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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1926
Page
7
The second graders enjoy making yarn rugs while fifth and sixth graders sew aprons towels and night-dresses. Artwork includes painted salt shakers and ash trays for parents. The library issues over 400 cards and offers evening and Saturday hours.
First grade is missing seventeen students this week due to measles. Some students who had measles or refused vaccination are happy after vacation. Miss Pearcy in the fourth grade is ill and Fred Krueger returns to class after illness. Lewis Rampke is ill with rheumatism. Spring practice for the program is underway with main characters learning their parts for an April performance. The eighth grade chose graduation ring styles. junior high girls have art posters, with a prize by Mr. Fuller for the best work. A short story by an eighth grader follows.
A narrator hurries to catch a nine o clock streetcar and forgets to pay the fare triggering a public reprimand from the conductor. The scene ends with embarrassment aboard the car. Dalton Community Library reports new adventure and mystery titles for boys and girls along with wholesome romance.
The Bowen School notes report overcrowded room two at Riverdale District 133 with rising upper grade papers on birds. Proposes adding a fourth teacher by February and expanding the building next summer to create two more rooms and a larger auditorium, then three teachers besides the principal for two grades each.
A reflective Bulwer Lytton line notes that no matter how many friends a man has there are moments with one too few and that having only one enemy may still be a stroke of luck if not more.
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