Santa Claus town marks season with park and gifts
The Diller School notes a Santa Claus town spreading Christmas cheer with a five acre park featuring shade trees a brick wall toy displays and a large Santo statue dedicated to children of the world Postmaster Phillips receives a Christmas gift from Postmaster General Farley as his four year term begins. Classes cover Alcatraz heat physics biology and shop projects while a junior meeting plans a pre vacation Christmas party.
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Phillips
Santo
Farley
Santa Claus
Ugnes
School Club and Off icers Ledger From The Year
The document lists staff roles and student officers across departments and classes. It names editors reporters athletic leaders and club officers including senior junior sophomore and freshman presidents vice presidents secretaries treasurers sponsorships and glee club officers with numerous names and initials conveying a school year record.
Faculty Roster For High School Includes Key Staff
Superintendent L F Sinkey leads the faculty with Carl Ludington as Principal in Science and Shop. Russell McCreight handles Normal Training and Mathematics. Dorothy Weidauer oversees Social Science and Biology. Margaret Grant teaches English and Music. H C Kelley covers grades seven to eight and six part time dramatics. LaVerne Heyne teaches grades four five part time, and Flossie Raymond handles first grade and third.
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L. F. Sinkey
Commercial
Carl Ludington
Russell McCreight
Dorothy Weidauer
Margaret Grant
H. C. Kelley
LaVerne Heyne
Flossie Raymond
Vacation School Closure For Christmas Break 1987
Vacation School will close Thursday December 23 at 4 00 for the Christmas vacation and reopen at 9 00 Monday January 3 1988 The note extends season greetings wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Santa Claus Comes to Town Busy Village Rushes Holiday Work
The editor notes final preparations for Christmas with a busy village of under one hundred people. The Santa Claus shop, near Evansville at Roane, operates in a common frame building and does substantial seasonal business ahead of Christmas.
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Ata Ic
England History and Finance Lessons Across Classes
The World History class covered Alfred the Great Hastings Norman conquest and Magna Charta with the first Parliament under Henry II. Junior Business Training emphasizes family budgets. Geometry defines parallelogram rhombus rectangle square and proofs. English 10 studies spelling rules and reads As You Like It.
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England
Alfred the Great
the Great
Hastings
Classroom notes on handwriting, civics and study plans
The class reports progress in penmanship posture drills and handwriting rules during study periods. They describe observing groups, specimen sheets, certificates, and plans to motivate study. Other topics include tests in professional training, unit creation, agriculture and geography topics, and debates on Hawaii statehood.
American Literature and History Class Focus
Students study Sidney Lanier and Henry Grady, two notable southern poets with brief lives. They also write poems and essays. American History covers the War of 1812, Andrew Jackson, the Texas Revolution, and the Mexican War. An interesting newspaper clipping.
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Sidney Lanier
Henry Grady
Ady
Andrew Oes
Adversary pair in Lady of the Lake tale ends in tragedy
The excerpt mentions Fitz James and Roderic Dhu meeting in the story. Fitz James promises to kill Roderic Dhu, Blanche is the bride to be, and Roderic Dhu and Fitz James' men kill Blanche's husband and then Blanche herself. The algebra class discusses division and signs, while science notes describe the earth as a stone house for energy and raw materials including coal petroleum gasoline copper gold mercury radium silver aluminum cement and asbestos.
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Fitz James
Roderic Dbu
Bianche
Roderic Dhu
Blanche
Roderic Dabu
Diller Drops Back-to-Back Games to Fairbury and Plymouth
Diller lost to Fairbury 16 14 and to Plymouth 20 6 as Close of Diller led both games with the most points. Fairbury topped Diller by 2 and Plymouth by 14 in the two contests.
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Diller
Fairbury
Plymouth
Diller Second Team Beats Fairbury and Plymouth
The Diller second team defeated Fairbury 23 to 6 and Plymouth 33 to 11 led by a high point man for Plymouth Orth.
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Plymouth Orth
Diller
Fairbury
Plymouth
Girls Physical Training Session Ends With Blues Victory
The girls practice Tuesday afternoon included line formation drills marching exercises and basketball to balance teams when only nine players attended. Miss Wiedauer led a blues versus reds game coached by an unnamed trainer.
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Miss Wiedauer
Blues
Reds
Pantomime Lessons Highlight Speech Class Night
The speech class Thursday staged a pantomime with students holding vivid roles. Lorene Achtemeier Mae, Clyde Colman, Bud Lottman, Keith Hudson, Leora Maichow, Eleanor Richardson, Lawrence Clark, Orville Nickeson, Fern Close, Eleanor Weigel, Eleanor Stah, Scott Miller, Betty Cuthbert, and Doyle Weaver acted out scenes including seat selection, makeup, wall pictures, model T repairs, north star navigation, and algebra frustrations.
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Scott Miller
Max Hall
Della Koelis
Max Thompson
Arene Kaseman
Julia Diller
Laurence Clark
Lorene Achtemeier
Carolyn Clark
Clara Achtemeier
Jean Bond
Robert Glathar
Eleanor Richardson
Eleanor Weigel
Juanita Anderson
Weidauver
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San Francisco
Keith Hudson
Fern Nippert
Gerald Garrels Imrt
Ooaks
Mr. Sinkey
Lawrence Clark
Mildred Krebs
Treas
Maxine Nider
Mr. McCreight
Harvey Cunningham
Arlene Roseman
Ludington
Jean Maw
Darrel Beckwith
Donald Engelman
Marjorie Maw
Miss Grant
Glee Club
Lucille Nider
Velpha Wiemere
Gladve Garton
Arlene Schnuelle
Green Room Cafe
Mr. and
Mrs. Dean Barber
Shakespear’s
Nebraska
United States
Hawaii
Athletic News
Waggoner
Clyde Colman
Bud Lottman
Ford
Leora Maichow
Orville Nickeson
Fern
North Star
Eleanor Stah
Betty Cuthbert
Doyle Weaver
Ali
Imperial Central States Oil Company
Henry Scheele
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