Amana High School - Bugle Yearbook (Amana, IA)

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Faculty Bottom row, l. to r.--Miss Ferne Halverson, Mrs.Mildred Franey, Miss Marie Zimmerman,Supt. Charles L. Selzer, Mrs. Augusta Disterhoft,Mrs. Henrietta Ruff,Mrs. Bonnie Staples Second row--Mr. Donald Elick, Mrs. Edna Randall, Mr. William Setzer, Mr. Elden Moon, Mrs. Clara Hall, Mr. William Heinze Mr. Delbert Jebousek Absent at the time the picture WHS taken--Mrs. Joan Skipton, music teacher during the first semester. Mr. Edck taught this subject during the second semester. At the first meeting of the current school year, Mrs. Franey was elected president of the Amana teachers' organization and Mr. Jebousek secretary. Mrs. Hall and Mrs. Ruff represented the local teachers' group in the Iowa Coun- ty Council. Mrs. Hall was also one of the two county teachers who attended the delegate assembly in Des Moines in February. The Amana teachers held regular meetings on the second Tuesday of each month usually after school. In October they enjoyed a picnic followed by a business meeting at the Stone Dam near Homestead. On December 12 the faculty held their annual Christmas party. Husbands and wives were guests. After a turkey dinner at the Roosevelt Hotel in Cedar Rapids, they adjourned to the home of Mrs. Franey for a grab-bag gift exchange and cards and other entertainment. Twice during the year school was dismissed to allow the Amana School faculty to attend teachers' meetings. The Tri-County Convention was held at the high school in-Tipton and featured as its speaker Dr. Paul Kelso of Iowa State Teachers College. The other meeting was the State Teachers' Convention in Des Moines on November 5 and 6. Here the teachers met at the KRNT Theater, hotels, and schools for lectures and also saw exhibitions at the State Fair Grounds. The grade teachers also attended a teachers' workshop at the Univer- sity Elementary School at Iowa City. The PTA invited the teachers to a dinner which took place in the AHS Auditorium on November 12. Group singing and a short PTA business meeting preceeded the program which featured Mr. Moon as emcee. Mrs. Skipton, accom- panied by Carol Ann Zuber, began the evening's entertainment with a song, 'Give Thanks and Sing.W Following this several teachers gave short talks aumm American Education Week, which was being observed at the time. --Delores Ramsey