Three Girls from Washington Public School to Teach Next Year
Three senior girls Ada Mae Beenblossom No 7 Thelma Benson White Oak and Gladys Stalder Pleasant Ridge secured teaching posts for next year. They will take normal training exams May 19 and 20 under deputy county superintendent Miss Clara Faulkner. Each pays two dollars per first attempt. rewrites cost two dollars. August exam for those failing costs one dollar. This is the final year of the normal training course at the high school with Miss Jeanette Kyle as instructor.
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Ada Mae Beenblossom
Thelma Benson
White Oak
Gladys Stalder
Pleasant Ridge
Clara Faulkner
Jeannette Kyle
Lincoln Students Combine Classes Fourth and Fifth Grades
Lincoln fourth and fifth graders share a general period studying science birds and history. They read Discovering Our World and view colorful books with pictures. They toured the University of Iowa Museum with guide Mr. Dill and learned about birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Iowa City
University Museum
Dill
Miss Gabel
McGuire
Open Air School Concerts Planned At End Of Year
The vocal department prepares a year end concert with group singing and solos. The high school band plans its annual open air concert in the last week of school. An exhibit by home economics and manual training is likely. The junior high will hold an open air concert in the second week before closing. The events were started by Mr Brayton three years ago and are popular.
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Brayton
Special Reports By Heights Students
Heights students produced geography reports on coconuts chicle chewing gum bananas and Hawaii. Richard Miller presented coconuts with a coconut party and Geraldine Bartow Jean Murphy and Lega Davidson prepared banana party fragments. Mr Elder spoke about Hawaii.
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Richard Miller
Jean Murphy
Yucatan
Bobby Burham
Geraldine Bartow
Lega Davidson
Mr. Elder
Hawaii
Centennial records list pupils with perfect attendance
Miss Tellin at Centennial school names students from the first and second grades who were neither tardy nor absent in the past six weeks. The first grade list includes Tommy Denison Ernest Haifley Darlene Hill Clifford Jacobs Robert Kleese Dick Maxwell Verne Richardson and Arlene Walton. Second grade names Alan Barclay John Collett Dartiel Corbin Jerry Denison Dick Jugenheimer Dick Moothart Joan Morgan Ella Musi Elsie Musil Nancy Patterson Dan Siegle and Mary Simmering. Third grade includes Marie Chance Jerry Fisher John Masson and Ow.
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Miss Tellin
Centennial School
Tommy Denison
Ernest Haifley
Darlene Hill
Clifford Jacobs
Robert Kleese
Dick Maxwell
Verne Richardson
Arlene Walton
Alan Barclay
John Collett
Dartiel Corbin
Jerry Denison
Dick Jugenheimer
Dick Moothart
Joan Morgan
Ella Musi
Elsie Musil
Centennial Pupils Tour Button Factory Study
Miss Peck conducts her pupils on an inspection tour of a button factory as part of a class study on button production. The report lists fourth and fifth grade students with perfect spelling and attendance, notes farm machinery lessons, and records moves and transfers of several students across grades and districts.
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En Moore
Robert Noonan
Junior Shafer
Bobby Skipton
Charley Turner
Miss Peck
Wallace School Seventeen Pupils Report No Absences in Six Weeks
All grades show perfect attendance over six weeks at Wallace school. The list of students without absences or tardies includes Max Reenblossom, Shirley Brown, Ellen Caldwell, Harry Donaldson, Charlotte Earl, Barbara Etter, John Gamble, Mary Justine George, James Gilchrist, Doyle Gray, Paul Maxwell, John McGaffey, Frederick Pehler, Norman Phillips, Gwendolyn Ramseyer, Margaret Stoops, Wilma Zook, Vernon Roth. Fourth grade honorees include Rhea Buck and Martha Downing.
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Marjorie Buwer
Helen Falk
Edith Godwin
Evelyn Krabill
Virginia Donaldson
Dorothy Nichols
Betty Lon Oetkin
Jane Parels
Virginia Simmering
Margaret McCall
Junior Batterson
Ralph Curl
Bobby Fisher
Casey Jones
Ivan Lovelett
Roger McKeown
Jack Pauls
Bobby Stockman
Mary Lou Alexander
Virginia Beenblossom
Marie Blattner
Clara Ann Falk
Harold Dean Ford
Donald Hunt
Margaret Nichols
Margaret Ralston
Wilma Schirmer
Ruth Smith
Richard Vacha
Joye Wright
Paul Yeaman
Jack Dempsey
Myrla Ward
Lawrence Donaldson
Billy Putman
Frederick Zook
Leota Brown
Mary Caldwell
Colleen Godwin
Bida Gray
Betty Morgan
Martha Phillips
Lucille Schneider
Coline Williams
Billy Anderson
Duane Earls
Kenneth Farrier
Donald Gray
Ervin Knepp
Jimmy Dempsey
Richard Anderson
Junior Beenblossom
Clair Buck
Eugene Campbell
Dickie Fisher
Gene Gray
Armand Oetjen
Harold Schmidt
Marilyn Caldwell
Donna Crone
Barbara Godwin
Marguerite Utterback
Donald Earll
Ronald Gray
Robert Krause
Billy Stoops
Keith Faulkner
Shirley Blattner
Farl Brown
Ray Allen Harland
Carl Yoder
Phyllis Richardson
Lincoln
Wallace School
Max Reenblossom
Shirley Brown
Ellen Caldwell
Harry Donaldson
Charlotte Earl
Barbara Etter
John Gamble
Mary Justine George
James Gilchrist
Doyle Gray
Paul Maxwell
John McGaffey
Frederick Pehler
Norman Phillips
Gwendolyn Ramseyer
Margaret Stoops
Wilma Zook
Vernon Roth
Rhea Buck
Martha Downing
Fortnightly Prizes Awarded In High School Essay Contest
An essay contest for all high school students was closed today. Essays titled How Can a High School Student Best Help to Cut Down Traffic Accidents were limited to eight hundred words. Any student submitting more than one essay was disqualified.
Fortnightly Club Sponsors Scholarship Contest Prizes
Judges come from the Fortnightly club English department and safety council. Prizes totaling sixteen dollars include ten for first place, three for second, and two for third, offered by the Fortnightly club. The contest draws strong scholarship entries and is expected to be lively.
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English Department
Safety Council
Washington High to modernize front entry for anniversary
The Washington high school front door will gain new lighting as a wall bracket with mounted lamps. The old rusted iron posts on the stone columns are removed as the school marks its twentieth anniversary with updated facade features.
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Washington High School
Baffling School Notes Highlight Cornell Guidance Event
Whispers in the biology room mention a frog wash with a fixed pattern while Norman Schoonover bears a resemblance to Dean Mead. The piece notes busy activity last Thursday for Vocational Guidance with Miss Keeney missing a Iowa City dinner date due to two flat tires. J C students at Cornell's Guidance conference on April 23 admired the efficiency in managing guests.
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Bob Spera
Cornell
Norman Schoonover
Dean Mead
Miss Keeney
Iowa City
J. C
Why must I stay silent and seek overlooked beauty
Mayine Baxter laments silence and loneliness while yearning for friendship and comfort. She questions why sunshine vanishes into darkness and why her longings remain hidden even as she notices beauty others overlook.
Commercial Club Elects Officers At Year Beginning
Last Tuesday evening the Commercial club held a meeting and party at the high school. Officers elected for the coming year were Robert Masson president Phyllis Crayne vice president Jean Essiey secretary Lucille Murphy treasurer and Mildred Anderson reporter. Beverly Baker spoke on American Pearl Button Company work and stressed grades accuracy and attitude for job success. Dancing ping pong and card games followed with ice cream bars served.
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Commercial Club
Robert Masson
Phyllis Crayne
Jean Essiey
Lucille Murphy
Mildred Anderson
Beverly Baker
American Pearl Button Company
Henrietta Pen Marshall and her schoolwide appeal at Henrietta High
Henrietta Marble, known to friends as Pen, is a popular junior at Henrietta High. She is active in the Girls Athletic Association, Girl Reserves, Commercial club, and Forensic club, and enjoys sports like horseback riding, swimming, basketball, and golf. She plans to attend college to study speech and journalism.
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Henrietta Marble
Henrietta
Girl's Athletic Association
Girl Reserves
Robert Taylor
Irene Dunn
Beany Tops Student Profile With Music And Sports
Donald Beenblossom known as Beany appears as a popular senior with strong music involvement. He plays in the brass sextet and chorus, directs the band, and competes in football basketball and track. He plans a two year Washington junior college start then studies engineering and music at Ames.
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Tyonald Beenblossom
Beany
Donald
Tommy Dorsey
Don Ameche
Ted Healy
Loretta Young
Rosemary Lane
Washington Junior College
Ames
Graduates Share Plans After High School
Dale plans aviation school. Mary aims for junior college. Wendell considers junior college or government work like WPA. Donald is undecided. Carolyn will attend junior college then Iowa University to major in chemistry or physiology. Donald Custer expects college. Fern seeks secretary work after business school. Hadley wants a local store job and possibly junior college.
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Dale Adrian
Mary Atchison
Wendell Baker
WPA
Donald Bliven
Carolyn Carbee
Iowa U
Donald Custer
Fern Durst
Hadley Edmondson
Washington
Railroad Timetable Notices and Lodge Meeting Details
Washington Lodge No 26 A F A M Regular meeting first Friday monthly W M William s Mohland A W Yard secretary Arrive no and Golden State Limited daily regular stop 345 p m No 1 Local reg stop No 43 Californian daily or 159 a m Stops for passengers Tucumeart NM and beyond when advanced arrangements made Eastbound No 2 Local daily regular or 7066 mm No 44 Californian daily regular atop 189 a m No 4 Golden State Limited ON are 517 a mw Stops discharge California Passengers Knoxville Branch No 439 daily except Gustav coceccccue 955 m No 429 daily except unday 1646 m L GOODLANDER Agent c B and Q Arrives No 23 Mixed Train 1100 m Leaves No 22 Mixed Train 1145 m All trains daily except Sunday Co F ANDERSON Agent OM STP P R R CO West Bound No 8 Davenport Kansas City local departs 958 m No 25 Southwest Limited TEE ica theamaiaien 145 mp East Bound No 8 Kansas City Davenport local departs 608 No 26 Southwest Limited ceparts leasteepanaiepense to 120 es m Nos 3 and 8 eaily except Sunday C BELL Agent
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Golden State Limited
N. M
California
Knoxville
Gustav
Co. F. Anderson
Davenport-Kansas City
Southwest
Kansas City-Davenport
C. Bell
Student Plans for Further Education and Careers
Responses show a group of students outlining post high school plans. Several intend to attend junior college, pursue nursing or beauty culture, or seek clerical and secretarial work. Others express interest in civil service, forestry, driving trucks, commercial design, or farm work.
Radio Play Broadcast Continues As Drake Relays Absence Noted
The Washington radio cast aired their second radio play last Saturday at 10 05. Matt Rendlinger replaces Robert Anderson as the father while Anderson attends the Drake Relays. Senior class officers meet Wednesday to appoint committees for the May 20 class day program and oversee decorations for the junior and senior party.
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Washington
Matt Redlinger
Robert Anderson
Edmund Kean Noted as Great Tragic Actor
Edmund Kean was regarded as the leading tragic actor of the early nineteenth century, celebrated for his intense stage presence and dramatic power.
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Edmund Kean
Cotter Seniors Plan May Sightseeing Tour
Seniors from Cotter high school organize a May 6 sightseeing visit to Us Quaker Oats and Penick and Ford plants in Cedar Rapids, with tours of Bever Park and other sites. Shellbark School closes Friday with a picnic. Mrs Lukins marks her son James's fifth birthday with guests Adolph Sellers, Beverly Reed and others. A Mother’s Day program is set for May 8 at 11 am at the Presbyterian church.
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Martha Butler
Columbus Junction
Cotte High School
Ford
Bever Park
Cedar Rapids
Mary Gale Edwards
C. E. Lukins
James
Adolph Sellers
Beverly, Rober
Eugene
Geraldine Reed
Sharon Lukins
the Presbyterian Church
Notable Baptisms and Marriages at All Hallows Church
The record notes John Quincy Adams married at the Church of All Hallows in London in 1797. It also states William Penn was baptized there in 1644, highlighting historic ties to the church.
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John Quincy Adams
United States
Church of All Hallows
London
William Penn
Belief of Primitive Tribes About Death in Sleep
A writer in Carters Weekly suggests many tribes across the world hold that those who die in sleep, especially warriors, were slain by an enemy in a dream and died in the ensuing combat.
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World
Carter's Weekly
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Edna Watson
Jack James
Robert Jugenheimer
Tommy Roberts
Helen Haifley
Erle Hiller
Bobby Bostwick
Gerald Chante
Lonnie Corbin
Laurence Glasgow Douglas Morrison
Kenneth Ward
Betty Custer
Mary Dankwardt
Evelyn Duen
Marcia Masson
Sarah Miller
Jean Morgan
Vivian Musgrave
Merle Seydel
Mary Voorhees
Douglas Morrison
Centennial
McCormick Deering Company
Monroe
Elizabeth Ann Meek
A.B.C. Reports
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the Evening Journal
Literary Corner
Mayine Baxter
Bing Crosby
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Mohland
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Margaret Flenner
Virginia Hotle
John Knott
Dorothy Livesay
William Longer
Doris Leffler
Drake
William Marie
Omar Palmer
Dixie Simons
Mary Shelangoski
Margaret Sniders
Ralph Whithoff
Cloid Willits
Cotter
Finance
Journal Ride
Official
Washington Directory
Richard Stewart
Ethel Grecian
R. R. Noonan
W. P. Rawn
Helen Cresswell
Harriet Coulter
Harold Putnam
Marion
George County
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A. C. Peterson
S. Second Ave
Washington, Iowa
Optometrists
Ralph W Thompson
Washington Loan & Trust
Lemley & Yard General Insurance
Washington Independent School District
B. A. Ralston
Harland W. Mead
Della Patton
Ethel McCreedy
Glenn Mace
Ralph W.W. Thompson
P. L. Etter
T. J. Pease
A. E. Atchison
C. W. Tucker
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Lloyd Lert
W. H. Pute
Ae. F. Miew
Henry Baleight Plant
P. le Jere
O. J. Br
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C. C. Retuue
CG. E. Leni
Marian & Bailey
Frank V. Miller
J. & Lemmon
Lester H. Orr
F. Boller
J. H. Squire
Will Dupule
W. Carl Hedges
Fred Reig
City Library
Eva Denny
Homer Stephen
Jones Funeral Home
Sherman's Funeral Home
West Main St
Court House
DR. O. FL Boller
State Bank Corner
Washington St
Theodore Hd
Bailey
Nicola
North Side Square
W. Livingston
Eveready Plumbing Shop
Chiropractors
DR. Chas
Brown
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