Rural School News Highlights From Pleasant Plain Classrooms
A rural school bulletin from Pleasant Plain details classroom activities across grades. Reports cover poster making, dinosaur like alphabets, Eskimo booklets, art projects, and a student health drive with dental honor rolls. Names include Wolfe Hines Smith Miller Hines and Fellendorf among others.
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Red Cross
Lloyd
Edward
Merle Miller
Martha
Donald
Carol Hines
Patricia
Ruth Smith
Patricia Smith
Miss Wolfe
Stop at railroad crossings and Look and Listen
Warning from Missouri officials urges drivers to stop at all grade crossings. The advisory cites 1 480 railroad collision deaths nationwide last year and stresses avoiding blind crossings by stopping, looking, and listening before crossing.
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National Bureau of Casualty and Underwriters
Missouri
National Conference On
Reading and Test Scores Highlight Jackson Township Class
Edward and Lloyd Miller lead a series of reading speed and comprehension tests at Living Lake School. Second grader Dommfald Hines read 116 wpm with perfect comprehension. third grader Martha Hines 142 wpm with all correct. Edward Miller 176 wpm with 9 of 10 correct.
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Lloyd Miller
Dommfald Hines
Martha Hines
Japan
Edward Miller
Lloyd
Edward
Merle Miller
Martha
Donald
Carol Hines
Junior Fellendorf
Virginia Heek
Junior Fellendort
School notes celebrate toys sent to hospital and contest plans
The school reports a festive Christmas program with a tree and Santa Claus. Pupils Lawrence Whisler Raymond Whisler Beulah Stewart helped sign dental cards and plan a declamatory contest for January 27 with entrants in lower and advanced spelling groups.
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Lawrence
Raymond Whisler
Beulah Stewart
Farm Bureau
Santa Claus
Children’s Hospital
Iowa City
Beulah
Esther Stewart
Donald Simmering
Lawrence Whisler
Donald Marek
Richard Birney
Christmas program and school life notes from Cedar Rapids era
A Cedar Rapids area school reports a Christmas program with decorating, gifts, and a shared dinner. It lists perfect attendance recognitions, fundraising from Christmas seals, dental card signings, and plans for declamatory and spelling contests. Several visitors and local families are named.
Fifth Graders Excel With Bright Averages at School Report
Dorothy Johnson leads with 95 percent average among high scores for this six week period. Naomi Johnson, William Potrat follow with 94 and 92. Kathryn Logan and Jean Eesley reach 90s. Two absences noted. school year strong with student newspaper effort by Warren Fetes and staff.
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Ethel Wagner
Ethel
al Logan
Theo
James
Jay
Glenn Beenblossom
Kenneth
Howard Wagner
Floyd
Leona
Dorothy Johnson
Dorothy
Naomi Johnson
William Potrat
Kathryn Logan
Jean Eesley
Wayne Wagner
Maxine Logan
Richard Beenblossom
State Funds Exhausted Back in Hoyt Era
Des Moines reports that Iowa's operating fund could exhaust by April 1 under Treasurer Wegman. It recalls a similar crisis in 1917 1921 when E H Hoyt served as treasurer and warrants were held by banks until tax receipts could cover them. The piece notes possible emergency tax moves and details current payroll cuts and budget reductions across departments to avert a repeat.
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Des Moines
U.P
Iowa
Leo J. Wegman
Kk. H. Hoyt
Delaware County
State House
General Assembly
Werman
Card of Thanks From R. W. Bozman
I wish to thank all those who kindly remembered me with letters cards and flowers during my illness in the hospital.
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W. Bozman
Iowa women plan mass meeting to oppose repeal of prohibition
Des Moines announces a January 20 mass meeting at Central Presbyterian Church to oppose repeal of the prohibition law. Speakers include Mrs. F Wright Johnson of Washington, DC, Mrs. Ida B Wise Smith, president of the Iowa WGC T U, and Mrs. H G Drake, president of the Des Moines Federation of Women’s Clubs. Mrs. Ek Paul Jones of the Des Moines Interdenominational Society will chair.
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Des Moines
Iowa
F. Wright Johnson
Washington, D. C
Ida B Wise Smith
H. G. Drake
Johnson
National Women’s Organization For Law Enforcement
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