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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1940
Page
4
A staff roster lists editors and department heads for the paper. Names include Joe Pease as Editor and Gailen Brown among editorial staff with multiple feature writers, news staff, and a junior college liaison.
The FBI exposed a plan to overthrow the U S government and install a dictatorship. More than eighteen men were captured as gang members, with a cache of stolen firearms and ammunition seized. Reports indicate a plan to massacre twelve or more Congressmen was contemplated, amid suspected German espionage influence.
A student letter urges stronger school spirit after a January 12 basketball double header. It argues that attitude affects play, urges full attendance, and promises to fill the school with pep for the fighting Demons and the W. H. S. colors.
Esther was gallantly escorted to the game last Friday night by the Senior Weeks. A blonde senior lass and Brighton Stout boy Tay were also at the game. Students wore pale faces and hollow eyes, while teachers kept a sly grin as chatter filled the hall.
Inter class tournament squads for seniors juniors sophomores and freshmen were posted on the gym bulletin board. Teams list players by class and position with captains indicated and schedules to be set as gym time allows.
Last Monday evening a men’s faculty supper was enjoyed at the newly completed Lincoln school. Chiefs Mr. Mohr and Mr. Bowles cooked sizzling steaks while George Fields, principal of the high school, led the event. A lengthy questionnaire from Forum magazine covered present day international problems. Supper ran from 6 30 to about 9 00.
A jumble of intramural notes from W.H.S. coverage includes Demons visiting Fairfield’s Trojans in Washington, the East End Alley Rats’ slated game with the Hawkeyes, lineup uncertainties from Blair Robertson, and lineup changes amid gym woes and student notices.
At Lincoln School kindergarten, children crafted and painted sleds for outdoor play, created posters with Crayolas, water colors, and chalk, and did finger painting. One student contributed a Christmas tree with seed baskets, while others gathered seeds from pumpkins and fall displays to feed birds with bread, suet, apples, and lettuce.
Kindergarten at Stewart under Miss Ferne studies winter birds like chickadee sparrow and cardinal. Students recognize birds by color size songs and living habits then run a feeding station with suet bread crumbs and milk from home, observing the birds at a window.
Due to mechanical difficulties the program was canceled unless volunteers stepped in. Friday morning in the auditorium, Fritz Rothlisberger and his Loyal Nazi German Band performed with a cast of volunteers including Beulah Stewart in boy attire, the Trombone Trio, Viasta Musil, Eleanor Keagy with Miss Mercer at the piano, Max Birka reading Cy's First Basketball Game, plus accordion and other solos by Jean Mathers and Erwin Wells.
The Art Club plans its first party tonight with dancing and a program led by Margaret Ragan. June Garret performs Darn that Dream and Your Majesty the Moon, followed by baby picture guessing, Walker twins sing Careless and All the Things You Are, a skit by Eleanor Keagy Dick Anderson Marjorie Thompson Bill Brown, piano solo Star Dust by Betty Neiswanger, and pie a la mode refreshments.
In journalism and civics classes students exchange notes and gossip while jokes spark amid discuss of propaganda and revolutions. Sociology notes stir red faces as notes pass among Ruth Anderson and Paul Ben-Son. Economics tours and calendar factory visits echo in Mr Lussky’s class as calendar making is observed. Exam policy shifts push a cram day with four or five tests per student, ending earlier vacation concepts.
The G A A will host an initiation dinner for new members on Wednesday from 6 to 9 at the home making room. A candle light service will follow the dinner. Miss Morris will serve as adviser and Marge Thompson leads the program.
Readers react to comic books with mixed views. Ned Barden calls them trash for high school pupils, while Don Morrison calls them a cheap form of literature and Helen Raber questions their school value. Evelyn Miller praises them for relief, and Gailen Brown warns they hinder study. A talent program features Marion Ferguson with a skit about love and a string of student performers.
The Washington High School Band of seventy performs its annual winter concert on Tuesday January 23 at 8 PM in the high school auditorium. Soloist Jane Steele trombonist Charles Mayo harpist Paul Fry plus brass sextet and clarinet quartet perform works by Haugroise Maria de Capua and others with marches and God Bless America. A trio of concerts is planned including an April pre contest, a May lawn concert on campus, and the winter show.
The junior college announces faculty shifts with Dr. Melvin Gingerich teaching American History and Miss Edith Shields handling European History and American Government. Kenneth Kimberlin will lead all men’s physical education at the new Lincoln School, while women under Miss Morris receive two hours of floor work weekly with alternating lectures.
The notice lists weekly events from January 22 to 26 including mixed chorus at 9:05, art club party at 7:30, girls sextet at 4:00, and band concert at 8:00. Activities include various glee clubs, orchestras, and tournaments with dates. It mentions a Fairfield versus Maquoketa basketball game and a note about Illinois admission to the Union in 1818.
The Junior PTA held its first meeting Thursday at 3:20 pm with a music program by 7th and 8th grade glee clubs under Mr Boyd White. Mrs George Ruidger presided as officers were elected Leader Mrs Frank Miller Asst Leader Mrs Alfred Baldrige Secretary and Treasurer Mrs Charles Voorhees. Meetings set for the second Wednesday monthly at 3 with dues of 25 cents.
A narrator recalls being seized, growing in size and changing appearance while on a journey to a school, leaving a black mark on a girl, then aging with ragged clothes. The piece hints at a metaphorical power that endures beyond death, ending with the question “Gossip?”
The excerpt lists a dark haired girl and a curly haired boy identified as Trish and Bob Gray. It notes Trish loves olives, American history, and Dick Jergens songs while Bob Gray enjoys Lana Turner and Lew Ayres, angels for cheerleading, and Rhythm Rankles on a noon program.
A desert survival scenario asks which of six companions should be saved when only three can reach civilization. Students' choices revolve around the scientist, the guides, the fiancé, the child, or the friend, revealing moral priorities and personal loyalties.
Starting in the second semester Washington High School adds a salesmanship course, the first of its kind there. Eleven students will study topics from the salesman's personality to ethics, plus making a sale demonstrations and product reports under Mr. LeMoine who brings retail selling experience.
The Latin Club invites anyone who has studied Latin to join this semester. A banquet or feast is planned with food and table manners reflecting Latin tradition. Forensic Club hosts a January 30 evening with instructive entertainment and lively activity for members.
A sign hung on a street meter in Salt Lake City read that a brown leather jacket was taken yesterday and urged its return. The next day another sign appeared admitting the jacket had been pawned.
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