The

MEGAPHONE

Elwood, Indiana                      Elwood High School(s)

Volume 6, No. 12                                                                       Thursday, December 1, 2005

Contents

       [Page numbers can be used as links!]

Page 1 . . . The Christmas Wrapper -- Shelley (Runyan) Shoup

Page 2 . . . Panther Den Birthday & Anniversary Calendar -- Nancy Sumner (Our Calendar Girl)

                        Glistening -- Drew Allen Gullion        

Page 3 . . . The Journey Home -- Cindy (Benedict) Odom

                        Whatever Happened To... -- Our Library Sleuth   

Page 4 . . . The Gift That Kept on Giving -- and Giving -- and Giving -- Jane Ann (Seright) Lemen

Page 5 . . . Linwood Birdhouse Day -- Frank Jameson, Jr.

                        Snow, Birthdays, Family and Thanksgiving -- Diane (Usfo) Peters        

Page 6 . . . First Christmas in England -- Julie (Stout) Crim

Page 7 . . . More Tales of Alfred -- Karen (Stine) Hollies

Page 8 . . . The Cardinal -- Craig Toensing  

                        The Tablecloth -- Submitted by Carolyn (Kochman) Lewellen

The Christmas Wrapper

                  
  . . . Dad taking us to Leeson’s during the evenings before Christmas . . . Running up the stairs to the mezzanine floor with my brother and sister to see who could get up to the top of the stairs first . . . Watching my mom wrap gift upon gift on the long wooden table . . . pulling the ribbon off the spools to create the prettiest bows you ever did see . . . watching her put on the finishing touches by pulling the scissors through the ribbon to create a swirl . . . ribbon pieces on the floor to show just how many packages have been wrapped . . . memories of Christmas past of my mom, the Christmas Wrapper at Leeson's . . . 

Shelley (Runyan) Shoup
Class of 1981
Thorntown, IN