Bowen School Notes highlights and festival plans
School notes from Riverdale Line district 133 cover class honors in rooms one to three for both boys and girls, Palmer awards to Mc Gehee Baumgartner and others, May 27 festival details, bus plans, Health Contest entries, and new nurse Pendleton. Also notes on officers for 1926 1927 and a play A Little Brother.
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Bowen School
Riverdale
Palmer
Clofton McGehee
Audrey Baumgartner
Virgil Bigger
Delores Baumgartner
Lillian Dehgler
Herman Baumgartner
Russell Brady
Elaine Ohisen
Anna Engelhardt
Sec’y
Viola Reich
Downs
Glenwood
Pendleton
Palos Park
Lincoln Avenue School Daily Activities and Upcoming Games
The seventh and eighth grade teams are set to face Seymore on Wednesday the 25th and prior matches show Seymore beating L A S twice. The Pointer notes a May 17 Student Council meeting, field play discussion, and a fourth grade field trip to the Field Museum amid rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Avenue
Edw
Corriveau
David Cohen
Virginia Diette
Jr. High School
Seymore
L. A
Jack and
Bright
Bowen
Field Museum
Chicago Street
Geneva Born
Riverdale
I Am Not Going to Waste Time in High School
Clara Jaeger writes in eighth grade about valuing time and learning important skills before entering high school. She reflects on her current study habits and aims to stay focused to achieve success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Cogswell
David Cohen
High Lawn School
Fern Sinks
Frank Simnick
Victor Hummer
Norma Lotz
Hannes Ver Wey
Ruth Krause
Bill
John
Lois
Emil
Joy
Eleanor
Clara Jaeger
Quiet Fire Drill Etiquette Guidance
Mildred Berner urges students to stay in line and be quiet during fire drills. She warns rushing stairs can cause injuries and emphasizes drills may reflect real fires, so orderly egress is safest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Berner
Lay of the Last Minstrel and Other School Readings
A classroom notice lists The Lay of the Last Minstrel by Sir Walter Scott and Rhodora by Ralph Waldo Emerson as poems studied. It also describes a game Gypsy Treasure played by grades five to eight and reports students’ plans for high school studies and careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Lenover
Rhodora
Sir Walter Scott
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Field Museum Trip Ends With Troubling Lake Accident
John Van Rossem and classmates joined Mr Ault for a Field Museum visit spending a half day touring exhibits as third floor closed. A man about 80 was found in the lake near the station with a severe head wound and was pulled from the water by divers and placed on a life boat before police and undertaker involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field Museum
John van Rossem
Ault
Emil Propper
Eleanor Gruhike
Clara Jaeger
Ruth Lenover
Ruth Krause
Mildred Berner
Emil
Mr. Ault
Emil Popper
Art Institute
van Buren Staton
Highlawn School Adds New Books To Library
Eleanor Gruhlke reports that funds from the Peter Rabbit play financed new library volumes at Highlawn School. Three Tom Slader titles, four Marjorie books, two Bof fesy Twins volumes join Alice in Wonderland, with mixed reactions from students about their appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Gruhlke
Mr. Ault
Tom Slader
Marjorie
Boffesy Twins
Churches Our Saviour's Lath at 188th St and Wabash Ave
Sunday Bible school at 9 30. Morning service 10 30 with sermon Prayer Today Inner Mission Sunday Offering for Christian Welfare Work Rally at 3 pm in Auditorium Hotel Ballroom with music Roll call and praise. Illinois Synod meets Joliet May 28 27 Children’s Day June 12 Teacher training Fridays 7 30 Choir 8 10 pm Pastor Rev Edw A Voorhees pastor of the Church of Helpfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OUR Saviour
Wabash Ave
Auditorium Hotel
N. W
Michigan Blvd
Congress Street
Illinois Synod
Joliet
Our Saviour’s
Peter
Prayer and services at St Pauls Lutheran Church May 22
St Pauls Lutheran Church on 188th Street and Leyden Ave announces Divine services on May 22 with German at 9 30 a m English at 10 45 a m Sermon text Luke 11 5 13 urging persistent prayer and faith in God A special English service for youth is at 7 30 p m with Sermon text Hebrews 10 13 25 A congregation gathering follows on May 28 at 7 45 p m led by Pastor W J Kemnitz All are welcome, especially the young people
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Christ
W. J. Kemnitz
First Methodist Church Services Outline on Friday
Friday schedule for First Methodist Church includes Sunday school at 9 a m and morning service at 11 under the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society with music and Mrs W S Cable as speaker. Epworth League meets at 6 45 p m followed by an evening service at 7 30 with junior choir and M Clyde Radabaugh. Pastor A A Myers invites all to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society
W. S. Cable
Rock River
Epworth League Society
M. Clyde Radabaugh
A. A. Myers
Riverdale Park Treasurer's Report 1926 27 figures filed
Edward J. Schulte treasurer swears the Riverdale Park District funds report shows beginning funds May 1 1926 receipts from Calumet and Thornton collectors interest and donations, disbursements for field house park work and taxes, ending balance 709.93 on April 30 1927 with notary August Reich.
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Riverdale Park District
Edward J. Schulte
Cook
Illinois
A. D
August C. Reich
J. Wanek
Calumet Township
Peter Anker
Thornton Sovnste
P. J. Carr
J. Lindheimer
Field House
Ity
Continental & Commercial Bank of Chicago
Kinney Hood Printing Co
Vaughan
Continental & Commercial Nat’l Bank
Wm. Maurer
Bor
Johnson & Stautz
Kinney-Hood Printing Co
Wm. Lotz
Herman Dreesen
George Shenk
K. S. Putnam
Chi, & Riverdale Lumber Co
al. Simnick
Grant Bros
Man
Putnam
H. E. Stewart
T. Lewis
Cnet A
John F. Belz, Jr
George B. Carpenter Co
Riverdale
Cash
Labor
Edward School
Carl Sellin
Chester Boyens
A. F. Bonse
Express
D. Schermer
Chicago & Riverdale Lumber Co
Lumb
First Trust & Savings Bank
Wm. Mau
Steve Pipe
K. J. Schulte
Sec
Y & Treas
Cliff. Wikens
Ceee
Carl
Sellin
O. Krause
Adolph Matteson
Type Craft Press
Conrad Kern
Lawn Seed
D. Shermer
Foundation For
August Belz
Prem
Edward Scholl
Belz
Petersen
Materiaal
C. A. Beseman
Chi
Riverdale Lumber Co
Malloy Coal Co
Bayens
Lotz
Cinders
John F. Belz
GUY
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Marion Reich
Miss Davenport
Bill Morris
John VanRossen
Lois Bishop
Marion Rich
Lily Corsello
Nat
A. Voorhees
First Methodist Church
Riverdale Park
Traois
Ig Service
Abeuw
Yuse
Avenyn
Aer Atnnaeaanensene
Delta Deam
Leonard Diehl
Charles Sellin
Oswald Obeldobel
Public Service Co
Flond Tiohte
Awewe Na Sree Easeewenenanna
Ar An
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