Highcrest P. T. A. Concludes Year With Meeting
The Highcrest Parent-Teacher Association held its final meeting of the year at the school on Tuesday evening June 12. A brief business session followed by an educational talking movie on irradiated milk. Entertainment included tap dances by Mrs. J. D. Kinnear and Miss Dolores Schwall and Hawaiian guitar selections by Hazel and Oscar Beck. Refreshments and a forest preserve picnic for children capped the year with prizes in contests.
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Highcrest P. T. A
Highcrest Parent-Teacher Association
J. D. Kinnear
Logan-Howard
Parent-Teacher Association
Dolores Schwall
Hazel
Oscar Beck
Mesdames
Myrtle Hasselberg
August Seyler
Forest Preserve
Beloit College Grants Degrees to 87 Seniors
Ruth Bennett of 1033 Ashland Avenue and Lois Gordon of 245 Greenleaf Avenue head a list of Beloit College's eighty seventh commencement as 87 seniors received degrees Monday.
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Beloit
Ruth Bennett
Ashland Avenue
Lois Gordon
Greenleaf Avenue
Beloit College
Edward Fatch Flanner Visits Grandparents in Blackwell
Edward Fatch Flanner of Blackwell Wisconsin is spending several weeks with his grandparents Mr and Mrs E P Fatch at 611 Washington Avenue.
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Edward Fatch Flanner
Blackwell, Wis
Mrs. E. P. Fatch
Washington Avenue
Public Library Use Rises Faster Than Population In Illinois
Illinois library use has grown four times as fast as population over the past decade with reader registration up 61 percent while population rose 17 percent. Expenditures for books have fallen since 1929, leaving many older titles in poor condition. Wilmette Library circulated 149 349 books on a $2 500 budget. Governor Horner faces calls to consider library relief funds in a special session.
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Illinois
Illinois Library Extension Division
Anne L. Whitmack
Wilmette
Chicago Public Library
Horner
Illinois State Division
American Association of University Women
Chief Zibble Heads to State Fire Prevention School
Chief Walter Zibble and Fireman Arthur Smith depart for the Cham paign state fire prevention school. Zibble will explain local fire safety measures after the past year’s nap tha gas explosion challenge. Also, Rice Lake librarian Dorothy Perry and her brother Theodore Perry join their parents at 1127 Greenwood avenue for a July visit.
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Zibble
Walter Zibble
Arthur Smith
Champaign
Dorothy Perry
Rice Lake
Leslie L. Perrys
Greenwood Avenue
Theodore
Niagara Falls
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del Monte
Meeda Baker's Macaroon Sandwich
Sultana Brand
ANN Page Fruit Preserves
Heinz Tomato
Dois
White House
Campbell’s Tomato Soup
EXCEL
ANN Page
College Inn
North Shore
SWIFT
ASP Food Stores
Central Ave
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Randy Kupboard
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