The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1940-11-21
SCHOOLS
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posed OF the Butterfly Reading
group.
Pupils in the fifth grade wrote
and gave poems Included were
the Thanksgiving Prayer" By
/ Greta Adlof. THANKSGIVING" b.
Louise Townsley. Lorene Slough;
Thanksgiving" by Joan Weber
with musical accompaniment BY
Helen Hatch.
Sixth grade students gave ex-
amples of harvest festivals to
show that Thanksgiving has NOT
always been a feast. June Short
was narrator for the pageant
showing the early festivals Of Eng
land and Scotland.
In England. the last bit of grain
was cut by the prettiest girl and
made into a corn baby" which
was the center OF songs and dancl
es in the home. Donna Crawford
and June Tackman made the
corn baby" and Dorothy Ann Lee
displayed 1t.
The dancers were Lois Wright,
Doris Beuschlein. Eugene Hunt,
Burton Smith. In Scotland, theI
last bit of grain cut was made |
into an "old woman" and hung on
the wall of the home until plow-
ing time the next spring. Farmers
then took the "old woman" down,
divided her up and fed her to the
horses. This act was to bring good
luck for the fall harvest. Dorothy
Russ and Joan Richards made the
"old woman" and Elva Anderson,
showed it. Farmers were Keith
Woodward. Stanley Beauregard
and horses were Robert Spencer
and Thomas Burns.
Thanksgiving dinner baskets
for needy families were presented
Contributions were made by each
child of the school Junior Red
Cross boxes containing clothing.
games and candy were also pred
sented Distribution will be made
by city agencies. The program clos
ed with the school singing God
Bless America
Woodruff Entertainment
At Woodruff school. a coopera.
tive assembly was held Wednes-i
day afternoon. The program OPEN
ed with the singing of over the
River and Through the Woods"
by the audience. A number, Tine
Pilgrims Came" was given by the
fifth grade pupils and the elemen-
tary chorus sang several Thanks
giving songs.
A puppet show OF Thanksgiv 7
theme was given by Betty Padgett. /
Evelyn Lucas, Willard Kinchelow.
Garther Robertson. Dewitt Atkins.
Paul Woodside, Myrtle Henry and
Betty Goss.
Take for Granted
"Conveniences of life we take
for granted" said Rev. William Il.
Shaw of the First Baptist Church
who spoke at the Roosevelt High
School assembly Wednesday after
noon. How costly and how lab.
orious we are in the little things OF
life said the speaker.
At Roosevelt High School the
| junior class home room of Law
renee DeBoer sponsored the
| Thanksgiving program given in
the auditorium.
Richard Davis led the pledge to
the flag which was followed by
unison singing of America.
Two tahleaux were given. The
| Latin class presented the first
tableau dealing with the worship
OF the agriculture goddess. Ceres.
Taking part in the production were
Jennie Cochran, David elmer and
Robert Evans.
The Pilgrim Thanksgiving ia
bleau was presented by George
Black. Ruth Cook, Mitchell Golden
and Harold Ford. Richard Davis
announced. Group singing Of
Come Ye Thankful People, Come
| followed.
A pageant of Thankfulness was
given with Vera Clyne represent
ing health; Dorothy Hosman. food;
Margaret Borer and Harold Coch-
ran. education; Philip Fletcher,
science; Jean Edwards. justice;
Margaret Lambert. peace; Susan
Eckley, Jean Bales, friends; Rob-
ert Abercrombie. music; Jane
Champion. art: James Davis, press;
william Love, speech; Frank
Whitehouse. Kathleen Brooks, and
, first grade pupils. Nancy Sturm.
Joseph Kelly. home; and Lucy
Brand, liberty.
The program closed with the au-
dience singing God Bless Ameri.
ca.
Janice Hops was chairman OF
the program. Assisting were Jean
Edwards. Harold Cochran and
James Davis. Costumng was
handled by Lucy Brand. Margaret
Borer and William Love.
Present Drama
In a series OF four scenes. the
Roosevelt Elementary School pre-
sented a drama showing gratitude
as expressed through the ages.
Opening the play. Greekrobed
pupils performed a harvest cere-
mony by carrying gifts to an altar
against classical back ground.
The second scene was the spirit OF
| Thanksgiving through Gods bless
ing a. the Hebrew Feast of the
Tabernacles. Two choirs sang
refrains during this spectacle.
The first Thanksgiving in Ameri-
ca was presented while the school
sang Praise God From Whom All
Blessings Flow" The final scene
dealt with Thanksgiving in Ameri-
ca in 1910. The Presidents procla-
nation was read, gifts OF education
| presented Scout nledgsa and the