Washington School Eighth Grade Plays and Athletics Update
The eighth grade rehearses a playlet from Illinois for a centennial program while the physical training tournament results show Purdue and Michigan among top teams. Garner, Guischur, Stroh, and Krueger lead champions. Purdue team members named. Washinton boys face Roosevelt Thursday at South Holland. Scouts from Troop nine pursue first and second class ranks. eleven boys sign for Camp Waters third period.
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Ilinois
Pioneer
Ilinois Centennial
Purdue
Minnesota
Ohio State
Michigan
Chicago
Indiana
Iowa
Northwestern
Billy McGhee
Earl
Champ Garner
John Guischur
Lawrence Stroh
Donald Krueger
George Budwash
Robert Silz
Robert Hansen
Bernard Mills
Charles Schmidt
William Dewit
Washington
Roosevelt
South Holland
Board of Review
Camp Waters
Bowen School Third and Fourth Grades Attend Lessons
Bowen School reports illness among Minette Nelson Mary Anne Warren and Milton Wordelman. Room monitors are Gerald Scott and Ray Tatgenhorst. Fourth grade studies Ursa Major Big Dipper celestial group. Fifth and sixth graders explore Richards Cyclopedia and hook reports. Room four lacks Ruby Ahrens due to illness. Mock trial held with Doreen Moll plaintiff and Shirley Golding defendant. First aid project planned. Calumet Valley softball opens with Bowen vs Franklin.
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Epelling
Ruby Ahrens
Bessie Colman
John Hence
Doreen Moll
Shirley Golding
Leo Kainrath
Harold Lucht
James Ferguson
Ora Lee Wasson
Jimmy Rochfort
Violet Zoller
Calumet Valley League
Bowen
Franklin
Lincoln School Class Updates and Activities Noted
First graders visited the fire department to learn about a big fire truck. Students from various grades report on projects, books, music, and clubs, including a Scavenger Hunt by girl scouts and a Titanic reading unit. Dorothy Meginnis joins seventh grade as a former Washington school student.
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Patsy
Charlotte Ehlers
Audubon Bird Club
Cleo Broom
Charles Conners
Jean Lou Frank
Pointer
Virginia Bowerman
Hawaiian Islands
Dorothy Meginnis
Lincoln School
Dorothy
Washington School
P. T. A. Council
Franklin School Reading Highlights For Fourth And Third Grades
Fourth graders read about the Indian Twins. Third graders work on the book The Great Idea and Other Stories.
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Praders
Eraders
St Paul Lutheran School Class Activities and Program
In second grade students craft Safety First posters study Roman numerals and money, and plan an operetta Goldiloks and the Bears with a patriotic exercise. Program scheduled for Thursday April 27 at 8 oclock. Room 3 reports fifth grade reading plans on Ships and the Sea after finishing The Wonderful Textile Family.
Sixth grade reader progress and plant study notes
The text outlines sixth grade work on True Friends of Well Known Men and Men Who Discovered Great Things while seventh and eighth grades explore informal nature study. Topics include radium use, germs and their spread, plant circulation, leaves construction, and an upcoming Riverdale and Dalton herbarium of local trees and shrubs.
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Riverdale
Dalton
Berger School Fourth Grade Winners and Weather Delays
Billy Vandenberg won first prize in Thornton township spelling on April 11 and received a banner and a Cook county contest badge. Rain has delayed ball games. Hoover School edged us 6-5. Fourth graders finish history on Romans and plan Treasure Island readings before school ends.
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Russell
Garrett
Treasure Island
Bowen P. T. A elects Mrs. Alice Gallegos to position
The Bowen Parent-Teachers Association announces the newly organized group has elected Mrs. Alice Gallegos to a leadership role.
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Bowen Parent- Teachers Association
Alice Gallegos
School PTA Officers and Guest Speaker at Thornton Meeting
The article lists PTA officers for the 111939-40 season including Mrs. R Newell as vice-president and Miss Florence Hedtke as historian. At the April 17 meeting Dr Maddox Supervisor of Instruction at Thornton township high school spoke on The School and the PTA.
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R. Newell
W. Deichen
Lucht
Florence Hedtke
Dr. Maddox
Thornton Township High School
P. T. AL
Marston Pearson in Roseland Church Sacred Concert
The First Christian Reformed Church of Roseland hosts an all sacred concert on Thursday April 20 at 8 pm in the church auditorium at 109th place and Princeton avenue. Guest artist Marston Pearson, noted basso, winner of the 1936 Chicagoland National Music Festival, will sing selections including Why Do the Nations Rage from The Messiah and Schubert's Omnipotence. Edward Barry, in the Chicago Trib.
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Marston Pearson
Roseland
First Christian Reformed Church of
Church Auditorium
109Th Place
Princeton Avenue
Chicago Philharmonic
George Dasch
Little Symphony
Schubert
Edward Barry
Chicago
Trib
Pearson's mellow voice leads musical treat with Spoolstra
The piece praises Pearson's mellow liquid voice with enchanting color. Chorus directed by George Spoolstra, Bertha Vander Ark on piano, and John Spoolstra on organ accompany. Public invited to enjoy the musical performance.
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Une
Pearson
George Spoolstra
Bertha Vander Ark
John Spoolstra
Camera Club Laboratory Night Aids Local Photographers
The Foroys Camera Club will host a laboratory night for the April 24 meeting at West Pullman Park 128rd and Stewart Avenue at 8 p.m. Last week’s studio night featured portraits of a live model under artificial light. The club’s Monday programs attract growing interest. they are open to the public free of charge.
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The
Foroys Camera Club
West Pullman Park
128Rd and
Stewart Avenue
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Best Motors
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