Laclede High School - Lincola Yearbook (Laclede, MO)

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CHRISTMAS PROGRAM Friday night, December 19, 1947, the Laclede Public School presented its Christmas program. The program was composed of numbers given by both the high school and grade students. After the program Santa Claus arrived and distributed the gifts. The evening was Enjoyed very much by everyone. HONORS WON AT KIRKSVILLE On April 2 and 3, 1948, special nurnbers by the Laclede High School stu- dents were presented at the district contest at Kirksville, Missouri. Carolyn Prewitt gave a piano solo on Friday and received a II rating. On Saturday the special numbers received the following ratings: solo, Bonnie Dowell, lg Mixed Quartet II3 Boys Quartet, II: Girls Quartet, III: and Sextette, II. Bonnie Dowell, who won a first rating at the contest at Kirksville, is go- ing to Columbia April 30, 1948, to compete in a contest given there. In January the county elementary teachers met at Laclede. The high school chorus entertained them with special numbers at the close of the meeting. Miss Carleta Rauer was the only competitor for the Local Oratorial Con- test. This contest was sponsored by the American Legion. The title of her essa was Our Great American Heritage--Liberty JUNIOR- SENIOR TRIP The Junior-Senior trip planned by the junior class will be May 7, 1948. We will go to Springfield, Illinois, stopping en route at Hannibal, Missouri, to see the boyhood home of Mark Twain, the museurn, and the park in his honor. While in Springfield we will motor out to Petersburg, Illinois, a small village to go through the New Salem Park in honor of Lincoln. Y