys
Institute of Eriepre Jadings
Marion Ferguson
John Humble
Marion
Applesauce Washington Urged to Clean Up Game Etiquette
Gossip notes report freshmen studying etiquette and urge the WHS student body to model courteous behavior at basketball games. Items mention social outings, dances, and local crushes including Esther Goodlander, Eloise Springer, and Bet t y McKay with various companions.
Junior High Boys Plan B B Games
Junior high announces a two week basketball practice as it gears toward a ten game schedule. Scheduled games include Wyman and Kalona with one home and one away game each. Rosters include eighth graders Lob Bostwick Lyle Box Darrel Ekickelkamp Jim Gilchrist Bill Matley Bill Neebl Paul Maxwell Ken Patterson Fred Pehler Bill Waggoner and seventh graders Junior Batterson Herman Doran Tommy Goodwin Leo Lewis Calvin Little Jack Pauls Wayne Pratt Rex Lee Gerald Smith Bob Stockman Joe Sweet. Gym class shifts place Joe Duca with the seventh grade. Mr Mecklenburg now handles the eighth. Four seventh grade captains lead teams and weekly games are planned with standings kept. Eighth grade PT plans a similar schedule for those not playing basketball.
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Wyman
Kalona
Lob Bostwick
Lyle Box
Darrel Ekickelkamp
Jim Gilchrist
Bill Matley
Bill Neebl
Paul Maxwell
Ken Patterson
Fred Pehler
Bill Wa
Calvin Little
Leo Lewis
Gerald Snovith
Jack Pauls
Tipton Juniors Teachers Collect Pencils Twelve Years
Miss Dorothy Hateh and Miss Gertrude Hilmer of Tipton Junior High school collect pencils for eight years. Their hobby highlights a surplus of pencils owned by the instructors but none available for writing use in their apartment setting.
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Tipton
Searce
Dorothy Hateh
Gertrude Hilmer
Miss Hateh
Storm Bull Chronology Highlights a Famed Pianist’s Start
Chicago born Storm Bull, linked to Ole Bull and Grieg, recalls early piano study in Chicago. He began at six, practiced long hours, studied in Paris and Budapest, debuted at 15 in Oslo, and later pursued boxing and skiing while building a concert career.
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Jean Applegate
Ariel Srs
Storm Bull
Chicago
Bull
Paris
Bela Bartok
Budapest
Oslo
Norway
Philharmonics Society
United States
WAT
French Class Session Delights Students With Quiz
A lively French class led by Mr. Lussky ends another engaging session. Students exchange papers after a quiz and translate phrases like Dont sell them to her, while reading La Famille and Les Trois Sou baits, then wrap up as the bell rings.
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Mr. Lussky
Collector’s vast pencil trove spans nations and years
A collector lists about 1000 pencils in her collection. It includes 122 mechanical pencils and 77 bullet pencils from 233 states and territories and seven countries including China Japan Bavaria Germany Switzerland England and Canada.
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State
Alaska
China
Japan
Bavaria
Germany
Switzerland
England
Canada
Boy shot in eye by air rifle injures only cornea
Four year old Raymond Gerland son of Mr and Mrs David Carland was shot in the eye while holding a target for a boy. The pellet did not enter the eye and X rays show only a scratched eyeball with possible risk of future complications. Billy Stanley aged 10 held the air rifle.
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Dfs
Moinf
Raymond Gerland
Raymond
David Carland
Billy Stanley
College Students Seek Typing Skill
The Secretarial Science course aims to maintain typing speed and shorthand, teach bookkeeping filing banking and clerical duties, and improve social skills. It includes letter and form preparation, filing systems, and projects like subject file creation. weekly hours total ten across secretarial practice shorthand and typewriting. Mr. Dale Perkins leads the class, previously teaching similar work at Troy Kansas.
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Dale Perkins
Troy
Kansas
Washington
Third Grade Studies Life Among Indians at Lincoln School
Miss Marie Landau’s third grade at Lincoln School conducted a month long project on Indians. Pupils built an Indian teepee and camp fire display, wove rugs, made pottery, drew scenes of tribal life, and studied from Our Little Neighbors at Work and Play Here Then and Now.
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Marie Landau
Lincoln School
Carpenter
Speed of Blood
An average speed of seven miles an hour is attained by the blond four bodies.
Eyeball Blood Clot Reported by Attendants
Attendants reported a blood clot in the eyeball during examination. Medical staff are monitoring the condition and preparing further tests to determine cause and appropriate treatment.
Washington State Teams Debate in Mount Pleasant Practice
Washington debate squads coached by Dr. Melvin Gingerich took part in a Mount Pleasant practice tournament on November 23 with 50 teams from southeastern Iowa and eastern Illinois. The affirmative team Doris Beatty and Ruth Brower faced Fairfield Fort Madison and Burlington B and FE. the negative Sikke Temple and Laura Jean Stout challenged Burlington Newton Ottumwa and Roosevelt High Cedar Rapids. The topic was federal power expansion. no decisions were given. A program for the Washington Rotary and further practice debates with Iowa City teams are planned. Washington teams will visit Fairfield for debates with Mount Pleasant Fairfield Ottumwa.
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Washington
Melvin Gingerich
Mount Pleasant
Iowa
Illinois
Doris Beatty
Ruth Brower
Sikke Temple
Laura Jean Stout
Fairfield
Fort Madison
Burlington
Newton
Ottumwa
Roosevelt High
Cedar Rapids
Washington Rotary Club
Iowa City
B C Bing To Be Guest At Ralston Visit
Berg superintendent at Newton Iowa to be guest of Supt Ralston on December third. Berg is a noted Iowa education authority and will tour new elementary schools. After the visit a meet the officers group will discuss teaching methods and school improvement with Bowies Ralston and Berg. A school board meeting is scheduled for December 4.
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Sartor
Rudiger
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Betty McKay
Bette Neiswangeer
Betty
Blub Robertson
Springer and Neiswanger
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Junnior High
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Kimball Grand
B. C. Bing
Mr. Ralston
Lemmon
Jewelry
Official
Washington Directory
Optometrists
Glassen
Richard Stewart
Ethel Wilson
R. R. Nooran
W. P. Rawne
Stephen B. Jones
Harriet Coulter
Harold Putoem
George County
Lester
Krabill
W. L Kvie
Ned Morrow
Harve P. Wilson
Fred Bauer
Boller
State Bank Corner
Washington St
Chiropractors
Dr, Chas
Brown
Court House
Washington Independent School District
F. A. Ralaton
Harland W. Mead
W. A. Erbe
East Main St
Bherman
Puneral Home
West Maing St
Theodore B, Bailet
Attorney At Law Loan & Trust
W. Livingston
West Main St
Glorge FF
Moreribon
J. C. Penney Co
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City Health
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D. C. Barrette Park Commissioners
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Frank B. Miller
J. B Lemmon
Les F. Boller
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Clarence Jacobs
Fred Reid
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Homer Stephan
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