Public School News Weekly Roundup Of Activities
Kindergarten visits planned with two weeks left before vacation. Third graders toured Field Museum and Shedd Aquarium with most classmates attending. Fourth graders excel in spelling and arithmetic. Fifth graders craft soap carvings and view a Japanese garden project. Sixth graders welcome Richard Brand and enjoy new library books. Seventh graders plan a Thornton picnic with a graduation representative. Eighth graders report losses in baseball and a PTA dance scheduled. spring operetta postponed due to auditorium redecorating.
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Field Museum
Shedd Aquarium
Bobby Thul
Sonny Abraham
Edward Albrecht
Jean DeHaan
Raymond Gebauer
Marilyn Dreshall
Dolores Wilck
Jane DeHaan
Miss Ranney
Helen
Thornton
Patricia Maughan
Lincoln
Hazelcrest
Franklin
Washington School
Lincoln School
Bowen School Yearend Activities Mentioned
The article highlights classroom projects and events at Bowen School including a Mother’s Day surprise in kindergarten to second grade, flag book work by fourth graders, and perfect attendance among grade four. It notes cultural items from Costa Rica, spring flowers, Mevican dolls, and a blue print map of Riverdale, with plans for a girls’ softball game on May 14.
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Patsy Spinozzi
Roseland
Betty Boyd
Clement Jay
Roland Nelson
Stokley Wilder
Flora Gallegos
Costa Rica
Flora
Betty Jane
Miss Hedtke
Riverdale
Patty Mills
McKinley School Prepares Circus and Exhibit Near Bowen
McKinley school in South Holland installs a new cable on the flag pole as preparations begin for a circus planned for about the first of June at Bowen. A school exhibit will run concurrently and further announcements will follow.
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McKinley School
South Holland
Bowen
Franklin School Weekly Update Highlights Student Projects
School news covers first and second graders crafting funny clown glims and flowers from Betty and tulips from a third grader. Third and fourth graders read Friendly Village. Fifth and sixth grade mail business letters to chambers and plan a Field Museum trip May 13 and visit Shedd Aquarium. Seventh and eighth grades sculpt soap art pieces. Eighth grade finale covers Illinois geography and history reports.
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Franklin
Betty
Caroline
Chambers of Commerce
Mineapolis
Chicago
Washington
D D. C
Detroit
Field Museum
Shedd Aquarium
Franklin School
Illinois
Berger School News and Classroom Activities
Room 1 reports a baby mouse brought to Nature Study by Agean Wismer. First graders act out The Circus Monkey with Roy Nelson as the monkey and others as animals. Room 2 notes Jack Brassfield is sick and a Field Museum trip is planned next week. Room 3 promises a story about dairy trips, while Room 4 mentions seventh and eighth grades taking exams and a teachers dinner at the Roosevelt Y with spicy jokes.
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Berger
Agean Wismer
Roy Nelson
Charles Jacobsma
Marion Vandenberg
Stephen Mayerak
Norman Proper
Leonard Vandermyde
Jack Brassfield
Field Museum
Dorothy Pedric
Roosevelt “Y
St Paul School Room 1 Notes Spring Arts and Illness
Room 1 describes a spring scene with real tulips and student artwork while mentioning Robert Albrecht on the sick list and a rain cloud role in an operetta. Room 2 reports high attendance and time spent rehearsing for a two act operetta with the first four grades unified for their program titled Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
Robert Albrecht
Cloudville Sky-folk Excitement as Humans Learn to Fly
A mountain top setting shows sky-folk thrilled by humans learning flight. Production features many children, stage and color effects promised to engage audiences. Also notes fifth and sixth grade reading units and perfect spelling lists, plus a sewing club fashion parade for P T A with boat and airplane models on display.
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Cloudville
Ivine
Laurene
Hattiebell Shields
Delores Jacobitz
Glenn Rhode
Mildred Reitz
Muriel Stahnke
Lucille Wilkens
Lois Bielenberg
Donald Bitter
Ruth Bremer
Adeline Campanile
LaVine Fischer
Fred Hess
Leonore Huber
Norma Huber
Carl Koelling
Leonare Demick
Raymond Schneider
Robert Sellin
Doris Stone
Esther Vorrath
NYA mobilizes 1500 youths to battle grasshoppers in Illinois
William J. Campbell announces a statewide NYA campaign directing 1500 youths to assist in exterminating the grasshopper outbreak. Entomologists warn the May to June hatching period demands swift action with poison bait, aided by the Illinois Agricultural Extension Service and other agencies.
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NYA
Illinois
William J. Campbell
National Youth Administration
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Illinois
Campbell
Census to count population living in automobile trailers
The government will conduct a census of people residing in trailer homes amid widespread speculation. In Oscelola Indiana the leading poultryman is named Peter J. Hens.
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U. S
Ahalf
Oscelola, Ind
Peter J. Hens
SHS
Illinois State Librarian Answers County History Questions
The Illinois Secretary of State as State Librarian provides answers on topics from La Salle’s birthplace to Morgan County’s namesake, Marquette’s lead mines, early Chicago insurance, the Eads Bridge, Myra Bradwell, Montgomery County’s first school, Illinois boundary surveys, the Nursing Act, and Hennepin’s death. The Q A series offers concise historical facts and dates with readable specifics.
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Secretary of State of
Illinois
State Library and Archives Division
Capitol
Edward J. Hughes
Springfield
Ilinois
Daniel Morgan
Quebec
Saratoga
Cowpens
Black Hawk
Black Sparrow Hawk
Marquette
Hiram Rountree
Hennepin
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Bowen School
Paulson
Lincoln Ave
Dolton
Robert Cavalier Sieur de la Salle
Rouen
France
Wm. J. Bryan
Knox College
Galesburg
Illinois College
Morgan County
Gordon Hubbard
Aetna Company
Hartford
Conn
Hubbard
St. Louis
Eads
Misouri
Myra Bradwell
Iinois
The
State Bar Association
Montgomery County
Jesse Townsend
Max, Brazzelton
Carnation
Cockscomb
PHLOX
Brandt Brothers
Halsted Street
Jacobsma
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