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Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1938

Page

6

Lincoln School Baseball and Tin Cup Tournament Update

Lincoln school baseball played a softball game with Berger after school. The Tin Cup Tournament is underway with two games played: Lincoln Stars beat Shadows and Lincoln Aces beat Lucky Six. Seventh graders finish readers and read Don Quixote and The Puritan Twins while English studies focus on sentence structure. Eighth graders study the Shakespearian period and read Master Skylark.

Lincoln Berger Lincoln Stars Shadows Lincoln Aces Lucky Six England

Bowen School Weekly Class Activities Highlight

Lillian Cook and Margaret Green lead games for the week as third and fourth graders form a room team. Room two decorates its room with a border and students enjoy a Miss Hedtke doll collection. Mary Ann Warren earns 100 percent in spelling for two weeks. Miss Kurz reads Hitty during story time. Patsy Newell and sister Mary Ann share a cheerful moment, then write to an uncle in Palm Beach Florida receiving a cocoanut and Florida map. Fifth and sixth graders form a baseball team. boys form room three team. Bowen Achievement Club held its annual Officer’s convention at the Morrison hotel with a twelve minute Bowen segment broadcast by radio. Participants include Leslie Bales, Howard Golding, Donald Ferguson, and many others. Room four displays an Easter border above blackboards.

Lillian Cook Margaret Green Miss Hedtke Mary Ann Warren Miss Kurz Hitty Patsy Newell Mary Ann Patsy Palm Beach Florida Bowen Achievement Club Morrison Hotel Bowen Wallace Tourtellotte

Franklin School Grades Present Spring Play and Activities

Franklin school reports grades one and two preparing the play Have You Seen the Easter Rabbit. Third grade reads Merry Animal Tales. fourth grade Indian Twins. Birds are pictured by third and fourth grades. Fifth and sixth study telegrams and tuberculosis treatment. Seventh grade explores Trees with cross section diagrams. Eighth grade makes maps in geography showing coal fields. Mary Lou Drendel remains absent.

Fanklin Mary Lou Drendel

St Paul School Observes Letters For Sport and Spring Arts

In Room 1 the class notes many absent students due to illness as they anticipate spring and explore birds in art. Room 2 outlines plans for Zone Lutheran Educational Festival and a St Paul school exhibit in June with contests in Art and Language. Room 3 lists fifth and sixth graders who earned perfect spelling grades. Room 4 reports letters awarded for two and one year service to students and families during Friday’s assembly, naming recipients.

St. Paul Robert Bachman Mildred Busch Walter Cowser Eugene Grassmick Dorothy Gronrose Ruth Mammermeister George Jessen Wilma Kliefath Walter Ludwig Helen Reisbig Howard Shipe Charles Schnebel Herbert Siss Wilma Steinhauer Elmer Vorrath Wilma Wiegel Kent Wilkinson Esther Yo Alvin Krugler Edward Kaiser Raymond Robert Markus Edward Krueger Melvin Wilkins Alex Goeringer Dorothy Reisbich Rose Bitter la Verne Stutzhiem Mabel Schroeder Florence Kalksbrenner Esther Schmal Mollie Klein Dorothy Wick Florence Bessinger Dewnis Mae Stone Glenn Wilkenson Henry Schroeder Norman Markus Robert Sellin Rheinhold Belz

Teeth development timeline in humans

The text explains that temporary teeth begin developing five months before birth while permanent teeth start to develop one month before birth. This outlines early dental development in fetal stages and contrasts the onset of first and permanent dentition.

Regimental Colors as Official Army Record

A Pearson's London Weekly writer explains regimental colors embody a unit's history. Roses in Lancashire Fusiliers hats recall Minden, flags bear badges and animals signifying campaigns from Peninsular War to Gibraltar and Egypt, while marching rights and royal motifs mark distinct regiments.

Lancashire Fusiliers Minden Twentieth Foot East Devonshire Regiment Rose Gardens Pearson London Royal Welch Fusiliers Gloucestershire Regiment Twenty-eighth Royal Fusiliers Buffs Royal Marines South Wales Borderers Isandhlwana Royal West Surrey Catherine of Gibraltar

Raisin History Marks Ancient Flavor and California Rise

The piece traces raisin flavor from ancient Egypt via Asia Minor to 1300 with Spain and Hungary as markets. It notes California's rise in the 20th century producing over 200000 tons annually in the San Joaquin Valley and cites 1834 shipments and the 1851 modern industry start with Colonel Hernathy in San Diego.

Asia Minor Spain Hungary Greece America California San Joaquin Valley Kirtley Scott Louisville Courier-Journal The Horn Boston Agostin Hernarthy Alexandria Malaga San Diego Europe

Indian Reservations in Oklahoma History

A Cleveland Plain Dealer writer outlines the five civilized tribes in Oklahoma before the Civil War Cherokees Choctaws Chickasaws Creeks and Seminoles. After shifting to the Indian Territory and later the ceded lands the government settled other tribes including Sacs Wyandottes Cheyennes Modocs Ottawas and more in the region.

Five Civilized Tribes of Indians Oklahoma Cleveland Plain Dealer Mississippi Indian Territory Five Civilized Nations Oklahoma Territory

Earthworms and Fireflies Clarify Luminous Confusion

The article explains that earthworms do not turn into fireflies as a common myth suggests. Fireflies are beetles with luminous larvae and adults, while earthworms remain separate species. Observations of glowworms may have fueled the misconception.

United States

Kangaroo Tail Powers Remarkable Leaps and Defense

A St Louis Globe-Democrat writer notes kangaroos possess extraordinary hind legs and a long tail enabling leaps of 20 to 30 feet. They stand upright, rest on their tail, and defend with sharp rear claws, boxing with forepaws when cornered. In Australia they are hunted for grazing damage and skins.

Australia

First incubator for weak infants from Tarnier

The first incubator designed to rear children unable to survive under normal conditions was created by Dr Tarnier in 1880 and used at the Paris Maternity hospital.

Dr. Tarnier Paris Maternity Hospital

Mayas' Interest in Gold Revealed by Earthquake

A Detroit News correspondent notes that Copan's earthquake uncovering tombs with gold ornaments suggests Maya culture engaged in international trade. The piece contrasts Maya gold with earlier beliefs of limited wealth and links Central American gold to imports from other regions, aligning with Aztec Toltec and Inca history.

Yucatan Copan Honduras Egypt Costa Rica New York Detroit News Central South America

Small Girl Objecting To Bagpiper Noise

A young girl complains to her father about a bagpiper performing nearby. She says the performer is squeezing something under his arm and that it must be hurting, describing the noise as terrible and mean.

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