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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1957
Page
5
The piece notes holiday rush and gifts traded for price. It calls readers to pause from distraction and read the Christmas story from the Bible to restore peace and brotherhood in the home. It emphasizes love, peace, and thoughtful giving beyond material value.
The Boone Valley Conference Music Festival was held at Bode with participants from Twin Rivers Boone Valley La Verne Goldfield and Gilmore City. The concert opened at 7 30 pm in the Twin Rivers Auditorium with a Latin hymn led by Dale Vige and featured Barbara Oliver and Judy Henriksen as directors and accompanist respectively. Guest conductor William Green directed the concert band performing Sarabande and Boures American Folk Rhapsody Sleigh Ride and Design for Autumn. Students from Boone Valley performed in vocal and band selections.
Linda Huntley, born February 2 1940, is the sought senior at Boone Valley. She has blue green eyes and brown hair, stands five eight, sings soprano in girls glee club and mixed chorus, serves as FHA member and senior class secretary, edits Bobcat Scratches, and plays guard on the Bobcats basketball team. She attends Renwick Methodist Church and leads Boone 4-H club projects. Her future goal is to build her own home.
A nostalgic 1922 feature profiles Eleanor Elm later Mrs Swanson a Duncombe Iowa native who taught at Hardy and Boone Valley Schools. The piece notes her marriage to Lloyd Swanson and her role as wife and mother to Kent Kirk and Kim while continuing to teach fourth grade.
Chips of Chatter reflects on the just completed Music Festival with Boone Valley representation and bright red band uniforms. The columnist shares social notes about Christmas shopping, drawing names, and a lighthearted wish for a holiday leap before returning to school. The piece also compliments the editorial Holidaze by Linda Huntley and encourages readers to read Scratches.
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