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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1939
Page
3
The piece discusses gang formation as a three factor social base with gang, school, and peer groups shaping youth traits. It notes two forms of members, studies gang influence, and highlights collaboration with other agencies to promote positive activities.
The Burlington baseball team lost 17 to 2 but showed improvement since the last game. Yoder and Morrison starred behind the plate and on the field as Schoonover prepared for tomorrow’s matchup. Mount Pleasant track meet results followed with Carstensen and Lewis leading field events and Mace excelling in sprints and relays.
A classroom session focuses on Pan-American Day with a study of North and South American countries. Students examine national origins flags and other topics to relieve monotony and broaden cultural awareness.
Centennial second graders recorded spring signs after a walk and shared original stories with drawings. Students note tulips, green grass, longer days, budding trees, outdoor life, and animals returning. They write about toads, ants, birds, and gardens, with several students including Bobby Kleese and Virginia Walker contributing stories.
Miss Andersons home room hosted a Battle of the Sexes while Miss Randalls class held a spelling bee. Many students struggled with spelling and about half failed on the word sauerkraut.
Ellis Finke, senior class president, says plans for class day are rapidly progressing. Voters will decide whether valedictorian and salutatorian speeches occur on class day or commencement evening. The program will feature music and sports awards.
Mary Westphal is described as independent industrious and sympathetic with a sense of humor. She builds stage sets and acts in plays and won an award for Outstanding performance in Neighbors. She prefers serious roles to comedy and enjoys plays and symphonies. Her scholastic record is tops and she belongs to Rainbow Girls Delta Psi Omega and is a past Girl Reserve President. She is the daughter of a jeweler who sketches dances plays violin and golf especially wolf. She loves animals puppies especially and finds life thrilling though busy.
The Marble Tournament starts last week at the Junior high with 128 boys from grades six to eight competing. Sixty four first round matches produce a single winner who receives a loving cup on class day. no boy has won twice since the event began. Last year's champion was Hubert Wilson.
Wallace school first graders visited the Washington dairy and spoke with Mr. Tweeten about Pasteur and pasteurizing milk. They toured the milk room, saw vats and boilers, received half pints of milk and colored balloons, and wrote a story recounting the process from can to town delivery.
A Tuesday morning college assembly in Room 300 approved committees for the campus party during commencement. Fran cis Mangold announced finance decorations program with listed members. Maxine Marshall was chosen as Junior College Conference representative with Martha Mace and Ronald Keiper as alternates.
Students drew pictures of rogues at the dairy and used them as a frieze before transforming the display into a booklet. Perfect spelling records for last week include Richard Anderson Junior Beenblossom James Davidson Donald Barll Maynard Gott Gordon Guile Bob Hayes Robert Krause Billy Stoops Mev Shaw Richard Tweeten Dean York Shirley Blattner Veeey Christener Betty Carey Delores Daub Dolores Leyden Nola Pross Jean Wright and Barbara Hampton.
Kindergarten children spend mornings and afternoons planting seeds in a school garden. They discuss seed choices, plant radishes lettuce and onions, planned carrots for next year, and study plants with poems songs and a tomato worm life cycle observed in class.
The column notes a debate over women and gossip with students showing curiosity about campus chatter. It highlights a student theater outing Outward Bound and the rush to complete tuition hours. Mischief includes a permit slip incident with Ed Chuck and Rex Hazen sitting in front row. Three college women model hosiery in Graham's window, featuring Zaza Boller Mary Annabelle and Fran Fisher.
Book preview recounts Pat Gardiner’s attachment to Silver Bush on Prince Edward Island. After rejecting several suitors and witnessing Judy Plum’s death, Pat’s engagement to David Kirk ends in heartbreak, tragedy strikes when Silver Bush burns, and Pat ultimately marries Hilary Gordon and moves to his new home.
The Washington chapter of Delta Psi Omega held a Friday evening initiation in the high school auditorium. Members Mary Westphal Martha Anne Mace and Mary Atchison were formally inducted under directors Ruth Flood Tommy Gray Ruth Dupuis and Doris Klepfer. Miss Althea Montgomery joined as honorary member. the group aims to promote dramatic arts.
Maurita Daniel as county president of the girls 4-H club presided at an Arbor Day assembly. Farm Bureau agent Chandler spoke on soil and tree conservation. Johnny Killian built courage for his event as the Walker twins sang Trees. John Killian toured the auditorium gathering Arbor Day facts and tree types for Iowa. He met students June Knotek Bob McLaughlin Bob Macon Dorothy Daniel Joan Gerdes John Gardner.
A group of seniors shares varied plans after high school. Several expect to attend junior college or a liberal arts program, with others eyeing Creighton University in Omaha or California trips. Some anticipate farming or business work, while a few remain undecided about next steps.
The senior class stages a comedy titled Try It With Alice on May 1 with twelve characters six boys and six girls. Harold Stevens Mary Lynn Heilman Virginia Snyder Everett Burham Wayne Wilson Lois Humble Ernest Moothart Frances Sartor Bob Frink Mary Humston Bob Masson Evelyn Nebergall will perform in a night of lighthearted entertainment.
The student recently led a very enjoyable annual staff assembly. He aims to become an aeronautical engineer and studies speech civics chemistry and physics. He favors seeing Priscilla Lane on screen and dislikes cowboys, enjoying Wayne King’s rendition of Josephine.
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