Green Mountain High School - Rocket Yearbook (Green Mountain, IA)

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The ROCKET 1928 Miss Iola Beichley, the great educator, has recently returned from abroad where she has been giving her series of lectures on The Ultimate Effect of the Educational Stimulous on the Microscopic Cerebral Content of the Media Homum. Part of another item: Distinguished for her services as Mission- ary in the Samoan Islands. She is known here as Miss Aline Siler, but in more distant localities, by another name. An advertisement read : Madame De Zynem — Exclusive Gowns. Latest Parsian Models. Note: (Madame De Zynem was formerly better known here as Ruth Appelgate.) Special: (from Hollywood) — May 21, 1942. Mr. Elvin Estal, who is achieving success in his western plays, in which he stars as horseman and ranger, is ably aided by his sister known as Miss Murna Estal. She writes all the senarios for his plays, besides many others which have gained great fame in the movies, throughout the country. Item — Dwight Lynk, successful promotor of sports events, (chiefly bull fights) in Mexico City, is here for a brief visit, among friends. Mr. Lynk assures us, it is good to be back, ' where the tall corn grows ' . Carl Burt, congressman from fifth district, has pledged his support tc a bill, now before Congress, providing special courses in the schools for all basketball players. These courses would include no Mathematics, Sciences, Languages, or other ' dry ' subjects. Well, thought I, this paper is priceless to me, I shall buy it of my com- panion at any value set upon it. As I reached in my pocket for a coin, he nodded, I have plenty more with me, just keep that one. As he smiled I realized I had seen him before, though I could not recall when. Thanking him, I was about to put the paper in my pocket when I noticed a picture that looked at me from one page as it would speak to me. The face was framed in a Salvation Army Bonnet, but I recognized it at once. It was that of my old schoolmate, Ruth Lane. And above was the headline : Success as Leader of the World ' s Salvation Army Band. In the radio column I noted this announcement: Martin J. Stull, favorite radio announcer will be on air tonight from station ' TXT ' — All radio fans listen in. We were approaching my station and I prepared to leave. You have given me a very pleasant journey, 1 said, with these reminders of old friends, and I thank you. 1 have been thinking that your face seems familiar to me. At the implied question, he drew out a card and J read this well known name: Wilbur W. Wheeler, Editor-in-Chief, Green Mountain Examiner and Associated Publications. Sixty

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The ROCKET 1928 You Know That We Know The Drug Business Why Take a Chance Elsewhere MAYER ' S BEST DRUGS Marshalltown Iowa •■ Lvre GEOMETRY J think that 1 shall never see A thing as hateful as Geometry. With chords and arcs all day 1 wrangle Until at night I ' m in a tangle. Angles bisected, chords inscribed, ' Til my ruler and compass are sorely tried Finding the value of G or of B, Is all we do in geometry. Upon whose head a curse is lain By students often and again. But I ' m not the first nor last to be Anervous wreck over geometry. BEAUTIFUL SHOES FOR THE YOUNG MISS NICHOLS GREENE at Marshalltown, Iowa BOSTONIAN SHOES FOR THE YOUNG MAN I @V«U Sixty-two