Bowen School Activities Highlight Seasonal Projects and Games
Bowen School reports busy kindergarten through second grade work on Easter gaskets birds and posters. Students study rocks paint posters and scrapbooks while health tests and recognition awards are noted. Basketball games with Lincoln and Franklin are scheduled, plus a rock garden project and Girl Scout investiture events.
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Bowen School
Minette Nelson
Robin
Ile
la Verne Deichen
la Verne
Rhoda Tateenherst
Rock Garden
Lillian Jay
Lillian
Bowen
Franklin School Stunt Show at Lincoln March 19
Franklin school plans a Stunt Show and Amateur Contest at Lincoln School auditorium on Friday March 19 at 7 30 p m with participants from District 148 including pupils across grades five to eight and the Lincoln Harmonica Club. Admission is 10 cents for children and 20 cents for adults and proceeds fund school activities.
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Franklin School
Lincoln School
Erades
Dis
Harmonica Club
Robert Moore
Virginia Zoller
June Bell
Billy Redman
Eleanor Rimkus
Jeanette Bell
Eleanor Holden
Grace Mae Menzelani
Nereo Nuzzo
Franklin
City of Harvey
Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts of Franklin School
Oelock
Roup
Berg er School Room Notes From the Sand Table
Ber ger school notes describe room by room activities including a large rabbit using a sand table, Easter crafts and baskets, a back from hospital pupil Earl Grelck, and a class reading session. Students visit Chicago Civic Opera with Mrs Johnson in a wheel chair after a regional air crash. The Berger Girl Scouts debut a puppet play titled Punch.
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Chas. Stelleman
Sylvia Boomsma
Wittens
Richard
Gertrude Tidhgelaar
Earl Grelck
Earl
Miss Larson
Johnson
Berger
Leora Mil
Spring operetta Tom Sawyer staged by Berger school pupils
Students in Room 4 create watercolor designs for a spring operetta titled Tom Sawyer in three acts. The message expresses sympathy to Mrs. Berger's family after her funeral on March 8.
Spring Activities and Class Updates at St. Paul’s School
Room 1 reports spring mood despite snow with marbles and rope play. Grades 1-4 begin operetta Station Cloudville. room borders in tulip style. Room 2 notes reentry of George Jessen and absence of Donald Johnson. improvements in arithmetic and spelling from 3rd and 4th grades. 14 sixth graders visited Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium. Room 3 covers Middle Atlantic states geography and India studies for 5th and 6th grades. Room 4 eighth graders prepare for confirmation. seventh grade aims for 9 average in arithmetic. eighth grade has held that level since October.
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ST. Paul’s School
Cloudville
George Jessen
Sehool
Donald Johnson
Field Museum
Shedd Aquarium
Middle Atlantic States
India
Roosevelt School Easter Themes Spark First and Second Grade
In the Roosevelt School first and second grade rooms Easter is the focus with bunnies and chickens. The report notes more movies were shown in these rooms on Monday. In third and fourth grade, Patty Lyons leaves for Peoria and well wishes are extended. Reading Club elected Albert Thiernan president, Bobby Henry vice president, and Alice Meyers secretary. The class observes a narcissus and hyacinth sprouting.
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Patty Lyons
Peoria
Albert Thiernan
Bobby Henry
Alice Meyers
Eighth Grade Team Wins Opener in District 148 Tourney
The Washington School eighth graders of District 148 beat New Lennox 28 23 in a three minute overtime at Steger. They advance to play Steger on Thursday March 11. The trip featured players Ynomas Frampton Louis Corsello Bus Stroh Frank Johnston Ralph Lenover John Biiney Leonard Diehl Ray Bogenschneider Vernon Braselton Dominic Salerno.
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Washington
Steger
New Lennox
Ynomas Frampton
Louis Corsello
Bus Stroh
Frank Johnston
Ralph Lenover
John Biiney
Snakes Die at Lincoln Park Snakery from Stress
Over the past week several snakes in Lincoln Park’s snake-house reportedly died from fright as workers installed new steam pipes. Keepers say snakes fret easily and disturbances from air guns and wall banging spooked them. Loss of appetite noted.
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Lincoln Park
Thorn-ton Township High School Adds New Wing
Construction began March 8 on a Thorn ton Township High School addition at 150th and Broadway. The project expands classrooms and study space and will separate the Junior College from the high school with later work to enlarge the cafeteria and add music rooms. The current east court area will house the new facilities and the school aims to finish before the fall term.
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Thornton Township High School
150Th and
Broadway
Witnesses Questioned on Skills in Quizzing Exchange
A courtroom exchange features a self described denizen who cannot write or read well. The lawyer probes literacy while the witness notes he can interpret signs and figure figures but struggles with writing and reading. The dialogue underscores practical skill gaps.
Washington School Second Grade Auto Show and Classroom News
The second grade hosts an auto show on a back bulletin board sparked by Pamelia Ames cutting out twenty three toy cars. Wimpy the turtle from New Orleans adds interest as third graders cope with a missing classmate and hoped trips. Fourth graders praise Faith Patraike for straight A's and others aim high. Fifth graders describe a hospital recovery and an in room book store while seventh grade focuses on art class.
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Washington School
Pamelia Ames
Richard Klitzke
Wimpy
New Orleans
Herbert Wills
George Wells
Roseland Community Hospital
Lucille Bartolo
Siath
Peggy Young
Gloria Sellin
Phyllis Salerno
Amos Lotz
Edward Hoel
Miss Jurgenson
Mak
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Phyliss Fike
Sonny Abraham
James McGowan
Edward Albrecht
Junior Blanke
Mary Brincivalli
Edward Crawford
June Grant
Nathan Humbrecht
Mary L. Mazzacavallo
Jack Needles
Erminia Panozzo
Peter Panozzo
Peter Pezzatti
Richard Rampke
Ray Reynolds
Robert Thul
Muriel Wernicke
Guy Hamman
Clarence Pfotenhauer
Joachim Panozzo
Phyllis Hendricks
Banco
Wanzer’s
Schulze’s
Berger Schlool
Roosevelt School
T. T. H. S. School
COAL
Interocean
Dolton
Malloy Coal Co
AMCO
J. F. Chandler Roofing CO
Chicago ST
Dolton, Ill
Jacobsma
Lincoln Ave
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