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Newspaper

The Spectator

Location

Joliet, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1938

Page

5

Marie Gaudetette Girl Scout Naturalist Notes

Marie Gaudetette offers four natural observations from last week. First animals trap their heads in tin cans and jars and cannot free themselves. Second summer road deaths of birds as they tend their young. Third hermit crabs use another’s shell for shelter due to lacking a full shell. Fourth Sas s af ras and Red Mulberry have three leaf types.

Answers to Common Animal Myths

The questions explore animal behavior: rabbits washing their face with paws, goats eating tin cans, and snakes swallowing their young in danger. Real answers explain grooming habits, diet preferences, and snake reproductive behavior with factual details.

Taft Girl Scout Troop 2 Farewell Pancake Breakfast

A farewell breakfast Saturday January 15 at G C Edom 1119 Bryan Ave marked Scouts transferring to Farragut in February. Mrs M F Shaw Lieutenant and Miss Lois Adams Captain assisted. Awards and Tenderfoot pins awarded at a Friday meeting with badges announced and Taps sung.

Taft G. C. Edom Bryan Avenue Farragut M. F Shaw Lois Adams Edom Joyce Barnes Hildegard Barsk Jane Bertrand Irma Jean Cooley Myrtle Edom Betty Gordon Peggy Long Val McKay Dorothy Miller Shirley Mé £Iller Doris Rehnquist Evelyn Rehnquist Gwen Shaw Virginia Shaw Georgetta Voight Earl Hodges Jean Reitz Delores Clementi

Poem A Girly Scout by Barbara Yesberger

In last week’s Spectator the poem A Girly Scout appeared with author Barbara Yesberger of Washington Troop No 7. The troop held a Court of Awards after school in the school auditorium with mothers and friends present as Mrs Earl Hodges led the flag salute and Star Spangled Banner.

the Spectator Barbara Yesberger Washington Washington Troop No. 7 Earl Hodges

Trinity M. E. Church to Stage Red Headed Step Child Play

Trinity M. E. Church presents the three act comedy Red Headed Step-Child on Thursday January 27 at 8 pm in the community house corner Brown and Fairbanks avenues under the Kelly Circle. Mrs H B Barnes directs a cast of twelve youths Evelyn Ferrell Merle Swithin Audrey Ferrell Evelyn Zinser Erma Mogle Marjorie Henson Norma Jean Smith Martha Byrd Royal Johnston William Kelly Harold Swinfurd and Myrl Swinford. Tickets go to Kelly Circle members and cast members.

Brown and Fairbanks Avenues Kelly Circle Trinity M. E. Church H. B. Barnes Evelyn Ferrell Merle Swithin Audrey Ferrell Evelyn Zinser Erma Mogle Marjorie Henson Norma Jean Smith Martha Byrd Royal Johnston William Kelly Harold Swinford Myrl Swinford Kelly

Motorists Learn Signalling Rules During Curbside Turns

The article explains signaling regulations for drivers. A hand signal alone does not grant right of way and must be made only when safe and without affecting other vehicles. It emphasizes using signals to warn intent before maneuvers near curbs.

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