West Chester School News Highlights Students and Activities
West Chester reports new pupil Louise Ilox joins second grade while three goldfish join the science unit. The first grade elects Dennis O Laughlin as Student Council president. Helen Wilcox joins fourth grade as class grows to twenty. the Jolly Nineteen becomes Jolly Twenty. High School notes basketball setbacks but aims for a sectional title in Winfield. Stella Smith and Arnold Smith announce moves and honors. Various faculty and community notices follow, including a soap carving film, operetta prep, and local visits.
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Louise Ilox
Tiddley Wee
Tiddley Winks
Dennis O' Laughlin
Simon
Helen Wilcox
Jolly Nineteen
Jolly Twenty
Leonard Holcomb
Harold Nicola
Marilyn West
Stella Smith
Wellman
Arnold Smith
Donald Zimmering
Washington
Gosling
Kalona
Riverside
Kalona High School
Jessie Cherwinker
Bloomfield
Vic
Harry
Romans Bathed Without Soap in Ancient Times
The famous baths of ancient Rome lacked soap, using a slave with a strigil to scrape oil and dirt from the skin as the cleaning method.
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Rome
Thirteenth Century Cipher Coded by Roger Bacon
Although modern experts say they can solve practically any cipher a Thirteenth century treatise by Roger Bacon has yet to be unraveled.
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Roger Bacon
Kepharts Host Dinner for Wedding Anniversary Guests
Pleasant Hill residents gathered February 21 for a dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Roy Kephart and Velma and Alvin Kephart. Attendees included Mr and Mrs S B Sigafouse and families, Mr and Mrs Homer Kephart and family, Mrs Earl Kephart and Bertha, Mr and Mrs Miles Stout and family, and Jake Ernest. The event honored the wedding anniversaries of the Kepharts and the Sigafouses.
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Lee Hesseltines
Howard Benn
Mary Marlene
Lloyd Easter
Sam Sigafoose
Jake Ernest
Howard Sigafoose
Alvin Kephart
James Brooks
Lee Hesseltine
Wilmer Lauderman
John Erienbushs
Ray Rathmel
L. A
Mary
Ted Ross
Howard Caldwell
Eugene Chalupa
Frank Scranton
West Chester
Earl Kephart
Pleasant Hill
Roy Kephart
Velma
Alvin
S. BE. Sigafoose
Homer Kephart
Bertha
Miles Stout
Kephart
Sigafoose
John Erlenbush
Wilmer Lauder
Wayland School News Highlights Local Activities
Dean Mallory seeks a tuba audition in Mt. Pleasant for a possible Des Moines audition under Leopold Stokowski to tour Central and South America next summer. Evelyn Neff to Mt. Pleasant for a school spelling contest supervised by Miss Ek. Mae Gray. The basketball team receives a letter from former teacher Miss Bergh praising their county tournament showing. The team views a Tri-County League tie scenario after beating Cotter 55-25. Second team beats Salem but loses to Cotter in a close finish. Coach Duengerich’s first team trains in Winfield for Riverside tournament. Agriculture class studies milk fat globules under a microscope and plans butterfat tests. PTA lavatory addition upgrades grade school facilities. Manual training shelf storage added for rest room. Six weeks exams underway. bus delays due to road conditions.
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Mt. Pleasant
Des Moines
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Leopold Stokowski
Central
South America
Roth
Evelyn Neff
Mae Gray
Miss Bergh
Creston Iown
Salem
Cotter
Po. T. A
Austrian Lily Bloom Graces Bethel Home
Ruth Gideon notes Mrs Charley Kolosick’s Austrian Lily also called Devil's Tongue. Planted in summer, stored dry in fall, it rose to forty four inches tall with a 26 inch bloom and an eighteen inch bulb circumference. The odor is strong and the plant appears rootless yet thrives in simple care. The column also lists local visits and community happenings around Washington and Bethel.
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Ruth Gideon
Bethel
Charley Kolosick
Farmer Stripped by Tractor Mishap in Valley City
Andrew Wilson, 70, a Valley City farmer, was nearly stripped when his overalls snagged on a tractor drive shaft. He freed himself, ending up in only shoes and shirt cuffs. the tractor remained a block away with his clothing.
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Andrew Wilson
Valley City
N. D
Wilson
Hidden revenue share in states via indirect system report
The National Consumers Tax Commission finds three-fourths of states collect 76.9 percent of revenues through an indirect or hidden system. The report highlights widespread use of non direct taxation methods across the 48 states.
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