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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1931
Page
8
Eleanor Speredes of 7B Howard notes a two prize school contest on minstrel posters for February 24 and 25. Seventh and eighth graders compete, sixth graders excluded, with artists Frances Rapp Harold Palmer and Harry Cramer among entrants.
Marguerite Peterson notes snowflakes as six rayed ice crystals formed when vapor condenses below freezing. Some melt into sleet or rain before reaching earth, with snow containing less water than rain. snowfall around ten inches equals one inch of rain.
Howard eighth grade gym class forms five basketball teams Blackhawks Bruins Rangers Coyotes Wildcats Hap Gathercoal selects captains and teams. Rangers aim for the championship with Walter Robinson as center Fred Kasper Howard Ball Harry Kaup Bill Faymonville are starting guards and two substitutes Bill Bersch Hall Schaub.
A classroom production of Marco Polo was staged on January 20 in Mrs. Glennon's room. Cast included Marco Polo Earl Powis Marco's father Clinton Carpenter Uncle Rich ard Neukranz Kubla Kahn Richard Wilson Guards Frank Neetling Bob Lawrence Bud Seuboldt Curt Welborn Niece Elsie Jane Von Der Lippen and other dancers and court members. The scenes spanned Marco Polo's house desert the kings palace home and prison.
Jane Lamprey notes a January 22 radio program from New York featuring Mary Pickford Amos and Andy Mrs. August Belmont Herbert Hoover Calvin Coolidge Alfred E. Smith and Will Rogers. The stars discussed the Red Cross and the audience enjoyed the broadcast.
Prof Maxim plans a one year coma using a self invented fluid tested on animals. Blane nervous about injecting him as the clock strikes eight on November 4. Maxim insists the experiment proceed at his house under his absence. Continued next week.
Rollin Pease performed for the Stolp school on Tuesday January 6 entertaining students with songs jokes and a story about hymn books and pills. Lucille Flesch notes his final number was On the Road to Mandalay.
The Howard School eighth graders lost to Stolp in a post game match after school. Team members listed include Betty Kay Morgan Mary Meaker Edith Gordon Mary Gordon Katherine Reynolds Hazel Ward Mildred Haugh Lucille Holm Hanson and Ruth Chatard. The halves ended 7 to 14 then 49 to 14 with Stolp securing the championship. Ernestine Kaspar 8B Howard notes pride in the sixth grade for Howard.
Jean Fisher of the Stolp building plans to leave Saturday January 24 for Florida. She travels to help with her ailing parents and expects to stay eight weeks. Marian Philips notes the departure and wishes her well for their health upon return.
Dorothy Barber of 7B Stolp has gone south for the winter and will stay several months. Janice Grossman of 7B Stolp notes the trip and wishes her a good time.
Robert Turgeon of 8B Howard reports on a Pillsbury lecture at Orchestra Hall. The talk featured six film reels and slides about the South Seas and underwater life, a flower genetics demonstration, white ants, waterproof underwater footage, and a native dance over red hot stones. He hopes to see Commander MacDonald next month.
Howard school seventh graders held a candy sale on Friday afternoon January 16 to raise funds for News Review paper. An assembly featured speakers from the News Review Paper sharing poems jokes and a tale of a trip to Alaska including a 100 mile trek to Moose Factory camp.
Bob Matthews recalls a trip from Howard to San Diego and Los Angeles with a visit to Old Mexico and Lindbergh related sites. He describes riding a bus, hotel signups, gambling houses, a plane flight, a harbor visit with navy vessels, and a return home after a movie.
A girl from Greenleaf enjoys a day out with ice skating and a movie, the activities providing entertainment and leisure for the youth.
Martha Brown writes that Miss Mo Glennon and Mrs Glennon’s fourth grade group entered the room after there had been prior work for the Howard school fourth grades. The note reflects classroom activity and collaboration.
Eilene Weakly of 7B Howard School reports a lively week with tests in music spelling and science, art projects, posters for a minstrel show, athletic trials, and progress on art books, with report cards anticipated next week.
Stolp girls beat Howard 7A 42 to 18 to claim the volleyball title. The match involved seventh graders from both schools with Stolp taking a commanding early lead and finishing strong. Captains listed: Helena Mickey, Shirley Garniss, and Elsie Jane Edge.
Janice Grossman of 7B Stolp describes an assembly in Mrs. Clark's room on January 20. The play traced United States history with a schoolgirl dreaming of past and present figures such as Lindbergh Jefferson Boone Pocahontas John Smith Alden Franklin Betsy Ross and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Valerie Adams, a third grader in Mrs. Burtner's class, notes Duke the dog enjoys roaming and being friendly rather than guarding. Duke accompanies her around the area and is described as sociable.
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