Institute Day Recaps District 148 School Efforts and Soccer Standings
Reports from Institute Day highlight Bowen school readings Civics spelling and dramatic performances at Lincoln Avenue Dalton with noted teachers and board members in attendance. Junior High pupils sang read and acted Silas Marner and the Bowen soccer team long with rivals shows a 6 0 0 top record in Group B standings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen
Lincoln Avenue
Dalton
Supt. Bright
Dengler
Silas Marner
George Dengler
Viola Reich
Alberta Maxwell
Walter Wulff
Charles Lucas
Gussie Bonsie
Ralph Gerloff
Thornton
So. Holland
Riv
Cottage Grove
Glenwood
Matteson
Berger
Bowen School Callers Named for Afternoon Duties
List of volunteers includes Mrs. Hein Mrs. Miller Miss Vaughan Mrs. Hazen Mrs. Kallianes and Theodore Hedtke Jr assigned to school office callers for the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowen School
Hein
Miller
Vaughan
Hazen
Kallianes
Theodore Hedtke, Jr
Thornton Township High May Add Two Year Junior College
Superintendent W E McVey notes the investigation is ongoing and may lead to a two year junior college course at Thornton Township High School. He plans inspections of other junior colleges to study successes and problems to avoid. If practical the board may act early next year enabling graduates to pursue two years of college at the same site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Township High School
W. E. McVey
Township High School
McVey
Illinois profile highlights manufacturing and geography
Illinois leads in motor car ownership next to the United States overall and hosts top Inland Press Association winners. The Hawthorne factory sources 18 000 raw material types, while the state spans 385 miles long and 218 miles wide with 56 665 square miles of area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
America
Inland Press Association
Hawthorne
Lake Michigan
Illinois State Geography And Industry Overview
Illinois ranks among ten states with government aviation fields including Chanute Field at Rantoul and Scott Field at Belleville. The state produces 20 million cans of milk and 3.5 million pounds of candy annually at Dixon Manois. Gas companies yield one cubic foot of gas for every nine in the other forty seven states, while Illinois sits in the great prairie region as one of the most level states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Rantoul
Scott Field
Belleville
Dixon, Manois
United States
Union
Dalton W. C. T. U. Hosts Dec 2 Meeting
The Dalton branch of the W. C. T. U. met at Mrs. Naomi West home. Although sickness kept many away, attendance was fair. Large fruit donations were given to the Rockford Home showing generous help for the needy. Beyond Prison and Jail Work and Flower Mission, business was light. Members enjoyed the meeting and lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalton W. C. T. U
Naomi West
Rockford
St Swithin's Day and the July 15 superstition
The article recounts the old belief that rain on St Swithin's Day July 15 foretells forty days of rain. It notes St Swithin, a Winchester bishop who died in 862, and the myth of his burial rite and the 40 day rain streak. It also states he was never officially canonized.
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Swithin
Winchester
St. Swithin
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N. Hohman St
Hammond, Ind
A.R. Harris
B. J
Spiker
Michigan Avenue
Roseland
Atlas Plumbing and Heating Supplies
Michigan Ave
Pullman
Corner
Dolton
Elmer R. Berger
Calumet District
LOR
Buick Sales Co
Conrad Kern
Indiana Avenue
Riverdale
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