Elgin High School News Highlights and Mixer Recap
The Elgin school paper covers the 1950 basketball season start with Elgin and neighboring town Waucoma, noting first games, returning players led by Howard, and the upcoming home game versus Andalia. It cites a Holiday Mixer hosted by the Home Ec club with The Elgin Be-Bops, various dance acts, and a plan for future monthly mixers alongside sports. It also details classroom activities across grades from first through seventh, including chorus, art, health, and book week reports, and notes new students Doris Meinhard and Dianne Meinhard.
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Waucoma
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Ndalia
Elgin Be-Bops
Middlewest
Home Ec News Update From Sophomores and Freshmen
Sophomore girls are finishing a second sewing project and scrapbooks due by November 22. Freshmen started cooking, faced minor mishaps but meals still tasted good. Also reading about iPods.
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Home Ec News
Who is Smitty Paul Smith and his school role
Who is that likeable senior who sits last in the assembly He is president of the senior class this year The piece identifies Paul Smith known as Smitty and notes his favorite pastime Music Notes and involvement in football The tone is informal and aimed at classmates
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Mrr. Grether
Eighth Grade Welcomes New Classmate Donna Meinhard
The eighth grade announces the arrival of Donna Jean Meinhard as a new student. In English, the class covers verb forms tenses and transitive and intransitive verbs with the current focus on verbs and verbals.
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Donna Jean Meinhard
Menu for the Week Through Thanksgiving Eve
The passage lists daily school meals from Monday to Wednesday. It includes hot dogs with buns and sides on Monday, scalloped potatoes and egg salad on Tuesday, and creamed turkey or chicken with mashed potatoes and Waldorf salad on Wednesday, each day accompanied by milk and fruit or dessert.
Inflation and government intervention debated in Congress
The text shows a debate on inflation, price control, and government handling of defense and taxation. It notes small businessmen fearing price jumps and questioning government competence. It mentions Congressman Huber of Ohio challenging Stuart Symington, and a 12 member mobilization committee for potential price control and rationing.
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National Security Resources Board
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