Thanksgiving Leaf Bonfire Feast at Home
A family of Bobbie Mary and Mary join Mr White and parents for a playful Halloween memory. After raking leaves Mother stacks six potatoes and rose apples under them then lights a bonfire to bake treats. Dad returns to a warm supper and a fudge request wraps the cozy evening.
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Mr. White
Bobbie Mary
Bobbie
Mary
Bobble
Shea
Hobbie
Dad
Mother
Elsie Swartz
East Casper
Our Honor Roll Best Story And Poems Recap
The list names Evelyn Betty Patten with The Story of My Life as a Pilgrim all the Hardships I Went Through Beatrice Blackstone with The Autobiography of Our Ash Tree Evunice Loden with Jack's Lesson Best Poem John O'Donnell Pirates
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Evelyn Betty Patten
Beatrice Blackstone
Jack
John O’donnell
The Mad Turkey Thanksgiving Tale
Roy Starks of North Casper School relates a chaotic Thanksgiving memory with a grandpa who dispatches a turkey in the barn using an ax. The bird flails wildly while Grandpa finishes the act, preserves dignity with hot water, and a full family dinner follows with turkey, gravy, potatoes, bread, cake, and pie.
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Heo
Ike
Larks
Roy Starks
North Casper
My Funniest Dream
Frances Mylin of Central School Grade 4 describes a dream in which she stands on Main Street as a large doll approaches, slaps her, and runs onto a candy store roof. She chases, slips, and wakes before landing, noting the dream’s humorous chaos.
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NCE
Main Street
Frances Mylin
Central School
My Favorite Pet Buster the Collie At Fort Casper
Cliff Leveque from Fort Casper School Grade 6 describes his pet Buster a brown collie with a white neck stripe. Buster is large friendly and learns tricks like fetching sticks and standing on hind feet.
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Buster
Clifford Leveque
Fort Casper
Snow Flake the Angora Cat At Home And In Yard
TERRES WOODS writes about Snow Flake a big Angora cat at Casper School Grade 6. Her thick fur measures around one and a half inches. She jumps on beds and paws at hands. In the yard she uses a board to trap prey and plays with mice for long stretches before eating.
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Terres Woods
Fe Wert
Casper School
The Two Kind Givers
On the eve of Thanksgiving Bennie and Dorothy plan to help poor children. Dorothy makes candy and cookies while Bennie assembles baskets. They deliver the treats to needy families, feeling gratitude for their good deed. Madeline Parker, South Casper School, Grade 5.
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Bennie
Dorothy
Big Hateh
Mary
Maid
Baennis
Neenie
Somone
Madeline Parker
South Casper Schon
Thanksgiving Day Poem From Velma Schedler
A short classroom poem recounts Thanksgiving customs with a shy warning not to rush to play. Velma Schedler, student at Went Camper School grade 6, signs the piece. The verse notes roasting turkey cranberry sauce bread and gratitude for safety from harm.
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Indiana
Velma Schedler
Tribune Magazine Verse Contest for Fourth to Sixth Grade
Editor announces weekly publication of prose by pupil authors in the Magazine Section. Only the best articles deemed by the Tribune Story Contest Editor will be printed with an Honor Roll featuring three top stories and authors.
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The
Tribune
Our Ash Tree's Story From a South School Fifth Grade
A first person account by Robalie Holroyd, grade five, describing an Ash tree taken from a nursery, planted at a hilltop school on Arbor Day. The tree is watered daily as children form a circle to sing and speak, protect it with a fence, and watch it grow through summer and into autumn with hope for continued care in winter.
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Ivas
Hoyn
Dewan
Steen
Robalie Holroyd
South School
How to Keep Healthy Through Milk Fairies
A fourth grade note from Frances Nesbitt of East Casper explains milk as essential for health. Five fairies named Fanny Fat Sugar Patrick Protein Minny Mineral and Violet Vitamines illustrate nutrients. Narrative contrasts milk intake with weight outcomes among three rats and emphasizes bones and teeth benefits.
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Fanny
Patrick
Minny
Frances Nesbitt
East Casper
Thanksgiving on the farm ends with a fatal turkey incident
Clyde Richardson recalls a Thanksgiving on his grandfather’s North Casner farm where a tame elf turkey suddenly attacked him. He struck the bird, killing it, and the grandfather declared it served as the hunted turkey for the holiday meal.
The Fisherman Who Caught the Sun
A Hawaiian village tale recounts a fisherman who traps the Sun to grant humans a fair day. He threads ropes around the Sun and binds it to the world, forcing the Sun to move at a proper pace while preserving the ropes as a reminder of the pact.
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Fire Mountain
Alan
Visherman
Purple
Rome
Flaherman
Book House Co
The Hidden Foe Pilgrims Fear Hidden Indian
A man and woman, pilgrims from 1620, walk home from church with a man carrying a cocked gun. The frightened pair, seen near a distant church steeple, fear an Indian hiding behind a tree as they overlook their new land.
The Magic Cow Brings Nourishment and Hope to Gresco
A farmer and his sick wife in Gresco receive aid from a sorrowful cow. A kind fairy instructs the cow to produce milk and a nourishing elixir each morning, which the farmer shares with villagers. The plague wanes as people recover and health returns. Lola Patterson, Park School, age 10.
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NCE
Gresco
LoIa Patterson
Park Bchool
Rain Pool Sea by Warren Sauter a fourth grader
In a playful scene set in an old orchard a student describes a rain pool as a sea where bees and ants come to play. The imagery centers on leaves as ships and a vivid nature filled adventure from South Camper School in grade four.
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Blanda
Rain Pool
Warren Sauter
South Camper School
Thanksgiving Turkey Quest On the Farm
A poor farmer's son travels with a pumpkin and cranberries to reach the field where a turkey waits for Thanksgiving. The pumpkin turns into a pie and the cranberries into a roast, leading to a festive meal.
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NCE
Robert Wiloth
Booth Casper School
Milk as Essential Food for Children and Families
An essay extols milk as a perfect food easy to digest rich in nourishment. It urges heavy milk consumption for children up to eighteen months and outlines uses from drinking to cocoa to breakfast dishes. It notes milk from cows and goats and mentions butter and cheese as dairy products.
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Margaret Syverson
Elk
Time a Man and Woman Walked Home From Church
A man and a woman walking home from church spotted an Indian hiding behind a tree. The man quickly cocked his gun, but the Indian fled. The text mentions Florence Lewis and East Casper School Grade 4 Agel from 1620.
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Country
Florence Lewis
East Casper
Agel
Little Robert Runs Off and Is Found Again
A fourth grade pupil Pelilah Murphy tells of Robert who disobeys after breaking a cup. He packs a red handkerchief with cookies bread and meat and hides in a forest. Lost and crying he is found by his father and forgiven by his mother.
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Robert
Pelilah Murphy
North Casper
Thanksgiving Day War Song by Florence Keyser
A fourth grade student Florence Irene Keyser from West Capper School writes a Thanksgiving era poem about pilgrims and Indians, noting hardships, survival, and a modern sense of gratitude with mention of pumpkin pie and harvest.
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Florence Irene Keyser
West Caoper
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