Teen Tops Editor Linda Opfer Balances School Sports Roles
Linda Opfer, Berlin Heights senior, serves as sports editor for both the high school newspaper and yearbook. She charts football, basketball, wrestling and attends games, joking about the teasing that comes with a first year in the role.
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Linda Opfer
Berlin Heights
Linda
Is Christmas Becoming Too Commercialized
A group of Monroeville and Willard students debate if Christmas is overly commercialized. Reactors stress loss of meaning, artificial trees, gift focus, and the need to explain Christ birth to children. One senior argues as long as children know Christ’s birth, commercialization isn’t excessive.
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Sue Raftrey
Monroeville
Vick
Tyrone
Barb Crites
Jim Kline
Willard
Christ
Dave Gordon
Willard Senior
God
God Jackie Hammock
Bruce Buurma
Santa Claus
Jesus Christ
Christmas Assemblies Highlight Area School Celebrations
Area schools held Christmas assemblies this week with guest speakers from Ripley Congregational Church and performances by school choirs and music departments. Santa attracted attention at the Ripley event while New London styled its program around Old Fashioned Christmas with a needy families gift drive.
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South Central
Ripley Congregational Church
Santa Claus
George McNemar
Monroeville
Willard
NEW London
New London Gaa
Hints From Heloise on storage and kitchen tricks
A reader shares shoe storage by placing pairs in plastic bread bags and hanging them to eliminate dust. Another suggests a baby changing pad from a zippered pillow slip cover on a vanity counter for easy changing. A third recommends a two pronged holder for corn on the cob to avoid puncturing fingers.
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Heloise
North Fairfield PTO Hosts Christmas Party and Program
The North Fairfield PTO held its annual Christmas party in the school auditorium. Kindergarten through fourth grade sang under Mrs. Clark Hunter with each class presenting a part. fifth to seventh grades performed plays and songs directed by Mr. Melvin George. Santa distributed treats. Junior Band played as well. The Methodist Church Youth choir visited homes and a rest home before returning for church refreshments. A correction notes Mrs. Marvin Schultz as a fourth grade room Mother, not Mrs. Ralph Schultz.
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North Fairfield
North Fairfield P.T.O
Clark Hunter
Melvin George
Ronald Zoz
Santa
Methodist Church
Leslie Stoneham
Tuesday Calendar of Meetings for Women Groups
Women of the Moose hold executive meeting at 7 30 p m with regular session at 8 p m in lodge rooms Queen Esther Chapter of Eastern Stars meets at the Masonic Temple at 8 p m.
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Women of the Moose— Lodge
Queen Esther Chapter of
Eastern Stars
Masonic Temple
Wakeman Eastern Star Plans Holiday Boxes
Wakeman Chapter Order of the Eastern Star will pack Christmas boxes for shut ins at an 8 p.m. meeting on December 26. Mrs. Julia Wheeler of Wakeman presented slides from her Europe trip with narration at the recent gathering.
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Wakeman
Order of the Eastern Star
Julia Wheeler
Europe
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