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Mammoth Cave Is Hinted as a Fine Spot for Vacation Now we bhave vacation. 'You al kno*. that, don't 'you? Well, if you want to take a ùice trip, ride down to* Kentucky and look at the Mammnoth Caves. 1I enjoyed tbemn very much. We.were down thee in the caves an& bad to walk tbree hours and, a hall to. get 'tbrough tbern. A colored mati guided us through the Black, Snake roorn, the Aine Cellar, the Bowl room, the Manmot temple, and ail the o',her different caves. The' Mammouth templ~e as thec most' beautiful one it the caves. There wvere lots of ittie ponds ;and ivers. Wé took a ride witb a little boat on the biggest river whicb gets its water f rom the Green River.', Nobody knows wbere the river - Ooats to. It is called the Iicho. river because on onie hen of it you calli and the .;cry cornes back in the loveliest tunes one cati think of. At last -'we had to go out agai n. 1First we hadto' climb up steps and then wind through a corkscrew way. You baâve to hend ,dovii.crawl %with your legs and bands, Witi(,l tbrougli a narr ow.passageý and then clumb up a long ladder. Nowv go clown again, slip through'a little bole, don't bump your, bead. anid go on. It %was awfully funny to see A the, differently buuît people, * fat and skinny, get out. It wvas sà funny that soute people laugbied out Ioud, and so' did I.-Marga H-osaeusq, Central playground. George Pays Penalty for 1 Eating Soine Green Apples One, day when the schîool vvas over., at about :12 o'clock, Frank Mav asked mne if I wanted soute.apples. 'I said: "Yes,'Wby ?" He sid: "Wl.corne iith m e." >We were walking as, slowly as. we could and talking at'the samne tnùe.ý Well, wben we got up there where the apffle tree wvas. I climhed into the tree and took about six apples. Frank' only got five. The apples were ripe. We saw. two men, ditch diggers. Frank said: "Do you want sotne .good apples"?, They said:c Summer school was not as 'bad as 1 thougbt it would 1)e. During the suin- mner school I read a~ book named, uCoral Island' That was a very good book and I enioyed it. 1 won five junior Life* tickets. 1 missed just one week, that was tbe first. week. I 'really en- joyed summer scbool very mucb. ~.Frederick Kaspar, 7B Howard.1 Peg Horseshoe Tourney Launched at Vattmnan, The. week of july 20, saw the open- ing of Vattman Park's Peg Horseshoe tournamfenit. The Junior,%, Iitermedi-. ates, and Seniors compete against eacbi other. "Hap" Gathercoal bas set Up a board in the sbed wbhicb is tbe. place wvhcre you enter. There are- tbree 4ri- angles; one for Junliors, one for Inter- mediates, and one for Seniors.. One contestant challenges. another. The one wbo wins goes up. a peg. If. the one who is cballenged' does flot play the challenger witbin two days, the gatries goes to the challengers. We may . lay any « time we get a. chance. The two winners out of each 'series plays in the *Village-wide *Horseshoe- tournarnent. The nalmes 'of1 the1 competitors 'are:. Juniors: Robert Schenk, Donald Hof- mani, Edwinî Benson, Arthur, Cicchini, and Earnlest BaIl. Intermiediates: Don-. ald Barber, Howard Hoffutai, Williamv XVade, Gilbert H-offman, Hôward BaIl, and Eric' Samuelson. Seniors:. M~ark. Simonds, Wý' alter Fosiund; and Fred Aschbacher.-Gi Ibert Ho'«man, Vatt- mai. Rayfor's First'Dive Rayfr Out Pretty Weil One day 1 sav a girl about My size take a higb dive at WVilmette beach. I got t.o thinking, if she cati do it surely. 1I cati. I theti. swami to the biglh dive .binking it would be easy, but when 1 looked 'over tbe side I was a little f rightened, .Finally I aroused by cour- age andI caped, itito. a swan dive, but hiaîf way betweetî the wàter and -the lhigh dive %vhat a feeling! My eart' seemned. t(> eâp out ofn'ybo. For a. moment 1 f elt panicky but as- soon as I hit the wvater the feeling seemed. to leave me las, I cati swim pretty good.- Rayford. A. Matin,' Jr., Howard. Peai Goes to- thLe Beach and Takes Diving Legs!jn Oitie of. the things I enjoy mnost is goitîg. tol»the beach. -1 caii go onl v twice Là'st 'week was our ast week of sutu- nmer school. We.baye beeti waiting six weeks for the time to corne and 1 guess it will be a relief to get out. Although it Nwill be hiard to find somnething to do' ini the mornitig besides sleep :and eat. ý ;-Lillian Hoar, .Howard. Describes Frmntic Search for Little Boy at Beach -One bot summer day. my uncle, two cousins, my cousins' friends, my two brothers and I went down to the beach. We climbed-over .a wmill, down a ,saind. bill and to tbe water. I was the first One undressed and into rny bathing suit.,MY brother. was . with my uncle when I went into.the.water. Preseëntly my uncl walked up to m e and said: "Wher eis Juior?" "Juniior?",I crie.d, sn'th vt o? "No, be isn't," he, said. So. we looked ail over for himi. I ,Was nearly frantic. I walked up and down the beach, but couldn't find him. My côusin looked for bim and we al looked for him except my oldest broth-ý er who is 8 years . of. age and nîy cousin, a girl, .who is 6. FinallIy after. two hours, of fruitless searcb, my uncle who was coming one way .down the 'crowded beach and I, the other botb sighted rny brother. 1 screalped and rail towards hirn and so dici my uncle. 1 .was so glad 1 fouind him thiat I was speechless. 'My brother was 4 years ofage at that tirne and of course,. didn't knlow anîY better.-Vir- ginia :Huettel. Howuard. Makins Raffia Baskets Fun for Vattman Girls Alrnost aIl the girls at Vattutan vark are making raffia baskets or mats. These baskets are made by binding flhe raia around reed a f ew times and then fas- tening' it,. Thé raffia cornes i rany colors, pink, red, brown, tan, natural cQlor, blule, purple and green. This bas becorne so popular that sorne of the boys are making theut. The. raffiia is also used. tQ miake napkin rin gs and. ie holders. One, of, its, newest'uses is mak- ing bair for paper dollîs. Al!'combbinia- tions are'used. Sore .r uig aIl the colors, and soute are rnaking theirs in only onie color. Some of the rnost popu- lar colors are red and. natural, pink and natuiral, and bhie* and red.-Eleanor Ricks, Vattman: park. . alu5w. "mnvvziiiiirnu Tuesday, july 22, th'ere was a Tom Thumb's wedding held at Vattmani. Nor- mani Pifer was the bridegroom and Jane Redding was the bride. There were six bridesmaids witb yellow, lavender, blue dresses. We -wil give it again Wednes- day, 1JuIy 30, at.7 o'clock iin tbe.eveninig, -Betty Jane Diltg, Vattutan park. Find Lincoln Park Wonderful Place to Spend Vacation Day., Just -about a week. ago, my. mother took six, girls. besides me to Lincoln Park. We ate our lunch under the trees. near thé South Pond, after wbich' we, stai-ted' out t see, everytbing in, the park, which We surely did. First came, the Buniny. Village, a real little town with a City hall and scbool bouse and some bungalows in miiniature~ witb rnost of the inhabitants, tbe, bun- nies, sound. asleep. There were grey bunnies, black bunnies, brown bunnies,ý and ipeckled ones. After watcbing tbem a' long tine we went on to see the peacocks and for' our special benefit, one spread out bis tail, and -was that a beautiful sight! He even turned around for us justlike a real 'model would. Weë then went .on 'to the Monkey bouse, and bow we did laugh there. Next ~came the different kinds of fish. We then f ed peanuts to the bears, went through the conservatory and, at 4 o'lck watched the ýfeeding of, the1 sea> lions. Wie then lad, several- pony rides and called it a day. We bad -a- wonderful time but how we did sleep that nigt.-Louise Scbrei- ber,. Vatt.mani. Junior DoIlt Show Brings Out Wealth of Variety We are having a junior doîl show at Vattrnan park this week. There are rnany klinds of 'dolls, There is a Dutch boy and a Dutcb girl, a Japanese girl,' an Indtan 'doîl, a Santa Claus, a Little, 'Red Riding, Hood, a potato doîl, a Red Cross nurse,.a spoon doîl, soute îoîîypop dohîs,' and some crepe paper dolîs which are made of othe'r materials. There, is a little Miss Muffet made: of dlay, a, Humpty: Durnpty made of an egg with -cd'ay legs, a. raisin dohl witb toothpick legs and arms and sotne hollybock dolîs, There. is quite a collection of dolîs for Juniors.-Dorothy Hla, Vattman' park.. vattrnan park. H04.D TRYOUTS Friday, joily 25, Central held tbe try- outs for the .Sand miodeling contes t.- Ruth Sanderson,, Central.