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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1932
Page
7
Miss Corinne Martin reports a magician with monkeys and a talking doll surprised the kindergarten class, prompting drawings and clay models. Miss Helen Wylie notes a winter display of hand made snowmen with a 1932 flag, broom, and cat motif used as a blackboard border.
Street directory style listing of attorneys dentists plumbers real estate insurers tin shop osteopathic physicians funeral homes veterinarians and more with office addresses on West Main Street North Iowa Avenue and nearby streets, including phone numbers and basic service descriptions. The item reads like a classifieds snippet from a local newspaper.
New names chosen to wear ink include Doris Gray Bobby Downing Arlo Barham Richard Crossett Betty Lou Glider and Darwin Vacha as families await the snow and seasonal play.
Intermediate Rheam Ruth Lemley and Elsie Glassburner are boosting team spirit for a next Friday game against Lincoln at the Y. The fourth grade aims to tie the six week period with a win after the fifth grade edged them last Friday in the spelling contest. Six pupils still struggle with times tables in a class of twenty seven. Nurse Frye tests eyes this week as semester exams approach. Dandelions and violets bloom despite a freakish winter as pupils recite Old Testament books, with Evelyn Nebbergall Everette Burham and Edward Bidwell delivering perfect recitations.
Mary Welch reports finishing sleds and painting them during the icy weather and enjoying sledding. They hope for more snow soon for more fun on the sleds.
Readable classroom notes detail first through fifth grade activities at P T A events. Students dramatized The Three Bears and Eskimo stories, studied geography of Mexico and Central America, and worked on spelling contests, tree planting inquiries, and dental honor rolls.
Fifth grade finished their reader Book Adventures this week and will start Bolonius. They will take their semester tests Thursday and Friday.
The kindergarten class led by Miss Mary Welch is busy with craft projects. Students practice hammering straight nails for cradles, learn color coordination, and explore origins of clothing items while enjoying hands on activities.
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