Editorial Staff And Contributors At Local Schools
Editorial staff and contributors listed for Norma Hotle edition with editors Raymond Weeks and associates from Junior High Lincoln Stewart Stewart School and more. Mentions John Rothlisber ger Lincoln School James Gallagher Stewart School Bob Gates sports Terry Anderson feature Jean Mathers and a roster of reporters including Jean Applegate Merle Booth Marilyn Greene Helen Havel Herbert Huber Charles Lemley Juanita Miller Viasta Musil Phyllis Sisk and junior college Maxine Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Hotle
Raymond Weeks
John Rothlisberger
Lincoln
James Gallagher
Stewart
Bob Gates
Terry Anderson
Jean Mathers
Jean Applegate
Merle Booth
Marilyn Greene
Helen Havel
Herbert Huber
Charles Lemley
Juanita Miller
Viasta Musil
Phyllis Sisk
Maxine Logan
Audrey Hotle
Henry Godwin
Esther Goodlander
Charlies Lemley Jr
Theresa Bruty
Herbie Huber
Marilyn Green
Roger Lance
Deborah Longer
John Whittaker
Kimabal Gates
Gayle Davis
Darwin Vacha
Caryle Shaw
Bob Lowe
Barbara Musil
Jim Gallagher
James
Gailen Brown
Birch Holden
Cy Anderson
O. K
Paul Dodder
Don Kiesey
Graduating Class of 1941 Farewells at Washington High
Editorial reflects on hundreds of high schools nationwide as seniors prepare to graduate in 1941. It notes the mix of joy and sorrow, the start of new adventures, and the milestone of earning a diploma signaling twelve years of schooling and readiness for future civic duties.
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Washington High School
United States
Weeklong Campus Events Schedule May 19 23 at State Theatre
Weekly calendar lists events Monday through Friday at various venues. Land of Liberty show at State Theatre around 10 to 10:30. Theta Mu Formal Dance runs 8 to 11:30 Tuesday. Senior Play planned Wednesday through Thursday. J Cc Party slated Friday at the Country Club.
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State Theatre
Land of Liberty
Theta Mu
J. Cc
Country Club
Elaine Thomassen and Bob Marble personal profiles
Elaine Thomassen, an English II and Homemaking II student, biology and geometry lover, active in G R and Homemaking Club, enjoys bowling, bicycle riding, old Bible-collecting hobby, and radios Baby Snooks and Bob Hope. Bob Marble, Latin II Hinglish Geometry and world history student, participates in Forensic and all sports, likes football and track, builds model airplanes, favors Kay Kyser's programs, Stardust, and aims to be an army pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Garland
Elaine Thomassen
Elaine
G. R
Bob Hope
Orin Tucker
Mickey Rooney
California
Bob Marble
Bob
Kay Kyser
Stardust
Hrroal Flynn
Brenda Marshall
North Carolina Water Area Proportion Revealed
A report shows that about one fourteenth of North Carolina's 52,426 square miles is submerged by water. The analysis highlights coastal and estuarine regions with significant aquatic coverage affecting land use and flood planning.
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North Carolina
McCleary Clinic Offers Free 122 Page Guide on Colon Ailments
The McCleary Clinic in Excelsior Springs Missouri publishes a 122 page up to date book on colon disorders piles and constipation with charts diagrams and X ray pictures. Send a postcard to receive the free postpaid volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCleary Clinic
Elms Blvd
Excelsior Springs
Twenty Collegiates Hike to Pansy Hill
About twenty Sigma Lambda Sigma members hiked to Pansy Hill and back Monday evening. They left the school house at 4:30 with suppers, relaxed awhile, and tried to start a fire without matches before returning home tired but happy. Miss Althea Montgomery accompanied the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sigma Lambda Sigma
Pansy Hill
Ties
Althea Montgomery
Demon track season closes with letters and awards
The Demon track squad finished their 194 season in a quadrangular meet with Albia Knoxville and Oska loosa. Seventeen boys traveled, with T J Berdo reaching 34% points and several others earning letters. The Letter Club raised point requirements, awarding five letters including seniors T J Berdo and Terry Anderson, with Dick Marshall Dave Turner and Clarence Cross among the underclassmen. Class Day will also see basketball awards. ten may receive them. A new constitution weighs quarters points, conduct, and training rules in letter decisions. Junior High and freshman teams attended an Albia meet with about fifteen teams present.
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Demon
Albia
Knoxville
Oskaloosa
T. J. Berdo
Terry Anderson
Dick Marshall
Dave Turner
Clarence Cross
Letter Club
Prom night social buzz at WHS practice
Gossip from WHS play practice hints at romances and dances. Students Rothlisberger Keagy Voorhees Burger Ragan Crossett Squires Payne Crossett Masson Kagan Putnams Luers and Turner appear in scattered pairs and trios with Miss Shalla and others, amid jokes and campus chatter about the Jr Sr Prom and spring fever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donny Crossett
Genesa Payne
Snoz’ Rothlisberger
Dave Masson
Marg. Kagan
Land of Liberty shown to high school students at State theater
The film Land of Liberty assembled by Cecil B. De Mille and team for the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America surveys American ideals from 1776 to today. It uses clips from 112 features and newsreels, tracing the nation’s growth across politics, industry, education, science, and wars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Theater
Cecil B. de Mille
Motion Picture Production and Distributors of America, Inc
Motion Picture Industries
de Mille
United States
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Cimarron
End of Year Classes Hit Busy Tasks
This week students across homeroom classes are finishing assignments. Miss Moore’s Homemaking Lit planned a Mothers Tea with committees driving the event last Friday. Other classes include Chemistry tours, Economics money studies, Algebra with radical work, Art block printing, and Mechanical drawing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Shield
Wolf Fathers Seen Guarding Cubs With Clever Deception
An Natural History article notes male wolves often display humanlike intelligence to protect cubs. If a hunter nears a den, the male may reveal himself to lure the hunter away and ensure the female can defend the young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Animal Kingdom
Natural History
Band Longevity Question with Marilyn Bell and Joan Michels
A brief line questions why Joan Michels enjoys band so much and suggests asking her directly. The passage mentions Marilyn Bell in context but provides no concrete event or outcome. The style is speculative and conversational, resembling a column snippet.
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Joan Michels
Students to Attend All State Chorus
The Iowa City music department invited mixed chorus members to join the all state chorus. The five week course runs June 16 to July 18 with an orchestra and band directed by Professor C. B. Righter. Past participants include Merle Booth and Jane Baldrige. Douglas Dowell may return. Doctor Stone conducts the chorus and is known from the Music Festival. Students from across Iowa and neighboring states may attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Merle Booth
Douglas Dowell
Jane Baldrige
Merle
Douglas
Doctor Stone
C. B. Righter
Iowa
Hair color preference poll sparks varied views
A group of respondents share light hearted opinions on blondes brunettes and red heads noting reasons from neatness and attractiveness to trust and personality. several favor brunettes while others prefer red or blonde hair with no single consensus.
Seventh graders triumph in track meet at junior high
At long last Bob Burham, the last mumps victim, has returned to school as delays from illness ripple through. The seventh grade track meet was won by home room 1038 while a semifinal marble tournament saw Kenneth Patterson, a seventh grader, beat Wayne Brown, an eighth grader, for runner up. The semester test has been postponed to fall due to widespread absences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Burham
Home Room 1038
Kenneth Patterson
Wayne Brown
Notable Marquis Queensberry Defies Doctors’ Diet Claims
The Marquis of Queensberry reportedly ate two breakfasts and multiple meals daily at set times including 5 pm 7 pm 10 pm midnight and 3 am yet reached age 85. A renowned ladies’ man he died leaving 162 unopened love letters.
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Marquis of Queensberry
It's Time Again For J C Party Spring Formal Plans
College students prepare for a spring formal and dinner dance to be held May 23 at the Country Club. The event features Hawaiian Island atmosphere, Paul Gayer and his orchestra, and flexible ticket options for dinner or dance. About 100 guests expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club
Hawaiian Islands
Paul Gayer
Ottumwa
Dodds
Bob McLaughlin
Charles Sutton
William Steele
Williard Palmer
Jack Mace
Helen Rhodebeck
Alberta Godfrey
Frances Hayes
Mary Moorhead
Mildred Meyer
Ruth Martin
Bill Burham
Paul Fry
Dorothy Conner
Jane Bicher
Ada Brenneman
Mary Swartzendruber
Beverly Niffenegger
Robert Pearson
Phyllis Shalla
Donald Morrison
Dorothea Snyder
Edward Nardy
Marjorie Faulkner
Earnest Moothart
Evelyn Miller
Meda Hauenstein
Bob Anderson
Robert Masson
Lincoln Students Report On Brazil Highlights Latest Year
Lincoln school fourth and fifth graders finished their history course for the year. Grade six completed America's Old World Background and now studies Iowa History with units on Indians, early explorers, and first white settlements. Brazil was the special study with reports on rubber coffee cocoa and Brazil nuts.
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Lincoln School
America
Iowa
Lowa
India
South America
Brazil
Billy Askea
Richard Brock
Gretchen Geneva
Sheila Ross
Mr. Johnson
China
Library furnishes books magazines at high school
Under Miss Martha Sidles the high school library operates orderly. Most used are reserve books for class work while students read for pleasure from adventure stories for boys and career stories for girls. Fines of two cents a day penalize overdue books, about two dollars a semester funds new purchases including etiquette and Christmas plays. Popular magazines include American Aviation Look Saturday Evening Post American Science National Geographic and Good Housekeeping.
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Martha Sidles
American
Aviation
Look
Saturday Evening Post
American Science
National Geographic
Good Housekeeping
Sophomores Hike to Red Brick Picnic
Sophomores hiked out to Red Brick for a picnic supper tonight. Several students rode bikes and a swell time was had by all.
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Red Brick
Teachers Attend J. C. Conference in Tipton
Eastern Iowa Junior College Conference met in Tipton with Dean Harlan Mead Kenneth Kimberlin and W. A. Erbe present. The main business drafted a constitution and set rules for basketball and six man football championships based on winning percentages and tie game adjustments.
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Dean Harlan Mead
Kenneth Kimberlin
W.A. Erbe
Eastern Iowa Junior College Conference
Tipton
Two New Students Join Stewart Fifth Grade
Mrs. Lemley's fifth grade greets two new pupils Marilyn Smith and Robert Carrick while mumps linger among students delaying end of term. Western state readings and outside reading fill the curriculum as all grades anticipate play day and a class trip to a Fox theatre defense film.
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Marilyn Smith
Robert Carrick
Bulletin Board
Lemley
Fox Theatre
Invitees for Junior Senior farewell banquet and prom
The annual Junior-Senior banquet will be held at the Methodist church at 6 30 p m on Tuesday May 27. Seniors who paid last year receive free tickets while seniors' parents and faculty are invited at fifty cents per plate. Juniors pay for a ticket this year and are admitted free next year. Ticket sales close next Wednesday. After the banquet the Junior-Senior Prom will be at the country club with the high school dance band.
Nassau Climate Boasts Mild Year Round Weather
Nassau Bahamas offers a warm climate with a balmy winter season aided by the Gulf Stream and summer trade winds. The average temperature stays around 77 degrees throughout the year, attracting thousands of winter vacationists.
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Nassau
Bahamas
United States
Gulf Stream
Elect Officers For Next Year For G A A Meeting
New officers were elected at the G A A meeting held last Wednesday afternoon. President Joan Keifer. Vice President Virginia Holden. Secretary Audrey Hotle. Treasurer Marjorie Logan. Manager of minor sports Norma Jean Rhodebeck. Hockey Manager Mary C Redlinger or Betty Duncan. Social Chairman Jean Atchison. Finance Chairman Dorothy Bear. Officers will meet with this year's leaders and plan a G A A party. Baseball results list Team seven over Team one, Team two over Team six, Team five over Team three, with Team four to play the winners to determine the tournament champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Keifer
Virginia Holden
Audrey Hotle
Marjorie Logan
Norma Jean Rhodebeck
Mary C. Redlinger
Betty Duncan
Jean Atchison
Dorothy Bear
Chemistry Club Tours University of Iowa Departments
The Chemistry Club visited the University of Iowa on May 15 touring the Pharmacy and Biochemistry departments. Herman Wigland demonstrated glass blowing with glass items including a trombone and a watch chain while rabbits rats and new hamsters drew interest. They met former Washington students Maurice W Putman Carolyn Carbee Ralph Schoonover and Carl Jungbluth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chemistry Club
Iowa City
Pharmacy
Biochemistry
University
Herman Wigland
Lucy Stahl
Washington
Maurice Wputman
Carolyn Carbee
Ralph Schoonover
Carl Jungbluth
Theta Mu Formal Dance At Stewart
The Theta Mu spring formal is set for tomorrow night in Stewart School gym with the Co-Hi-Melodiers as the band. Tickets sell for 15 cents each or 30 cents per couple, and guests cost a nickel more if brought. at least one member must be from Theta Mu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theta Mu
Stewart School
Divorce Reform league reports gendered desertion rates
The Divorce Reform league says nationwide data show 71,546 men deserted wives last year while 34 women left husbands. Missing wives rose 8 percent and missing husbands 3 percent, suggesting actual female departures may be higher.
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Divorce Reform League
League
Chemistry Students Tour Washington Button Factory
Last Tuesday the high school chemistry club toured the Washington Button Factory. Students saw button blanks cut from shells and shaped and polished into various types. They visited the design room to observe carved designs and learned the factory is a leading producer and where and how many buttons are shipped.
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Washington
Evening ride mishap leaves two girls stranded
Two high school girls on a bicycle and a motor scooter have a chaotic evening ride. ignition errors, a jacket caught in the pedal chain, a missing key, and a sleepless search end with the girls returning home without the bicycle or scooter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Aldrich
Jane
Jean
Joan
Pushi
Ace
Little Brother
PNP
Density of seawater vs fresh water fact
Sea water weighs from 64 to 64.27 pounds per cubic foot, about 1.6 to 1.9 pounds heavier per cubic foot than fresh water, with variation by locality and little change with depth.
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