Rossville Grade School Update, 1955, Rossville, Kansas

Progress of the Grades
Rossville Grade School

FIRST GRADE
We are happy to have Alex Sieck with us again. He told us about the schools in Florida and other interesting little events of his trip. Alex brought Mrs. Ramey some pretty salt and pepper shakes from Jacksonville, Florida.

Steven Pardee celebrated his seventh birthday, March 11, by having all the first graders and other little friends as his guests for a party and birthday supper at his home. Everyone reported a wonderful time. Steven received many nice gifts. Steven also treated us to candy bars at school.

Carolyn Gresser is the proud owner of a new dog, which she has named Peppy.

Since our last news the following visited our room and stayed for lunch: Mrs. Leroy Parr and Janice, Mrs. Raymond Royal and children, Mrs. Joe Reding, Mrs. John Simecka and Gary.

Many of us are now checking out library books for our supplementary reading. We were really surprised and pleased to find that we could read so many of them.

Junie Murray enjoyed eating Sunday dinner at the Senate Cafeteria in Topeka.

We are working hard on our Assembly Play, which we will give in April. You will be hearing more about it.

Carl Farley's cousin, Sonnie Kovar, visited our room. Sonnie is a first grader at Quincy School in Topeka.

Jane Parr and Rudy Bailey were among the many Rossville fans at the Grade School Tournament.

We were pleasantly surprised to have Junie Murray's mother and Rudy Bailey's mother come for a visit last week. Steven Pardee's mother was also our guest.

Several of us have been enjoying roller skating at the St. Marys Skating Rink. Bobby Dolezilek, Johnnie Simecka and Larry Wehner were recent skaters there.

SECOND GRADE
Signs of Spring decorate our walls and bulletin boards.

This is a month of many birthdays for us. Connie Bahner, Sandra Heiland, Amy Jones, Charles Meade and Diane Cowan are all eight years old now.

Sandra Heiland invited the girls in her class to a birthday party last Thursday after school.

It is also new shoe month. The fortunate ones to have new shoes are: Amy Jones, Charles Meade, Barton Larson, Laura and Parker VanVleck, Donald and Ronald Harmon, Bruce Shannon and Connie Bahner.

The Cub Scouts watched Peter Pan on TV at Artie Campbell's home on March 7.

We appreciate very much the wonderful cooperation of the mothers making such pretty clown suits for our part in the Operetta.

Virginia Stach's mother visited our room one day last week and stayed for lunch. Mrs. Raymond Royal and Mrs. Joe Reding also stopped in for a short while.

Henry Wade was absent one day last week to have his eyes tested by Dr. H.W. Powers. His new glasses are a great help to him.

We are watching for signs of spring. Over the week end several reported flying kites and raking yards.

Vauncille Avers, Amy Jones and Bruce Shannon have perfect attendance for the year.

Dwight Martinek's mother made cakes for the basketball team and one for us. Thank you, Mrs. Martinek, it was so good and such a nice surprise.

Our assembly program will be next Tuesday afternoon, March 22, at 2:35. Everyone is invited. Our program will consist of special numbers, The Cowboys Serenade, and a one-act Operetta "Going to the Fair."

THIRD GRADE
The month of March so far has been a very busy one for the boys and girls in the Third Grade. The Third Grade presented their "February Assembly" March 2nd after having to postpone it because of illness and then last Friday sang several numbers before the Operetta.

Linda Simecka went to the hospital last Thursday to have her tonsils removed. Everyone misses her and we're all hoping she'll be back by this Thursday.

We have only one birthday during the month of March. Rose Marie Jacobson has a birthday March 16th.

In art last Wednesday we tried drawing some models. One person would model as a person batting, running, boxing, etc., while the rest of the class drew this model. Everyone enjoyed this art lesson and have also enjoyed coloring pictures of St. Patrick and shamrocks for the month of March.

FOURTH GRADE
Since our last news writing, we have lost one of our class members. We miss Henry Martin since he has moved to McPherson, Kansas, with his parents.

Our March birthdays all come next week. Sharon Irwin observes hers on the first day of spring, Dale Dannefer the day following and Janice Vanderblomen on the 26th.

Judy McCollough and Dale Dannefer have made recent trips to the dentist.

Kent Paine, Roger Hurley, David Parr and Michael Gresser passed programs at the Operetta Friday night.

Illness has caused Carol Adams, Pamela Berkey, Dale Dannefer, Kent Paine, David Parr, Richard VanVleck, and Virginia Rezac to miss a day or more of school this past three weeks.

Our goal this week is to have everyone in the class make a hundred in the final lesson.

Our motto is - Lost time is never found again.

The safety thought is to avoid being hit by a softball, keep your eyes on the ball.