Journalism Class Editorial Staff
Feature about the school journalism program lists editors reporters and staff across multiple schools and grades. Names include Jean Mathers Stewart Lincoln Terry Anderson Rothlisberger Applegate Booth Gallagher Gillespie Green Havel Hotle Huber Miller Musil Sisk. Typists Musil Applegate.
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Raymond Weeks
Jean Mathers
Stewart
Bob Gates
Lincoln School
Terry Anderson
John Rothlisberger
Jean Applegate
Merle Booth
James Gallagher
Keith Gillespie
Marilyn Green
Helen Havel
Norma Hotle
Herbert Huber
Juanita Miller
Vlasta Musil
Phyllis Sisk
Maxine Logan
Editorial on value of world affairs talks for Wash ing High students
The editorial urges Wash ing High School students to recognize the worth of international understanding and the talks on eastern and western hemispheres. It argues informed youth will form the future governing body and should engage fully by asking questions to gain clearer insights.
Meet the Faculty Member Mr. Maurice Brayton
The Washington High School faculty features Mr. Maurice Brayton a married father of one. He earned a 1938 BA from Iowa State Teachers College and has taught in Christopher Illinois before settling in Washington Iowa where he has remained. Brayton shared stories of graduate work at the University of Colorado and musical education while noting a Colorado cabin with creek water running to it. He enjoys hiking and fishing and hopes to live again in Colorado mountains. He teaches Band Orchestra and all instrumental work across junior high and high school.
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Maurice Brayton
Brayton
Bavy
Iowa State Teachers College
Christopher
Ilinois
Illinois
Washinon
Iowa
University of Colorado
Boulder Canyon
Boulder
Colorado
Mr. Brayton
Somers
Nan
Washington High School
Letter Club Dance After Keokuk Game
The Letter Club of Washington High School met last Wednesday to decide the annual pictures. President Berdo appointed a dance committee for the dance after the Keokuk game Friday the 28th. The Letter Club seats in the gym are working well with college students contributing 95 percent of the booing at games.
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Letter Club
Washington High School
Berdo
Washing Berries Washing Strawberries Clean in Cold Water
A method to wash strawberries involves gently turning them into cold water, then placing them back into the water and lifting them into a colander. Sand settles while berries float. Remove hulls after washing to prevent bruising.
Pupils Craft Valentine Party Refreshments at Stewart School
Stewart third graders held a Valentine party after making a heart shaped Valentine box. They baked cookies from a double batch recipe under Miss Kammuallers, prepared a fruit salad with apples oranges or bananas, and served two cookies per student with their salad. The note ends with an apology for a headline error earlier.
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Stewart
Stewart School News
Lincoln School
GAA Girls Practice Good Sportsmanship
The G A A basketball tourna ment is underway with multiple games at noon and on Fridays. Teams show mixed records with Freshmen I and II each one loss, Junior III and Senior IX with two wins, while others have varying results. A Wednesday G A A meeting outlined captain duties and basketball guidelines emphasizing sportsmanship and respect for referees.
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Junior IV
Sophomore VII
Senior VIII
Senior IX
Senior Class Chooses Colors Flower and Motto
The senior class selects colors American Beauty and Silver for the colors with a class flower rose and motto Finished Yet Beginning. A six member committee from three homerooms led by Beulah Stewart oversaw the choice as preparations for graduation speed up.
Captain Stern to Speak on Crime at High School
Captain Theodore Stern of the Elgin Illinois police will headline a Wednesday assembly at the high school. The program includes talks on police work crime problems and career paths plus demonstrations of lie detectors galvonometers fingerprints ballistics lab analysis and microscopic crime clues. The event also features models of torture devices used to extract confessions and is open to students with activity or special tickets.
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Theodore Stern
Captain Stern
Elgin
Illinois
Northwestern University
Costa Rica City Movies Show Nine Features All Day Saturday
In San Jose the theater offers ten different features on Saturday from nine in the morning to midnight. Plantation workers in Costa Rica can travel to the city only on that day for showings.
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Costa Rica
San Jose
Art Class Designs Prove Outstanding in High School
High School Art students under Miss Zenta Powell work in tempera watercolors crayons and oil crayon sketche on bowls trays and other design objects. Each student paid 1.25 to cover supplies and projects will wrap in about six weeks with notable pieces by Bette Sinoms Jean Smith Jesse Gray Barbara jlu sil Dorothy Dankwardt Kenneth Van Doran Ardith Jarrard and Eloise Springer.
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Zenta Powell
Bette Sinoms
Jean Smith
Jesse Gray
Barbara Jlusil
Dorothy Dankwardt
Kenneth van Doran
Ardith Jarrard
Eloise Springer
Airmail Pen Pal From England Captures Shirley’s Hobby
Shirley Peter tells of corresponding with Tony a private in the English Army during the war. She recalls his boarding school life, war experiences, rationing, air raids, and his home bombed. She values his first hand news and viewpoints on Germany.
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Shirley Peterson
England
Tony
Shirley
Life Magazine
Washington
Germany
Palm as Symbol of Victory in Early Christian Traditions
The palm signified victory for the faithful and was used as a martyr badge by early Christians. The Congregation of Rites in 1688 treated a palm on a catacomb tomb as proof of a martyr interment, but this was later deemed untenable. The palm tree also symbolizes God's protection and grace through shade and fruit.
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Congregation of Rites
Antique musket sparks fire alarm in Wolfeboro room
In Wolfe boro New Hampshire a fire in a bedroom triggered by the heat of a blaze set off the charge of an ancient musket used as a room decoration. The owner noticed the smoke and alerted authorities.
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Wolfeboro
N. H
All State Chorus Accepts Students
The following students have been accepted for the All State Chorus and have received their music. The meet is to be held March 15 16 and 17 at Des Moines. Merle Booth and Robert Bontrager tenors Wanda Pence Doris Gray Nan Hoover sopranos Joan Keifer Eleanore Tucker and Eleanore Keagy altos Douglas Dowell and Max Darnell bass. Noble Cain will direct the chorus. The program includes chorus and orchestra then girls chorus then boys chorus then the chorus.
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Des Moines
Merle Booth
Robert Bontrager
Wanda Pence
Doris Gray
Nan Hoover
Joan Keifer
Eleanore Tucker
Eleanore Keagy
Douglas Dowell
Max Darnell
Noble Cain
Choose Students For State Band
The North Central Music Educators conference will meet in Des Moines March 15 16 17 with an all state band of 260 and a 200 piece orchestra. Washington will contribute six players led by Eugene Dunlap Frances Porter Merle Turnipseed Dave Neiswanger Charles Mayo Beulah Stewart. The event closes with an All State Band and Orchestra concert on March 17 conducted by Maurice Brayton.
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Des Moines
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Washington
Eugene Dunlap
Frances Porter
Merle Turnipseed
Dave Neiswanger
Charles Mayo
Beulah Stewart
Maurice Brayton
All State
Lincoln School
Frances Falk
Dorothy Turner
Georganne Rudiger
Audrey Hotle
Eleanor Tucker
Chemistry Club Hears Lecture On Gems
On Tuesday night March 18 the College Chemistry Club under Miss Stahl attended a lecture at Iowa City on Natural and Synthetic Gems. R Norris Shreenes of Purdue University spoke, illustrated with Kodachrome slides and specimens, and described seven attributes of gem beauty.
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College Chemistry Club
Miss Stahl
Iowa City
R. Norris Shreenes
Purdue University
Turn Backward O Clock Reminiscences Of Washington High
The article recalls 1937 38 39 and 40 memories at Washington High School with contests at Mt Pleasant Drake Mason City and Brighton. It notes nine music contest superiors at Mt Pleasant 1937 Washington's Birthday events and athletics including basketball wins and losses and a Sophomore talent assembly led by Esther Goodlander.
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Mt. Pleasant
Washington
Dane Light Opera Company
Brighton
Wellman
Drake
Waldorf
Tipton
Mason City
University of Iowa
Demons
Ottumwa
Marshalltown
Washington High
Burlington
Wapello
Esther Goodlander
Demons Aim For Upset In Final Conference Game
Keokuk visits as the Demons seek a season end upset on their home floor. Darwin Vacha misses several games with mumps while Dick Marshall returns to boost scoring. A new gym game called Weak Horse gains popularity, and a planned big volleyball match remains uncertain as Goy Hamil notes uncertainty about the date.
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Keokuk
Demons
Chiefs
Darwin Vacha
Dick Marshall
Goy Hamil
Two Junior High Students to Leave Soon
Two seventh grade boys Gerald Smith and Bob Fisher are moving away to farms near Brighton and De Witt. The junior high plans events, a February 26 PTA meeting, and a party for February 28. The school reports updated grounds with new graves and a water pipe improving drinking water.
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JR. High
Gerald Smith
Brighton
Bob Fisher
Wilhl
de Witt
Land of Mexico
Manual Arts
Jeffrey
Stewart School
Lincoln School
Board of Education
Sage
Senior Douglas Dowell and Barbara Musil Profile
A senior boy named Douglas Dowell is described with three subjects physics solid geometry mechanical drawing. he sings bass in Mixed Quartet and Madrigal Mixed Chorus and spends mornings in room 17 from 11 to 12. Barbara Musil is a junior girl noted for hazel eyes brown hair 5 feet 1.5 inches and hobbies including collecting Richard Greene pictures and horse back riding.
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Madrigal
Mickey Roonley
Judy Garland
Kay Kyser
Stardust
Douglas Dowell
Richard Greene
Richard
Olivia de Havilland
Horace Heidts
Frankie Karl
Barbara Musil
Beverly Hills Shop Helps War Refugee Customer
A Beverly Hills furniture store owner, moved by a customer's tale of fleeing England with few possessions, offers a 10 percent discount labeled special for war refugees. The customer, revealed as Barbara Hutton, shares her name with the famed socialite.
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Beverly Hills
England
Barbara Hutton
Team Ready When Faculty Declare Better Men Than Janitors
The remark implies a heated sense of team readiness, suggesting the players will be prepared to compete whenever the faculty judges they are superior to the janitors.
Lincoln Third Grade Poems Displayed
Lincoln third grade students share their nature and timely poems. Pieces include Our Flag by Carol Martin and The American Flag is the greatest flag by Harry Remseyer, among others from Frances Miller Dolores Leyden Tom Hoover Carole Barrett.
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Lincoln
Carol Martin
Frances Miller
Dolores Leyden
Harry Remseyer
Snowman by the Schoolyard Sparkles Then Melts
A brief note recalls a small snow man seen en route to school under a sunny day. The sun shone all day and left nothing but a pool of water. Shirley Blattner.
My Soap Zoo T a playful soap poem by Barbara Hampton
A light verse about cleansing with animal themed soaps. A grey brown monkey, a white bear, and a wish for a monkey or clown echo the narrator's playful cleanliness. The white bear makes the speaker feel startlingly clean.
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Barbara Hampton
Spanky's Sled on the Hill
Spanky shows a red sled and plans to slide down the hill. He has a small sled and will ride it crowded with curious onlookers.
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Spanky
Kalona Site to Host B Basketball Tournament Schedule
The sectional basketball tournament will be held in Kalona on March 5 6 7 and 8 with Class A and Class B brackets. Pairings include Iowa City St Patrick Kalona Pye Wayland Wellman Washington Sharon Two Ainsworth Brighton Center Cotter Pleasant Plain Richland Riverside West Chester Lone Tree and others receiving byes. Final rounds run Friday and Saturday with winners advancing to semifinals and finals.
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Kalona
Iowa City
St. Patrick's
Pye
Wayland Wellman
Washington
Sharon Two
Ainsworth
Brighton
Center
Cotter
Pleasant Plain
Richland
Riverside
West Chester
Lone Tree
Mechanical Work Taken by 60 Boys in Washington
Washington runs a government planned school of motor mechanics and general metal work for boys aged 17 to 24 not in school. Five evenings weekly 7 to 10, three divisions of motor mechanics with 15 boys each meet at Ross Garage, Mace's Garage, and Willits Garage under Darrell Ross Lawrence Libe and Craig Willits Sr. Clyde McBride leads the metal work class at the County Shop for 15 boys.
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Washington
Ross Garage
Darrell Ross
Lawrence Libe
Mace's Garage
Willits Garage
Craig Willits
Clyde McBride
College students rally behind B. B. team at Maquoketa trip
Fans traveled to Maquoketa for tournament games despite poor weather. Many praised the team’s Consolation Title and the small floor. Home crowds were sparse, but pride in the team’s achievement ran high.
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Maquoketa
Muscatine
Eyveryone
Aircraft lubricants from fish oil produced in Japan
Japan begins manufacturing aircraft lubricants derived from fish oil. Production targets aerospace uses and marks a sector shift toward marine sourced lubricants.
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Japan
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