Forensic group stages Mildred is My Name play
A four member Forensic troupe presented the one act comedy Mildred is My Name at the April 29 meeting. Betty Stewart played Mildred Bonita Brower as mother Mary Bordwell as Robert and Frances Whisler as grandfather. The two male roles were performed by girls due to lack of participating boys. The play ends happily. Theta Mu held its Spring Formal after the show with Max Lee's orchestra providing music and guests welcomed for members and their invited guests.
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Betty Stewart
Mildred
Bonita Brower
Mary Bordwell
Robert
Grandfather
Frances Whisler
Theta Mu
Max Lee
Summer plans reveal farm work and escapes in wartime
Players across the community outline a mix of farm labor and brief trips. Many intend to work on family farms or Victory Gardens while fitting in visits to relatives in Indiana Davenport and St Louis amid gas rationing and wartime duties.
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Beverly Brown
Indiana
Russel Carter
Jamita Wallace
Elizabeth Meek
Delores Adams
Mary Ellen Beliel
Lloyd
Duensing
Lena Davidson
Victory Garden
Mary Bruty
Davenport
Gwen Ramseyer
Shirley Brown
St. Louis
Helen Haifley
Zelma Nicholson
Jean Patterson
Tit
Dorothy Mansfield
Marcia Masson
Bill Peters
Dorothy Shockey
Mary Lee Weeks
Notable Staff and Feature Assignments Listed
The editor Lois Hoyle heads the staff with contributions from Esther Stewart and others across departments including Editorials Instrumental Music Feature and News. Names featured include Martha Cherwinker Virginia McLaughlin Evelyn Meek Virginia Robertson Jeanne Shalla Helen Sheetz Bette Simons Bonnie Simpson and others in various sections.
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Martha Cherwinker
Dick Crossett
Edith Gillespie
Martha Crossett
Marge Logan
Virginia McLaughlin
Evelyn Meek
Lincoln
Virginia Robertson
Jeanne Shalla
Helen Sheetz
Bette Simons
Bonnie Simpson
Esther Stewart
Jeane Stout
Elaine Thomassen
Jean Mathers
Reflections on Seniors and Graduation Echo School Year
The editorial recalls the Class of 43 mingled pride and sorrow as graduation nears. It urges seniors to consider their lasting impressions on underclassmen and to strive for dependable, hardworking conduct both in and beyond school life.
Will It Be Recommended A Senior Question
Seniors wonder if it will be recommended as days close. Many worry about low grades unruly conduct and unfinished work. The piece reflects on self doubt and fear of being judged by teachers and peers during school days.
College Traditions Continue As Coeds Take Davenport Trip
Washington Junior College students followed a spring tradition riding a delayed train to Davenport on Wednesday April 28. The group toured the Orpheum Theatre and Municipal Art Gallery, rode the ferry, shopped, and viewed paintings before an evening show of Flight for Freedom. The return train arrived at 10:20 P.M. with students eager to head home.
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Washington Junior College
Chicago
Davenport
Freeman
Junior College
Montgomery
Orpheum Theatre
Municipal Art Gallery
Orpheum
Washington
College Psychology Class Visits Hospital
A Junior College psychology class visited the State Hospital for the Insane in Mt Pleasant on Tuesday afternoon after studying psychiatry and insanity. Eight students toured the occupational therapy department, observing patient projects while Kenneth Freeman and Jeannette Kyle led the group.
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Mt. Pleasant
State Hospital For
Kenneth Freeman
Junior College
Jeannette Kyle
Your high school record and future plans
The speaker explains that employers can request a student’s complete high school record, including grades and personality, from the school office. It stresses building a solid record early in high school through cooperation with teachers and peers, as it affects future job opportunities and advancement in the armed forces.
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Buddy
Economics in Everyday Life course at Washington High
The Washington High School offers Economics in Everyday Life for juniors and seniors. Edith Shields teaches a semester course covering seven parts from Introduction to Urge for Change with 16 students enrolled this year.
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Washington High School
Edith Shields
Local gossip and senior year romances at Kalona High
The note reports on dating rumors among students, including Chin Chatters and Lyle, near-constant chatter about B Houseal Arlys and Virginia Wy lie, and sightings of Dick Crossett, M Redlinger, Marg McCall, and others. It mentions a Harper dance, a Mississippi trip plan for Dorothy Bear, and letters to Pvt. Santos Hernandez from Camp McCain.
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M. McCall
B. Houseal
Arlys
Lyle
Southwick
Kalona
Dick Knupp
Maggie del
Buck Palmer
Hal
J. C
Virginia Wylie
Harper
Lulu
Jeanne Shalla
Cleo G
Dick Crossett
M. Redlingger
Dorothy Bear
Mississippi
Harry Whittaker
Lois
Virginia R
Iowa City
Don V
FE. T
Darwin W
Bill Arnold
Alice Walker
Bob Downing
Marilyn W
Davie L
Barbara P
Lois M
Cub Bear
Red
Marg
McCall
Dick McCleery
Doyie Gray
Sara Lu
Stew
Accard
Pvt
Santos Hernandez
Santos
Santos J. Hernandez
Camp McCain
Tillie
Sara
Berdo
Tanner
Whistle
Marty C
Franny
Crossett
Sammy Bonney
St. Louis
Hap Freidel
Erma T
England Eyes Coke Fuel Use After War
England plans to use coke as a fuel in the postwar period signaling a shift in energy policy. The move aims to secure domestic supply and support industrial activity during rebuilding efforts.
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England
High School Spring Concert Delights Audience
Mr Ralph W Young led the High School and Junior High bands in the annual Spring Concert in the High School Auditorium. The program featured Mirella as an overture, The Army Ciribiribin Footlifter and Boo g ie Woogie Band as novelty pieces, Daphnis Overture and a finale with The Star Spangled Banner.
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Ralph W. Young
Young
Mirella
Daphnis
Will of Washington High School Senior Class Read at Assembly
The state of Iowa notices that a document claiming to be the last will and testament of the Washington High School Senior Class of 1943 will be read at the school in Washington Iowa before the student assembly at 2 09 PM on May 7 1948. All interested must appear and show cause why the instrument should not be approved as the class will.
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Washington High School
Washington
Iowa
Committee On the
Two Seniors Describe Favorite Things and Plans
Two senior girls reveal personal details including heights blue eyes blue and brown hair, favorite foods and activities, and post graduation aims. One mentions joining the Fighting Engineers or army band while the other plans college that fall and summer work.
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The
Fighting Engineers
Army Band
Eighth Grade Party and PTA Meeting At Local School
The eighth grade party took place in the junior high rooms last Friday from 7 30 to 9 30 with games dancing and decorations of spring flowers and pastel candles. Various students chaired activities with teachers assisting and refreshments served by designated hosts and hostesses. The report also notes an Easter assembly on April 23rd and the final PTA meeting of the year featuring two vocal numbers a violin solo and a tea service hosted by seventh grade girls.
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Jr. High Rooms
Charles Turner
Jack Martin
Warren Stewart
Merla Ward
Bielefeldt
Ruth Michels
George Doran
Eva Stevens
Jim Pease
Peggy Waggoner
Joan Fields
Phyllis Guenther
Martha Young
Mittie Lou Lee
Patricia Patterson
Joan Boileau
Lois Carlson
Virginia Beenblossom
Mrs Duncan
Miss Ficher
Mrs. Duncan
Shelia Ross
Patricia Longwell
Lincoln Sixth Graders Publish The Lincoln Journal
The sixth grade at Lincoln school produced an all school paper titled The Lincoln Journal. Editors Virginia Walker Bob Crandall Teddy West with cartoonist Phillip Duesen berry gathered news from every room sports jokes and lost and found. A rain cancelation moved a planned weiner roast to the Lincoln gym with teachers supplying beans cookies marshmallows cherries and buns.
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Lincoln School
Lincoln Journal
Virginia Walker
Bob Crandall
Teddy West
Phillip Duesenberry
Lincoln Gym
Miss Forgey
Levis
Powell
Shupp
Glassburner
Diary entries reveal school countdown and prankish graduation prep
A diarist writes of nearly finishing school, mailing dozens of announcements for gifts, joking about gowns and caps, and wondering about phony lists. He notes Willie's help, plans to wear shews, and aches from painful feet while describing a girl who resembles Veronica Lake. Max signs off as "the moron."
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Willie
Paw
Veronica Lake
Sixth Grade to Present Play at Stewart School
The sixth grade plans a Class Day program featuring The Proud Princess by Katherine Dunson Morse. Cast includes Dan Thorton as King and Phyllis McKeown as Queen with stage management by Patricia Brower. The seniors also prepare a class prophecy song and hold a school grounds picnic during the last week. Fourth graders collect scrap metal as part of Washingtons scrap quota efforts.
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Stewart School
Lemley
Katherine Dunson Morse
King
Dan Thorton
Phyllis McKeown
Donna Crone
John Ahrens
Katherine Doran
Helen Lowder
Ruth Wagenknecht
Gene Gray
Page
Gene Vinton
Patricia Brower
Ruth Miller
Washington
Panama Uses Same Gas Ration As U S
Ray Black touring Washington followers Panama and Central America reports that gasoline is the only rationed item in both regions. He notes Corozal Canal Zone homes, Panamanian communities, and languages, with agriculture and living conditions described. Gasoline rules align with U S rationing.
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Panama
U.S
Ray Black
Washington
Central America
Corozal
Canal Zone
United States
Mr. Black
Students Predict War End By 1945 In School Poll
A W. H. S. poll mirrors Gallup style asking when the war might end. Half of voters think the conflict will be over by 1945, reflecting optimism amid ongoing global events.
Activities Across Classes Highlight School Subjects
Commercial Law students study tactics and crimes. Homemaking I notes Luncheons enjoyed last Thursday. Biology classes take field trips to search for wild plants and insects. Journalism covers The Editorial Campaign and Thirty in later chapters. Chemistry experiments span textiles like wool and cotton. Economics examines Distribution and labor issues. Business Arithmetic reviews profit, loss and depreciation. Elementary Aeronautics students present self chosen topics. Homemaking II completes Child Care project and begins tea study.
Homemaking Class Luncheons Feature War Time Menus
In small groups of four to five, students planned menus under wartime ration rules. Each group had ten points for processed foods or meats, with market sheets approved by Miss Hoffert. Luncheons were prepared Thursday with three students acting as host, hostess, and guest of honor.
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Miss Hoffert
Seniors and Juniors vote on years amid war effort
The text states students split on choosing a date between 1944 1945 and 1946 with 1944 earning 20 percent 1945 58 percent 1946 12 percent and 1948 5 percent plus an unsure 5 percent. It emphasizes cooperation in the war effort and a desire for a quick resolution.
Hi Y Club Elects Next Year Officers
The Hi Y club held its final meeting at the YMCA on Wednesday night and elected Everette Prebyl as next year’s officer.
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Hi-Y
The
Everette Prebyl
Census Shows Students Readership Preferences At School Paper
A survey of 30 high school students across four grades finds Chin Chatters the most read article among both girls and boys. Least read items include Publicity and Classroom Notes, with significant gaps in interest, guiding staff to boost those sections first.
New Club Officers Named For Next Fall Initiation
President John Whittaker vice president Bob Bostwick secretary Bob Ross treasurer and Charles Crull sergeant at arms chosen. The new officers will assume duties next fall at the initiation. President Tom Walker announced the upcoming change and that this Wednesday will be the last noon meeting with awards to be given to the boys who earned them.
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John Whittaker
Bob Bostwick
Bob Ross
Charles Crull
Tom Walker
Beekeeping Used To Pollinate Massachusetts Apples
In Massachusetts alone four tons of bees are used to fertilize the apple blossoms, supporting statewide fruit production and orchard yields.
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Massachusetts
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Dad
Darlene Young
Lois Hoyle
Esther
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Bette Davis
Ags
Allan Ladd
Rosiland Russell
R. L. Lytle’s
Municipal Band
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Max
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