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Newspaper
Wilmette Life
Location
Wilmette, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1930
Page
4
Janet Bertram recalls Bok Tower in Lake Wales Florida the hilltop tower built for birds and funded by Mr Bok who died about two years ago and left his money to the tower.
Catherine Symonds recounts a family trip to Wisconsin with her Chicago cousin and her sister's friend. They left early, ate meals at Wisconsin and home times, roamed the state, stayed awake long hours, got briefly lost, returned home exhausted but happy.
George Collins recounts Howard defeating Stolp 18 to 0 in a Tuesday football game at Washington Park. Fred, the captain, scored in the second half and Collins notes a eye injury and optimism for the next match.
The Howard SA and 8B boys began gym classes under Hap Gathercoal. They are practicing passing and kicking the football to build skilled teams. Gym period runs 1:15 to 1:55 on Mondays and Wednesdays. George Green, Howard 8B.
The 6A girls of Howard organize their kickball team. They plan routine practices on Tuesday and Thursday to earn points for their letter W. Scarlet red ties designate the team coached by Mrs Fanckboner for kickball and gym.
Lowell Peterson of 6B Howard recalls a classroom move from Mrs Mason to Miss Theman and a football season beginning with Robert Smith named captain and Peterson placed at left end as the team aims for the pennant.
GB Howard named Robert Smith captain with football lineup including Albert Anderson full back Paul Kaspar left half John Welter right half Robert Smith quarterback Walfred Johnson right tackle Arthur Cooke and Robert Hall ends. Arthur Cooke 6B Howard.
In Miss Larson's class student Marjorie McMillan of Howard 6B says she will enjoy Geography and History as they study the earth's axis longitude latitude and the prime meridian.
The Wilmette theater donates twenty tickets weekly to top junior life writers from Wilmette Public Schools and playgrounds. Tickets issued from the Recreation office valid for one week. Junior Life is the weekly paper published by Wilmette Life under Playground and Recreation Board guidance.
Mary Louise Schaeffer recalls a Michigan picnic at Cedar Lake that leads to the punch line about naming it Stony Lake after a humorous misnomer. The memory frames a family swim by a long pier and playful reactions to the water and stones.
Roberta Rogers explains a craft method to create plaques. She advises layering paper flowers on sticky paper, sealing with transparent wax over heat, and adding silver-lined leaves with similar steps. Holes are then added to finish the piece.
A child imagines a ten acre lot near his home as the jungles of Africa. He plays in the woods with a golf practice area behind it and pretends to fetch balls while a pursuing mam and a boy chase him. The nearby boy’s father built the golf course.
Alfred Anderson from 7A Howard reports the football season began with captain Bob Specht leading a practice. He demonstrated ball recovery and the team spent 100 drills and a side game, aiming to improve before facing other schools.
Lillian Hoar writes about a Thursday trip to the beach with a friend. The water felt cold at first but quickly became tolerable as they joined others on the sand and in the sun.
Ray Nelson reports Howard South Association 8A football team progression with full practices and an opening win over Stolp 8 by 25 to 0. The class shows enthusiasm and good sportsmanship as the squad moves toward a bright football future.
In the classroom the girls decide to sew curtains for their room, while the boys and girls will earn money to buy pictures and statues. The note expresses optimism that the room will look nicer after the project is completed, credited to Carol Edenberg.
Louise Hickman describes a family trip to Chicago visiting the Field Museum, Shedd Aquarium, and the planetarium. They traveled by train and bus, ate lunch, waited in a long line at the planetarium, and returned home after a full day of exhibits.
June Sorsen of 7A describes a crowded Howard School with classes changing rooms. She notes art and home room assignments shift, forcing students to hunt for Mrs Mason or Mrs Stalling's rooms and Miss Tomed’s music space during vacant periods.
The Howard school eighth graders study flowers in general science. On Wednesday Miss Stevens asked each student to bring a flower and share a fact. She showed blooms from Europe including Columbus’s house origin, Flanders Field poppies, and flowers from Kenilworth Castle.
A note from Helen Pearson of 7A Howard explains lockers will use combination locks this year, avoiding lost keys from last year. She recalls students previously losing keys and needing the master key from Mr. Todd, and warns that forgetting the combination would be trouble.
Miss Theman organized a sandwich sale in her room to raise money for a paper ordered by Mrs Groves. On Wednesday noon the sale brought in five dollars and thirty eight cents and a future sale is planned for Friday or Monday in Mrs Groves room to support The News Review. Frederick Kaspar 8B Howard.
Jerrine Fromm of 7A notes a busy first week of school with classes 7A in Mrs Mason and 7B in Miss Larson and Miss Madsen rooms. She praises teachers as friendly and recalls the week from September 8 to September 12 passing quickly.
Last Friday during first period Mrs Clark tested the eighth grade girls in the auditorium while boys were tested in class. Edith Rowley 8B Howard
Two siblings spent a Saturday afternoon at the cinema enjoying The Cuckoos and Felix the Cat cartoons. Helen Pearson from 7A Howard shares that the outing was very fun and entertaining.
The narrator recalls a Lake Forest pool incident at a summer party. He slipped from the diving board, struggled in deep water, and woke to being helped from the pool as others pumped water out. He avoided mentioning swimming to his mother afterward.
8B Howard seeks the football pennant this year with the same core group that has played together three years. Hap Gathercoal notes tryout rules while the SB school team rebuilds after graduating key players. The 8B squad lists Bill Shara Fred Herr Howard Ball George Green Fred Kaspar Bill Famonville Ludwig Skog Charles Moreau George Collins Ray Peterson Fred Ludiger Walter Robinson.
A farm summer tale recalls a puppy cauterizing its nose on hot coals near the river. The hurt pup seeks comfort from a sympathetic lamb, which bleats to console him. They flee when noticed by observers.
Eighteen boys and fourteen girls are taught by Miss Evans in the fifth grade. Two new pupils, Charles Van Duesen and Raymond Hallett, join the class as they begin lessons on how England acquired much of the new world and study long division in Arithmetic led by Josephine Russo.
Gwendolyn Harvey of Howard 6B looks forward to sixth grade with a week of room-to-room learning and kind teachers. She mentions Miss Theman for Reading Language and Art, Miss Larson for Geography and History, and a Tuesday Thursday gym schedule.
A family trip to Niagara Falls included an overnight stay at a hotel with views of the falls. Elizabeth English writes that the visit with her parents was wonderful and hopes others enjoyed the trip.
Dorothy Burgers from Howard 6A notes improvements after a rough start. The student enjoys Art Music Arithmetic English and other subjects as the new term begins.
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