Primary Class Finishes Sled Making at Centen nial
Centen nial kindergarten students finish sleds with runners nails and enamel, then paint. New pupil Darlene Hill joins. first grade studies Eskimo lore and snow themed art. Absentees include Nancy Patterson Jerry Dennis on Alan Barclay. Second grade letters moved. Terraplane and Studebaker readers begin. Safety talk by Town Highway Patrolman Richardson at school assembly.
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Centennial School
Darlene Hill
Ilness
Nancy Patterson
Jerry Dennison
Alan Barclay
Terraplane
Studebaker
Studebakers
Mary Hynek
Heights
Paul Yearin
Wallace School
Miss Levis
Anna Sewell
Miss Woodburn
Doctor “Doolittie
Hugh Softine
North Central
Great Lakes
Richardson
Classroom Notes On Diverse Student Projects and Studies
Miss Kyle’s junior English classes study Farewell Address and Gettysburg Address by Lincoln and Wilson’s War Message. senior class reads late 18th century literature. Sophomores work on business letterheads collection. civics, sociology, and economics cover citizenship, social progress, and economic reform. Other notes include Julius Caesar, insects in biology, decimals in math, circles in geometry, trig in algebra, and class presentations in business training.
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Miss Kyle
George Washington
Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Miss Wilson
Miss Shields
Gingerich
Miss Coffey
LeMoine
Sally Mangold
Marguerite Hardy
Ruth McCauley
Brayton
Faculty Members Appoint Delegates for Des Moines Conference
A January 14 faculty meeting elected Miss Latta and Mr. Ralston as delegates to a legislative conference in Des Moines on Saturday January 30. The meeting aimed to discuss teachers' annuity legislation.
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Miss Latta
Des Moines
Ralston
Lewis Wins Third Place in Contests
On Friday in Ottumwa Iowa the Boy's Iowa Nine Declamatory contest saw Shrum Lewis, John Killian, and Rex Hazen compete. After two sessions three finalists were chosen for the final reading. Shrum Lewis earned third place and a bronze pin with Rex Hazen and John Killian not placing in the top trio. critics will be announced later.
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Iowa
Ottumwa
Shrum Lewis
John Killian
Rex Hazen
Ralston
Rex
John
Shrum
Alter JR High to Change Second Semester Course Offerings
The seventh grade switches physiology to geography with The World At Work by Wallace Atwood as text. History replaces literature with a district owned book rented for twenty five cents. Eighth grade replaces civics with biography texts by Starbuck rented from the district. Seventh grade girls cook and eighth grade girls sew. No semester tests. schedules released Friday.
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Wallace Atwood
Starbuck
First Graders Begin Toyland Reading at Wal lace School
A Walton Wallace school day for first graders features Bible stories about Daniel in the caves, reading from Number Stories, phonics lessons, penmanship, music, and a language period. They read Toyland by Catharine Bryce and Mugging Mouse by Marjorie Barrows, with Miss Wylie, Miss Stewart, and Miss Einspaler guiding activities.
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Wallace School
Miss Stewart
Marjorie Barrows
Margaret Nichols
Miss Einspaler
Sally Mangold Wins Morning Typing Contest
Sally Mangold won the morning typing class contest after a series of speed tests with eliminations each day. Marguerite Hard was runner-up in the event. The Science clubs held a meeting Tuesday January 12, and they ran a successful hot dog sale Friday after school.
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Sally Mangold
Marguerite Hard
Little Things Define The Sum Of Life's Moral Light
A compact reflection on how minor acts shape life’s moral balance. Small choices accumulate, tipping daily life toward kindness or cruelty in unseen ways.
Fresh Air Snaps and Schoolroom Gossip Remain Active
In lively notes from the school, students discuss opening windows for air to keep awake, coastings and soggy misadventures, and curiosity about a visiting student. They quiz who visited with Wendell, mention David and Gweneth in the halls, and note plans around a Murthy Wolfe affair and a farewell for Carol Bauer moving to Cedar Rapids.
Unclear fragment prompts gossip in town Cove
The passage reflects fragmented chatter about local residents Raymond Whisler Sara Jane Lemley Ruth and a possible mention of George with misread trends and tensions hinted in a Cove setting. The text reads like a stray dialogue snippet rather than a full news item.
Local gossip stirs questions on town happenings
Queries spread about Bob McIntosh wandering from his south home to the north part of town and the identities of companions at various weekend events. Rumors touch Henrietta, Pen, Bollers party, Stewart and Date Coasting, Harry’s shiner, and Knauss’s odd mood.
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Bob McIntosh
Bob
Heights School Receives Safety Talk From State Patrolman
A state highway patrolman Mr Richardson spoke to Heights school pupils about street play dangers and sled safety rules during an assembly. The report notes 158 students, recent student moves from Salem Iowa and recent on campus activities.
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Richardson
Heights School
Keith Cook
Salem
Iowa
the Heights School
Lincoln
Richard Birney
Water Works Yard
James Owen
Peg Chooses Packard Over Skating Rink Last Fall
A note recalls Peg facing a choice between a skating rink and a Packard last autumn. The car won out, signaling a significant purchase decision.
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Peg
Packard
Haunting Notes poke fun at school paper antics
A writer muses on basketball training and students like Conch Kimberlin and Hazel with a new friend. The entry laughs at a second paragraph in the school paper and hints at the fate of a project called MokK, tying up the issue with humor and curiosity.
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Conch Kimberlin
Cards Prepare for Two Day Trip Against Macquarie and Tipton
The Cardinal squad, after a setback against Peck Ceneva's Pirates, plans a two day trip to northeast Iowa meeting Macquarieta on Thursday and Tipton on Friday evening. They must improve both defense and offense, focusing on offensive drills and free throws before leaving Thursday afternoon. Coach Freshwaters will take nine or ten players on the journey.
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Peck
Ceneva
Pirates
Cardinal
Iowan
Macquarieta
Tipton
Albians
Freshwaters
Students Translate Sindbad Tales and Snow Scenes Shown
Children study The Seven Voyages of Sindbad the Sailor and other Arabian Nights stories translated from French. In a separate room the class crafts snow scene pictures under teacher guidance.
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France
Enroll Friday for Jr College
Registration for the second semester at Washington junior college is set for Friday January 22. Most first semester students will reregister, and National Youth Administration funds will again be available to those who qualified last term. New applicants may join and a few dropout students from the first term may allow 10 new entrants to receive aid. Courses include English American History European History American Government Play Production and prerequisites in Chemistry Trigonometry Biology for those seeking college credits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Junior College
National Youth Administration
Music Ability Test To Be Given Students
Seashore music tests will be given to all junior high students Wednesday Thursday and Friday. The goal is to identify top ranks and form more instrumental groups. Tests cover rhythm pitch and time. Personal letters will be sent to the parents of the top nineteen urging placement in an instrument.
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Seashore
Patrolman Hobl Addresses Students on Highway Safety
Mt. Pleasant patrolman Richard S. Hobl spoke to high school and junior college students about safety on the highways. He urged less ignorance of laws, presented an American Legion and automobile industry safety film, distributed driver test questions, and fielded student questions during a half hour open forum arranged by the American Legion Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard S. Hobl
Mt. Pleasant
Mr. Hobl
American Legion Auxiliary
Underclassmen Debate Group Plans Contests
About twenty freshmen and sophomores form a debate group at the school. They will send six to Mt. Pleasant on February 13 for a tournament and eight schools join the February 20 sub-district event. The team selection remains unsettled and a postponed February 11 practice pits four students from Mr. EB McCreary of Iowa City against a Washington team.
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Mt. Pleasant
Williams
EB. J. McCreary
Iowa City
Washington
Commercial Club Bob Sled Party Draws Members
Fifty four Commercial Club members attended a Tuesday evening bob sled party on January 12. Charlie Reed and Marion Griffin provided the three bob sleds. The group toured roads around town and returned to the high school for cocoa cookies and mitts in the Home Economics room. Beverly Bunker chaired the event with chaperones Mr LeMoine and Mr and Mrs Harold Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Club
Charlie Reed
Marion Griffin
Phyllis Crayne
Luville Murhay
Beverly Bunker
LeMoine
Harold Williams
School to Offer Music Appreciation Course
A new high school course will be offered next semester taught by Miss Coffey. It covers music theory, history of the orchestra and the symphony, and composers, but focuses on phonograph records and piano music to teach students how to listen to and enjoy symphonic music.
Instrumental Home Contest Set for February 1 Evening
The instrumental home contest is scheduled for February 1 at 7 09 o clock with about twenty five soloists expected to participate.
Miss Patton and Jule Humble Stand Out At Junior College
The article profiles Miss Della Patton longtime principal at W. H. SB praised for guiding students and faculty. It also highlights Jule Humble a talented Junior College musician who balances studies with band and music groups and appears on the honor roll.
Marguerite Hardy Muggs A Versatile High School Athlete
Marguerite Hardy known as Muggs pursues athletics as a hobby and has joined nearly every class team since high school. Football remains her favorite sport though she follows basketball and baseball, bikes often, and enjoys historical novels while avoiding cooking sewing and spinach. She is a Girl Reserve a For ensic member and part of the Hi Life Staff with ambitions to become a doctor.
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Marguerite Hardy
Hi- Life
German Club Films At Thursday Meeting
The German Club met last Thursday at 730 in the old cafeteria. The session featured four reels, first a tour of German scenery and then German Winter Sports Champions focusing on skiing. The gathering adjourned early for the band concert.
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Germany
Faulkner Addresses Rural School Equipment Needs
The Normal Training club met in room 105 on Friday January 15. Miss Clara Faulkner from the County Superintendent's office spoke on Equipment for Rural Schools outlining essential supplies and those obtainable from the Superintendent's office. Helen Holden presided.
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Clara Faulkner
Helen Holden
People Whose Talents Are Wasted by Low Confidence
Quote from Tit-Bits Magazine warns that personal inferiority harms success and happiness. It notes that talent can exist in many directions but confidence is essential to avoid wasting those talents.
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Tit-Bits Magazine
Lincoln students endure two assemblies this week
Lincoln school held two assemblies with a Mickey Mouse show on Tuesday and a highway safety talk by a patrolman on Thursday. Absentees listed include Leland Shaver Dicky Brock and several others in grades one and two. illness and substitutes affected classes. fifth grader Margaret Jungbluth heads to Florida for two months. teachers and visitors noted as well.
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Lincoln
Leland Shaver
Dicky Brock James House
Bobby Schirmer
John Haycreen
Virginia Messenger
Jonny Schmoeller
Sheila Ross
Rose Marie Leslie
Ruth Jane Askea
Minetta Wilson
Owen Gingerich
Jack Dempsey
Billy Askea
Wanda Brack
Shirley Dowell
Elimina Messenger
Jo Ann Boileau
Miss Thompson
Grayson
Isabelle Davis
Miss Stewart
Margaret Ann Jungbluth
Florida
Gerade
Heghts
Tommy Tanner
Miss Pool
Wiges
Junebluth
Ralph Martin
Leo Lewis
Marvin Morrison
David Wright
Marylyn Beaty
Newsoen
Patrolman Advises Junior High On Highway Safety
Highway patrolman Hold spoke to junior high students urged care during icy periods. He urged obeying stop signals and highway signals. He announced that a highway safety course may be taught in schools and showed two reels on highway safety after the talk.
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Hold
Joe Peare
Aphasia Causes and Varied Origins
Aphasia is the loss or impairment of speech often arising from brain disorders. It can be psychogenic under stress or due to motor defects, memory loss of sounds, brain abscess or tumor, blood vessel rupture, paralysis, or toxemia.
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Washington Star
Nitrate Region Salinitas Lacks Vegetation
The Salinitas region in Chile, famed as the world’s most fertile nitrate area, remains barren despite its fertility. Extreme sun and heat prevent any plant growth, rendering the nitrate fertilizer ineffective in this spot.
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Chile
Wallace Pupils View Mickey Mouse Film in Class
In Wallace schools Tuesday Miss Lem ley's fifth grade room watched a moving picture of Mickey Mouse. James Owen presented the film and pupils called it funny. A highway patrolman then spoke about crossing streets safely and obeying adults, citing injuries to children to stress welfare.
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Wallace
Burlington
Haunting Notes and Schoolday Snatches
A collection of brief satirical quips about theater company dislikes and student life. Francis Mangold laments sister cooking while a group of boys studying American History are interrupted by a visitor at the cafeteria. Phonograph Sme ton entertains with fish stories.
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Smeton
J. C
Couple P Kester and Dora Spark Social Headlines
Reportedly seen at multiple social functions, P Kester and Dora are described as enjoying each other’s company. Observers note growing interest and public interest in their budding relationship.
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P. Kester
Dora
Inez Schoonover Reflects On Debate and Learning
Inez Schoonover recalls how arguing points helps her understand others while acknowledging she will stand by her view when confident. She credits Mr. Jurgens for teaching the value of evaluating differing perspectives.
Remember Clair St. Clair Ingraham’s remark astonishes
St Clair Ingraham recalls a remark from a girl in a recent exchange. The brief note captures his surprised reaction and hints at a memory of a prior acquaintance with a girl named Clair.
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St. Clair Ingraham
Clair
Exam Schedule Box HD-Exam Timetable
Wednesday January 20 shows periods from 1 to 3 with English Geography Caesar English 7 American History Geometry and more in rooms 201 112 102 105. Thursday January 21 lists English 5 Economics World History Math and Biology among others. Friday January 22 includes Chemistry Grammar Shorthand Algebra Physiology and Virgil French with room allocations.
Amaryllis: A Bulbous Flower in the Amaryllidaceae Family
The amaryllis is a bulbous plant in the Amaryllidaceae family with about ninety genera and roughly 1 050 species. Members include zephyranthus and crinum, the latter notable for its large bulb and perfume. Crinum resembles amaryllis in flower shape and scent but is distinguished by its substantial bulb.
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Lewis
Seventee
Toyland
Maxine Jarrard
Richard Knupp Andivan Fishburn
Wendell
Virginia Wiley
David
Frederick Reid
Gweneth
Faye
Perry
The
Cove
Kenton Kurtz
Ruth Lamansky
John McKin- Stry
Max
Kenton
Madeyn
EU Ellen
Carol Bauer
Cedar Rapids
Peg West
W. CC. Fields
George Knauss
Raymond Whisler
Sara Jane Lemley
Ruth
George
Henrietta
Pen
Boller's
Gin
Stewart
Date
Harry
Knauss
Hazel
Fren
Don Messer
JR. College
NYA
Joint Assembly
Della Patton
W. H. SB
Jule Humble
Jule
C. Faulkner
First Assembly
Transcontinental Airlines
Patrolman
JR. HS
Chillun
Francis Mangold
Inez Schoonover
Mr. Jurgens
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