| Summary: | school year. Marion boarded and roomed one year at Otto Moen's and one year at Gerhard Rygh's. The school was then known as the Moen School. The school had a basement where the pupils played in the winter, also two chemical privies with two large tanks in the furnace room, that were emptied once a year. There was no play ground equipment. A Softball diamond was made and much ball was played. This young teacher often planned parties for Friday night when either her father, Charlie Smith, or brother, Oscar, came to bring her home for the weekend. These three people taught many singing games which were played in the basement. Games like Farmer-in-the-Dell, Skip-to-my-Lou, etc. Many families in the neighborhood were invited. A lunch was served afterwards. It was very much fun for the young people and the children. Some of the teachers who taught in School #4, Galesburg District were Edith Delf, Mavis Fisk, Mr. Harold Anderson, Ruth Olstad, Mrs. Paul Craig, Kathleen Larson, Dorothy Kuball, Barbara Kuball, and Mrs. Violet Lande. During the time Dorothy Kuball taught there a carnival and basket social were held. The children of Tony Erickson, Charlie Jorgenson, Gerhard Rygh, Olson, Otto Moen, Arthur Moen, Walter Ness, Ted Kyllo, Peter Sand, Ralph Bring, Howard Bring, and Bertha Ostby attended school there over the years. School No. 4 was closed in 1948. / ti, \l -,T m I Moen School Back: Inez Erickson, Gladys Rygh, Bill Moen, Adele Erickson Front: Mable Rygh, Irene Moen, Ivy Moen, Harvey Erickson The following is a reprint from the school newspaper, ' 'School News '', a handwritten newsletter. SCHOOL NEWS Galesburg No. 4 Editor and Chief — Mable Rygh Assistant Editor — Ivy Moen Sports Editor — Wilmer Moen Business Manager — Irene Moen January SOCIAL ITEMS We have had very poor attendance following the Christmas vacation because of sickness, snow storms, bad roads, etc. Irene Moen is the only one who has been at school every day since school began after Christmas. Wilmer walked to school one morning when it was sixteen below, he froze both cheeks. We made a weather chart at school. We mark every day how cold it is and we plan to keep it up until the last of February. The coldest its been is thirty-seven below and the coldest since we started is six above. THE ESKIMO HOUSE by Lloyd Erickson One cold day Tim and Frank played that they were Eskimos. They planned to build an ice house. "Where shall we build it?", asked Tim. "I think here beside the fence.", replied Frank. Tim then said, "We can get the water over there from the pond, and we can carry the snow from here on a sled." "Where is your sled?", asked Frank. They were soon hard at work on the Eskimo house. MR. TURKEY GOBBLER by Emlyn Moen Early one Thanksgiving morning, Mr. Turkey Gobbler saw a man. The man said, "I am going to kill that Mr. Turkey Gobbler for Thanksgiving, he is big." Mr. Turkey Gobbler heard the man say that and he ran away. He did not like the man therefore he ran away. The man came to find Mr. Turkey Gobbler and he looked for Mr. Turkey Gobbler but he was gone and the man was mad. ONE BITE by Irene Moen One day a little boy was hungry. He asked his grandmother if he could get an apple. He went down to the basement. When his grandmother came down she said, "There is a bite out of each apple, what is the meaning of it?" She called Bobby, "Did you do this?" He answered, "No." After a long time the boy admitted he did it. He began to cry. His grandmother told him then he could have one if he would help her empty the barrel. He had only taken bites off first layer so it wasn't so bad after all. INSPECTION CONTEST We are having an inspection contest and we are inspected every morning. We must have a clean handkerchief, clean face, hands, etc., teeth brushed, shoes polished, hair combed, and desk clean. We have two sides, the name of one side is C.C.C., clean, cleaner, cleanest, and the name of the other side is W.P.A. Washing, Perking, Always. Those on the C.C.C. side are Mavis Fisk, captain, Irene Moen, Emlyn Moen, Beverly Kyllo. Those on the W.P.A. side were Mable Rygh, Ivy Moen, captain, Wilmer Moen and Lloyd Erickson. 100 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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