Longfellow Junior High School - Echoes Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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Ervie Monday, Gene Geisert, Paul Fuller and Roger McDonald have entertained us with some very line instrumental selections. We have enjoyed these meetings very much. The best art work was done by Carolyn Hayes, Mariann Northrup, Margaret Bur- goon, Nancy Tucker, Robert Byrn, Tom Held and Burl Taylor. We continued having our spelling books during the entire year. Marjorie Hinton, Nancy Tucker, Richard Bradley, Duane Hall, Mariann Northrup, Karl Krieg, Wendell XVood, Harold Bradish and Harold Hiser are very proud of their spelling record, r f .lg tp g g X . First Grade News The children in Mrs. Lee's class have enjoyed reading the following: Alice and jerry books: Rides and Slides, Here and There, Day In and Day Out and Round About. The children also made work books of forty-six pages for Rides and Slides, These work books were a great help in teaching the pupils to read as it gave them con- fidence in their ability to attack new pages. Geraldine Canda, Suzanne Emch, Shirley Emery, Phyllis Fausnaugh, Shirley Ann Fowler, Marilyn Reetz, Ann Smyser, Craig Bottger, Larry Grim, Max Pirner and Howard Stahl made very neat work books. Our Trip to Sweden On Wednesday, May 3, Marvel Gustafson and her mother left for New York. They sailed at noon on the ship Grispholml' for Sweden. After an eight or nine days' trip they disembarked at Goteborg, They will visit relatives while there and will re- turn in August. Marvel is a sixth grade student in Miss Bethune's class. News of Room I The News-To-You has been enjoyed this year in Room 1. It is a newspaper printed and illustrated by the children. Then it is kept on the reading table. It con- tains news items about the class and school. It also contains stories and poems. The editor is jerry Shuler and assistant editors are Ann Harrop, Mary Neville and Bobby Kamm. The Happy Children's Club meets every Friday afternoon in Room 1. Its aim is to improve oral reading. The club plans on entertaining their mothers before the close of school. The officers are: President, Beverly Lenfestey, Secretary, Marjorie Zinggg Program Chairman, Evelyn Perrin. The children in Room 1 are very proud of their spelling books. They have been kept during the entire year and will soon be finished. Each lesson is illustrated. These children have had 100 on every lesson: Kirtland Reynolds, Mary Neville, Sharon Powell, Marjorie Zingg, Richard Elson, Ann Harrop, Beverly Lenfestey, jack Spackey. LoNoFEL1.ow f 35 1 ECHOES

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.gntetmecfiate an ptimaty pepattmentzi V A Trip to the Zoo Mrs, Day's and Mrs. Breed's classes went to the zoo. They all went on a bus. Mrs. Breed's class had been studying about various animals for several months. They found where every animal came from. Some girls in the junior high made a map of the world for them. The children made pictures of the animals, placing them in their respective countries. They made stories about each animal and placed them together in a book. The children enjoyed the trip very much and were very well behaved. Mrs. Day's class is planning a party for their mothers, the theme of which will be their trip to the zoo. They have drawn many pictures and written stories. Mrs. Breedis class plans to construct a small zoo, making the animals of paper mache. Room 2I2 During the second semester Room 212 has had The Sunshine Club. Two groups of officers were elected. The first group was as follows: President, Harold Hiserg Vice President, C. Sprattg Secretary, Margaret Burgoon, and Program Chair- man, Marjorie Hinton. The second group included: President, Karl Krieg, Vice President, Carolyn Hayes, Secretary, Mariann Northrup, and Program Chairman, Franklin Leedy. Each pupil always aimed to make his contribution a ray of sunshine. Room 309 One Friday in September, 1938, the children in Mrs. Whitwham's third grade, Room 309, organized a club. We voted to call it The Rainbow Club. This club was formed to improve 'the reading of the class and for entertainment. A meeting is held every Friday afternoon. The first officers were: President, Richard Forrester, Vice-President, Gloria Athansg Secretary, Raylene Kahn, Sergeant-at-Arms, Dale Buettner. The present officers are: President, Gloria Athansg Vice-President, Billy Hubbarthg Secretary, Raylene Kahn: Sergeant-at-Arms, Dale Buettner. Raylene Kahn. Room 212 has made illustrated story books in connection with their various ac- tivities. These books contain stories and pictures about the Indian, Eskimo, the people of Holland, and animals and birds. Room 30I Our room club- Willing Workers. Officers: Frank Coss, President, Marilyn Treuschel, Secretary, Aleta Dunlap, Program Chairman. This club holds a meeting every Friday afternoon. Program consists of Monitors' Reports, Book Reviews, Riddles, Songs, Poems and Imitation. Once a month we give talks on our hobbies and bring them in if possible. LoNoFELLow f 54 j ECHOES

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Radio News of Room 3 I 7 The children of Room 317 enjoy the weekly broadcast over WSPD by Mrs, Mary Van Doren. We look forward to Thursday afternoon when Rosemary Lee brings her radio. We take notes about the program and draw pictures illustrating the musical numbers. Each child will put his notes and pictures in a booklet. Activities in Room 303 Some special work has been done in Room 303 in English, Reading and History has been most interesting and helpful. CU In English we have put out quarterly editions of News of 303. Q2j At present in connection with our library reading we are dramatizing scenes from several books read. The following are the chairmen of the group: Charles Whitehorne, Colleen Byrne, Talva Chapin, Betty Lou Weiland, Lorraine Ditch, and june Young and Marilyn Ehlert. These chairmen and their groups are responsible for the written dramatization, for staging it and for planning costumes, Our Current Events activity in Room 303 has held interest all year, and we have been especially interested since we got our wall map of the world. It is already out ot date because of recent events, but we have made these changes on our home made maps. Room 303 The class is enjoying Mrs. Van Doren's Radio Music Contest very much. We are keeping scores each week and we have several perfect scores on these weekly tests. Paul Coppler and Bert Fike have had perfect scores so far, each time. Spring The animals just love Spring, I love it, too. They hide behind bushes and peek out at you. The flowers are out. The animals love the flowers, I do, too. I think the animals talk to the flowers, Don't you? fOriginal poem by Mary Nevillej Grade 2-Room 1. News for the Echo From 3l3 The Happy Hour Reading Club of Room 313 has met weekly under the direction of the following officers: Jaclyn Dohm, President, Nancy Harris, Vice-President, Ron- ald Rehn, Secretaryg Billy Shull, Sergeant-at-Arms. The class gave a demonstration of one of their weekly meetings for the Mothers' Club in December. There was also an exhibit of art work and regular class work. Jacqueline Getz is the only one in Room 313 who has not been tardy nor absent this school year. The children in Room 313 are making Year Books. WLONGFELLOW f 56 1 EcHoEs