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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1934
Page
5
Eureka School reports Miss Winifred Carris guiding geography projects with native dress pictures and country clippings. Students run maps of Europe essentials, paint glass pictures, share jokes, and record attendance, tests, and honor rolls as they prepare for Nov 7 program and a student printing press project.
At Large W J Morrow and Dr O F F Boller lead a group with ward representatives J He Squire Secord W S Dupuis C W Carl Hedger and others. Officers include Fred Weld as Commander and Wb Baldrige Russell as Adjutant with Clyde Putnam Winance as Officer Ted Crone historian and Clovyee Stewart chaplain. Board officers feature Blair Law president and Hedges vice president with Helen Wilson secretary. members include Mrs Ab Anderson Mrs Frank Wilson and others from Fort Sherman and nearby areas.
Isadora Myers teaches at Lexington School. Students make dental honor roll lists and prepare Christmas program. Fifth and fourth grade geography class collects stamps for stamp book. A toothbrushing contest divides Racers led by Bottvg Tadlock and Chasers led by Dean Kinde. Names of students with no tardies include Jores Amlone and others. Visitors included Lester B. Krabill and Josephine Brown. Pupils finish animal booklets, start Mother Goose books, and create scrapbooks with family stories. Second grade studies Indians, third grade writes Thanksgiving poems, fourth keeps history notebooks, and eighth grade geography notebooks. Opening exercises feature The Five Little Peppers, Bible verses, and current events Fridays.
The school completed a six week bad language contest with Eloise Barnett and Orlena Augustine tying for the prize. Each won a pair of teats and the program now plans a new event.
Lavanda Jones teaches at a school that opened September 4 with six scholars. Students listed include Richard Huber VI, Maynard Bauer V, Helen Huber IV, James Pence IV, Wanda Pence TH, Eldon Bauer TA. Birthday names include Helen Huber, Lavanda Jones, Wanda Pence. A candy treat for the first two six weeks and a community supper with a Halloween program on October 20 are mentioned. Wanda Pence reports as school nurse visit witness.
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