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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1938
Page
2
Locals report many Dolton and nearby communities hosting gatherings. Reunions in Dolton and Riverdale mark family ties, while birthdays and anniversaries celebrate Galley and Galloy kin. Illnesses include Lauer and Packard with hospital care, and civic groups plan bazaars and church activities.
Ivanhoe Women's Missionary Society capped eight years with a November 16 luncheon for 70 in the church basement and a talk by Mrs. H. B. Bechtold. Milwaukee guests attended, gifts were exchanged, and other local happenings include birthdays, hospital operations, and several church group activities in Dalton and Dolton.
In Room 1 Earle Swanson lies ill with appendicitis and was admitted last Saturday. A Schick test may determine need for diphtheria shots while Room 8 shares a favored Thanksgiving poem about a self aware turkey. Room 2 reports Mr Lockhart leaving science to teach music. students plan pottery projects and science experiments.
Franklin School students in grades 1 and 2 paint Pilgrim and turkey pictures while preparing an Indian dance, a Thanksgiving song, and a geography unit on Nomads of the Desert. Third graders draft playground safety rules as fourth graders start a desert nomads unit.
Students in fifth and sixth grades prepare art covers for neat papers while the Syst soca hosts a Wednesday assembly with Taps Indian dance and a “Bobby's Thanksgiving” play. The seventh and eighth grade minstrel show drew loud laughter and praise for teamwork and singing. Ruth Cornwall won the candy sale prize after a long drawing.
First grade pupils recover from colds and enjoy large painting projects. Second grade welcomes Lucinda Brassfield back, Faye Needles hoped for soon. Third and fourth grades present Bobby's Thanksgiving. fifth grade studies overland travel and performs The First Thanksgiving Day.
The memo notes a wealthy man is happier than a middle class man and a city home is seen as more desirable than a country home. It reports eighth graders with perfect attendance this week and upcoming basketball practice for seventh and eighth grade boys and volleyball for seventh and eighth grade girls. Seventh and eighth grade boys played soccer this week.
The first graders moved to the kindergarten room and decorated it for Thanksgiving. Dorothy Hinshaw joined the second grade from Chicago. Pupils write to Gloria Sharp after her tonsil removal. Third grader Robert Skye spoke on sugar cane and Mexican moss from Florida. Richard Kltzke returns in fourth grade after flu and best Thanksgiving art is shown. Fifth graders expand vocabularies by writing new words in a word book. Walter Verhoeven missing due to illness. The 6th to 8th grades plan a Christmas in Old England program after Thanksgiving. Eighth grade science uses a solar tetrascope to explain seasons and sun angle. Nineteen boys joined first basketball practice. room for more. Scouts court of honor for troops 9, 16, 17 held at the school during dedicating ceremony. Paul Smith and H G Boltz spoke. Merit awards given. A girl scout investiture is set for Wednesday November 30 at 4 pm in the music room. eighteen girls to be invested.
Lois Hanschmann Marjorie Wilder Lillian Green Irene Zenere achieved perfect scores on the Gray word test today. Mary Gertrude Pennacker was absent due to illness. The report continues on page six.
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