Imperial Valley press., 1934-11-19
Interesting Items OF News
Written For The Press By
Ell Centre School Pupils

wonder what causeE that?-Sally
st. John, Cd.
mot So Well'
At Lincoln school, we have some
rules,
That every one must follow.
And if you leave your lunch out
side,
AS did one careless fellow
Then you II be sorry, I've no
doubt,
And regret it ever after,
A dog ate Richard IS lunch-don
tell
For poor Richard has feeling
-"not so well y
Lucille Bridgers.
We have a pretty picture in the
front of our room. 1t is a picture
OF an Indian with his wife and
son. They are sitting by clear
cool spring Every time I look at
it 1 get thirsty. I think I shall
quit looking at it then I will not
get so thirsty.-Burkie Lemons, 6-4.
We have started a new and bet
ter way to study our spelling. The
words are easier to learn. There are
better grades than there were be-
fore we started it.-Harold league,
Ga.
We are starting a new hobby in
our room. We are getting pieces
of wood off every kind of tree or
bush on the desert and the noun
tains around here to polish. We
have tried manzanita, greasewood,
and eucalyptus. We found them
all very satisfactory. These are
only a few of the trees and shrubs
of the desert. We hope to have
large collection of pieces of polish
ed wood at the end of the year
Frank Dixon.
One day we had a program for
American Education week. we
wrote invitations to our mothers,
fathers, and friends asking them
to come. We had songs led by Ce-
Gil G. Cross. Two boys told jokes,
three girls said poems and Bebe
Combs gave the class arithmetic
and spelling. I assure our parents
enjoyed it.-Anne Miller, Cd.
Did you ever have a dog steal
your lunch? Today at our school
child ran out to get drink. AS
he came back he saw dog take a
boys lunch. GA dog is stealing
Richards lunch," he exclaimed, as
he saw Mr.. De Celles. He ran out
in time to save everything but one
sandwich and a cookie. Mr.. De
Celles is hoping as well as the class,
! that no more lunches are stolen by
the hungry dog.-FatSy Thompson.
We have new football at our
school and we think it is the best
we have ever had. Mr. De Celles
got it for us about week ago. We
play with it every day.-Ted Smyer,
Ga.
1 think the most interesting post
er that was drawn in our room for
our safety posters was a safety
poster drawn by Jean Dyer. The
picture was of a train that was
coming around the bend and a car
was stopped by the tracks. Her
slogan was "Stop, Look and Lis
ten. MARY Sunderman, Ga.
! Lincoln school is very lucky this
year because she succeeded in get
ting an orchestra. The orchestra IS
made up of violins, cornet, tam
i bourines, triangles, sticks. bells and
| Jingle sticks. It's director is Miss
Velman. The school is expecting
some music from this orchestra
Friday.-Ortha Console.
For our nature study we are col
lecting insects, snakes and flowers.
We have already got some spiders.
Bebe Combs brought a beautiful
butterfly fixed in a frame. We in
tend to get moro insects and frame
| them.-Evelyn Brooks, Ga.
During American book week our
class made pictures about some
books. They were all very nice.
Mr.. De Celles collected them. He
will hang some of the best ones
around the room. "Skating Can
der,o made by Phyllis Purdy, was
real good. She made white gan
der on white paper. Then she cut
| it out and pasted it on green paper.
1t wasn't the only good one. They
were nearly all good. That is not
all we do in school. Some of the
others will tell you the rest.-Bil-
lie M. Shockley, Ga.
This week we started banking.
We have new system of banking
and I think it is lot better than
the old. The teller comes over to
the school in person and We give
our bank money to him. Two
children will take part in it too,
one acting as assistant teller and
one as messenger-Reed Anderson,
Ga.