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Show SCHOOL HELUS ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY Mrs. Burgess brought some books to school on Friday for the school to buy for our library. Each student chose one book he liked best for the school to buy. If anyone any-one would like to buy a book for himself, he is to bring his money on Monday and it will be ordered with the other's. Two stories about winter eports written in our sixth grade language lang-uage class are as follows: THE RUINED SKATES It was Friday evening after school and all the' boys and girls were talking about the skating party they were going to have on Saturday, and so was Wilford. He bragged that he' would show everyone how to skate. All the way home, Wilford talked to himself him-self about it. "Just wait until Saturday," he kept saying. "I'll show all the boys a thing or two." Just then Wilford bumped' into a telephone pole'. He was somewhat some-what nearsighted and that pole broke his glasses. Saturday at 4:30 on the skating pond Wilford was showing off, although he wasn't using his skates' as much as his knees. He was doing fairly well for not having his glasses, and he was having the' time of his life. He kept darting in and out of groups of skaters and getting in everyone's every-one's way. It seemed to Wilford that there were not many people there, but that was just because he could not see them. As Wilford was darting in and out of the group of skaters, he suddenly skated right off the pond and broke his skates. He could not skate the rest of the year, and, boy! were the boys and girls glad. by Glade Knight THE GREAT SKI JUMP "Jimmy, what time is it?" his mother called from the kitchen. There was no response. "Jimmy," she called again. Still there was no response. "I guess I'll have to find him again," she said impatiently putting put-ting on her hat and coat. Two hours 1'atier she finally came to the hill where Jimmy liked to ski. As she looked down, she saw Jimmy skiing down the hill, and he was headed' straight for Farmer Brown's barn. "Jimmy," she' screamed. "Look out." Jimmy tried to look back. That and the shock of seeing his' mother made him lose his ski poles. He became frantic with panic. At the foot of the' hill, he slid onto the roof of Mr. Brown's barn. Below, when Jimmy slid from the' roof, he landed on Mr. Brown's old billy goat. The goat butted him out of the door of the barn, and he landed in the snow. He lay unconscious for three minutes before he awoke and said: "What happened?" "You skiied' right off the barn," his mother told him. "Now come along home." Jimmy's seat hurt for two or three days and His enthusiasm for skiing was not so great after that. by Ellen Thompson, Annette Snow, reporter There have been several babies born to families of children in our room. John Collen, Lynn Miles, Larry Kerr and Sheila Asay have new sisters. Joe Olpin and Brent Hall have baby brothers. Grade 3, Room 1 Charles Stringham went to CaU ifomia, yesterday. He says the weather is very warm there. Fruit is growing. He brought a tangerine back for each of us. Some of us had never eaten tangerines. We really did like them. We' had a right good experience. Dale Bascom cut his chin badly. He had to have two stitches, but he is back to school today wearing wear-ing a bandage that looks like a beard. We are' working hard to get our assembly ready. We are going to call it, "The Princess Chooses' a Kitty." We do hope it gets ready in time. Mrs. Harrison's class The children in second grade are' studying community helpers. Our first activity is a health and safety project. We are setting up a play hospital. For equipment the boys are going to try out their new Christmas tools on the lumber lum-ber which they purchased in town. The girls also made' a trip to a dry goods store for needed materials, mater-ials, which they are going to sew. Mrs. Root's class |