Bowen School News Reflects Busy Activities and Visits
Public and parochial students report a milk unit and farm posters in first and second grades, art on camels, and visitors from Michigan and Minnesota. The eighth grade glee club formed, cooking classes planned, and sports results show girls volleyball losses to Hazel Crest and mixed basketball outcomes for Lights and Heavies with Roosevelts upcoming in South Holland.
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Bowen School News
Martha Brack
Mary Ann Spinski
Jack Mills
Wagos Res
Miss White
Alice Hanschmann
Hazel Crest
Washington and
St. Paul
Lights
Mie Rochfort
Miss Denny
Roosevelt School
South Holland
Northland themed classroom activities and health note
BERGER SCHOOL II reports soap carvings of polar bears and seals for a Northland scene while Darlene Krueger leads in book reports. Second graders publish polar bear books and Rus sell Herrman finishes first. ROOM TI shows a covered wagon camp on the sand table and lessons on how plants make food. ROOM III notes Beatrice Laws sick with flu and Life magazine copies on reading tables. ROOM IV mentions health posters from a newspaper contest and activities like ping pong, shuffleboard, and a puppet show by girl scouts on January 12. The nurse weighed all students on the 11th.
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Northland
Darlene Krueger
Russell Herrman
Beatrice Laws
Life
Billy Vandenberg
Harvey
Eddie Meyer
Lincoln School Third Grade Students Win Spelling Honors
In Lincoln School third grade last week several pupils achieved 100 in spelling including Trewin Abraham Edward Albreene Kenneth Belz Henry Blanke Mary Brincivalli Edward Crawford June Grant Nathan Humbrecht Evelyn McGowan James Needles Jack Needles Ray Reynolds Clarence Stomp. The health contest shows Row one leading with six stars while rows three four and five tie with five. The fifth grade studies birds for spring and the sixth grade sketches scenes from foreign lands in art. At the last P T A meeting the group won a dollar for highest parent attendance and plans to buy two baseballs for the playground. The seventh and eighth grades are
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Lincoln School
Trewin Abraham
Edward Albreene
Kenneth Belz
Henry Blanke
Mary Brincivalli
Edward Crawford
June Grant
Nathan Humbrecht
Evelyn McGowan
James Needles
Jack Needles
Ray Reynolds
Clarence Stomp
Roosevelt School Kindergarten Trains Inspire Young Learners
Kindergarten children collect train pictures and plan a classroom model while first and second graders note two pupils leaving Clyde and Norma Jean Kennedy move away. Reports from grades one through four cover health, study habits, safety, skating at Riverdale Park, a lost boy tale, and snowman craft activities.
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Roosevelt School
Clyde
Norma Jean Kennedy
Patsy Beardsley
Rosale Schilb
Bobby Henry
Riverdale Park
Billy Frampton
Pality Lyons
Royal
Patsy
Giloria Gronwall
St Pauls School Room Reports and Athletics Update
School notes from St Pauls School describe story hour readings including Mrs Goose Diving Lesson and Christmas books. Room summaries show grade progress in social studies tests arithmetic drills spelling and attendance with upcoming exams and a performance date. Athletics mention a girls victory over Bowen, 53 points, last Tuesday.
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Mrs. Goose
Grace Klieforth
Michigan
Florence Bessinger
Lois Bielenberg
Donald Bitter
Ruth Bremer
Lavine Fischer
Leonore Huber
Carl Koelling
Herbert Lots
Evelyn Miller
Doris Mae Stone
Esther Vorrath
Toi Tanase
Deloris Jacobitz
Mollie Klein
Lorraine Maleske
Glenn Rhode
Mildred Reitz
George Reitz
Murnel Stahnke
J.C. Kliefoth
Bowen
Bowen School Hosts Boys Fights and Heavies Thursday
The team has two wins and two losses as they prepare for a Bowen school event this Thursday. Franklin challenges the basketball squad next, with a potential volley game on the card and home games starting at 6 20 PM.
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Bowen
Franklin
Washington School News Highlights by Grade and Sports
Barbara Williams leads first grade from Tennessee while fifth graders study Radio News with announcer Bobby Brown and reporters. Eighth graders welcome Elvona Williams and showcase Scrap Books on transportation. Ninth graders prepare for a January 22 one act play Cardigan Kid. Athletics note Washington tied for second in the Calumet Valley League with a 3 1 record, volleyball beats Bowen 55 to 28, next up Franklin at Lincoln. New science equipment boosts inter est in district 148.
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Washington
Barbara Williams
Barbara
Tennessee
Bobby Brown
Alice Waterstraat
Yvonne Hansen
Anita la Dege
John Scaglione
Lois Alm
Phyllis Trejo
Elvona Williams
Riverdale
Washington Heavies
Franklin and Coolidge
Calumet Valley
Bowen
Franklin
Lincoln School
Washington School
Review of Local History 1936 (Continued)
A detailed chronicle recalls events from August to December including Frankie Kainrath’s CYO bout win, Betty Robinson’s Berlin Olympic relay, Riverdale and Dolton incidents, and local developments such as sewer works and school board changes. Notable deaths and accidents intersperse with civic progress and community milestones.
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Frankie Kainrath
Riverdale
Soldiers Field
James Reid
S. H. B. Employe
I. C
Indiana Harbor
Wentworth Ave
Peter Bartyk
Roilers
Acme
Betty Robinson
Berlin
Germany
Ira Hastings
Burnham
Walter Hagen
138Th Street
Calumet River
Helen Thompson
Cook County
Chicago Street
Lincoln Avenue
Edward Allison
Virgil McDonald
Torrence Avenue
Carmine de Lucca
Harvey
140Th
Halsted Streets
H. F
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ST. Paul’s School
Review OF Local History
Arthur Harris
John Connors
Donald R. Crocker
Rockford
Dalton
Lee Coleman
Joliet
Dolton
Illinois Central
Panama Limited
Calumet River Bridge
Arthur Manning
Dolton Park Board
Steve Reid
Northwestern
St. Mary’s
Pointer
Tunis van de Logt
Leonard Lagestee
144Th
Daniel C. Bachmann
188Th
Leyden Avenue
Louise Dalla Walla
Auto
Main
Lincoln Avenues
Emil Peiguss, Jr
137Th Street Crossing
Liberal
U. S
Harvey Federal
Member
Federal Home Loan Bank System
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