Fourth Grade In Ralston.......
Fourth grade was such a fun year since we got to ride the bus all the way to Ralston. That was a real treat for us city kids!  I remember eating lunch in the basement where we were served by Melinda Douglas and the plays we would put on there as well. I remember Paul Stougard doing cartwheels down the aisle when Miss Pagles would leave the room. Karen Blinn Wilburn

More On The Ralston Celebration.....
The Ralston celebration was put on by the Ralston Coop for customers and neighbors each summer.  The food was prepared by all the employees and people who lived in Ralston.  The Coop meeting room on Main Street next to Dickinson Grocery and the community room across the street  was used for preparing the food.  Baked beans were made in huge pots and delivered in the back of pickups to every  oven in town to bake.  Sandwiches were buttered and ham sliced at the community room,  all served on the school grounds now known as the Karl Nolin Park.   Everything was free and all the pop you could drink.  Crowds of over a thousand were not unusual.  All was done by the employees and community of Ralston, no catering in those days.  Lots of fun and great memories.  The Ralston school meals for the 4^th graders were prepared in Glidden and brought over for serving by Malinda Douglas……(Mike Johnson’s future Mother In Law.)    Mike and Sheila Johnson

Remembering Ralston.....
In our day, all fourth graders had to get bussed to school in Ralston for a year. It was the first time us town people ever rode a bus. It was quite a thrill. I remember the best part was the school day was shorter because we had to get back to Glidden before the country busses left. One day, when we got on the bus to go back, there was a dead hawk next to the driver. It had hit the windshield of the bus as he drove to pick us up. The windshield was smashed, and the hawk might have gone through it.. Poor thing was just looking up and staring at us all the way home. I could see him waking up and flying around the bus. Now that would have been exciting.

I also remember going to the big Ralston celebration in the summer. What they were celebrating, I have no idea. There was usually a ride or two and free pop. The pop was in big tanks filled with water and ice. The pop in those days was in bottles and cost a nickel, but were free at this event. I would drink orange or grape pop and eat lots of ice cream, then jump on that ride that twirls around as you sit and spin. A Whirly Bird? Anyway, I would get so sick. It was automatic. We all would have to go somewhere and throw up. Gosh, I thought that was part of the celebration. It always seemed so hot on those days. I am not sure what the adults would do, except visit. There might have been music playing. I know that us kids would just run and run and run.......d.tryon