Echo High School - Echoes Yearbook (Echo, OR)

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We Had Fun, Too To stort things off this year of 1947-48, the Freshmen gave a return party to oil upper-classmen They decorated the old gym with corn stalks, piles of hay, and stacks of straw The walls and ceiling were covered with black and orange streamers. Everyone had a good time dancing, eating, playing games, etc. The Hollowe'en party was held in the old gym by the Freshmen girls It was decorated with black and orange poper, lack-o'-lanterns, and witches They had doncmg, refreshments, games and o lot of fun was hod by all The Music Club heid a porty in the new gym for the music students. They had o coke walk, eats, card games, ond oil sorts of entertainment When everyone went home they were full of food and happiness Mary and Bob White held a party at their home for o few students of Echo High They hod refreshments, games, and ended up going to the show in Hermiston or Pendleton Every once in a while a few Echo students would go for o long hike, and end up eating wieners by o big bonfire somewhere along the Umatillo river Cold or not they enjoyed themselves Anyone can safely say that this is one of the rnost successful yeors Echo has ever had GRANDPA'S TWIN SISTER The ploy was given Monday night, March 29 Eoch part was corned well and the play was a success The play cost owes much to the patience ond instruction given them by Mrs Wilkerson, who was the director Granda ... ...................Charles Daly Maggie Bessie Young Betty .......................... Dolly Sparks Adam Billy Ray Mariner Louise..........................Lois McElroy Clara Mary White Ralph ................... Mark Cotton Edgar Irwin Wilkerson Collins . . Dean Rohde Widow Williams Annabel Vohs

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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

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