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Mrs. Wilbur Brewer .Receives B.S. DegreeMrs., Wilbur Brewer, 326 Hlinois-Avenuer-Peoria-Heights, 53 year-old mother of four and grandmother of fifteen, received-a B.S.Degree from Fpstalozzi rrdebeT.Hi i _____ -it- _ 4- dSft *ing graduation ceremonies earkieH:hism»onthrSherwilltea'Cirfnisrgrade this fall at Kelly Avenue —SchoolMrs. Brewer has been working: toward her degree on Saturdays, evenings and during the summers for the last 20 years. Most of her courses were taken at Bradley University with a few extension courses at Western Illinois Uni-She began her teaching career at the age of 18, gave it up to have her family, then resumed it again during the. war. Since then, shehasntaught-atxmany-area^schools,.among- them, Oak Grove* -Hollis, Westwood, Glen Oak, Norwood, Cottonwood and Brewer’s Kind-ergarten atrBelievue:- :We congratulate Mrs. Brewer and laud her for her- deter-mina-Tion to get her degree “the hard' way.”sitv. AH last summer, all this summer and two out of three Sat-unlays^ainast winter, slie caught the early morning' train ‘ from -GhillieGthe-to-Ghicago-^where-she— attended classes from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Pestalozzi Froebel College where she reeeived' her de^—greer
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Peoria Heights Herald
Peoria Heights, Illinois, US
Fri, Aug 19, 1966
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