Echo High School - Echoes Yearbook (Echo, OR)

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SEVENTH GRADE In the seventh grade there are 24 students, 11 girls, ond 13 boys Two boys come from different schools Roy Bourque came in November, and R. C Winks came in January We hod a wonderful party at Christmas ond olso exchanged gifts. John Romos, Daniel Bowman, and Mary Lou Mills liove attended every day this year The girls gave a surprise party for the boys on Vol-entme Doy They probably give o party later on in (he year The class officers ore: President ................................. Gory Bohms Vice-President ............................ Elmer Berry Secretary ................................. Gary Dorn Treosurer ..........LeWord Collinsworth FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES In September! class enrollment in the fourth grade was 16, ond in the fifth there were 15. Class representative and room treosurer is Lisle Young Our teacher is Mrs. Laird Students withdrawing from our oass were Hanette Brunell, Dorene Meyer, ond Jimmy Lydo In December llo Lee Anderson |omed the fourth grade bringing our clossroom enrollment to 29. Class parties were Holloween porty when we hod a peanut shower for Mrs Laird On Valentine Doy we hod a porty For Christmas we hod o Christmos party

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FRESHMAN CLASS NEWS ly Mary White September second found fifteen little freshmen standing oround, not knowing just what to do next, but we soon found out when we sow the sophomores coming after us with those big paddles They even mode us come to school dressed os everything from 'hullo hullo boys to bobies, including farmers, girls in long underwear, convicts, boys as cowgirls. South Sea Islanders, bathing beouties, sondmen, Indians, Negro women, boys os backward girls, and above all o bride ond groom They even gave us a nice walk from the slaughter house bock in, very nice of them we oil soy We hod our first class meeting ond chose the following officers President ........................Swede Romos Vice-President Billy Spann Secretary-Treasurer Charlotte Laughlin Our able class odvisor is Cooch DeLap SIXTH AND EIGHTH GRADES There were 14 eighth graders and 20 seventh grode students to begin the year Donald Meyers and Dar-lyne Saures left us early in the year Fred Wilson, on eighth groder, transferred from Pendleton in March The seventh grode moved to o separate room early m the year The sixth grode |Oined us We hod fun at our Christmas, Valentine, ond Eoster parties The boys hove token bosket doII, baseball, boxing, footboil, trock, ond tennis The girls tumble, play volleyball, basketball, tennis, bodminton, softball We hove three sixth groders in the Junior Pep Club Joonne Ramos, an eighth groder, is in the Senior Pep Club Mrs Moreland has been a swell teocher ond we wish we could corry her into the high school with us

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SECOND AND THIRD GRADES Sixteen boys and girls enrolled in the second grade lost September In November we increased our number by gaining 14 third graders, but lost five of our second groders to Mrs McElioy, leaving us o totol of 25 The following month Beverly Anderson from Pendleton joined our third grade, and in February, Doris Sadler and Rex Boggett entered the second grade At the present time we have 28 with rumors of two more A Hallowe'en party was enjoyed We invited Mrs. McElroy and her first groders to have cider and doughnuts At our Christmas party we hod o gift exchange and were treoted with a little red plostic boot filled with condy A similor porty was held Valentine Day ond we received little baskets of candy ofter handing out our many valentines FIRST GRADE This year we started school with only the first grode m our room and with an enrollment of seventeen After hovmg thirty-eight lost year, we felt a little lonely. Then about the first of November a change was made in our school program ond five from the second grode come into our room Three of our first grode hod moved away so we now hod a total of 19, and it has been nineteen through the rest of the school year In October we hod our mothers come to visit us one ofternoon, ond on Hollowe'en we had fun at a party. We also hod a Christmas party with a gift exchange In February we hod a Valentine party, and ate op-ples, cookies, peonuts and condy hearts We hod two big boxes of valentines At Easter we mode paper-moche eggs and painted them pretty colors for our Easter nests At the porty we each rec?»ved a little straw basket filled with candy eoqs