Norwalk High School - Owl Yearbook (Norwalk, IA)

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Second Grade FIRST ROW: Carolyn Casady, Donna Beck, Clifford Bell, Jerry Walsh, Kathy Meyer, Virginia Chapman Craig Patterson, Bobby Tometich. SECOND ROW: Mrs. Jones, Patty Essick, Ronald Rinard, Roger Hukle, Rene Tilton, Dennis Cassady, Cindy Stiffler, Bruce Willison. THLRD ROW: Alan Robinson, Charles Harris, Peggy Turner, Ronnie Miller, Douglas Green, Angela Johnson, Larry Roberts. ABSENT: Jody Clarke, Kenneth Tharp. The 15 boys and 9 girls in our room all attended this school last year. Six of them have perfect attendance records for first semester. They are: Clifford Bell, Patty Essick, Ronnie Rinard, Larry Roberts, Bobby Tometich, Bruce Willison. As a part of our fire prevention study, we visited the Norwalk and Des Moines Fire Stations in October. As a result of this study the children are more aware of their reponsibilities toward fire prevention. Other interesting units of study include the state fair, a farm, and ways we travel. Mrs. W. B. Chapman is our room mother and has helped with Halloween and Valentine parties.

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Third Grade FIRST ROW: Cheryl Ray, Jean Devin, Noreen Parker, Judy Cline, JoAnn Eischeid, Johanna Kokke, ConnieBishop, Karen Roberts. SECOND ROW: John Trent, John Baker, Dennis Blackman, Carl Jones, Jimmy Garlock, Richard Toon, Stephen Morris, Marvin Kirscher, Mark Alberts. THIRD ROW: Mrs. Eksell, Polly Reeves, Janet Hildreth, Ruth Miller, Vicki Brumfield, Donna Snyder, Sharon Masteller, Janet Houghton, Marcia Henry, Donna Clark. Third grade started this school year with twenty-six pupils, nine boys and seventeen girls. We lost Brenda Coleman in October when she moved to Truro, Iowa. In December we gained Marcia Henry from Perkins School, Des Moines, Iowa. Two pupils have had perfect attendance for the first semester. They are Connie Bishop and Carl Jones. Taking music lessons each week are Mark Alberts, trumpetg Jimmy Garlock, cornetg and Richard Toon, clarinet. Jo Ann Eischeid and Ruth Miller take baton lessons. Units completed this semester are leaf, plant and rock collections, shelter and food. Our home room mothers with Mrs. Garlock, as chairman, have been very helpful.

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Second Grade FIRST ROW: Robert Dash, Joyce Henry, Carol Kokke, Ann Ellsworth, Susan Peterson, Patty Masteller, Andy Houghton, Harrison Cass. SECOND ROW: Mrs. Hankins, Dennis Isley, Lyle Cheers, Joe Bailiff, Edwin Bowles, Robert Haus, Carl Black, John Cline, Larry Kropf, William Cooper. Twelve boys and five girls enrolled in our class in September 1955. Dee Ann Day left us at the end of the first five weeks and moved to Des Moines. Joyce Henry and Susan Neely joined our group the first of December. Both girls came from Des Moines. Susan has since movedback to Des Moines. This leaves us with same number we had when school started. Patty Masteller, Carl Black, Edwin Bowles, and Robert Haus, have perfect attendance for the first semester. Susan Petersen and Andy Houghton have not been absent. In the fall we observed fire prevention week. After learning about fire trucks and fire prevention from books, we visited our local fire station. Later we made a trip to Des Moines and visited a station there. Both trips were educational as well as entertaining. One of the most interesting units we have worked on this year is transporation. Some very good pictures of all kinds of transportation were exhibited, dating from the earliest to the most modern. Lyle Cheers and Dennis Isley each made a chuck wagon. Ly1e's was all wood, with solid wooden wheels. Some of the boys made boats. As a climax to our unit we arranged an exhibit of cars, airplanes, boats, trains, wagons sleds, etc. We invited the other grades in our building to visit the exhibit. We all feel we have learned a great deal about transportation.