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Show I LOMOND BEACON BEN November 20, 1978 Page 8 dinner was prepared over this open fire pit in front of this Samples of bear, elk, rabbit, deer, and fish were cooked for students to A PRETEND THANKSGIVING tee-pe- e. MRS ELLIS some AND of her fourth graders admire their Utah quilt. taste. GlEN THURSTON from Clydesdale team in Morgan, hitches preparation up his for the school hayfidte. Thanksging treat!! KRIS EWERT desired heat have now given way to small generated fans hooked up to a metal container filled with coke. This simple apparatus is attached to the side of the truck. The modern day black smith carries his shop with him and rather than the horses coming to him he packs up an goes to the horses. School sure wasnt like that when I was a kid . . . Things have changed as learning seems to have eased out of the books and into real first hand exPlain City periences. Elementary School has brought to its students experiences remeniscent of the past while void of the strict atclassroom stuffy mosphere often associated with that time period. leads the choir lauah and listen - MR- KARREN in a an old fashioned pioneer song while grandparents Plain Ctiy School also their first Thanksgiving Feast on Tuesday. Students were celebrated November 13th through the 17th brought to Plain City school a combination of Folk Art Festival sprinkled with a First encouraged to dress in the tradition of the original First Thanksgiving participants, so naturally Plain City was over run by Indians and Pilgrims. Open fire pits for cooking were prepared and such delicacies as elk, fish, bear, deer and rabbit were cooked for students to Thanksgiving celebration and grandparents luncheons. Though a bit hectic at times every one seems to be of the consensus that it was a delicious combination. The Folk Art Festival brought to Plain City school a splendid array of folk arts and crafts. Brenda Burgi and Carla Corrigan showed students the basics of weaving while down the hall Glen Ellis dazzled the kids with the magic of his whittling knife. Quilts of all kinds were on Fourth grade display. students had been given the opportunity of making a quilt of their own. As the students history this year deals with Utah, Mrs. Ellis, (a 4th grade teacher) and Mrs Calvert (a parent volunteer) helped the fourth grade students put together a beautiful Utah quilt. It was put on a quilting frame right in class and the entire studentbody could see the step by step process of quilting, an age old folk art. Val White demonstrated tole painting and Susan Clontz showed students and visitors the beauty of dried arrangements. Ranae Call delighted students with her tatting skill of knitting. Kathryn Lyman introduced calligraphy while Pat Killibrew ropes into prepare Plymouth rock soup. Mr. Karren drops in the rock while Mrs. Ellis stirs and seasons. Two mothers watch so they can make it at home. Its important to get the right kind of rocks, FOURTH GRADE TEACHERS gals. macrame. demonstrating Another art of the past, crocheting, was skillfully displayed and demonstrated by lone Johnston. Mrs. Loughrin and Reed Stewart brought their seperate rock displays which fascinated many of the students. Gary Mahas, a modern day blacksmith, set up shop in front of the school so students could observe this ancient craft evolutionalized into a modern world. Giant billows and back breaking pumping which once was necessary to achieve the explained to eager learners. Fourth wos no The first Grade prepared Plymouth Rock (over another open fire outside.) Students brought game meat and vegetables and of course a big clean rock. The studentbody was invited to join the fourth grade in polishing off that communal effort. It didnt last long so it must have been good. Maybe it was the rock that enhanced the flavor. In the midst of all this activity it seemed only fitting to do something else, Soup just to keep things interesting, so grandparents were invited on Wednesday and Thursday to join with - their grandchildren for lunch and participate proudly guided their grandparents from one display to another. Another special feature of the week was the rendition of real folk music by Hal Cannon and Chris Montigue. These talented men performed on their mandalin, GLEN THURSTON give Miss Erickson's kindergarten class a real old fashioned hayride. banjo, concertina, and guitar; musical number of a time gone by but certainly not forgotten. Glen Thurston, from Morgan, brought a team of Clydesdales, hooked them to an old hay wagon, and took students and teachers on hay rides. Everyone got to discover for themselves the pleasure of jolting down the street to the gentle rhythm of the Clydesdales enormous hooves. The wagon lurched as it pulled away from the school. I wondered as It disappeared around the . . . Just what an unusual bus system that would be. As much as I love the nostalgia, reality has a way of making me glad I can get in my car, protected from the elements, and go home. corner respector of persons as Mrs. Roberts discovers. You just can't get away with anything.. Mrs. Cook happily clamps down on the offenders. STOCKADE CROCHETING IS turned simple art while works of sample. 1 delights children with Indian stories and legends. Thanksgiving brought a lot of Indians and Pilgrims to the celebration. TANNER TIM explains the mountain mans equipment to these fifth grade students. John made his own leather jacket and pants as well as the leather boots on the table. JOHN THOMPSON |