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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1931
Page
5
A rural school reports perfect attendance for Ellen Crawford and others, notes sickness quarantine of the Turnipseed family, and details Armistice and Thanksgiving programs. The Red Cross joined by students, and a Halloween event with mother participation is described along with library, dental, and health activities.
Ted Radcliffe travels to Verdi on the Mexican border after his father’s ruin. Major Blount, Paco Morales, and Adela Morales shape a volatile tale of land, loyalty, and a vigilante bandit. El Coyote acts as defender of the poor against Morales’s dominion.
Dorothy Eyestone reports completion of the second six weeks with four left. A community Halloween program drew outsiders and large attendance, mothers serving pie and coffee. Two students, Maxine Rower and Alice Dunbar, achieved perfect spelling this period.
Arlene Godber notes fifteen pupils with eight students on the present list of non absentees. The Fladings were in quarantine for smallpox and missed the Halloween program. A December 24 Christmas program features a tree and parent and friend participation. Hubert Romine leads in selling Christmas seals with many students earning pins for sales and spelling milestones on report cards.
Flo Eyestone notes a Hallowe en program and box supper on October 2. A good crowd despite weather. The school joined the Junior Red Cross and members received pins. Seven of the seventeen students have dental cards signed. The choir songs were not practiced after thefts of phonograph and records in summer. All grades read library books and report Wednesday mornings.
Hopewell school held a Halloween party October 30 with students enjoying treats. The fifth and seventh grades did six weeks of book reports featuring a poem about books. The flag rope was fixed and flown daily when weather permitted. The seventh grade read six books in the period. The second grade compiled a book of poems by Robert Louis Stevenson. The school raised fifty five cents for the Red Cross and plans clothing donations. The second grade awaits a new reader while the first grade works on an ANC phonics booklet. Only three absences were recorded in the last six weeks.
Arlene Stoller notes that students in grades 3 through 6 have started their declamatory pieces. The teacher expresses anticipation for their progress and upcoming performances.
Novemer 9 25 event aids planned contest with Raymond Moberly assisting. Pupils with perfect attendance for the second six weeks include Blanche Weber Lilly Weber Frances Quinn Ernest Swailes Lewis Weber Mayme Weber Donald Birka Donald Swailes Ella Weber Marjorie Coon Richard Swailes and toward Moberly. Highest second six weeks test grades show Frances Quinn in reading Jory Blanche Weber and more with spelling by Donald Birka.
Kathleen Morgan led a Halloween program at the schoolhouse to a large attendance. Proceeds from the lunch fund were significant. seven absences in six weeks marked improved attendance and spelling peace. Marjorie Sheetz Alice Carri and Virginia Redlinger achieved perfect spelling during the period. Roger Sheet and Daryl Redlinger missed one word. Valley School placed third in the Dutch Creek township contest. Virginia Redlinger earned an 8rd for her safety poster. Examinations concluded. reports and cards distributed to students.
Josephine Stewart reports that pupils achieved perfect attendance for six weeks as they joined the Junior Red Cross. Rev WR OW Earlwood spoke on the work, a Halloween party for mothers and district ladies was held, Christmas seals were sold, and a Christmas program is in progress. Two former pupils visited the school.
A brief note lists Eulalia Duwa as a teacher and mentions six weeks tests. The text is fragmented and lacks clear dates or institutions. Further readable details are needed to craft a fuller item with names and places.
The piece notes a school report week with results for Paul Frank and Shyllis Bowman, attendance goals, a Thanksgiving program, and a Christmas drawing. It mentions decorations, posters, a Christmas scene, spelling contests, and a woodpile project completed at the school house.
Students spent the noon hour last Friday in snowball tights. Visitors in the last six weeks included Mrs. H. M. Metcalf of Wapello and Dorothy Jean Motley along with Anita Frank Bernice and Melvin Diuwa.
The article notes Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22 1862 declaring slaves in designated states in arms against the government would be free from January 1 1863 The Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery was proclaimed December 1865 as part of the U S Constitution supreme law of the land.
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