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Ton: and Mrs. Janet Sue Edwards are isasfc. preparinp to enter Alaska as

housersrents on the staff of the Alaska Cl-fstian Home at Homer, Maska in late

summer. He will be teaching grddes 6,7,8 at the Christian Day School^and they will
take over administrative duties of the Home while founders Bi11 and Mrs. Sarah Gates

are doing deputation work in the adjacent 48 states. Until June 1st they may be

reached in regard to speaking for the work at Box 155 Williamsburg, Ky, 4076o, ^ ^

THE ALASKA CHRISTIAN HOME

NEWSLETTER
QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE ALASKA CHRISTIAN HOME, INC.

Mailing Address: The Alaska Christian Home, Star Route A, Homer, Alaska
March 1964

Jan, Tom and Thomas Jeffrey Edwards

LIVING LINK SUPPORT IS NEEDED for the Edwards

with the field and during this visit work under their guidance.

family. Tom, Jan and little Thomas Jeffrey will join the
staff of the Alaska Christian Home in August. Although no
one can ever really replace the Geringers, Tom and Jan will
be coming to fill the vacancy left by this fine couple who

watched his activities for a number of years, and it is with

pride that we commend him to this missionary enterprise.
Sincerely,
Signed by the Elders

The elders of the Reel Avenue Christian Church have

Reel Avenue Christian Church

will be leaving in June.

In addition to the $250 a month livinglink support needed

for the family, money is also necessary for transportation
and freight. Tom will be available for speaking daces up
until the time of their departure in August.
TOM EDWARDS

Vincennes, Indiana

Note: The above letter was written in I960 before Tom

Edwards' first trip to Alaska. Since then he has married

and come to the decision to join in the work of the Alaska
Qiristian Home,

c/o FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

FIFTH STREET

WILLIAMSBURG, KENTUCKY
Letter of Recommendation
for Tom Edwards
To Brethren Everywhere:
We wish to announce to all who may be interested in the

We ore already booking dates

for our next visit to churches in the States
in June of 1965.

Please contact us early.

evangelistic activities of Thomas R. Edwards our recommenda

tion of his character, morally and spiritually as that of a

genuine Christian. He grew up in a Christian home and in the
Reel Avenue Christian Church, his church home.
Brother Edwards became a Christian when he was 11 years
old and has been faithfully engaged in Christian activities
since. He entered Johnson Bible College in 1957, and during
his sophomore year decided to enter Alaska as a missionary
with the ultimate purpose of establishing New Testament
congregations there. We understand that his first trip to
Alaska will be a visit to the Alaska Christian Home where

Bill Gates is working in order that he might acquaint himself

BADLY NEEDED: Office Help

Requirements: Typing, Filing, Bookkeeping Experience
Please apply in writing
to

Mrs. William Gates

Alaska Christian Home
Star Route

Homer, Alaska 99603

PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED FOR HELP to build

an addition to our schoolhouse. Doug Collins and Ron

Elerick from San Jose Bible College and Norman Conard,
Joe Feher and Harold Simpson from Ozark Bible College
have answered our plea for help on construction for this
summer. A large classroom with living quarters above it for
the teacher will be added to the outgrown school building
which now serves the Alaska Christian School.

Not only are we going to try to provide adequate class

room space for our school but we must also enlarge the
sanitation lagoons in order to meet the approval of the
Health Department. We had thought this problem was licked
till the Health Department sent a man out last summer to
take some tests. He found that the bacteria action was not

sufficient for the population of the Home. We must,therefore,

enlarge these lagoons before another winter.
We have the promised manpower to do this work but are
yet very lacking in finances. Our building fund now stands
at $1,592.95. In order to be ready for school to start in
September we must start work on the addition just as soon

CORRECTED LIST OF CHILDREN as of March 1, 1964

Ruth

Sept. 20, 1955

April 19, 1951

Meta

April 16, 1956

10

Dinah

Feb. 22, 1955

Nov. 24, 1950

10

Sept. 13, 1950

March 16, 1947
May 30, 1949

12

Cora

Alan
Alfred
Donna *

Sonja

Jimmy

Oct. 9, 1953
Jan. 30, 1957
Oct. 30, 1953

Terry Marie Gates

Mary Jo Gates
Joan

March 25, 1947

May 17, 1954

LaVeme

Aug. 16, 1957

Beryl

April 7, 1956

Patricia

Benny

Size 10
14

15

Misses 14
12

Chubby girl 12J4

7

Dec. 26, 1957

Misses 10
10
8

10
10

Lou Ann

Oct. 7, 1953

Lenore

Warren

Sept. 5, 1952
July 24, 1949

as school is out. We must order materials NOW if we expect

to do this. This is Alaska and one cannot go to the store

Sandra

Aug. 6, 1953

10

and buy as needed but must order well in advance. Plans

Patrick

Aug. 25, 1955

10

are being drawn up at this time. Materials will be ordered

as soon as we know what is needed, even though we do not
have the money to pay for them,trusting the Lord to supply.

Tommy

May 5, 1958

Stephanie
Mallery

Sept. 13, 1954

Nov. 25, 1951

7
10
10-12

Mike

July 3, 1951

14-16

14

Pants 30-30
Chest 34-36

We at the Home ore PRAYING AND PLANNING that

* Donna is away going to school, but is our responsibility.

these things may be accomplished. Won't you join us in

PRAYING? And those of you who con, won't you

Gifts will be forwarded to her.

PROVIDE so that we can PROCEED?

THE GATES ARRIVED BACK IN HOMER on February 11th

after four months of visiting the churches and reporting on
the progress of the Home. Miss Esther Howard, who had
been carrying on the correspondence, doing the bookkeeping
and other office work in their absence, returned to Kansas

February 22nd, where she hopes to continue her schooling.

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WEDDING BELLS WILL BE RINGING June 7th for Bobbie

Jean Osborn, who helped us during Margaret Paddock's

leave of absence last summer.She and Doug Collins, brother
of De(ad interim worker during the Thomas sisters'furlough)
will start to Alaska immediately after their wedding. Bobbie
Jean will help with the office work while Doug helps on
the construction; then they will return to San Jose Bible
College in the fall to resume their studies. In the meantime,

we hope and pray that a young lady, experienced in book

$2.75

keeping, typing and filing will offer her services as a

missionary to help in the office because there is too much
for one person to handle.

add 25^

WE HEAR . . .

After the death of President Kennedy, Dinah (8) wanted to

know where they put people who kill people. Benny(6) said:
"In the White House."

Meta (7), having discovered a cavity: "My tooth has a cave

in it!"

Mallery (cerebral palsy boy) in his evening prayer: "Thank

you for the spring that will come this summer."

postage
and

handling

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CHILDREN'S PAGE
THIS PAGE IS FOR OUR PEN PALS, because our children do

chores as well as their school work. They are in school from

love to hear from others; but because of our very busy schedule,

9:00 till 4:00 p.m. and have a Bible class from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

we have had to tell them NO MORE PEN PALS. Children from

one day a week in addition. Our evening meal is served at 5:00

p.m. and we have daily devotions for the children before their

almost all of the states are reading of the Alaska Christian Home
and are interested in corresponding with children in our 49th
state. Older folks, too, like to hear from our children. So you can
see that the number of pen pals can soon mount up. Our children
have a very busy schedule. They rise at 5:30 a.m. and have

aBIRTho^^

bedtime at 7:00 p.m.; so you can see that their free time is very
limited. They do need to have some time for recreation, too. So

please, won't you consider this your personal letter from our
children to you?

Dear Friends,

Hi! I am in the fifth grade. I am 11 years old. I want to

tell you about some basketball games.

The basketball games were very exciting! There is a

boy here who plays basketball, and do I yell for him. Can
you guess who he is? Warren! Do we ever yell for him!

There was at least one funny one so far. I think we won

at least four times.

Dear Friends,

Well, I can't think of anything else so goodby for this

We have nice birthday parties. We all look forward to

time.

the month we have our birthday so we can have our party.

Your friend, Lenore (11).

My birthday is in January. I had my party with Aunt

Helen. We played fun games and had birthday cake. We got

a lot of nice presents, too.
All of us who have had birthdays want to thank you for
helping us have nice birthdays.
Love, Benny (7)

for all of us who had birthdays since the last newsletter:

Lou Ann, Patty, Jimmy, Alan, Mattery, Terry and Dinah.

Dear Friends,

On February 11 we went down to the airport to welcome

the Gates home. When we got there we found out it was late
for one hour. After that we found it was still later. We were

tired and hungry. After two hours they finally got here. We
had a big banner that said "Welcome Home Gates!"

Dear Friends,

February 15 I went to Mount Alyeska for the Alaskan

High School Ski Races. I thought I would be there for four

Your friend, Sandra (10).

days. Instead I stayed there for a week and one day. I had
lots of fun and new experiences there.
At Alyeska there is a chair lift that is a mile long. It
takes about 15 minutes to get to the top. There are several
trails you can follow once you get to the top. The one I
like to take is the one called the racing trail. I also like
the bowl trail (a valley). It is long and you can go as fast
as you want.

While I was at Mt. Alyeska the snow was between 13

and 14 feet deep at the top. Midway there were nine-and-onehalf feet of snow.

There are two rope tows, or bunny tows; a Puma lift

and the chair lift. They are all fun to use.

All the workers, lift operators, the cooks and others

are very nice. They helped me a lot.
Mount Alyeska is the first resort in Alaska that operates
the year round. It is located about 40 miles south of Anchorage.
I had lots of fun at Mount Alyeska!
Your friend. Warren (14).

Dear Friends,

The Senior Beacons thought a restaurant fun night would

be a good idea. So we worked and worked and got together

a "bunch" of food and decorations.

We invited the Middletons our neighbors up the road.

We had delicious sandwiches and soups. For dessert we
had cake alamode and sundaes.

When everyone got through eating, the waiter and

waitress (the Senior Beacons) ate. Were we ever tired! They
ate a lot, too!
Your friend in Christ, Sonja (14).

HALLOWEEN

On Halloween Day we went trick or treating. We went

to all the houses except the school house here at the Home.
The fun ended all too soon.

The next night we had a Halloween party. We bobbed

for apples and played other fun games. We always have fun
at Halloween parties.

MEMORIAL SERVICE

After the death of President Kennedy, the Alaska

Christian Home and the Alaska Christian School had a
THANKSGIVING
The

Senior Beacons of the

Alaska Christian Home

sponsored a Thanksgiving program, after our big Thanks

giving dinner. We invited the members from the church to

memorial service on Monday, November 25.

We recalled the life and death of our President, sang
hymns and had Scripture read. Uncle Corwin gave a devo
tional talk.

Here is a picture of our flag at half mast during the

following month.

come.

Three of the older boys had short sermons and the girls
had special music. The Junior Beacons also had a special
song.

By SMke (12).

By Alan (13).
VALENTINE PARTY

First we had the things to eat. After that we played

games. The first game we were blindfolded and we drew

HONOR ROLL
We had an honor roll at our school this last six weeks.

hearts and put our aamc in it and-tricd to keep your name

inside the heart. The next game we tried to throw hearts

The honor roll means you get just A's and B's on your

into the waste paper basket. We had two sides the red

report card.

and the blue. Then we played Valentine and Cupid. Valen

Those who were on the honor roll were Alan (eighth

grade), Sandra (fifth grade), Patrick (second grade) and me
I am in third grade.

tine was blinded and called Cupid. Cupid had to answer

and try not to be caught. Just before it was time to go to
supper we opened the valentine box. We had a lot of fun!

We like to study hard so we can be on the honor roll.

By Cora (9).
CHRISTMAS PARTY

On Sunday noon before Christmas we drew names. During

the afternoon on Monday we went shopping. The grownups
put things out on the tables and we came and shopped. We
pay a quarter for the gifts. Then we went to the kitchen and
wrapped them. After they were wrapped we put them under
the tree. It was lots of fun.

On Tuesday night we had our party and Uncle Corwin

played Santa Claus and some of the children were his
helpers. We gave our gifts to one another at the party.
After we opened our gifts we went caroling. That was a
lot of fun, too.

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By Ruth (12).

By Jimmy (10).

EDWARDS TO ALASKA

Thomas R. and Mrs. Jan Edwards are going to Komer, Alaska to take over some of
the work of Corwin and Mrs. Luella Geringer, who retired from the field earlier
this year,
Bro. Edwards has served on the field during summer time school vacations. He

^Received the bT'^T^L. degree from Johnson Bible College, Kimberlin Heights, Tenn.
in June 19^2 and has taken additional training at Cumberland College during the

last two year^ t^erviw with First Christian Church, Williamsburg, Ky,

Mrs, Edwards is theif former Jane^Cooper, daughter of the Lester Cooper family
who serve in the Mashoko Mission of Southern Rhodesia, Africa# She pilso attended

Johnson and Cumberland. They have a son, Thomas Jeffrey, born July 15 19^5*
They will be serving hs house parents, and he will be teaching grades six,

seven and eightan the Christian Day School of the Home, The Bfealid of ^ders of
his home church, Reel Avenue Christian Church, Vincennes, Ind.,

congregation^

J7House Perents for Alaska Home

outline jTMrs. Jan and Thomas R. Edwards^ith Thomas Jeffrey^

SDWjiPDS DRIVE SCHOOL BUS/TO HOMER, ilLASKA 6 7^

Tom and Mrs, Jane^ Edwardj^ and son Jef^arrived in Homer, Alaska, Aug.
1964, having driven the Alaska Christian Home's new JO-passenger school bugfrom

the factory at Lima, Ohio(iover the Alaska Highway

They immediately took up their new duties with the Home, according to Mrs,

Sarah Gates^ co-founder with her husband^^ and annvr tTtti,i;y. They serve as houseparents
for 11 boys (capacity at present 14), and Bro. Edwards is teaching grades 6, 7 8
in the Home's own school. He will also assist in administration and will be in

charge of the Home during the Gates' yearly deputation trips, Mrs, Gates aaid.

Their address is now c/o Alaska Christian Home, Homer, Alaska 99605,

ies,Je IL

THE ALASKA CHRISTIAN HOME

NEWSLETTER
QUARTERLY REPORT OF THE ALASKA CHRISTIAN HOME, INC.
Mailing Address: The Alaska Christian Home, Star Route A, Homer, Alaska
September 1964

Jan, Jeff and Tom

THE EDWARDS FAMILY ARRIVED ON AUGUST 29 to begin their first term of service at the Alaska Christian

Home (Tom served a summer internship in 1961). The Alaska Christian School opened on September 2, scarcely
giving Tom time to catch his breath before beginning his job as teacher for our 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades.
Before they could hardly get into the building, let alone move into their apartment, they became parents to 11
live-wire boys, who have kept them busy from 5:30 in the morning till bedtime each day ever since.
It is good to have Tom and Jan here to share in the caring for and training of these children. We thank all

who have helped" to bring them and who are helping to sustain them. Jan, by the way, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Cooper of Mashoko Mission.
We are grateful too, that they were able to bring us our new bus. We have been setting aside regular monthly
car payments toward the bus ever since the station wagon was paid for. This spring we ordered a 30-passenger

Superior School Bus on a Chevrolet chassis. A substantial sum could be saved by taking delivery at the factory
in Ohio; so, since the Edwards were ready to come, two birds were killed with one stone their transportation
was provided and delivery was made on the bus all in one operation.
TOM WILL SPEAK FOR HIMSELF "As we rounded the bend of the road, the view almost took our breath away.

The snowy white Alaska Range, on the other side of the inlet, slipped silently along the side windows of the
school bus. Cook Inlet seemed to flash by, and then the windshield became a picture window. Stretched out before
us was one of the world's most beautiful sights, the southern tip of Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. The tall, blossom
ing spikes of the fireweed plant had painted the lower hills pink to contrast with the dark green of the spruce
above. Across the bay the glaciers and snow-spotted mountains were illuminated by the afternoon sun, which was
behind us. Stretched out in a long thin ribbon, more than half way across Kachemak Bay, was the Homer Spit. And
framing the entire scene was an Alaskan, blue sky.
Driving down into Homer and on out to the Alaska Christian Home, Jan and I could not help but give thanks
to God for our safe and wonderful trip. Also our thanks go to those who have supported our work by prayers and

gifts. Without your support we could not have come to Alaska to evangelize for Christ by benevolence. We again
thank you and ask you to please remember it is only with your support that this work can continue. This is your
Home for the Homeless at Homer."

OUR SUMMER WORKERS TOOK LEAVE of us on the 25th of August. They passed the Edwards on the highway
and stopped to introduce themselves. Although we did not get to proceed with our construction on the schoolhouse, many improvements were made on the buildings and the sewer lagoons were enlarged to meet with the
Health Department's requirements.

IN SPITE OF ALASKA'S MARCH 27 DISASTER, which

left a long stretch of extremely bad road, we have had

several visitors from the "South 48" this summer. Among
them were Mr. and Mrs. Manring from Spokane, Washington;
Mr. and Mrs. Shelton from Cheynenne Wells, Colorado; Ed

and Jeff Steele from Pine Village, Indiana; J. Harlan

Collins from Springfield, Oregon; Mr. and Mrs. Gilpin from
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan; Lloyd Mefford from San Jose, Cali
fornia; Darrel Magnussen from Gaza, Iowa and iMr. and Mrs.

Edwin Robinson from Los Angeles, California. We are

always so happy when visitors come. Why don't you plan

to visit us on your vacation next year? Plan to stay a
while, won't you?
OUR WATER SUPPLY IS AGAIN A PROBLEM. As long as no one tries to take a bath when the dish washer and

washing machines are going, we make out pretty good; but unless we stagger the baths and clothes washing to
fit in with the washing of dishes, our water pressure drops way down and we soon run out of water. In the event
of fire, the men folks tell us, we could run our fire hose for possibly five minutes (if everything else has not
been running). This is not good! We started another well fund, hoping to save enough to have a well drilled.
(Some of you will recall the time we had before!) But since the earthquake the well does not seem to be up to
par; so we have started drilling, trusting the Lord to supply.
DOROTHY THOMAS AND SARAH GATES ATTENDED ALASKA'S CHILD WELFARE CONFERENCE in Fairbanks

in August. Many things were brought out by the various agencies and the Fire Marshall, making us realize there
is still much to be done before the Alaska Christian Home can really claim to meet the standards toward which
all child-caring institutions in Alaska must strive. We can't possibly do everything at once and they are not ask
ing us to. But we must start in the right direction. We believe the first step is to revise our plans for an addition
to our schoolhouse. We must, instead build a completely new school building, using the materials required for
fire resistance and meeting the standards in every way. It would be foolish and unwise stewardship to put more
money into a building that cannot and will not ever come up to standard. Pray with us for God's direction as we
endeavor to conform to all requirements.

A time of fellowship with the church in Fairbanks was enjoyed on Wednesday evening and Sunday morning.
Mae and Ken Crockett, who were with the Home in 1954, opened up their home to Dorothy and Sarah and furnished
transportation for them as they attended the conference. Our thanks to them!
MARIAN McCUISTION HAS RETURNED TO THE HOME to lend a helping hand in the training of Mallery (the

little crippled boy who is with us again) and with the washing, ironing and many other duties that are more than
a housemother can take care of. Mallery re-entered our school a year ago, but we were not equipped to give him

the training he needed. Marian has been trained by therapists to work with Mallery, and in the short time she has
been back with us we have seen a tremendous change in him.

Mallery and Marian

Gift by:

In Memory of:
Robert Furr

Mr. and Mrs. R. Darling

Norine C Garfield

Betty McLeod

WE HEAR. . .
Sandra, age six, fell off the jungle gym and hurt herself. "It sounds like it is bleeding down here," she said.
After Joan's first piano lesson she was heard to say, "I can play one song by my heart."
Alan, age 12, was bragging about his home village, Dillingham. "Why Dillingham even has transactions!" he
said. When asked what he meant by transactions we found he was talking about intersections.
Mary Jo, age 16, was getting ready to press her slacks and needed some distilled water for the steam iron.
"Where is the dehydrated water?" she asked.

CHILDREN'S PAGE
THIS PAGE IS FOR OUR PEN PALS, because our children do

chores as well as their school work. They are in school from

love to hear from others; but because of our very busy schedule,

9:00 till 4:00 p.m. and have a Bible class from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

we have had to tell them NO MORE PEN PALS. Children from

one day a week in addition. Our evening meal is served at 5:00

almost all of the states are reading of the Alaska Christian Home
and are interested in corresponding with children in our 49th

p.m. and we have daily devotions for the children before their

state. Older folks, too, like to hear from our children. So you can
see that the number of pen pals can soon mount up. Our children
have a very busy schedule. They rise at 5:30 a.m. and have

Dear Christian Friends,

On August 28 three people had a birthday party

James, LaVrine and myself. For the games this time we

had a baseball game in our ball field. We all like to play

ball; but some of us don't know how too well yet, but we
are learning.

bedtime at 7:00 p.m.; so you can see that their free time is very
limited. They do need to have some time for recreation, too. So
please, won't you consider this your personal letter from our
children to you?

Dear Friends,

I am writing about the fair. The day we went to the

fair we bought things. I bought cotton candy and other

things. Then we went to have a picnic dinner. After we had
our picnic, we went over to ride ponies. 1 rode the ponies
two or three times. It was fun! First I rode a slow pony

After we played for a while we had our birthday cake

and presents. We got a lot of nice gifts. Thank you all.

and then 1 rode a fast pony two other times. 1 rode the

Those who had birthdays in July want to tell you thank you,

went home. One day we went to the fair and had a crab and

too.

fish dinner. The fair is a lot of fun!

Love, Sandra and all the birthday children

ponies while the others looked at some pictures. Then we

Love, Lenore (12)

James, LaVrine, Mike, Little Sandra and Warren

LABOR DAY

Dear Friends,

We are in first grade. Our teacher is Miss Hamand.

Sometimes we color, sometimes we write, sometimes we
learn our ABC's. We learn our numbers too. We will learn
to read our stories.

Today we drew a picture of our schoolhouse. Our

schoolhouse is red and green.

First in the morning we say the pledge to the flag. Our

flag is outside now, but when it gets cold we will have it
inside.
We like school.

On September 7, 1964 on Labor Day as soon as we got

our work done we got in the bus and headed for Anchor
Point. When we got there Aunt Margaret, Sonja and I went
back up the road to fish up the river. When we got there
Aunt Margaret showed Sonja and 1 how to use the fishing
pole. After we used it for a while, we went to find a way
to an island. After while we went back because we couldn't

find a way. When Aunt Margaret went over to fish we went

over and played around. Sonja got her shoes all wet carry
ing me over. After we were done, we went down the river
for a while, came back up and went back to the beach.

When we got back it was time to eat. We had potato salad,

Tommy, Terry and Sandra

*'5:- I

weiners, buns and marshmallows. After we ate. Aunt Mar

garet, Sonja and I went down on the beach. On the way
back I found two fish hooks. We got back just in time to
get on the bus.
Sandra (10)

First Day of School

Alr^e,

LABOR DAY ON THE BEACH

I ran down on the beach. I heard somebody yell, "Crab!"

OUR SCHOOL BUS

We have a little school bus.

I saw Timmy had a small crab in a shell. We were ail look

We do like it very much.

ing for crabs. Benny found two small ones. He had a hard
time finding a place to put them. I walked in the water and

To church it takes all of us.

got him a clam shell. We filled it with water and put the

For our little yellow bus,

crab in it. I found two clam shells.

We do thank you very much.

And to fishing trips and such.

Then I dug a hole in the wet sand. Water filled it

Alfred (14)

slowly and it caved in slowly. Then we played knight and

armor. They ran after me. I ran until I got tired. We caught
Donna and Sandy.

While we were eating we saw Mike coming with a big

humpy salmon. Tim went with him after we ate.

We drove over to Anchor River. Aunt Margaret told us

to look for hooks. 1 found five lines but not a thing on
them. The sixth one I found had two sinkers on them.

After we played for a while, we all got on the bus and

went back home. We all had a very good time.
Jimmy (10)

.g,V
By Alfred, 14

OUR FIELD TRIP

Last Friday when we went on a walk we looked for

observations. When we first started our walk I saw some

red, yellow and brown leaves. There were some watermelon

berries and I saw some poison berries. When we were at

the first curve, there was a house on the right hand side.
On the other side of the road there were some signs. One
sign said, "NO TRESPASSING." By the signs there was a
road with barrels blocking the road. On the other side of
the Bay we saw a glacier. I saw the old sawmill. There

FIELD TRIP

On Tuesday, September 8, I saw the big Spit. I saw

big trees and little trees. 1 saw a glacier on the mountains.
I saw big watermelon berries and I wanted to eat them. I
saw a truck on the way home. And I saw two signs.
Benny (7)

was a fence with a squirrel on it. On the way back a dump

truck came down the road. When we got to the driveway we
saw a ball.

Tim (9)
LABOR DAY OUTING

On Labor Day we went to Anchor River for an outing.

When we got there, several of us started fishing. Two of
the group started working upstream and several of us worked
downstream. Going from one likely hole to another and
catching nothing, we fished down to within a quarter of a
mile from the river mouth. Then Uncle Tom caught a 15inch flounder. Next I caught a small flounder. Within a few
minutes Uncle Tom caught another medium sized one. A
few casts later I hooked another fish. When I got the fish
near the shore it started fighting very hard. I then knew it
was a big fish. When I slid it out onto the bank I saw that

it was a 20-inch flounder the biggest fish I have ever

caught. They quit biting then, but I had the biggest fish of
the day. When we went home, we all decided we had had a
good time.
Warren (15)
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JOLIET. ILLINOIS 60434

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The schoolrootn after the March 27 earthquake.