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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1932
Page
7
The Ward School kindergarten under Miss Corinne Martin continued a general post holiday review with daily activities centered on Christmas toys. Children engaged in all day modeling and block building as dolls visited the class, enhancing holiday memories.
Six boys and four girls from Room 1 are honored with names on the dental honor roll. Miss Alice Van Vliet selected six students for ink writing privileges, including Robert Sutton Virginia Lattimore Donald Doran Billy Hammer Bonnie Jean Simpson and Robert Rohrer. The class enjoys Christmas stories Little Black Sambo and Wee Peter Rue.
Miss Myrtle Macon and Mss Alice Wolfe among staff back in school after illness. Billy Gray contracts chicken pox. Second grade continues fairy tale reading with boys and girls enjoying the stories.
In a desert border world, El Coyote seeks vengeance against Paco Morales who rules Mexican lands with force. Ted Radcliffe, Adela Morales and Ann Reed twist loyalties as Manuel guides a cattle drive toward water while threats of raid and revolt loom.
Third grade readers explore Columbus, Lindbergh, William Tell and Joseph as heroic figures. They performed William Tell for the second graders and welcomed a visiting guest from Nellie Anderson’s home. A bold mice performance prompted bringing a school cat to class. the group enjoyed the unusual show.
The intermediate room has ten boys and sixteen girls on the dental honor roll. Fourth graders study telling time with clocks. A winter scene decorates the front board. Twelve little brownies skate on a pond. Narcissus bowls brighten the windows. Last Friday the fifth grade won a close spelling contest, and the losers entertain the winners. The basketball team defeated opponents at the Y on Friday night led by Dale Curl and teammates. Virginia Rohrer left hospital row in penmanship class this morning.
The report notes Miss Corinne Martin and students returning to school after Christmas vacation. Children eagerly share Christmas gifts and dolls, while the class contemplates lullabies for babies. Kenneth Harris has moved away from town, and the group expresses regret.
Miss Mabel Rice reports that the first grade pupils began reading in Toy land last Monday. The class enjoys the book greatly and Eskimo booklets are nearly finished and very nice.
Room notes report Miss Marie Landau Dorothy Turner and Caryle Shaw absent with chickenpox. Several students earned 100 on their Friday spelling test including Gail Davis Mary Devees Norma Lee Hotle Helen Johnson Jean Kelly Margaret Kelly Donald Kiesey Mary Little Marcela Little Dorothy Lowe Richard Miller John Munn Wayne Pickett Elizabeth Varney Raymond Kerr Bobby Lowe Bobby Taylor and Dorothy Sowash.
Miss Carol Forgey reports fourth graders studying Bedouin Arabs this week with topics to discuss at the Thursday Parent-Teacher meeting. Several students earned A on Friday’s test while fifth graders celebrate a high Problem Scale score with Delmer Miller at 13 and a half. Milo Glider coaches the Lincoln Heights basketball team ahead of next Friday’s game.
Miss Mary Welch Marie Wright transfers from Centennial kindergarten as the school welcomes her. Henrietta Stewart marks her fifth birthday with a party last Tuesday featuring pink and white cake and five candles. Ice cream and cake served. guests included Mrs Maynard Brown Mrs George Stewart Shirley Mae Brown and Sarah Lou Miller.
Mrs Mae West of St Low Mo reports dropping 20 pounds in four weeks after using Kruschen Salts a half teaspoonful in hot water each morning before breakfast. The ad urges readers to buy at Lemmons Pharmacy or any drug store with a money back guarantee if not satisfied after the first bottle.
Extended holiday due to chicken pox keeps students home while classwork continues. Grade four works on dramatized posters and snowman cutouts. Fifth and sixth grades enjoy marionette activities and prep a German geography unit and a play for next week. Charlotte Foster and Isabelle Davis noted in Room 8.
Betty Jean Snakenberg celebrated her fifth birthday Friday at kindergarten. The table featured tapers, candlestick favors of gum drops and life savers with red candles. Sandwiches jello and birthday cake were served. Mrs Snakenberg attended as a guest.
Miss Anita Tellin leads first graders through Eskimo themed lessons with plans for an Eskimo village in sand and booklets about the far north. Eleven students started milk at morning break and six tried ink for the first time in pensmanship class. Dick Dawes joins the class from Wallace school.
Miss Myerna Jacobson's third graders dramatize William Tell with much fun. Second and third grades plan a winter bird feeding board to study habits of winter birds. Weekly Readers cover Indian Art. Uncle Bin teaches geography through travels. letters awaited.
In Centennial school pupils study Hirfa in Arabia and share dolls modeled after her. Fourth grade geography compares Arabia with France-based projects while fifth grade classmates present France souvenirs. A group in fourth grade arithmetic works on speed and accuracy with longer multiplication and division.
Mrs Turner John son and children returned to their home in Chillicothe after a visit at John Krantz home Monday morning. Mr and Mrs Dillon Graff and daughters from near Mt Pleasant were Sunday dinner guests at Lloyd Vollmers. Rita Johnston returned to school after illness. Tuesday evening Jan 12 neighbors shared a surprise gathering with supper cafeteria style. Those present were Mr and Mrs Paul Mast and Pauline and Johnny, Mr and Mrs Cecil Korf and Jacquelyn, Mr and Mrs Lloyd Vollmer and Pauline. David Heldt was absent from it.
Mr and Mrs Perl PeCham are reported visiting at the Vollmer home on Sunday afternoon.
This note explains the Dobermann Pinscher as a cross between the German shepherd and fox terrier with the name rooted in the first breeder To bermann.
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