Washington School Promotion Exercises Set for June 2 1937
Promotion exercises will be held at Washington school on June 2 1937. The program includes a flag salute address of welcome and poems and songs performed by eighth and seventh grade classes. Presentations include class gifts and flag ceremonies with several staff members and Rev. Martin G. Kabele officiating.
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Washington School
America
Martin G. Kabele
Our Savior’s Church
Anna May White
Ruth Emily Schmidt
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Thos. Frampton
William Provis
Florence Shilling
Patrol Boy
George Kingland
Lyle K. Klitzke
Arthur T. Harms
Board of Education
Kabele
Franklin School Fifth and Sixth Grades Plan Year End Party
Franklin school grades five and six welcome Virginia Zoller back and plan a farewell party with gifts from a grab bag and an award for the top reader. Graduation exercises on Thursday June 3 at 8 pm include music by Dist 148 Band, a processional, salutatory, class history, diplomas, and various performances led by Miss Burghardt and Rev. Crocker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Zoller
Walter Meyer
Donald Crocker
Myrtle Strassenberg
Lorraine Burhhardt
W. d. Bage
Romaine Klage
Sara Teasdale
Glen Ward Dresbach
Berton Braley
Benny Varco
Lincoln School Third Grade and Sixth Grade Field Trip Notes
Lincoln School reports top spelling in third grade with students Mary Louise Mazzeavallo Clarence Stomp Bobby Thul Henry Blanke June Grant Ray Reynolds Nathan Humbrecht Jack Needles Sonny Abraham Donald Vrooman and Idn Albrecht. Third grade also features a new book Traveling With the Birds illustrated by Walter A Weber. Sixth graders visited the Chicago Historical Society and Lincoln Park Zoo seeing elephants, a baby monkey, lions, tigers, and a Viking ship in the park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Mazzeavallo
Clarence Stomp
Bobby Thul
Henry Blanke
June Grant
Ray Reynolds
Nathan Humbrecht
Jack Needles
Sonny Abraham
Donald Vrooman
Idn Albrecht
Walter A. Weber
Chicago
Histrical Society
Lindn
Washington
Columbus
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln School Eighth Grade Commencement Planned
Lincoln School eighth grade commencement exercises will be held in the Lincoln auditorium on Tuesday evening June 1 at 8 oclock. The program includes processional Pomp and Circumstance Elgar Class and other salutes with the flag ceremony, songs by the school band, recitations, gift presentations and diplomas by officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Academy of Science
Chas Damaskus
Lloyd Hamman
Billy Mason
Lois Nelson
Joachim Panozzo
Mary Panozzo
Prince and the Pauper
Chicago Theatre
DeMets
Barbara Drefhall
Marilyn Drefhall
Dolores Wilek
Annabelle Lorenz
Jean Lou Frank
Betty Parks
Clarice Needies
Charles Beseman
Donald Wernicke
Walter Pfuhl
Melvin Haddon
Omar Sinkle
Bettajean Nairn
Jacqueline Maller
Shirley Spoolstra
Phyllis
P. H. Bassler
Roy Messerschmitt
Bruce Younker
Patricia Maughan
Santa Lucia
William L. Reaugh
L. K. Klitzke
Diiplomas
Board of Education
Arthur T. Harms
Mary Louise McGowan
Bowen School Circus Plans Highlight May Event
Students celebrate a mother visiting day and preview a May 28 circus and exhibit. Third and fourth graders work hard on acts, with awards given for penmanship and merit. Room activities include exhibits, displays, and class pins as the school repairs the flagpole.
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Phyllis Ferguson
Ray Tatgenhorst
Mr. Petty
Dell
Roland Nelson
William Wilde
Flora Gallegos
Michigan
Wim. Wilde
South Bend
Palmer Company
Bessie Colman
Shirley Golding
Larry McCaffery
Patty Mills
John Norman
Mary Ann Newell Muriel Wordelman
Doreen Moll
Katherine Marazilli
John Hence
Alice Hanschmann
Ace Thanschmann
Minette Nelson
School Circus and Exhibit Evening At Local School
The school thanks Mrs. Wm. J. Claussen and Mrs. Della Deam for library book donations this year. A school circus and exhibit will be held this evening and all are welcome to attend and enjoy the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. J. Claussen
Della Deam
Berger School Year End Notes and Circus Visit
Students in multiple rooms describe end of year activities including a Thursday picnic for first and second graders, a school circus with acts and trained animals, field trips to the Field Museum and Planetarium, and the eighth grade graduation planned for Friday. Names of students and teachers, and a ball game result are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Truby
Darlene Krueger
Field Museum
Miss Larson
Dorothy Pedric
Billy Vandenberg
Donald Couwenhoven
Leora Milhahn
Dells
Wisconsin
Leora
Planetarium
Shedd Aquarium
Rolland Bertrand
Elmer Bockelman
Bill O’brien
Alfred Jacobsma
Harold Malley
Edwin Meyer
Ruth Waterman
McKinley School
Rolland Hermann
Field Museum and Aquarium Visit by Roosevelt School Pupils
Third and fourth graders toured the Field Museum and the Aquarium. Students wrote brief stories about mummies, cave paintings, Egyptian artifacts, and marine life, highlighting the mummy wrapping, stone age tools, amulets, scarabs, and fish.
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Field Museum
Aquarium
Royal Alcott
Billy Frampton
Gloria Gronwall
Ela Arndt
Nile River
Joe Reasor
Riverdale approves board of local improvements ordinance
Village of Riverdale creates a Board of Local Improvements under Illinois law. Appoints Henry Strosinski and five others with William J. Claussen as president. sets secretary at 200 dollars and each member at 160 dollars per year plus president 200 dollars. Appropriation of 1360 dollars funds compensation and secretary duties. ordinance takes effect after publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverdale
Cook County
Illinois
County of
Cook
State of Illinois
General Assembly
Henry Strosinsiki
Ray E. Martin
Harry Hanschmann
Milo F. Day
James F. Hanihan
George Smith
Board of Local Improvements
William J. Claussen
Peter J. Kurz
WM. J. Claussen
A. D
Blue Island Gets Supplementary Grant for Park Improvements
The Blue Island Park Board receives 58000 in a Works Progress Administration grant for Memorial Park improvements. Edward C. Maroney led the effort to secure funds for an Olympic standard swimming pool, a 3500 seat outdoor stadium, and six cemented tennis courts.
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Blue Island Park Board
Washington
Works Administration Progress Officials
Blue Island
Memorial Park
Edward C. Maroney
Park Board
Egyptians Fade Varnish Tradition Tells of Resin Oil Mixtures
Egyptians knew how to make varnish by melting soft resins in oil, a craft handed down through generations. The description notes resin sources and heating methods as core steps in the finishing process.
Thornton Junior College to honor 29 graduates
Dr. Joseph M. Artman of Character magazine will speak at the commencement on Friday June 4. Superintendent William E. McVey and Dean James L. Beck will present diplomas to 29 graduates including Grace Anderson Phyllis Antilla Vivian Blomquist Rose Boghasen Wilburn Bonnell John Britz Thomas Dennison Adelheid Ebisch Frank L. Griffin Basil Guerard George Heideman Mary Henegar Gustava Howarth Allen Jacobs Leora Jean Mitchell Koteff Nina Larson Julian Leonard Stanice May Margaret McGlone Leona Ravesfoot Charlotte Rode Edward Septoski Fred Scharringhausen Eugene Sullivan Josephine Taylor Spirito Tresco Marion Weiss and Gertrude Piel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph M. Artman
Character” Magazine
Thornton Junior College
William E. McVey
James L. Beck
Grace Anderson
Phyllis Antilla
Vivian Blomquist
Rose Boghasen
Wilburn Bonnell
John Britz
Thomas Dennison
Adelheid Ebisch
Frank L. Griffin
Basil Guerard
George Heideman
Mary Henegar
Gustava Howarth
Allen Jacobs
Leora Jean
Mitchell Koteff
Nina Larson
Julian Leonard
Stanice May
Margaret McGlone
Leona Ravesfoot
Charlotte Rode
Edward Septoski
Fred Scharringhausen
Eugene Sullivan
Josephine Taylor
Spirito Tresco
Marion Weiss
Gertrude Piel
Harpy-Eagle Dominates Zoos and Preys on Monkeys
The harpy-eagle, a fierce South American predator, feeds on small warm-blooded animals such as monkeys. It is commonly displayed in major U.S. zoos and is noted for its owl like facial features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
First Woman's Medical School Opens in Boston 1848
In 1848 the Boston Female Medical School organized as America’s first women’s medical school with 12 pupils. Located in Boston, it marked a pioneering effort for female medical education.
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America
Boston
Boston Female Medical School
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