Imperial Valley press., 1931-04-13

thing, and flew out of the window
Eleanor Mansilla, 5-B-1.
This week Mr.. Bradshaw and
Mrs. Herring came to our rooms tC
tell us about visiting week. and tc
show us the pictures that the serv-
ice clubs are giving away. We are
| trying to win a picture of "Old
Ironsides". 1t is a beautiful pic
ture. One of the upstairs rooms
has had Mayor Fawcett. We will
! have to get busy.-Mildred Dickens
! 6-A-2.
In art we illustrated a Mother
Goose rhyme in cut out pictures.
made, "Old Mother Hubbard" The
best ones were put on the board
Mine was one of the best.-Laura
Garrett, 6-A-2.
Friday the Lincoln school har-
monica band played at Rotary
club. We hope that we made good
We played. Pop Goes the Weasel
Mary Had a Little Lamb, and
Billy Boy" DOM Madden. 6-A-2
Pajamas are the popular thing at
this school now. There are some
of them that are very cute. -Four
girls in our room are wearing them
Evelyn Crook, 6-A2.
This morning Maurice Graves
brought a little cardboard trellis to
our room for our asparagus fern.
II is about l6 inches high. There
are Ia littlep lants in the pot
Mary Ann Riddle, SAL.
East Side School
Some of our little people do not
get the proper nourishment at
home and consequently cannot do
their work properly. Mrs. Roberts,
of the Red Cross, has donated sew
eral dozen cans of milk and COCO
malt for these little tots who are
given cup of this very nourishing
food every day by their teacher,
Miss Robertson. These little boys
and girls are very appreciative of
this kindness and are certainly ben
Gifted greatly by it.-Americaniza-
ton class.
We drew Mary Quite Contrary
for our art lesson Friday. A great
many of them were very good. We
learned the poem about Mary
Quite Contrary" after we finished
our drawings
Our teacher, Mrs. Sims, was called
out of town Thursday. We have
missed her very much and hope
that she will be back soon.-Grade
lib.
We put some tulips in our win
dows because they have them in
Holland. We are studying about
Holland.-Marcus Valenzuela.
Jacob and Katrina are little
Dutch children. They live in Hol-
land. Their beds are made like
cupboards. Our teacher read us a
story about them-Sara Payne.
Wilhelm and Frieda are German
children. Their father planted a
garden. They pulled the weeds out
of the garden. - Vostile Mason,
third grade items.
This morning we had an arith-
metic race in long division. At
first fifth grader won, but on the
last round a fourth grader won. l
was sorry when our grade lost.
Last week was National Negro
health week. Wednesday night in
the high school auditorium the ele-
mentary girls gave a health pro-
gram entitled, The Treasure of
Healthy Harbor. ."-Regenia Payne.
This is national Negro health
week. Thursday we were invited
over to the East Side high school
to hear DR.. Van Eman talk on
health. He warned us not to kiss
in the mouth and to keep our
hands away from our face and nose.
He said that the best way to avoid
germs is to use your own glass and
your own towel.-James Lamb.
We are practicing hard for the
Junior Olympics. I want to get
first place in the school meet so l
can go to the other meets of the
county. 1 think that l can beat
most of the boys of our school,
Robert Graves, Fifth grade items.
The sixth, seventh, and eighth
grades are presenting cantata en-
titled Robinson Crusoe" Robert
Giles is taking the part of Robinson
Crusoe and William Moore that of
Friday. Robbie Campbell is the
soloist. - Arvella Newton, eighth
grade.
Harding School
We went out on the desert Sun
day. My father caught a coral
snake He was prettier than a rat
tlesnake.-John Ehmke, "A.
At school it is visitors week. We
have had one visitor already. But
he was only a little dog.-James
Rapson. Abb.
Mckinley School
Mckinley school is observing pub
lie school week. On our grades it
is more than a week as the time
extends from April until April %
Our pupils are enthusiastic over
the winning of the prize picture for
their respective rooms.
This picture will be awarded to
the room having the highest per-
centage of parents and friends vis-
iting.
Many visitors are expected dur
ing this week and next.
Each room has a display of work
to show parents and friends.
The (contesb captains are: "A
Amy TakahaShi; Alb, 3-B, Lyle
Hess; kindergarten, Elaine Plemons;
1-B, Nancy Ketchum; IA, Betty
Jean Printz; ga, Dorothy Gordon;
IA. Billy Hess; "a, 2-B, Mary Nc
Callum.
Until now We have had SO visit
orS.
IN the "A grade Miss Heyencr