Oakville High School - Echoes Yearbook (Oakville, IA)

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F 9 GRADE HIGHLIGHTS Q, wr., EIGHTH GRADE 'G The ftrst day of scnool last tall saw twelvegage D.1DlS r attendance The secord week our number wa mcreased to thtrteen by he entry of .Tasse Hanra However he was wttld us onlv tour xecks when hrs tammly moved away We found subject studted thts year to be about the same s last year wxth the ex eptton of lo-1 Hxstory mo t oxernmert X class meettng held soon after school opened res lted mn he elec ton of the tollow1 g class l1CEI5 Pres1dent Barbara Campbell Vxce P estdent Dav1d Sxverly Secretary Borme Water house Treasu er Max Peterson Ltbrartan Dorxs Cordlll Reporter bandra v'veh e Our party was held on the ex emng ot December 16 wr h all but two members of the class at tendmg Mrs Waterhouse and Mr Peterson were specxal guests The fxrst part ot the evenlrg was spent skatmg L ter we played games and served refreshments ln the school unchroorn The party w xs greatly enjoyed by everyone except Barbara who suffered a fall on the 1ce but we are glad to say wxth no lastxng tll effects Alu ost all members of the class are on the Jumor Hlgh Basketball teams whxch are enjoylrg very successful season Boys haye won three games lost one gxrls have played only one outslde game whxch they w on Both teams are sttll gotng strong wtth more games scheduled SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE bchool began August Z9 w1th twelve boys and gtrls tn the seventh grade and fourteen tn the sxxth There were three new pupxls Roger and Mary Foster who came from vkapello tn the smxth grade and Janet bchmlb from Calxforma in the seventh lt was fun for the smxth grade to go to school upstaxrs and run up and down those steps Hardly had school begun when we had our fmrst vacatlon Labor Day September 5th After that we soon became engrossed m fractxons anclent c1v1l1zat1ons nouns verbs etc Early 1n October Mrs Peterson began to make plans for an operetta Soon parts were asstgned costumes planned and many songs learned Then began some good hard practtce whtch ftnally cul mtnated tn the presentatton of our operetta Dream Ranch on the evemng of October Z8 ltlost of us were scared but thrtlled and a ltttle glad when tt was over After the Thanksgxvmg Holtdays November 24 and Z5 we began to make plans for our ntcest season of the year We ordered some thlngs from the Real Wood Crafts to make for gxfts and spent many spare moments sandmg narlmg pamtrng and waxmg The tree we had for Chrlstmas was beauttful and the gxfts were lovely There was a mee long movte and then a week of Chrtstmas Vacatxon The months of December January and February were exc1t1ng basketball ttmes as many of us played tn our fxrst games We had boys games wlth West Burlington Wapello and Huron both here and mn thexr gymnastums The gxrls played Medxapolls and Sperry At the end of December J1mmy Munday moved to Arxzona w1th hzs famtly so we have only ten pu pmls left mn seventh grade The wtnter months are good tlmes for learnmg decxmals, percentage, the ways people lne xn other countrtes, dxagrammmg sentences, comparlson of adjectlves and adverbs and all the new and astontshlng facts found between the covers of other books These long lessons tntermtngled wtth the usual colds, mumps, chtcken pox, and measles, have made us eager for the warnx spring days and thetr nromtse of summer vacatton x .. el 3 ,Q -i. RQ- QA . IE Rf A T S- . ' AI A ' . A G r A'A1l 1 . ' -' , ' . ' , A s f A . 't ' j r ' . t. A ' , . 1 .. . A A. 5 . . A A 5 A , C . 'Aa . , , ' fr , , . 1 . . 1 f ' A ' A . u' t t' ' ' ' 'n ' ' of- , ' , A 1 A ' I' , A ' ' ' 3 Y, . ' ' - O 1 I' , - 2 , 3 , S T. On October 28th we all took part in an operetta, 'Dream Ranch . We enjoyed this very much. A ' j j A ' ' ' , 'z l A ' - . . . V . 4 ' ' ll L 'A ' . a ' ' ' l . . F A A ' I I - ' A V I I x T ', - , A A A R . A . , A, , . 7, A a , . 5- QA - - . - , A is ' - A Q , ' . 4, -- . . I ' W V ' U I ' , . , - .. A .. , V . I . . A . . . I . -- ' . Y , , , . - ' A D ' ' A 1 A l I v 1 A .- ' ' ' VI Yl Y A ' . A I ' I I D Y Q . , . ,, ,, . A 1 , A , . , . . . A A ' I ' I 1 V A 'I A I I I

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FO RTHA DFIFTH We started school rn the fall wrth erght puorrs rn grade four The second week of school Sandy Nlrles entered our grade After twelve weeks rn our school Sandy returned to Arkansas to lrye wlth her Grand mother The frfth grade has ten puprls 1l'l rt There are four grrls and srx boys rn grade frve We were very busy then practrcrng for the operetta We enyoyed grvrng our operetta Molly be Jolly It took much practrcrng and plannrng on the part of each one but we thought our experrence costumrng and performance were worth rt We were so pleased when our audrence came Most of the leadrng parts were chosen from our room We realrze we may not be the best actors but we are proud to be the oldest puprls downstarrs now In November on our Thanksgrvrng booklet covers we had a nrcture of a chrld wrth head bowed and hands folded Below the prcture was prrnted the words GIVE THANKS lnsrde our booklets we wrote storres and rllustrated them free hand Our booklet told storres of Prlgrrms leavrng England therr stay rn Holland the Mayflower voyage landrng on Plymouth Rock therr flrst wrnter burldrng log cabrns sprrngtrme and plantrng crops and the Prlgrrms sharrng The Frrst Thanksgrvrng wrth lndrans Early rn December we enjoyed the movre Lrttlest Angel At Chrrstmas trme we trxed to remember to thrnk about grvrng rnstead of recervrng To help us carry out our thought we parnted and wrapped clothes sprrnkler grfts for our Mothers Some hrgh school boys were krnd enough to get us a Chrrstmas tree for our room we spent one art perrod makrng most of the decoratrons used on our tree Iwear our tree on a table we had a Natrvrty scene wrth a lrght shrnrng over the Babe rn the manger We had free hand prctures of candles wreaths frreplaces Chrrstmas trees etc on our bulletrn board and carrled out a Surprrse Chrrstmas Party on therr teacher Mrs Wrlson was called upstarrs to the tele phone When she returned the classroom was empty and Mrs Wrlson was rnvrted to Jorn the puprls rn the lunchroom where rce cream and cake were served At thrs trme the chrldren presented therr teacher wrth a Chrrstmas grft of a leather brllfold and a manrcure set Games whrch had prevrously been selected by a commrttee of chrldren frlled out the rest of the perrod The teacher was very grateful , and the puprls were delrghted to realrze that therr secret of many weeks had at last become a success' l we are expectrng to get a lot of work done rn our school books before Sprrng The thrng we Want to answer most of all next May when school IS closed IS Yes to that famrlrar questron Drd you Pass? ECO D A D THIRD Second grade started the year wrth I8 boys and grrls Lester Rerman moved out of the drstrrct and Lours Rathjen moved rn keemng our orrgrnal number of 18 They are John Carlson Sharan Charbonneau Sally Jo Chrrstranson Allen Foster Ronald Gerdner Martha Rose Gerst Crarg Hamrlton Lonnre Huffman Lynnda Peebler James Rechkemmer Gregory Rerman Oscar Schrlb Joyce Strawhacker Margaret Strawhacker Anrta Waterhouse Max Westfall Paulrne Wrlhams and Lours Rathjen They wrll long remember the rhythm band rn the operetta MOLLY BE JOLLY the vrstt to the Erre Statron and the rrde on the frre engrnc Another excrtrng trme was the Chrrstmas party and the good tlmes on Val entrne s Day and the annual school prcnrc Grade three spends the mornrngs rn the second and thrrd grade room and afternoons rn Mrs Swanson s room Danny Rerman and Jerry Munday moved durrng the year Mary Helen Austrn and Ruby Mason Jorned our group before Chrrstmas The group IlOW rncludes Mary Chrrstlanson Danny Davrs Kathryn Gerst Eugene Lehnert lerry Munday Davrd Stoller Glen Zrppe Mary Helen Austrn and Ruby Mason A I I .A ' L 1 ' D ' 1 ' - ' I I V V . . . . . ,, V ,, - . . . . , . 1 1 . . K . .1 ' - 1. . , . , - 1 .1 .- - , . . . , 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . . .- - . . ., . . , . V . . . ,, . ,, . , . . , . . . , . . , . V. V . . . . . - 1 1 1 1 - o - , ,, . . . V., . . V . .- ' I , I l 1 ' I I . . . . V ,, .. . , . .. - .. . .. , .1 Y . ' ' ' ' 1 1 Y - - 1. 1. . . . .. - V .1 1 V . . , . . . , . V , , , L 1 I 9 1 1 , , n 0 1 1 . V - ' I y I I I ' I I I , , D . . . . . - , I V V . . 1 , , . . , . o I I I 1 1 ' '