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Mr. R ainville spent his C hristm as here w ith his d au g h ters, C allista,
M argaret, and E lizabeth.
Miss R andolph has given her class a book of quotations.
A rchie F reestone is w orking in the harness shop and is doing good
w ork. H e says he is going to m ake a set of harness for his horses at
hom e in M ontana.
Mr. M itchell’s boys have been cu ttin g lim bs off th e trees by M cBride
hall.
Mary and grace Perkins retu rn ed to school last n ig h t, after spending
th e ir holidays in P ortland.
3rd
T he men are b u ilding a new tow er m ade of steel.
on a new tan k .
I am glad to go to school again.
I w ork in the d in in g room.
tell me to do.
T hey are p u ttin g
It is 1 letter than having holidays.
I try my best to do ev ery th in g th at they
W e decorated our school room before C hristm as, and we cut C h rist
m as bells and pictures and h u n g them on the wall, and we had a good
tim e.
At the C hristm as tree I got a doll, a set of dishes, and some h an d k e r
chiefs, and tw o yards of ribbon. I saw old Santa Claus come down
the chim ney at the gym nasium .
I got a big doll for C hristm as, and ribbons, a tea set. and a ju m p in g
jack . W e d id n ’t have school for two weeks, and I am glad I am back
to school to learn my lessons.
T hey had a jolly tim e New Y ear's n ig h t. T he boys were playing the
banjo and fiddle and rin g in g bells at the schoolhouse.
I had lots of fun on C hristm as Day. W e had a dance on C hristm as
n ig h t. W e had a good d in n er on C hristm as.
I am in the th ird grade
now.
F IN K E X E R C IS E S
H on. J. A. C hurchill. S u perintendent of Public In stru ctio n for O re
gon, addressed the student body at the Su iday livening service on Ja n
uary 11, on the subject of "Service.” H is address, unusually in te re st
ing and instructive, was brim full of good th in g s for the m ind, each
stu d e n t carry in g away m any th o u g h ts. We are fo rtu n ate in having
such able men as S u p erintendent C hurchill interested in the work done