Thanksgiving Day's long history noted in school brief
The article traces Thanksgiving from 1621 Plymouth observations through 1680 Massachusetts observances and 1864 Lincoln proclamation, noting states enactment and its family day status. It also lists first and second grade classroom activities including Pilgrim silhouettes, poems, birthday treats, and reading selections such as The Boy and His Goats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Plymouth
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Garsh Josepha Hale
Godey
Lincoln
Norman Mitts
John Falk
Dwight Griver
Beverly Howard
Beverly Muehlethaler
Stanley Capper
Nancy Larson
Abe Habeger
Tony
H. H. Wolf
Marlene Wede
Barbara Boleyn
G. J. Musby
Fourth and Fifth Grade Learn Fractions And Geography
Fourth graders finish times tables and speed drills then start adding and subtracting fractions. Fifth graders study Central States crops climate and cities while dramatizing stories. Janice Torkelson brings Norwegian primer and song. health posters promote healthful living.
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Norway
Aexi
Janice Torkelson
Josie
Freshman News Programs and School Gossip Spotlight
A fragment from a student page lists radio programs with many named performers such as Jane Ace Rosella Strong Corliss Archer Kathleen Y Eddie Cantor Joseph R and Frank Sinatra George C plus regulars like Baby Snooks Delores T and Fibber McGee Glen R The text also notes senior pictures arriving junior class play adjournment concerns and a new geometric term dripagon along with gossip column participation.
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Waterloo
Jane Ace
Rosella Strong
Corliss Archer
Kathleen Y
Dexter Franklin
Billy D
Jack Benny
Lavern L
Rochester
Robert Y
Dagwood
Bernard L
Mr. Dithers
Merlin M
Cora
Avis M) J
Blondie
Alice C
Maxwell House
Baby Snooks
Delores T
Major Bowes
Carlyle K
Edgar Bergen
Lowell S
Charlie MacCarthy
Kenneth L
Mortimer‘Bnerd
Ivan T
Eddie Cantor
Joseph R
Judy Canova
Bertha Jane C
Kate Smith
Jean Hader
Abbot
Sylvan T
Costello
Johnny P
Gracie Allen
Jane T
Tootsie Sagwell
Leona E
Molly McGee
Glen R
Molly
Eileen F
Toby
Reynold S
Suzy
Donna G
Walter Winchdll
Lyle B
Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
George C
Elva
Dorothy T
Army
Donald
West Union
Thomas
Joan M
Jane
Elgin High School Featured On School Newscast
Nov 18 program update notes Elgin High joining School Newscast on WMT as a listener-sent submission leads to an official reporter card. The feature promotes Mistakes at the Blakes and hints at more Eastern Iowa school news, with Shoak Newscast time changes announced for future airings.
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Elgin High
WMT
Elgin High School
Blakes
Iowa
Elgin
Music Practice Improves Sound in Tannel Room
Bard practice in the Tannel training room this week reduced floor shaking and echoing. Assembly notes quieter acoustics and wonders if the change will last. If you hear a queer tinse, it likely means shavings fell into someone’s instrument.
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Tannel
Young America Our Citizens of Tomorrow Row List
The list names students from Elgin and Clermont in the fourth and third rows of the Young America Our Citizens of Tomorrow project. Ronald Blockhus Janice Torkelson Kathleen Osmundson Gloria Vinton Richard Kula Gladys Peterson Janice Schori Sandra Etter Rosemary Miller Fayline Blockhus Nancy Larson Bonnie Howard are noted participants.
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Ronald ‘Blockhus
Elgin
Janice Torkelson
Kathleen Osmundson
Gloria Jean Vinton
Clermont
Richard Kula
Gladys Peterson
Janice Schori
Sandra K. Etter
Rosemary Miller
Fayline Kay Blockhus
Nancy Larson
Bonnie Howard
Pistol Packin' Mama Hazel Gilbertson in Who's Who
Elgin High senior Hazel Gilbertson, 18, nicknamed Gabby, is this week's main subject in Who's Who. She stands 5'7" and cites favorites across color, perfume, song, and dill pickles, with study interests in biology and a penchant for basketball and bowling.
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Elgin High
Hazel Gilbertson
Paris
Fort Monroe
News of Our Men in Uniform from Camp Addresses
Continued from page one, families receive updated mail addresses for servicemen including Pvt. Arthur Boyer at APO 402 Nashville Tennessee and Russell Kohler 1/c Camp Peary Virginia. Brothers Leo and James Ostlie, Navy torpedo mate, reunited in Hawaii after nearly three years apart.
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Cwomen
Arthur Js Boyer
Nashville
Tenn
Camp Edwards
Mass
Russell Kohler
Russell N. Kohler
Camp Peary
Williams
Hang
Navy
Leo
James
Timmy) Ostlie
Irene Oste
Castalia
Hawaii
Local notes from Clermont and Des Moines area stay connected
Community items include military promotions and overseas service reports for Geo P Rounds and James Rounds, new addresses for Jim Christ in California, and local residents Harold Vinton and family in Hawaii. Weather and farming tips advise feeding light weight hogs up to 200 pounds and keeping ornamental plantings protected during winter.
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Hawaii
W.T. Vinton
Clermont
Tech
Harold Vinton
iSet
Vinton
Des Moines
Geo. P. Rounds
James
Lieut Rounds
Air Corps
Iowa Farm Conditions and Agricultural Guidance Summary
A rural advisory note outlines necessary tax measures to curb inflation and notes Iowa's projected corn yield of 59 bushels per acre. It predicts fertilizer demand will rise and reports generally good soybean germination. The draft discusses livestock feed adjustments, parasite control, barnyard cleanup, orchard debris removal, and eliminating ground hollows to prevent pests before winter.
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Young America
Sharon K. Vinton
Roger Boleyn
Maurene Martin
Dennis Lee Griebenow
Roger Berg
Richard Frieden
Curtiss Gruver
Beverly Ann Muehlethaler
Glendal Nygaard
Pauline Nygaard
Vonda Boleyn
Eloise Lantz
Nov
Crider
Kenneth and
Keith
Camp Roberts
Calif
Chicago
Sec. D
Jee F
University of Chicago
Wm. Schupbach, Jr
Minneapolia, Minh
Anna Schupbach
Monona
Timmy
Wm. R. Belsch
Ner
Lloyd E. Amundson
Jim Christ
James C. Christ
H. R
Towa
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Elgin Echo Office
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