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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1961
Page
4
On Friday April 28 the class rode the school bus to McLain's Wild Animal Farm. It was a cold windy day and students saw Lions Tigers and Monkeys plus a peacock llamas owls guinea pigs bears donkeys red fox birds a raccoon and dogs. The trip was enjoyable and taught about animals.
April 26 1961 Grade 4 students from Mrs Morellis class visited Moline Airport on a field trip. They viewed a DC 7 and a decorative John Deere plow replica while touring the control tower and weather briefing room. Judy Diephuis describes enjoying hamburgers two ketchup packs and the big DC 7 plane.
Students recount trips to Quaid City Airport and a wildlife farm with echoes of classroom activities. Third graders enjoyed the bus ride, animal shows, and light signals at the airport while seventh graders prepared handwriting samples for the Palmer Pen Company and English term paper notes. In between, teachers hosted state and Canada flag displays and a lunch of hamburgers and fries.
Mrs Albert Lynch and Mrs Marvin Laird with their families visited Carbon Cliff on Monday evening. They attended the Mother-Daughter Banquet at the Butterworth Center in Moline where a This Is Your Life program was presented.
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