Weekly Reader Turns 50 Still Alive as Education Tool
Eleanor Johnson founded Weekly Reader in 1928 to give children a school newspaper written at their level. Now renamed Weekly Reader Eye and published by Xerox Education Publications, it maintains reading and language goals amid rising graphics and mixed circulation, with Dr. Terry Borton guiding renewed outreach to students.
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The
Washington Star
Washington
Eleanor Johnson
York
University of Chicago
Frederick
Connecticut
W. C. Blakey
Current Events
Blakey
Chicago
Blackstone
Ohio
Septeber
Herbert Hoover
al Smith
White House
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Weekly Reader
Yale
My Weekly Reader
Xerox Corporation
Xerox Education Publications
Terry Borton
Borton
Blue Ribbon Winners From Loudoun Street Mall Flower Show
Winners announced for the Standard Flower Show Loudoun Street Mall sponsored by Federated Garden Clubs of Winchester at the War Memorial Building. Honors span DIVISION I Artistic, DIVISION II Horticulture and DIVISION III Junior sections with numerous clubs, towns, and individuals named for top prizes and special awards.
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Loudoun Street Mall
Federated Garden Clubs of
Winchester
War Memorial Building
Glen Burnie
E. G. Speakman
Donal Funkhouser
Lord Fairfax
D. P. Rabin
Old Fredericktown
Sporting World
R. Carter Beverley
Lawrence Ambrogi
Philip Glaize Jr
Richmond
Edwin G. Speakman
Mattie Low Raner
Louise Speakman
Laura Standard
Chrystal Funkhouser
Adams
Two Poor Boys Who Made Good Now Seek World Leader
A fragmentary reminiscence portrays Herbert Hoover and Alfred as poor boys rising to prominence. It sketches Hoover’s Quaker upbringing in Iowa and Oklahoma era, then mentions Alfred from New York as another future president, with loose biographical hints and village life details.
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New York
Alfrest
Amerea
Alfred
Winners in Horticulture Division at Winchester Flower Show
The Federated Garden Clubs of Winchester weekend event awarded top honors in the Horticulture Division. Mrs Helen Miller Brown, Scott Juergens, and Mrs Janet Ward led the wins in a festive show featuring local participants and exemplary plant displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Ward
Berryville
L.R. Jenkins
Winchester
T. F. Simpson
Marie Bowman
Belle Grove
French Lee
Old Freericktown
Zinnias
David Juergens
Old Fredericktown
E. Kimball
Jack Phillips
Glen Burnie
Kate Cullers
M.L. Boppe
Helen Perry
Lord Fairfax
Mary Anne Hanback
Hawthorne
Fred Brumback
Colonial
R. Lee Taylor
French See
Harold Brown
T.F. Simpson
E. G. Speakman
Laura Adams
Hawthorne, Jr
Federated Garden Clubs of
Helen Miller Brown
Scott Juergens
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Leslie Sheppard
Winchester-Clarke
Music Factory
Julia Hylton
Timmy Juergens
Clarissa Cullers
Kim Hanback
Susie Lutz
Melvin Shaw
Sean
Iowa
Mary
Herert
Horn
Nowr Toot
Tee
Sete
Herbert
Ormachether Bae
Oklahoma
Jos Vnele Laban
Tre Nother
Hoover
Allin
Csantry School
Alfred E. Smith
U.S
J. Miles Cary
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