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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1939
Page
5
Gods Beautiful World Inspires Joyful Spring Faith
An editorial celebrates the beauty of spring and praise for God. It praises blue skies, soft clouds, budding trees, spring flowers, and fresh air. The author notes a natural urge to leap and laugh, yet warns to restrain exuberance under conventional decorum.
H S Holds Election for Boys State
The H S held an election Thursday afternoon to choose eight candidates for Boys State Camp. Eight candidates were named and three will attend a week at Camp, starting June 10, to study government in a mock city with elected officers and various recreations. Named candidates include Robert Anderson Jah Atkinson John Gardner Richard Knupp and Edward McCu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Ge
Robert Anderson
Jah Atkinson
John Gardner Icherd Knupp
Edward McCu
Seniors Select 39 Class Play Try It With Alice
The Senior Class Play is a farce titled Try It With Alice by Allen Luber. Sam Ashton must marry by his twenty third birthday to inherit 50 000 from an uncle, with Ma bel as the beloved but Arabella scheming to stop the marriage. Casting for twelve roles will occur this week, with tryouts announced on the bulletin board outside Miss Flood's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
Allen Luber
Sam Ashton
Mabel
Sam
Arabella
Billy Kirkwood
Miss Flood
College Thumbnail Sketches John Killian Aviator Dream
John Killian vice-president of the student association pursues aviation and aims for a technical school or pilot career. His latest model plane sits in Miss Montgomery's office as a fine example of his craftsmanship. He acted in Washington high school plays and in college productions this year. He also enjoys photography and has taken most college portraits. He played football and basketball in fall and balances math and chemistry in his schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Killian
John
Y W C A Honors Graduating Senior Girl Reserves Dinner
The Y W C A board held a dinner April 25 at the Washington Guest House for graduating Senior Girl Reserve and sophomore college girls. Seventy-four strong? The event featured a three course meal, decorated tables, accordion music by John Yousling, and a program with welcomes responses and the Girl Reserve theme song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. W. C. A. Board
Washington Guest House
Inis
John Yousling
Atkinson
Orville Elder
Bertha Reinert
Frances Sartor
Girl Reserve
Mrs. Morrison
Kindergarten Pupils Make May Day Baskets
The Y M C A kindergarten took an excursion to an underpass to observe birds and nests, spotting a robin building a nest. Students rehearse Three Billy Goats Gruff, prep for first grade, and count to twenty while making May Day baskets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Fern
Students Discuss Plans After Graduation at W. H. 8
Graduates reveal varied paths including junior college liberal arts at University of Iowa Cedar Falls nurse training Des Moines Davenport Ames and careers. Some plan work others pursue engineering dietetics business or coaching with hopes for scholarships and further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Drake
Betty Kolosiek
Bonnie Ryan
Charlotte Campbell
Cedar Falls
Evelyn Nethergall
University of Iowa
Helen Simmering
Cedar Rapids
Bill Perdock
Des Moines
Mary Lynn Heilman
Maxine Simons
Davenport
Bill Kiesey
Northwestern
Bill
Wayne Wilson
Bob Frink
Bill Phillips
Jean Essely
Ames
Gordon Carstensen
Ellis Finke
Elmhurst
Myron White
Alvin Kephart
G A A Girls Hike to Red Brick School
Sixteen G A A members hiked three miles south of town after school on Wednesday. They brought lunch and ate outdoors supervised by Miss Meda Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G.A.A
Red Brick School
Meda Fisher
Hi Y Elects Officers at Year End Meeting
The Hi Y held its last regular meeting of the year on Wednesday April 26. Members prepared a dinner of corned beef and beans, potatoes, rolls, ice cream and cupcakes. Elected for next year were President Jack Mace, Vice President Dick Knapp, Second Vice President Pol Gray, Social Secretary Bob Marcon, Sgt at Arms Hurchard Holden, Treasurer Raymond Whistler, Secretary Bill Brown. A Mother's night is planned in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Reid
Roy Vorhees
CC. C. Rothlisberger
Floyd Hamil
Jack Mace
Dick Knapp
Pol Gray
Bob Marcon
Arma
Hurchard Holden
Raymond Whistler
Bill Brown
State Reading Test Taken by English I and II
English I and II students under Mr Kimberlin and Miss Wilson took an Iowa Silent Reading Test for speed and comprehension. A social science, mathematics, and English section were included. Tests lasted one and a half to three minutes. No results have been tabulated yet. Students found the test interesting and helpful.
Who's Who at Lincoln High Senior and Junior Students
Mary Elizabeth, tall with dark curls and blue eyes, is a senior involved in Theta Mu, Commercial Club, Girl Reserves, Girls Glee Club, and mixed chorus. She majors in collecting songs and souvenirs, enjoys Rainbow time, works Saturdays at McLellans, hopes to be a nurse, and calls her secret ambition a secret. A junior boy, red-haired with blue eyes, studies speech and history, serves as Hi Y treasurer and soon president, acts in Forensic plays, plays football basketball and track, mentors home room 104, and pursues engineering. hobbies include reading and wood carving. He dislikes weekend and vacation homework and labels a show-off as a pet peeve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Elizabeth
Theta Mu
Rainbow
McLellans
Loretta Young
Robert Young
Hi-Y
W. P. D. Carleton
DeMolay
W H S Band Sets Sights On State Finals
The W H S marching band prepared at Case Field for a May 6 contest in Iowa City at 1 p m. Competing bands include Albia Washington Iowa Falls Chariton and Fairfield. Everett Burham of the Theta Mu Club and Mr Brayton planned a near term meeting. A Seashore Contest will test music naming and key recognition followed by a May closing party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Case Field
Iowa City
Albia
Washington
Iowa Falls
Chariton
Fairfield
Brayton
Theta Mu Club
Everett Burham
Pupils Study the Postman and Community Helpers
In February pupils explored the postman service with readings and charts. they learned qualities like health kindness honesty and punctuality and later studied firemen and policemen with drawings stories poems songs and a classroom program about community helpers.
Biology Pupils Begin Conservation Study
Last week the biology class started a study of conservation focusing on soils and soil conservation. A visit to the old foundations near the Lincoln School provided soil layers for laboratory analysis. Further work will cover timber, grassland, and water conservation along with local wild farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Schiool
Cards Fall to Burlington in Season Opener at Blattner Stadium
Last Tuesday Washington hosted Burlington and lost 19 to 2 in the season opener. Sore armed Chillcote did not pitch, replaced by Morrison who yielded sixteen runs before Chuck finished with three. Morrison and Jungbluth produced a notable double among the fielding lineup as the team opens its first season with unsettled positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cards
Burlington
Blattner’s Stadium
Chillcote
Gil Morrison
Chuck
Morrison
Mangold
Herren
Schoonover
Kelper
Jungbluth
Chamberlain
Hughes
Thrapp
Boom Jungbluth
Notable initials mark the class of thirty nine seniors and juniors
The piece lists seniors and juniors by clever initial nicknames linking them to names and initials, noting four seniors whose initials H S will appear on class rings. It also mentions staff member Miss Edna N Mercer and a junior named Roberta Stewart as Betty Stewart, plus other class references and a few odd phrases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis Ahrens
Marsh Atkinson
Edward Lewis MecCutchen
Bamnes
LeRoy Moothart
Edna N. Mercer
Win
Wilna Idell Norman
H. S
Helen Stewart
Harold Stephens
Helen Simmerng
Hazel Simmering
Dail
Dorothy Arlene Daniel
Marjorie Ahrens
Wolfe
Glenn Erwin Mace
Roberta Ann Stewart
Betty Stewart
Plan Forensic Club Party Set for May 12
The Forensic club schedules an outdoor party on May 12 with a provisional admission fee. A meeting will be held after school to award pins, and interested students must submit their points to Faye Follant promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye Follant
Arrange Schedules for Coming Year
Discussion continues in high school rooms on subjects offered to students for next year. Students draft enrollments with teacher help. report cards distributed midweek. some rooms created their own programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Randall
Marching Band to Compete Saturday at State Festival
The high school marching band season centers on the State Musical Festival this weekend with Washington High School sending a top ensemble. Milo Steele will perform a tuba solo Thursday afternoon and Lane Steele a contralto solo Friday morning. The event draws thousands statewide as bands vie for the superior rating. Next week the University of Iowa Orchestra will perform at the high school auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemgistry Club
Washington
Milo Steele
Lane Steele
Milo
Iowa
University of Iowa
Wallace Students Visit H Ramseyer
Second graders from Wallace school visited Harry Ramseyer who had been absent months. They brought a tulip craft, a My Weekly Reader, and a May basket. Harry welcomed them with two movies Charlie Chaplin and The Old Swimming Hole and gave each child a lead pencil. The tour included his pets eight puppies a baby lamb and many baby chicks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace School
Harry Ramseyer
My Weekly
Harry
Charlie Chaplin
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Page Holland
Maxine Baxter
Maurita Daniel
Phyllis Crayne
Dorothy Daniel
Jeanne Davis
Jane Bicher
Marjorie Faulkner
Mary Hesseltine
John Humble
Margaret Lesher
Maxine Logan
Jean Mathers
Mildared Meyer
Evelyn Miller
Lucille Murphy
Viasta Musil
Gayle Robertson
Jean Bigafoose
Marjorie Thompson
Nellie Wallace
Jean Walker
Editorial
God's Beautiful World
Boy’s State
Klein
Alice Chos
Cheon
Henry Miller
Francis Ralston
Y.W.C.A
Graduatig
G. R
Sever
Clinton Stewart
Iowa University
Cecil Replogle
Centennial School
Anita Tellin
Keith Paulkner
Joan Siegle
Joanne Roberts
Richard Wallace
Tommy Hoover
Marlene Barnes
Keith Hotle
Frances Miller
Bobby Ayers
W.H.S
Watson
Anderson
Finke
Vorhees
Kelsey
Bill Kelsey
Nellie Hilen Wallace
SAP
Shirley Ann Peerson
Gab
Gaileen Arnold Brown
Ty Pad
Paul Alvin Dodder
Jam
Jean Arneta Maethers
Bahcbirchard
Allen Kolden
Audrey Hotle
Arlene Hub
Lois Opal Glasgow
A. Raleton
LIDO
Aly
Bulova
Whwers
Lady Bulova
Jane
Lemmon
Wallace
H. Ramseyer
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