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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1933
Page
2
Wilmette public schools spotlight volleyball with weekly after school practice and game reports. Students recall wins and losses from recent matches while looking ahead to basketball and speed ball as football season ends.
Frances Weber reports that Bert Simons was chosen as president with Donald Hutchins as vice president, Doris Paterson as secretary, and Bob DeVinny as treasurer. The eighth grade provided the president this year, a change from previous years when presidents were chosen only from the council.
Mrs. Washburne author of Letters to Channy spoke at Stolp assembly on her world trip. She described a Japanese bath stay in China and meeting Gandhi, with costumes from different countries to illustrate her colorful talk. Students found her presentation very interesting.
Last week a candy sale occurred in Miss Van Horne's room. Mrs. Crawford prepared candy and sold it at the P T A meeting. Mary Jane Wolff, Howard 5A.
The Grinnell quote signals a start as Howard school announces volleyball season. Three AB teams three C teams three D teams two I teams and three F teams with seven players each, schedule began November 21 and F1 F2 played their first game Tuesday.
John Allen recalls going to the gym with Mr Stone to play volleyball, playing until midnight and continuing the activity over time. The note documents ongoing effort and regular games.
Howard C 3 defeated Howard C 2 15 13 and 15 13 with Jack Harvey and Bob Lyons as captains. Stolp E 2 and Stolp E 1 opened with a 14 14 tie in a thrilling season start. Sam Jorjorian notes volleyball excitement in 5A room.
Betty Jane Marsh of Howard 5C notes limited success as the girls practice volleyball. She reports ongoing efforts in the gym to improve over the net with coaching support.
John Brandt recalls a 14 pound turkey from a party on Saturday November 18 and plans to compare wishbones with the one from Thanksgiving. He notes the turkey was tasty and mentions future holiday plans.
Wednesday afternoon the Howard eighth grades received their report cards and most were satisfied. In 8B the top plus scores were 25 by Jane Peaberthy and 21 by Bill Hayt, with an expectation of more pluses next time as students recognize and correct their faults.
Muriel Janicki of Howard 8B reports the Girls Glee Club is learning Christmas carols. They are practicing Silent Night Angels and Shepherds O Come All Ye Faithful Angels We Have Heard On High It Came Upon a Midnight Clear and Little Town of Bethlehem.
Bobby Colton recalls hearing a German symphony from Berlin for a half hour and London bells from Westminster Abbey for another half hour. He notes the bells sounded as clear as if in Chicago and admits occasional difficulty understanding the Englishman.
The Wilmette school orchestra under Mrs. Catherine Wagner gave a recital for the Stolp Central P T A to engage mothers, noting seven Stolp children and twenty from Howard participate. Marcia Smith of Howard 8A appeared in the program.
Janet Bichl of Stolp 2B recalls girls making molasses cookies. Teachers enjoyed many samples though some cookies had burnt bottoms while the tops remained a lovely brown.
Ralph Johnson notes a candy sale raised 2.06 for curtains and mentions a potential follow up sale. He also reports winning a PTA prize of 2.50 as part of the fundraising effort.
Howard Ringholm and Charles McCandlish report attending a cinema presentation for seventh graders and some younger students. The film covers anthracite and bituminous coal, mining methods including shaft slope and drift mining, and talks planned in Miss Larson's room about these topics.
The Howard school's eighth graders complete the brass choir portion of the symphony orchestra study. They will submit notebooks the week after Thanksgiving vacation after finishing string and woodwind choirs and enjoying active instrument playing. Jane Burbott of 8A led the notes.
The Junior auxiliary of the women's club hosted a pet show with diverse entries. A wire haired fox terrier won first prize while Jeanne Moreau entered a French bulldog named Pepper, also taking first prize.
Harriett Kirchner notes 8A is near final scene of Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp. Miss Flashered promised a final cast if the play clearly conveys its plot.
In Miss Davis' room there is a library. When 5A 5C and 5B lack a book they may borrow one. The 8A class shared a play, Little Women, which Margaret Mickey from Howard 5A enjoyed reading.
A Howard 5B student recalls a recent snowstorm as children after school filled with play. The writer describes riding home on a bike through limited visibility and narrowly avoiding a car due to blowing snow and wintry chaos.
Julia Janicki of Howard 5A notes pupils are making folders to hold spelling test papers and decorating them with designs.
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