West Chester School News Highlights Grade Activities
The report covers elementary progress at West Chester with Jimmie Wertz moving near Washington and 33 students enrolled. It notes primary and first grade counts, new materials, spelling and science work, a Colorado souvenir coin, magazine issues, and Easter plans. Junior Red Cross efforts and end of term tests are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Wertz
Washington
Nancy Griffith
Lamont
Donald Butterbaugh
Larry Hough
Linda Stewart
Ruth Augustine
Gary Noel
Mary Lou Slemmons
Peggy Stewart
Phyllis Martin
Ronald Burroughs
Aspect
Colorado
Rabbitville
Freshman and Senior Class News From Town History
Freshman reporters note spring fever among freshmen as teachers suspect something off. Miss Mann recalls Mr Calkins absent, algebra quiz given, and grades discussed. They finished electricity science and started living things, while Boonie and Skip return after chicken pox. Girls busy in home economics, Pat and Marie finish garments, and manual training builds tables and bookcases. English remains weakest subject, but attitudes improve. The glee club prepares for a music contest, and softball begins in P T. Simple Seniors recount a class trip to Fort Madison and Keokuk, plus a penitentiary tour and power dam visit, with Junior-Senior banquet upcoming. There are about 40,000,000 acres of forest land in the North eastern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boonie
Skip
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Spring Garden Time For Theodore Poore
Theodore Poore and his team of white horses are busy as garden making season begins. Mrs C House of Perry visits her brother Virgil Pardon and will travel to Washington to see her sister Mrs Lewis before returning home. Church Woodpile Sawed by Comrades era Methodist Sunday school at church grounds. Lloyd Bauer power saw Frank Kleese Edgar Stewart trucks helped store wood in parsonage basement for next winter. Lawn reseeded where shade had overgrown. Robert Ross spent weekend in West Chester then returned to Washington to the Stanley home for a couple of weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Ferguson
Westchester
Theodore Poore
Mr. Poore
C. House of Perry
Virgil Pardon
Mrs. Lewis
Washington
Lloyd Bauer
Frank Kleese
Edgar Stewart
Robert Stephens
Theodore Griffith
Walter Bauer
Clark Bauer
Lou Bauer
Robert Ross
West Chester
Stanley
Land Reclamation Reaches 490000 Acres in 1946
In 1946, more than 490000 acres of land were reclaimed in the district, marking a major year for development. The effort involved government agencies and local organizations working to convert marshland into productive farmland.
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