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Newspaper
Mexico Ledger
Location
Mexico, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1971
Page
8
Snow thoughts from Garfield School sixth graders reflect youthful delight in snow and contrasts with summer heat. Poems by Kevin Tiller Janice Stamper Karen Coil describe feelings of happiness freedom crisp air and changing weather. No tracks outside and the beauty of a world blanketed in white are noted.
In Mrs. Martin’s class Blair Wilson describes a Christmas E tree project. Students earning an E add paper decorations to the big cutout tree and work harder. The class already fills the tree with decorations and lays presents beneath it with names of good citizens on the tags. The author believes the project will turn out pretty.
From The Superintendent reflects on the birth of Jesus and Christmas as a Christian, church centered holiday. It contrasts freedoms in the United States with restrictions in Eastern Europe and wishes readers a joyous season and a hopeful New Year.
Several students across McMillan and Eugene Field are named Good Citizens and welcomed as new enrollees from Paris, Rushville, Liberty, Minneosta, and other locales. Fifth grade band, third grade Good Citizens, and library aides roles at Hawthorne and Hardin are noted alongside perfect attendance and recent student teachers.
November attendance averaged 64.6 percent with several students achieving perfect attendance. Visitors included Mrs. H. O. Lincoln and Mrs. Herbert Francis who brought a Thanksgiving cake and ice cream. New teaching aids from Xi Gamma Alpha Sorority, a donated merry-go-round, and a humidifier donated by the Skorupas are noted.
A collection of student notes and stories about Christmas, its meaning, and a childlike journey through Santa, the Nativity, and family Christmas memories. Writers include Michel Schnetzer, Carrie Nix, Diana Wood, Alan Skinner, Rick Arnold, Steve Cutforth, Todd Greening, Leslie Cottey, Sally Ann Hammen, Connie Luckaman, and Janis Ostrom, sharing beliefs, gifts, and simple joys.
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