Highlawn Students Share School News and Baseball Update
Riverdale school notes report two of three April games won by the boys and girls in rooms two and three. Miss Johnston resigns as nurse. Thorn Township visitors test eighth graders. Merit button earned by Marjorie Norman. Eighth graders to civics study May and June with a nine-student graduating class. Basebal l game Globe 6 Bowen 5 in extra innings.
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Riverdale
Miss Johnston
Thornton Township High School
Ruth Reich Hazel Spoor
Margaret Schaack
Gertrude Baumgartner
M. F. Johnston
Messrs
Gossman
Cale
Marjorie Norman
Palmer
Country Life
Globe
Bowen
J. M. Deam
Pennsylvania Ry
Lincoln Avenue School Activities Report
Lincoln Avenue School notes a Monday without classes due to teachers attending the Lake Shore Division meeting in Evanston. Seventh graders lead a boat race with sixth graders close behind while a motorcycle attendance contest continues. New student Vera Borne arrives in grade 6 from Chicago Street. Sewing class pupils make hot dish holders. Junior High plans a Chicago trip under teacher supervision. Construction class led by Mr. Fuller shows strong work.
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Lake Shore
Illinois State Teachers’ Association
Evanston, Il
Vera Borne
Chicago
Junor High School
Fuller
High Lawn School Aims for Track to Higher Grades
Student writer Bill Morris presents a personal resolve to balance work and study to improve grade performance as preparation for high school. The piece emphasizes discipline, effort, and academic goals.
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Bill Morris
Study with Ease and Speed Boosts School Work
The speaker aims to study efficiently to reduce effort and improve outcomes. They commit to trying their best and succeeding in school tasks.
Keep Alleys Clean By Ruth Krause
Advice urging families to use covered cement or similar containers for garbage to prevent flies. Collect and neatly pile old bottles and ashes instead of tossing them in alleys. A neat sanitary alley encourages neighbors to follow suit and maintain cleanliness.
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Ruth Krause
Editorial notes on schooling and future success
The piece argues a child’s grade school effort predicts high school achievement and teacher trust. It contrasts ambitious students who study and excel with those who aim to stop at eight grades, warning that loafing leads to expulsion or becoming a bum.
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Tfe
Spelling Lesson Helps Marjorie Win Classroom Contest
A story about Marjorie a bright pupil who struggles with spelling. Her father helps her sound out the words and she excels in a spelling contest to become captain after others fail to spell.
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Marjorie
Our School Lawn by Marvin Altringer
A poem notes improvements at Highlawn School with greener grass and no litter. A janitor builds wire fences around corners of the lawn and children avoid the area, while a flower bed sits in the center facing School Street.
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Marvin Altringer
Highlawn School
School Street
The Band by John Van Rossem
A student account recalls a school band forming at year start with eight members dwindling to four. One of the final four attends night school. The remainder vow hard work since the old band won’t perform for concerts and banquets, hoping the new band may become musicians someday.
Card of Thanks for Clarence J. Bishop
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy at the loss of our son and brother Clarence J. Bishop. Appreciation for flowers, donations of cars, and special thanks to Mrs. Mabel Cowings and Rev. Vorhees for kind words. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bishop and Family.
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Clarence J. Bishop
Mabel Cowings
Vorhees
Louis Bishop
Life's High Choice at Our Saviour's Church
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church announces Sunday school at 9 30 a m Bible instruction for all morning worship with sermon Life's High Choice at 10 30 a m children’s sermon. Teacher Training class tonight 7 30 and choir practice 8 10. Council meeting Monday May 2 8 00 p m. Sunday School business meeting Tuesday 7 30 p m. Lutheran Brotherhood May 12 Mount Zion Gist May streets 8 00 p m. Inner Mission Day May 22 all welcome. Rev Edward Voorhees pastor.
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United Luth Church In America
138Th and
Wabash
Lutheran Brotherhood
Mount Zion Church
Gist
May Streets
America
German Service at Immanuel Evan Church May 1
Sunday May 1 at 9:00 a m German service conducted by Rev Dorjahn of Blue Island. Sunday school follows at 10:00 a m. No English service. Pastor Wm Kreis.
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Dorjahn
Blue Island
Wm. Kreis
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Doctrine Emphasized
The Missouri Synod church on 138th Street and Leyden Ave asserts the Bible is the inspired sole authority for faith and life and the final court of appeals in all Christian doctrine and conduct. The article outlines the church’s belief that the Bible is word for word inspired by God.
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138Th Street
Leyden Ave
Missouri Synod
Bible
Lutheran Church
Church notices invite attendance at May services
Divine services on May 1 in German at 9.30 and English at 10.45 a.m. May 2 services at 7.45 p.m. A regular congregational meeting is planned. May 3 at 8 p.m. a lecture course on church teachings will begin. All are welcome whether or not they seek membership. W. J. Kemnitz, Pastor.
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W. J. Kemnitz
First Methodist Church Sunday Services and Sunday School
Sunday school for all ages at 9 45 a m with Scripture study. Morning worship at 11 with special music and sermon. Epworth League at 6 45 p m and evening service at 7 30 p m directed by Clyde Radabaugh with solos. Junior choir to sing. Public invited. Pastor A A Myers.
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Epworth League Society
Clyde Radabaugh
A. A. Myers
Organ Recital Planned at Bethany Reformed Church
Clarence Reynolds, organist at the Municipal Auditorium in Denver, is slated to give the ninth monthly organ recital at Bethany Reformed Church located at the corner of Perry Street and 111th Place on Thursday evening May 19.
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Bethany Church
Clarence Reynolds
Denver
Colorado
Bethany Reformed Church
Corner Perry
111Th Place
In Memoriam Bertha Poeplau Five Years Missing
In loving memory of Bertha Poeplau who passed away five years ago on April 27. Her husband and children recall her with silent tears and loving thoughts as they remember her.
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Bertha Poeplau
Finished Picture He Looks The Picture Of Misery
A quotation from the Cincinnati Enquirer frames a man as miserable and claims he says he has been framed. The snippet hints at a dramatic personal trouble without further details or outcomes.
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Cincinnat! Enquirer
Supers Rout Institute In Cold Baseball Game
Several hundred fans braved cold to watch the Supers thump the Institutes 26 to 4 in a ragged seven inning game at Riverdale Park. Struss led with a strong pitching showing and homers by Struss McGrain and Kortum powered the win while Spate added six hits. Next Sunday Dixie Lone Stars visit for a 3 p.m. game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Getlin
Mr. Kroush
Mr. Struss
Struss
McGrain
Kortum
Spate
Dixie Lone Stars
Riverdale Park
Arrows In Double Header Cancelled Game
The Riverdale Arrows canceled their Sunday game due to an unspecified issue and the note references a continued item on page five.
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Arrows
Riverdale Arrows
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