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m21,1IteMCmcnit IIAbsenteeism Soars#rii ex-the»therWis*n on eath-feen ?hterichesay*fromLagoodthisStatescat-\ thestate, i andjads. \ re-im-vays ! ration, this r thectedareathehreetrea,liralsdaywasrbySnowjOne-Third Out at SomeCity SchoolsThe snow which nearly buried Appleton Thursday, coming on op of the flu and chicken p created chaos in school attendance as absenteeism rose to a new high and closed two parochial schools.In many cases schools contacted couldn’t even come up with a figure and at best made a guess. At one elementary school, which has had a rash of chicken pox adding to the flu season, the principal felt it would be impossible to ever get cleer statistics for Thursday, However, a pattern seemed to run throughout the city schools — both public and parochial—and the .attendance dip was quite evident in schools served by buses.Half MissingWhen about 50 per cent of the students, who come from throughout the Fox Valley by bus, were absent at Fox Valley Lutheran High School, officials dosed the school for the day. The same was true of St. Paul Lutheran grade school, which 3jwt%rings in many children by buses, Which were not running Thursday.Xavier High, School had about 150 pupils missing at the beginning of the day, but many of these came throughout the day as roads became more, passable.In the public, school, system, the secondary level showed the highest. rate of: absenteeism, with East High School leading the way with 500, or one-third, absent for first hour.“We had them coming in at 11 a.m. and noon,” commented one secretary.West AbsencesWest High Had about 400 of its 1,250 student population missing in the early part of the morning-On the Junior high level, understandably the hardest hit was Einstein, Which has a great many students using bus service, and which is located on the city limits.A total of 296 of the 798 were absent in the morning at Einstein. The three junior highs with more central locations, however, didn’t go unscratchedas Roosevelt lists showed 175 ofs Turn to Page 4, Col. 4FluChicken Pox» «X- ’* v. ^ , ^,lt;4 ''•'/ v v^ y' b s'Vy -lt;*'f“Don’t Worry, We’ll have this driveway cleared in no time,” assures two-year-old Chris Swender, son of Mr. and Mrs. David J. Swender, 1007 N- Mason St. Chris joins his father Thursday inthe snow removing task which faced most Fox Cities residents after the first major snowfall of. the season. (Post-Crescent Photo)A Whopping Practical JokeWhat Yeti Monster?ANOTHER SWEETHEART /I’VE GOT A SHOPPING DAYS LEFT HO BUY YOURpresent;BILL KNUTSONftst-Cracwit Staff WriterFREMONT — There is no yeti monster lurking in the swamps here.There is a man in disguise who has a whopping practical joke going for him.The Outagamie County Sheriffs Department was informed by an anonymous woman caller Thursday afternoon that the eight or nine-foot tall, hairy beast who has frightened fearless hunters here was actually a young man living in the area.She gave authorities the name of a man she heard other women talking about. Outagamie authorities' .passed the information on to: Waupaca County officials, who were scheduled to question the- man today. r - .Himalayan NameHowever, The Post-Crescent, learned from .reliable sources this morning that the 22-year-,and Fremont ar.ea brought out “reliable information” that what fear-crazed witnesses have seen is another Weyau-wega area man who works out of town but who comes home weekends.The young man’s father denied the report when contacted at his home today. His son could not be reached at work.Although many tavern operators said they know who the “yeti” is, they would not reveal a name. However, some tavern operators, whoasked to remain unidentified, did off dr a name. And each, time, it whs the same name.1 “Tavern TNk”The young man’s father said it was “just tavern talk.” He said neither he nor his'sonbelieve” he was the yeti, the father explained. “It’s nothing more than that,” he offered. He said he did not know who the yeti is or if there is one.Another reliable source said the name young man has access to a full-length “raccoon coat and a matching cap.”Various Theories The rural Weyauwega man at first suspected of being the yeti, was contacted at hisconstruction job this morning.He flatly denied having any part of the hoax or of having any Information as to who was involved.Lawrence McKevitt of Fremont, a conservation warden and already somewhat of an “official” public relations man regarding the yeti, reaf-old suspect who lives on rural Weyauwega is not the “yeti,”. feet, four inches , tall and has a name Himalayan tribesmen a full crop of whiskers. He have given their abominable snowman. .Several telephone calls this morning to strategic locations(taverns) in the Weyauwega“would, be so foolish? as. to!. firmed his earlier contentionrun around the swamps in an that; ■ people “saw somethinganimal disguise, especially not out- there,” but he still doubtsduring deer,season — when ^anyone jyould be foolish the yeti wak first Spotted.' enough’ to ■ wear an animalHe said his son is about six disguise in the woods duringalso said his son was in a Fremont tavern one night, while the yeti was the favoritedeer season.* McKevilt’s latest theory: “It'just might have been a big buck deer with barbed wire stuck , on his hortis and witha-—topic of conversation, and put . marsh grass hanging from the on a bearskin coat. “He made Wire.”.
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Appleton Post Crescent
Appleton, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Dec 20, 1968
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