The Independent-News, Volume 119, Number 49, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 21 April 1994 — Page 5

Students Hear About Traveling In Pioneer Days On April 4, Mrs. Margaret Sherwood visited the North Liberty Elementary School. She came from Plymouth representing Tri Kappa to talk to the Cluster stu-

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dents in grade 3-6 about traveling in pioneer days. The students had made covered wagons in stations after a simulation on traveling to Oregon in pioneer days. She told a story about a family traveling from Pennsylvania to Indiana. In the story she told how hard it was to go over hills, through rivers and to battle the lands just to get to a short destination. We divided into groups to decide what we would

need and what we would not need to take on a trip in a covered wagon. While in these groups, she showed us a few covered wagons that Tri Kappa had made. The wagons consisted mainly of miniature belongings of a standard pioneer family. One of these little pieces of furniture was a grandfather clock that the baby might sleep in to save space. They had to leave some special belongings be-

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hind because they could only take necessary things, since the weight oxen could carry was limited. She let the Guster students go through a box of miniature belongings that a pioneer family might own and decide what we might want to take if we were on the trip. She said it would take about six weeks to get from Pennsylvania to Indiana on a good day. She reminded us of the credit we should give the pioneers

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for the lands they settled for us. —written by the Sth Grade Cluster Group An oldtimer is someone who remembers when “on time” meant punctuality — not payments. It is much more dignified to say that we’re moving in cycles rather than were running around in circles.

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