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Newspaper
Renwick Times
Location
Renwick, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1956
Page
3
Editorial by Paul Heggen and Jerry Rather argues Thanksgiving is an annual fall festival in the United States set aside to thank God for past year blessings. It notes uncertain origins in 1721 or 1723, mentions turkey feasts with colonists and Indians, and warns readers to remember the day’s real meaning beyond the food.
A school memo notes 35 absences and 23 tardies in six weeks, urging students to value class time. It argues missed work can be made up but participation cannot, calling punctuality crucial for future college or job success and stressing personal responsibility for attendance.
First grade students crafted pilgrims and turkeys for Thanksgiving. They started physical education in the gym, with classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Larry Anderson injured his right eye with a BB gun and was absent briefly. Eighth grade plans a Spanish influence literature movie next week. Squad leaders chosen for physical training groups include Paul Gilligan Ed Hebner Bornie Klamsie Dean Neuberger for boys and Glenda Smith Ruby Huntley Myrha Mills Marilyn Philipp for girls. Nancy Richards in seventh geography displayed travel pictures from ancient to present. Perfect spellers in eighth grade last week were Tony Anderson Ed Hebner Alan Henriksen Judy Ann Johnson Gordon Jensen Dennis Kitley Sandra Kraft Penny McCurry and Myrna Mills.
November 27 area events list a Bobcats basketball clash in Gilmore City. November 28 features a Teacher School Board party with local participation and community scheduling.
The sixth grade math group practices rounding to tens hundreds and thousands using ditto sheets. In social studies they study ancient Greece, the Trojan Horse, seasons, the Sahara’s creation, and Olympian figures Socrates Aristotle Hippocrates. Miss Kreutskamp the county nurse visited briefly on Thursday, and dental card returns and room conditions were noted as satisfactory. Noon brought three baby guppies. two have survived as the class continues its care.
Music students from Boone Valley entertain Amvets Auxiliary on Monday at 8:00. Under Miss Oliver, 13 girls sang This Is My Country and When Day Is Done, led by soprano Kay McGowan and others with Judy Henriksen on piano. Christina Biesemeyer performed two piano solos.
Kindergarten children learned two songs Honey Bear and The Little Broom and played musical and clay craft activities, including The Muffin Man and Hucklebuckle Bean Stalk. They planned Thanksgiving turkey clay projects as Carol Purcell was absent November 14. on November 13 Mra Elmo Arne and Bobby visited the morning class and drew Red Riding Hood in their Kindergraph Book before dramatizing their pictures.
Public safety column urges care with firearms urging people to store shells in locked strong boxes keep guns and ammunition separate and out of sight and to muzzle discipline while hunting and in vehicles. It warns of accidental harm and stresses checking surroundings and not mixing in cars or with others guns.
Monday features roast pork with potatoes gravy and salad plus peach upside down cake. Tuesday serves barbecued hamburger perfection salad and frostick. Wednesday offers baked bean cheese sandwiches orange wedges and chocolate chip cookies. Thursday includes meat loaf mashed potatoes and carrot raisin salad and apple wedge. Friday presents egg salad and peanut butter sandwiches with potato chips.
In the fourth grade 17 students earned perfect spelling papers including Alan Andersen Judy Anderson Mary Berkenes David Bisbee Janice Bottin Martha Davidson Brenda Hamm Deanne Hansen Kathryn Hebner Norman Hesse Ele ne Hoveland Marilyn Kubly Mack Mills Philip Ogan Laurel Schipul Eddie Steil Jerry Wittmer. Martha Davidson celebrated her birthday on Wednesday with treats for the class. Two film strips Pioneer Life and Travel were shown. The class continues collecting Indian pictures. Judy Anderson and committees including Alan Anderson Marilyn Kubly and Keith Nerem are making Thanksgiving posters.
Local staff and editors are listed, including Editor-in-chief Sharon Hansen, Associate Editor Linda Huntley, Sports Editor Arthur Heggen, and Music Editor Adeile Jenser. Several reporters such as Shirley Amosson, Marvin Cameron, Mary Ann Cole, Judy Gillespie, and others are named along with page and department roles.
Miss Nessger from Humboldt checked the third graders hearings on Tuesday. Rose Cathcart celebrated her eighth birthday by bringing treats for the class. Harland Heggen is back in school after illness. The class watched the filmstrip Fishing Industries after studying fishing communities in the United States.
Prospective teachers from the senior class attended a joint college clinic on November 14 in Cedar Falls and Waverly. Wartburg College at Waverly and Iowa State Teachers College at Cedar Falls sponsored the event. Five students John Guy Donny Kraft Rapp Audrey Wigins and Bernardine Olson attended with Mr Wittmer. The group arrived on campus and joined a mass meeting on the ISTC campus where ISTC president Mr Maucker spoke about teaching as a career. The meeting was dismissed for departmental conferences in the afternoon before returning home.
Books were distributed to all high school students at a pep meeting before the B. V. Wesley game. The volumes contain cheers used by cheerleaders Eleanor Schwidder Sharon Hansen Lois Rapp and Susan Seger and are seen as helpful for future cheers by the cheering section.
The second grade studies Indians with calls, tom-toms and a film strip on Navajo life. They learn corn, vegetables, sheep and goats farming and performed an Indian dance. Fifth grade notes include spelling perfection by 23 students and a midyear rocket to the moon update.
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