Thornton students break reading speed record at 1000 wpm
Four Thornton Township High School pupils Arlene Karnafel Jim Withgott Bill Pawlak and Jack Waterman read 1000 words per minute with grade thirteen level comprehension. They trained in a reading acceleration course run by Ada Diedrich and Joan Boss using a device to push faster reading time.
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Thornton Township High School
Arlene Karnafel
Harvey
Jim Withgott
Bill Pawlak
Jack Waterman
Averdale
Ada Diedrich
Joan Boss Ther
Diedrich
Ross
T-119
Suburbs Formed In Rail Era Across Tri Cities
The article lists Dolton Riverdale and South Holland among the first 13 southwest Cook County suburbs incorporated from 1880 to 1920 with towns such as Matteson 1889 Dolton and Riverdale 1892 Holmeyoud and Lansing 1893 South Holland 1894 Harvey 1895 Steger 1896 Phoenix and Thornton 1900 Chicago Heights 1911 South Chicago Heights 1907 Calumet City and Hazel Crest 1911. It notes later incorporations East Chicago Heights Park Forest 1949 Sauk Village 1957 and Country Club Hills 1958 and mentions Crete 1880 and Dixmoor 1922 Fioss xmoor 1924 as later incorporations.
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Dolton
Riverdale
South Holland
Matteson
Holmeyoud
Lansing
Harvey
Steger
Phoenix
Thornton
Chicago Heights
South Chicago Heights
Calumet City
Hazel Crest
Cook County
Park Forest
Sauk Village
Country Club Halls
Crete
Dixmoor
Fiossxmoor
Hurt While Ice Skating At Dorchester Club
William Perkins aged 13 of 308 West 116th Street Chicago was injured in a fall at the Michael Kirby skating school at the Dorchester Club on Thursday evening December 13. Dalton Police said he was taken to St Francis Hospital in Blue Island for x rays showing a contusion of the dorsal lumbar spine.
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William Perkins
116Th St
Chicago
Michael Kirby
Dorchester Club
Dalton
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Mountain Climber Lucy Rey Active in Hobbies and Work
Mrs Lucy Rey a social studies teacher lists camping mountain climbing concerts theater reading and travel as pastimes. She holds an AB from Wellesley College and has done part time secretarial work at the University of Chicago with travels including Guatemala Maine and California.
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Lucy Rey
Guatemala
Maine
California
Wellesley College
University of Chicago
Blue Ballot Promise Paid Off As Hat Toss In Chicago
Mrs. Robert Pebworth of Riv erdale and leader in Illinois League of Women Voters rode her pledge to a hat toss from the Prudential building in Chicago on December 5. She vowed last May that if the Blue Ballot passed she would toss her hat, a blue sailor bonnet, to mark the campaign gesture. She was joined by James Rutherford and Mrs. Dwight Follett at the event.
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Robert Pebworth
Riverdale
Ilinois League of Women Voters
District 203 Board of Education
Prudential
Chicago
Pebworth
James Rutherford
Hanes Citizens Committee For Modern Courts
Dwight Follett
Oak Park River Forest League of Women Voters
Boy Hurt in Fall at Ivanhoe Park Ice Pond
Nine year old Lawrence Hartenian son of Mr and Mrs Martin Hartenian of 14325 Edbrooke Riverdale sustained head injuries after a fall while ice skating at the Ivanhoe Park pond at 1441h. Riverdale Police say he was taken to St Francis Hospital in Blue Island by his father.
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Lawrence Hartenian
Martin Hartenian
Edbrooke
Riverdale
Ivanhoe Park
Eggleston
St. Francis Hospital
Blue Island
Ims
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