Ward School Announces Week in Arithmet ic Tests and Spelling
Ward School reports a perfect arithmetic week for the room of Mrs Ruth Lemley and Miss Elisie Glassburner with Freda Christner. The fifth grade again lost the spelling contest but shows 13 a grades for six weeks while the fourth grade has 16 a grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Katherine Carris
Carol Gray
Wilma Palmer
Janice Fry
Jefferson County
Grace Havel
the Heights
Heights School News Highlights A Honor Roll and Activities
Miss Mabel Rice reports top spelling honorees and perfect attendance in six weeks. Fifth grade arithmet ic contest ended with Betty Kolesick scoring 13 points, Betty Drake and Ramona Riley contributing, and George Brock Ramona Riley captains chosen for six weeks. Fourth grade spelling stars include Dorothea Snyder and Betty Michels. new student Jodwin joins from Allsworth. basketball season ends in a loss to Wallace. third grade welcomes Donald Voorhees. bird study and field trips planned as winter birds captivate students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Rice
Junior Bower
Dorothy Davidson
Lee Hoehle
Joan Michels
Robert Nicola
Geneva Palmer
Eugene Sayre
Betty Taylor
Max Bales
Faye Barney
James Bey
Helen Jrock
Arene Matthess
Eugene Reelan
Mayviard Mattthess
Ramona Riley
Betty
Ramona
George Brock
Francis Hughes
Charles Snyder
William Kiesey
Betty Kolosick
Billy Phillips
Betty Drake
Glen Hamilton
Donald Walker
Anna Marie Britton
Margaret Hennon
Kenneth Herman
Betty Michel
Dorothes Snyder
Dorothea Snyder
Betty Michels
Jodwin
Allsworth
Wallace
Zuider Zee
Donald Voorhees
West Chester
Second Primary Room Absent Students Over Flu
Myerna Jacobson Margaret Jane Carris are absent over a week with the flu. The second and third graders show interest in reading about Holland during March. The third graders have learned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myerna Jacobson
Margaret Jane Carris
Holland
First Primary Room Sees Return Of Flu Affected Pupils
The class notes all students back from the flu except Evelyn Meek who they hope will return soon. The second graders sent a letter, the first graders read The Cooky Cake Man, committees plan a film, and the room is decorated with pussy willows. Names listed include Howard White Nan Hoover John Perdock David Turner Jean Sehenck Dick Dowis Wanda Custer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Tellin
Evelyn Meek
Evelyn
Howard White
Nan Hoover
John Perdock
David Turner
Jean Sehenck
Dick Dow Is
Wanda Custer
Miss Isabelle Davis Guides Week of Handwork and Poems
Miss Isabelle Davis oversees a student project week with freehand February pictures and Bit of Sunshine booklets for friends confined to bed. Fifth grade students learned several poems last week and will present their best selections in an open-reading event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabelle Davis
The Love by Robert Terry Shannon in a melodrama
Mary Kennedy engaged to Buck Landers confronts him over her love for Steve Moore. Landers warns and plots to remove the couple, using Bat to surveil them and threaten Steve. Mary resists and asserts she would rather scrub than marry Landers, signaling a dramatic cliffhanger.
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Mary Kennedy
Buck Landers
Steve Moore
Landers
Ward
Buck
Steve
Mary
Mary Steve
Hank Heaven
Central Park
Metropolis
Mam O’ War
Mr. Landers
Bat
Nix
Underworld
Fourth Grade Poems and Cablegram Projects
The fourth grade students are writing poems about Dutch children with Richard Owen and Keith Gillespie producing standout work. They pair poems with drawings and many good pieces exist. Last week the fifth grade learned about cablegrams with pictures of cable laying and stories about message sending. The class also completed six weeks of tests. Bobby Frink set a spelling record by misspelling only one word in the exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Owen
Keith Gillespie
Bobby Frink
Flu and sickness spread through Havre community
Flor ence Carr returned from Iowa City with a bad cold as illnesses including colds and flu grow. Everette Weston lingered home with the flu while Will Crozier substituted on route 4 for a flu victim. Ladies Aid groups met with smaller attendance. quilting and sewing were the main activities. Community visits and social calls persisted among neighbors and families amid the illness.
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Stafford
Bishop
John Zieglowsky
St. Paul’s Evangelion Ladies’ Aid
Sam Wittmer
Will McBride
Augusta Koehler
Glenn Pratt
Lewis Hering
Mrs. Bishop
Claud McCall
Havre
Mary Thompson
Marie Cannon
Florence
Bernice Zieglowsky
Albert Zieglowsky
Elmer
Clyde Mason
Washington
Willis
Virgil Wittmer
Martin Westen
Carl
Theodore Zieglowsky
Fred Zieglowsky
Wilber Harter
Oud
Juanita
Lie Ferguson and Reeves
Albert Zieglow
Fire destroys home in Colorado visit noted
Minnie Carr and Maurice Bleese traveled to Washington for school duties while Mrs. B W Cole of Denver learns of the Wednesday morning fire that destroyed her home, with few contents saved from the lower floor. Sky and Son spent Sunday evening at the Fred ieglowsky home and Mrs Ellen Wallace hosts relatives during the visit.
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Sky and Son
Minnie Carr
Maurice Bleese
Washington
B. W. Cole
Denver
Colo
Ellen Wallace
Keota Election Set as School Board Posts Open
Keota voters will elect two three year school directors and a two year treasurer at a noon to 7 pm election in the school gym on Monday March 14. Incumbents Morris Klein and Stoutner seek re election by petition. town caucus for mayor and council is slated for Friday March 11.
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Keota
Mar
T. A. Morris
A. Klein
W I. Stoutner
Morris
Board of Education
B. B Brown
Frederick Smith
Buster
Leo Malley
Masonic Lodges Schedule and Officers
Lodges Washington Lodge No 26 A PF and A M holds regular meetings on the first Friday each month with W M Glenn Mace and Secretary A W Yard. Damascus Shrine No 10 W S of J meets monthly on the fourth Tuesday at the Masonic Temple with W H P Mrs Grace Br Twinam and W Scribe Mrs Hazel Haven.
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Washington Lodge
A. M
Glenn Mace
W. M
A. W. Yard
Damascus Shrite
W. S. of J
Masonic Temple
Grace BR
Twinam
Hazel Haven
W. Scribe
Railway Time Table Highlights Several Eastbound and Westbound Trains
The timetable lists eastbound departures and arrivals including No. 4 Golden State at 39 a.m proclaiming limit at, No. 12 Apache at 12:37 a.m, No. 60 Local Daily except Sun at 8:25 a.m, No. 30 Local at 6:45 p.m, and No. 80 Local Freight at 7:45 a.m. Westbound shows No. 3 Golden State Limited at 2:12 a.m, No. 11 Apache at 12:15 a.m, No. 29 Local Passenger at 9:05 a.m, No. 49 Local Passenger daily except Sunday at 5:30 p.m, and No. 83 Local Freight at 11:35 a.m. Also listed are Knoxville Branch and California passenger stops with mixed trains and agent credits L Goodlander and J C McKay. The schedule notes trains daily except Sunday and specific local and regional services.
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Golden State
Sun- Gay
Knoxville
Sun- BO Ceies
California
L. Goodlander
Quilts and visits mark Ainsworth week
Mrs. May Marsh returns home from Washington county hospital and improves. Mrs. Eliza Hayden arrives from Omaha to live here again. Quilt exhibit at M B E church on Tuesday with division three in charge. Enter entries via Mrs. George Carson. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Olds of Centerville visit KK H House and attend Mrs Humston funeral in Washington. Two pneumonia sick babies improve, Pearson baby and O Connor baby showing slight improvement.
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George Carson
Tom Olds
Censterville
Kk. H. House
Olds
Humston
Washington
Pearson
Clayton Pearson
Karl O'Connor
Rural relocation and school contest updates townwide
Raymond McClerg and family move to the Conrad farm east of Rubio with Edgar McClerg taking the vacated Raymond place. W B Parcell relocates to the James Jones farm west of Brighton. Clayton Parcell moves to the George Hyde farm. Schmitter visited Washington on business. Margaret Morgan visited home from Richland. Rubio’s spring contest at Clay featured Room 1 contestants Owen Mongan and Betty Jo Leppert with Keith Hanan placing second and entering county competition. Harold Coffman also a contestant from Room 2. Mr and Mrs Riley Collins spent Sunday with Ernest Johnson.
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Thayer
Raymond McClerg
Conrad Farm
Rubio
Edgar McClerg
Raymond
W. B. Parcell
Horning Place
James Jones
Brighton
Clayton Parcell
Jones Place
George Hyde
O. W. Schmitter
Washington
Margaret Morgan
Richland
Rubio School
Owen Mongan
Betty Jo Leppert
Keith Hanan
Harold Coffman
Washington Dated Notes on Local Visits and Events
Mrs Fred Wagner reports travel to Iowa City for dinner honoring Clark and his wife, while a George Parks goods sale was postponed due to severe weather. The Wagner couple wish to attend an Oska Loosa radio sermon but cold roads block plans. Howard Wagner buys White Leghorn eggs for incubation as winter tightens. Mr and Mrs Howard Miller plan to move to the Chris Horning farm.
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Washington, R
Fred Wagner
Iowa City
J. L. Coon
Clark
George Parks
Oskaloosa
R. R. Brown
Omaha
WOAW
Howard Wagner
Jake Wenger
Mrs
Howard Miller
Chris Horning
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