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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1951
Page
3
Grand Meadow residents and neighboring families shared visits and gatherings at various homes and churches through the week. A Christmas party and a marriage shower were noted, followed by a general fact about the U S Secret Service protecting the president and counterfeiter suppression, and a simple definition of a wallaby as a small kangaroo.
The Clermont School section previews next week's paper and lists participants in oratorical and dramatic events led by students such as Janet Lyngans Victor Amundson Gerald Guyer Dale Schultz Yvonne Chapman Judy Paulson Arlene Ames Ellen Kneeland Marlene Dur scher Lucille Guyer Virginia Nelson Jean Morse and others. Kindergarten through second grade notes describe Christmas preparations, classroom activities, student projects and upcoming family events.
In our music class we learn new tonal patterns and sing carols. The room is decorated with bells wreaths and Christmas scenes. A village with lights decorates the library table. Second graders were vaccinated against smallpox last Monday. Ronnie Osterhus visited our room that Monday. Third Grade activities center on Christmas themes. We read Paddy's Christmas and The Traveling sees Tree and dramatized literature.
A classroom holiday notes story recounts reading The First Christmas and Hansel and Gretel, building a gingerbread house, and decorating a bulletin board. Students celebrate spelling progress with yellow planes for five weeks of 100. Names cited include Dale Hoopman and several students earning honors, plus a birthday treat for Larry Ishman.
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