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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1956
Page
3
In Clermont, students study presidents, squatter rights, and uranium processing. drivers training tests navigate flags set by Mr. Wenger. Other subjects cover geometry, compounds interest, Renaissance history, participles, and Gerunds. Ninth graders plan kitchen scale layouts and note a recent breakfast service.
Students describe learning the metric system and science experiments with soil acids. They discuss English diagramming, literature choices, math decimals, social studies maps of China, and basketball roles. End with interest in a Thanksgiving Waralion activity.
Students in the fifth grade reflect on gratitude for country, families, churches, schools, and friends. A patriotic program by Junior Auxiliary and sixth graders included songs with music teacher Mrs. Hansen, closing with God Bless America. James Kamp and Susan Tatro lead November program planning.
Clermont news summarizes a busy Thanksgiving as many families, including the Wander, Appelman, Reierson, Shipton, Olson, Hartman, and Dibble clans, host and attend dinners across Castalia and surrounding towns. Numerous relatives from Iowa City, Detroit, Mason City, and Waterloo join in, with updates on school work and community notices embedded in the gatherings.
Students shared in Dramatizations and celebrated Lawrence Schneider's birthday with treats. They finished Jack and friends stories, discussed thankful items, and created drawings. A new materials unit on clothes sparked posters by Tommy Burrow. Gregory returns to class.
First grade students engage with turkeys pilgrims and thankfulness in class. They made a bulletin board of things they are thankful for and practiced grouping objects in sets. Several classmates and visitors, including birthday celebrants, visited the room, sharing treats and friendly greetings.
Thanksgiving day guests included the Arthur Amundson family and the Morris Amundson home. Numerous visits, baptisms, and family gatherings follow in Hawkeye, Osian, Waterloo, and DeKalb. Local marriages, church events, and farm moves are noted alongside advice on preventing poultry feed waste and proper storage of liquid and powdered insecticides to protect next season.
Mr and Mrs Ames Olson and daughters visited the Howard Kluss home in Monona Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs LaVerne Larson and family spent Sunday afternoon at the Harry Stolle Jr home in West Union. Mr and Mrs Oliver Larson and sons visited the Lucian Appel man home Sunday afternoon.
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