Amana High School - Bugle Yearbook (Amana, IA)

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Junior High JUNIOR HIGH H H The enrollment of the Amana Junior High this year is a t-otal of 44 pupils, 21 in the seventh grade and 23 in the eighth grade. Three teachers instruct these students. They are Mrs. Franey,. who teaches junior high arithmetic and spelling, eighth history, seventh social studies, and seventh scienceg Mrs. Staples, in charge of eighth science and governmentg and Mr. Elick, who took the place of Mrs. Skipton during the second semester and teaches music and junior high English. 1 A school trip these students and the intermediate pupils enjoyed took them to Stone City near Anamosa where they saw a stone quarry. The same day they also saw the Reformatory at Anamosa, after which the students went back to Cedar Rapids to see the WMT television tower. They ate in Bever Park and then journeyed homeward. The next month, in November, the junior high with the high school attended a trial at the courthouse in Marengo. A money-raising project these grades sponsored was a magazine drive in December, which added 5213.62 to the junior high fund. Bobby Berger was the highest salesman with Dennis Zuber second. Some of this money was donated for shrubbery on the Lake- side School grounds. During another field trip in May the junior high toured Quaker Oats and the Wilson Packing Plant. Dinner was eaten at Bishop's and the pupils saw a movie in the afternoon. The junior high attended the Children's Theater at Coe College on May 14 to see the production Alice In Wonderland sponsored by the Junior League of Cedar Rapids. The eighth grade had their annual picnic at Lake McBride in May. Perhaps what this group is most .noted for is its rope jumpers. All of the girls take part in this activi- ty and performed for various gnoups during the year. They were on the program at the Amana Community Carnival on March 28, and jumped rope at the Colis- eum in Cedar Rapids for the Town and Family An- niversary Party sponsored by Happel and Sons, Inc, In addition they also traveled to Kinross, Norway, and Wellman for exhibitions. Several members of the group were also on Tait's TV Talent Show, a WMT show in Cedar Rapids. They appeared here on March 26 and April 23 and took first place with their per- formances both times. -Patricia Selzer INTERMEDIATE GRADES The intermediate grades, four, five, and six, are taught by Miss Marie Zimmerman, Mr. Don Elick, Mr. William Heinze, and Mr. William Setzer. Miss Zimmerman teaches intermediate reading, art, Eng- lish, spelling, girls phy. ed., and sixth arithmetic. Mr. Elick teaches musicg Mr. Heinze, health and German for all three gradesg and Mr. -Setzer, social studies and boys phys. ed. for all three grades, and fourth and fifth arithmetic. All of the three grades enjoyed taking field trips in conjunction with their studies. The sixth grade so- cial studies students toured the Print Shop and Woolen Mill. The fourth graders also took a trip through the Woolen Mill as well as the Amana Meat Market. The intermediate students and junior high spent their annual school trip together this year. They start- ed the day out by traveling into Stone City where they saw a stone quarry. Next the group saw the WMT-TV tofwer in Cedar Rapids, and finally they had a picnic dinner at Bever Park. These boys and girls enjoyed many different parties during the year. The high lights of these attractions and Grades were the costume parade through Amana at Hallo- ween: decorating paper sacks for mail sacks at Yal- entine's Dayg and an assembly program by the sixth grade for Thanksgiving. For their Christmas party these students made gifts for their mothers. The fourth graders made papier mache plates, the fifth graders wove baskets, and crepe-paper jars were made by the sixth graders. Art was one of the favorite subjects of these grades. The projects the sixth graders engaged in were the making of hand puppets as well as learning to con- struct papier mache masks. The fifth graders also made masks. Aside fnom this the latter class and the fourth grade also learned how to make piggy banks out of modeling clay. All the grades had tempera painting. Another project the fourth reading class participated in was making butter, and eating it afterwards. On January 20 these boys and girls had no school because the school equipment was moved to the new elementary school at Middle on that day. The first day of school in the new building was on February 1. New equipment that was added at this time were all new desks for the sixth grade room, and a table con- structed from a sand table. A hinged lid was added, and the part that had been formerly used for sand .now serves as storage space. Some of the furniture, especially pianos and bookcases, were refinished at this time. Enrollment in these grades consists of 24 pupils in grade six, 15 girls and 9 boysg 22 students in fifth grade, 9 girls and 13 boysg and 16 in fourth grade, 6 girls and 10 boys, making a grand total of 62. -Patricia Selzer PRIMARY GRADES A total of 102 boys and girls compose the primary grades. Twenty-five students are in kindergarten, 12 boys and 13 girlsg 33 in first grade, 12 boys and 21 girls, 20 in second grade, 10 boys and 10 girlsg and 9 boys and 15 girls, a total of 24, are i.n third grade. Mrs. Clara Hall teaches kindergarten and Mrs. Ed- na Randall, first grade. Second grade is taught by Mrs. Augusta Disterhoft, and Miss Ferne Halverson is in charge of the third grade pupils. Substitute teachers for the primary grades are Mrs. Viola Nie- land and Mrs. Grace Adams, both of Marengio. Almost all of the primary students as well as 11 mothers attended a presentation of The Wizard of Oz at Sinclair Memorial Chapel at Coe College at Cedar Rapids in January. Mrs. Franey made the nec- essary arrangements for the group. January 30 was moving day to the new building at Middle fnom the South school. M-others, fathers, and high schoolers helped pack and move equipment to the other building in a very efficient manner. These grades had several parties during the school year. Features of these occasions were the Halloween parade in which all of the costumed boys and girls marched around South Amana: and the gift exchange at Christmas, high-lighted by a visit from Santa Claus. The second graders especially enjoyed a pop- corn party at Halloween, and all of the grades had fun with an Easter egg hunt in April. Since these teachers were kept busy with their large groups of pupils, they especially appreciated the help various mothers donated at the different parties. Sometimes they helped with the entertainment and other times with the preparation of the refreshments. Primary students with perfect attendance records during the first part of the school year were: first grade, Ronnie Sees, Gayle Baurngartel, Patsy Zuber: second grade, Allen Fels, Diane Schuhmacher, Bonnie Sebolg third grade, Don Byrns. -Patricia Selzer

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As be We See lt I GET SHOT A THOUSAND TIMES EACH YEAR I am a repeating rifle, model 61, and made by the Winchester Arms Corporation. I was bought about four years ago in the Amana Store and was given as a present at Christmas. I looked new and shiny then but that was a long time ago. You should see me now! My stock is scratched and my barrel is getting dull. During these years I was taken out in the rain, dropped in the mud, and even taken into a snow storm. One time I was left standing after it had rain- ed on me. I was just getting a fine coat of rust when I was quickly rubbed with oil. My stock was varnish- ed once and I was all sticky and didn't look any bet- ter than before. Most of the time my bore is full of powder and my whole outside is covered with dust. I have also had a lot of fun. Once I was on a squirrel hunt and shot three squirrels. Another time I was on a coon hunt and had to shoot twenty shots into one coon before it finally dropped dead. I have shot a lot of game already and have had a lot of use. I only hope that I will be cleaned soon because I am full of powder and dust. With. good care I should be able to go a few more years. , -Alan l Roemig ' TOUGH BREAK The score was ten to two in favor of my brother's team over mine. Orne player on my brother's team had the ball. He dribbled within seven feet of the basket and then took a shot. The shot was too high and the ball bounced off the back of the basket. It went over another player's head and I just barely managed to reach it. As I got the ball I lost my balance and fell down with a crash and broke my arm. -Charles Hoehnle MY EXPERIENCE WITH A FOX It was a sunny day with about half a foot of snow on the ground when I went fox hunting. The snow was thawing, and as I was walking along there was about a five to ten mile an hour wind facing me. I have heard of many different ways of hunting fox, but this is the one I found out to be true. I did exactly what a friend of mine had told me to do: When you hunt a fox you have to be able to fool him or he will outwit you. A fox on a warm day likes to sun itself, and the only place you will find him doing it is on the south side of a hill where the sun is especially warm. He will lie down and about every five minutes jump up and look around. When you want to get close to the animal you have to have the wind behind y-ou and take a step or so forward when- ever he is lying down. That means when the fox jumps up you will need to be standing motionless. He told me that a fox can't see very well but that he has a very keen sense of smell. He will never see you if you don't move. U I did what this friend had told me and on the south side of a hill I finally saw a fox. He jumped up, then he lay down again. I took a few steps for- ward, but the fox jumped up while I was still walk- ing. I didn't even get a shot at him before he was over the hill. ' THE LAST SNOWFALL There was a snowfall the other day, A most entrancing sight, I must say, Tuo see the flakes come drifting down, And light so gently on the ground. The flakes glittered like stars at night, Or diamonds under a colored light. They were shaped so rare, yet so nice, Even though they were mere crystals of ice. The ground is now covered with a blanket of white, Which glistens so brightly in the moonlight, And I think if you try, that you will see, What this last snowfall meant to me. --Judy Phillips THE BEE A Like the airplane flies the bee, It dives and spins alone. It flies around and gathers things, And then it takes it back home. -Dale Metz WATCH OUT' IT . BI .One day last fall my mother, sister, and I were picking beans to bring in to dry. Suddenly I noticed Mother was acting strange, but I didn't give it much thought. After a while she started shouting at us and telling us to get out of the bean patch, that there was something in it. It sounds like a rattlesnake, but it stays in the same place and keeps up a continuous rattle, she said. My sister and I hurried out of that patch so fast we knocked :over our beans. When my father came home at noon we told him about it, and so he went out to see what it was. ' After about five minutes he came back with a grin from one ear to the other. He told us that someone hadn't turmed the hose completely off and that it was squirting the side of a cabbage plant. -JoAnn Gideon TES! 7 A CHRISTMAS CANDLE A flame A flicker A light A sheen A gleam A halo Melting Smooth Glossy Majestic Slender Solemn Hope Joy Faith Strength Love Memories A -Harvey Jeck I -Florence Oehl, Gladys Shoup