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Newspaper

Riverdale Pointer

Location

Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1924

Page

5

Wentworth Seniors Plan Pep Rally Before Turner Field Clash

The Wentworth High senior class elected officers for the coming year and voted to hold a pep meeting Friday evening with a bonfire and songs. The push aims to boost support for the Sept 13 football opener at Turner Field against Catholic Central High of East Chicago. Key lineup includes Bradley, Conarty, Meeter, Howat, with Brumm captain.

Wentworth School Donald Bradley Robert Conarty Arthur Meeter Peter Howat Turner Field Wentworth Catholic Central High East Chicago Catholic Central High School of Wentworth Grounds

Douglas School Notes Enrollments Shock Peek at Capacity

School opened with full rooms on September 2. Kindergarten through sixth grades filled beyond capacity prompting class shifts to fit 40 seats in first grade and 62 in second. Half the 8 to 12 cohort and half the 12 to 4 cohort share the shift room to allow more industrial attention. Every pupil receives annual physicals with weights and measures on September 10 finding about 75 percent average in weight, improving over last year.

Douglas

Public School Notes in Calumet City Progress

Public schools of Calumet City show progress with new plans and improving realities. A near hundred increase is noted, reflecting growth and ongoing development around Wentworth school and related district programs.

Calumet City Globe Burnham Lehrumville Lansing Oak Glen Lowell W. Boggs Indiana University Wentworth

Sobieski School to Celebrate Corner Stone of New Building

Calumet City moves to expand with a new Sobieski school replacing the old brick building at Williams street and Freeland avenue. The corner stone ceremony is set for Saturday September 18 at 2 30 p.m. with music speeches and school officials present.

Calumet City Sobieski Williams Street Freeland Avenue Wentworth E. J. Tobin Farr Paul Matthew G. Reitz

No Use Only Dreaming

A terse Atlanta Constitution note urges action and focus, stating progress comes when effort precedes timing. It emphasizes staying busy to realize goals and avoid delays.

Atlanta Constitution

City Clerk Announces Water Main Assessment Collection

The City Clerk and office open daily 8:30 to 5:00 with Tuesday evenings 7 to 9 and Saturday 8:30 to 1. Pay assessments early. A public hearing on the sewer system is set for Friday September 19 at Memorial Park building at 6.00.

Andrew J. Stachowicz Board of Local Improvements Memorial Park

Builders rush ground work for Water Works and Sobieski School

Milda and Hansen Co of Calumet City began excavating the Water Works foundation pits. They have the Sobieski School walls rising about five feet and plan to lay the cornerstone in the next few days as bad weather nears.

Calumet City Milda and Hansen Co Sobieski

Entertained Husbands by Calumet City Woman's Club

The Calumet City Woman's Club hosted an informal social evening for husbands and friends at Memorial Park building on Saturday Sept 6. Members enjoyed music by Windish Frankowski Madijkowski Jercha and Nebbie Perkorski with refreshments. husbands praised the event and urged another gathering. Mr and Mrs V F Carben and children Evelyn and V F Jr of Freeland Ave returned from a three week East tour.

Calumet City V. F. Carben Evelyn and V. F. Jr Freeland Avenue

Real Test of Life Success At The Finish

A motivational note on completing tasks as the true measure of ability and willpower. It urges finishing what you start and treating completion as the mark of a real victor.

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L. E Makowski L. T Schrum L. G. Rench Maciewski R. G van Senus R. T Conarty R. E Brumm Q. B Finneran Bunting Howat Kelly Lesmeister Goodwin Evans W. Brumm Maewicz C. Downs Public Sam Alpert’s Calumet City Department Store Calumet City, Ill Sobieski School City Clerk’s Office Illinois Bell Bell Telephone Company Bell System Posner & Throop Calumet District Hammond Oakley Avenue Hammond, Ind Maxwell Twin City Lincoln Avenue Dolton RED Comb Chicken Conrad Kern Indiana Avenue Riverdale Englewood W. 63Rd St Michigan Avenue Fuirman Chicago Chicago Avenue Mse
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