Oakville High School - Echoes Yearbook (Oakville, IA)

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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 ' '