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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1937
Page
4
A Dalton Riverdale era piece urges shoppers to spread Christmas purchases to reduce overwork for store clerks post office workers and delivery staff. It cautions that hurried lines and constant tension spoil holiday peace and calls for early shopping to lessen strain and support humane treatment of workers.
A speaker critiques stop signs and rush driving noting drivers seek speed, fear delay, and ignore cautions. He contrasts modern impatience with old patience from slower travel, urging calm philosophy and willingness to wait for others. He laments aggressive driving and links impatience to accidents.
Second grade health booklets completed as pupils enjoy a safety town with traffic signals and doll pedestrians. Fifth grade studies heroes of everyday life and wonder of common things while seventh and eighth grades tackle transportation and the industrial revolution. Girls volleyball receives new uniforms. boys gain suits as season tickets lead. Christmas programs and community service projects in progress. Red Cross toy drive. games scheduled with Lincoln School and Bowen Roosevelt.
Patricia Hawes returns after influenza as Patsy. Kindergarten prizes go to Tally Marsh Dhanice Mele Ruth Obel and Milton Wordelman Phyllis Lergugon win in grades one and two. A German doll shown by Wirstranschmann via Alice. Fourth grade language game on pronouns. Miss White ill. Dorothy Golder substituted. Fifth and sixth grade science demos prove air is real. Alumni beat current team 27 to 24 with players Dickelman Gallegos Engel Byers and Pull.
Kindergarteners string piper chains for room decor and Grade I plans surprise gifts for parents. Grade II readers enjoy new books about a dog named Tappy while making Christmas pictures. Grade III begins practice for the annual Christmas play and Grade IV progress continues. Carol Berger shares cookies. Donald Albrecht and Donald Reynolds are ill and missed.
Grade two reads Names and Games while grades three and four are weighed for growth records. Kindergarten crafts for Thanksgiving decorate the room with squirrels and turkeys. Fifth and sixth create Pilgrim posters. Rena Klinkhammer returns to fifth grade. Sixth grade gathers large numbers for the bulletin board. Girls volleyball nears first game versus Bowen on December 2. Seventh and eighth graders work on spoon-bill lettering, models, and bands in arithmetic. History begins How the United States Gained Its Independence. Time notebooks finished.
Room notes report Geraldine Clark from Dalton entering second grade. Raymond Rickert returns after a long absence. Room two settles into second unit of language books with Donna Spina finished early. The Christmas play is The Magic Christmas Bell with casts to be chosen next week by Miss Larson. Room three describes sixth graders contacting western city chambers of commerce for information. Billy Payne, John Proper, Martha Wilkens, and Gertrude Staat report from Salt Lake City Seattle Los Angeles and Portland. Jack Axtell learns about the Santa Fe railroad route. Room four notes absences of George Boomsma and Wilenn Pedric. Students make Christmas gifts to give away. Addressing mail emphasized with clear street, number, city, and state.
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