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ABBOTSFORD T RIBUNE PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1951
Gold Star mothers honored by Legion past presidents
The Gold Star mothers were honored Thursday evening at a social meeting of the Presidents’ Past Parley of the Auxiliary to the American Legion, Hnason-Terrio Post No. 139, held at the home of Mrs. H.T. Ketcham.
Mrs. Richard Schade and Mrs. John Fecker, Gold Star mothers, were honored with a gift. Mrs. Howard Bobbe, a Gold Star member, was unable to be present.
Members of the Presidents’ Past Parley are H.T. Ketcham, Jack Weideman, John Fecker and Al Holtzhausen.
Seniors receive diplomas, special awards Commencement exercises for the 29 members of the 1951 graduating class of the Abbotsford High School were held this evening at the armory.
Marching in by candle light, the graduates wore gowns of maroon with white collars, and a white rose, the colors and flower of the class. The Rev. F.H. Sprengler gave the invocation, and three high students, Bonnie Lou Kalepp, Mae Vrana and Darlene Treankler, each gave an address.
Each of the three valedictorians was presented with a valedictorians’s medal. The freshmen scholarship to one of the state teachers’ colleges was awarded to Mae Vrana.
Abby Drive In to open Friday
The Abby Drive In is making plans to open for the season, Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Goldamer will operate the business and will serve root beer, hot sandwiches and confections.
THE TRIBUNE-P HONOGRAPH PUBLISHED IN ABBOTSFORD WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1981
SSR possibility to be explored for Abbotsford
If scheduling can be worked out, Abbotsford junior and senior high students might be enjoying a daily period of SSR (sustained silent reading) beginning next school year.
The program is already in use in the elementary grades, and interest in its expansion was generated recently by Read-a-Thon activities Reading Task Force. Advocates of the program see it as a way to help students with basic reading skills while allowing to read what they choose.
Those proposing the program, including Jeff Ludwig, who presented the proposal to the Abbotsford School Board Monday, also think it will help stir interest in reading as an alternative to the all-too-prevalent and passive activity of television watching.
Ludwig noted that minimum competency testing is being talked about on the state level as a future graduation requirement, and “That means the students have to get back to basic skills. Reading is a skill which all other school work revolves around,” he said.
Ludwig said a survey of students in his class found the average child spent over three hours daily in front of the TV. He said the survey results shocked him, and he advocated institution of the daily SSR period as a step away from electronic dependency.
An SSR week was held at the Junior-Senior High this year, and results of a survey point to solid enthusiasm for the concept from the students involved. Of 382 students responding, 335 said they enjoyed reading more during that week.
