Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 14 May 1931, p. 56

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Real Banking'ý Lends Zest to t I ai beanTbrift Projeet, It al bganwithi a book repiort. Aniong the projects suggested at, the end of ouni-réadlng unit on, saving was a book report. Robert Srnit'h decided to report on a story, in, *$te)ries of Thrift for Young Amfericans' Whieh told about a school room that started a bank. it was our vitlzenship period and as evory one lîked the hIea, e voted for offIcer8. Billy, Knepper, wo chose as president and as lie waÈ* the originator of the idea we chose Robert Smith as cashier and for teller we elected Betty D)odds. The officersý of the, bank took two. trips, to flie Wilmetto State bank for *supplies and information. ýMr. Clifton, assistant cashier of the banik, was kind 'n helping Us and giving, us information. WVe thank hum very rnuch. After muv'h discussion we chose. Monday and Wed-, * nesdayr, our two citizenship perioids, for Our bauk has been, operatifig for seve * n weoks durlng which time 'vo have had, $5.7.49 deposited. Two weeks ago we heard that WC was" wanting abtink but could not findtiîne te 'do eo. W voted to ask thein to join us whlch t4icy did. They have deposited $ 12.50 s0 far. Just before 6C became a part of our bank, our teIler, Betty .Dodds resigned *because lier duties as recording, secre- tary of the citizenship club were bcing negiected for the bank. ENvelyn Shuiber itnmediately took hier place. 6B is hav~- ing a great deal of fun in our bank and we. are also learnlng to) be systeniathv savers. We are hoping to be allowed tô continue with the "Howard SchoolSa- ings Bank" next year.-Betty I>od(d, 6 B . oward. Curtailed, Bail Garnes Will Be Played Again Last Menday wo hada baseba.ll gaie witbx our tirst teain. We played five lnuings. I the ilrst and second innings both teams made runs. The third lnning, the second team Was ahead, and also In the fourth. When the gaine was over the score .was 18 to 16 in the first team's favor. 7A-11I'won, froni their tiret teain by 'the score of 18 to 14. We6dnesday we played 7A-11. -We only played.two inniu gs beca use> if was rain- Ing outaido aud it would take too. long, f0 play three or filve 'iinunge. Iu thé first innlng the score was tied 3 to 3 In the second Inning when it was Over the score was 7 to 5 in 7A secondteani's favor, Our iret teai played 7A-I anld they aise lost ýby the score of 8 te 0. LZZPaŽBadit Startling« news flashes had- jus3t reached, the offie of. Phonyville's only newspaper. The newis was as follows: -Bandits escape from county jail. The mnost notorlous ln 1ickityvýlle' jails. Are headlng toWard Phonyville. May, corne in two groups of.twýo. Miýore de- taliedexplaniation later." it was signed Chief Warden A. J. Keptloinanlac.; This news was. relayed from mouth, to. mouth, as. the Sunday sehool Journal had been issued three days before,,and theý news wa ,s too Importantî to Wat until the next Journal !was. to be pub-, iished four dayls after. As, this flews was- being relayed, it was heard bY Orcival, Milli<iican, who rushed home to lits isters and> toid them the etate of affairs. The youngr sister giggled and mur- mered something about how romantic it.was, butshewas soon quieted by her eider sister Who realized that it wasn't a giggly affair.' After a w hile the undesirable subject wsdropped, and Franconia, the eider gWI1, called bher brother and sister to dinner, The meal was soon finisbed, and Orcival sat down. to smoke a pipe, which belonged Iteis father. He wvas tryiflg to be as. lnconspicious as pos- sible. I'OI," calleil the younger sister, Lucil- lenlo, *'Orviecie Millionican, what are. you doing wlth Papaillo's pipe?" *"'ni cleanlng it for hlm so, that he may use it as soon as he anid Mamaillo return fromi aunt's house," wvas the re- ply fLrpm Orcival. Then the eider sister mnuri-nered somethlng about it being very funny that you ha4j tof1M1 a pipe and smoke It ln order to en it. The elock in the old church toweri was striklng eleven. 0f course the Mil-1 lionicans' were sound asleep as were ail1 the ether occupants: of Phonyville.i Qrcival .wae restless that niglit, and as9 usual lie got up and took a paper-( mache dalsy, and said the old love phrase to himself, but he changed it a bit. Instead, of saying *"she loves1 mie" or -she loves mre flot,". he sàld I'somnethlng excltlng will happen" or The -deisywas slowly losing its petalsI by theslow movemients of Orclval's. sli.ort, fat, chubby fingers whlch-weref so bulgy between the knuckles that( they loolçed like miniatures of himseof. There were but three more petals lert, whn thump and a buinp was heard Algeria Is Subjeet ini Social Science Class Iu Social Science we have just flnished a. Frenich possession ln: Af rica. If is Algeria and soine othors. .lgeria: is a e.oiuntry in the northern part of Af rica under the control cf France., It. consists cf two main divisions, Northern Algerii, lying between Tunis and Morecco,- and the, Southern terri- tories.,.N1orthern Algeria bas an area of 80,208 square miles and a. populaý- tien of 5,563,828 in 1921, The climate is lu a local condition. There are. three seasons, Winter fromi Novomber te' February. Spring from March te June, and Stîmmer from July to November.. The chef 'agrIcultural products a re -wheat, barley, eats, tobacco, cotton, silks and Many otheüs. Early vegf-tables are aise raised. in quantities and ex-. ported f rom France te England. A large, quantity of lumber lis preduc.ed., Algeria rauks sixth amoug the lumber produc- ing ceuntries.- Algeria ls aise an im- portant wie country. There are valu- able deposits .of iron ere,,.copper, zln(, suiphur,,marble and many others. Thei e are about 2,800> miles of railway ln Algerfa. We have fiuished France, Gxermiany, Great Britain, and now started. Russia.-Eleanor Speredes, 7B Howard. Provides Ideas for Exhibit by Eighth Graders Miss.Steverns, our Science teacher, lias glven 8SB sonne new ideas to worlc eut for the. exhibit, which will be on May 22. We were asked te inake charts, dia - gra.ms, drawings, and thIngs on that order. Alse, on theo nlght of the exhibit, we will be allowed te do experinients, If we desîre te,. Among thethinge given, we eould work on' food, clothhtg, air, eleetriclty, soul,* the heavens, different sorts of colis, gravity cell, primary 'celi, daniel coul, etc. SWe make experimients on ciotli dye- fiug, from fruit juk-ces, clôfli dyeing from animual dyes. Wo may aiso get five difforent kinds cf souls and weigh and test theni. We are suppoged te bring. our- jrojects in by next weelc,- that is the bout eues such asacollection cf tre silhouettes, collection cf pressed flow-1 ors, collection cf uewspaper clippIngs,e or some other gond projects. We al l iope our exhibit wiil be a fine affair and attract many people.-Mar- guerite Petersen, 8B Howard., Original PlaVýs Presented for P.upils, Parents, *Last week thé. three sixth grades of C'entrai echool gave two plays They were, given originall for the bs and girls of the Howard s:-ixth gradesà, and thé flfth grades, a few of the sevonth, and eighth grades as an assembly program. .A, few :of, thc mothors carne. The plays were repeated before a large audience of mothers and fathers. The naines .of the two plays were, "The Batie of Thermoplae,"' an original play written by Marié Gaither. The otber. one- was callod "Phidias, and the Par-. thenon,"' wrltton' in,.Piayform frer a story., byý the same> name. Geraldine Lewisq, Betty ellis, and Georgia Beting- liaus wrete this one. AIl these -girls -Are in Miss Johannsen's room. In the art departmnent the sixth grade boys and girls made the. costumes and, scenery, under. the direction of Miss Scott andMiss Donnelly. Sincethe two piays Were historical, they received: their background ln Mrs. Julian's his- tory classes. Mrs,. Wagner and lier ochestra and Mî'.ss Brown suppiied the music. -Alicia Haake, 6B Central Howard Trims Stolp in Playground Bail Game. The Howard 7B boat the Stoip play- ground baIl teain 15 te 5. The first part of the gaine Howard got the lead and held it. The lineup for Howard was. Bob MacMorran, catcher; Jarvis Brown left fild; Gerald Spinner, pitcher and riglit field; Billy Wade, pitcher and righit field; EdwjNi ('oie- greve, third base; Gerald May, second base-. Frank Koenan, first base; Elmer Stone, short stop,. Harry Kraner; con- ter field. 'The Howard teain played very well but we could have played better. 1 arn vory gla.d we won be- cause wo lest sonne games.-Edwin Cole- grov'e, 7B Howard. Eighth Grade, Girls Presendt Style Show' Tuesday, May 5, the eiçghthi grade girls of Howard shool gave a. style. show with the dresses they madeo"in school. Tt bogan at 3:15 and ended at 3:30. 'Most every girl was. there and ail the. dresses iooked nice.ý After the ,potsVMIicaeUp 3115Kfine. Tlley came up inen came the aawn. urcival, pKran- that if was nof a bandit -after ailj, -anr-d will ,haY.ve teû about Janua«ry 30. 'Then they bioomned cionla and Lucillierid cautiously crept there wa.s more than one inhabitaut if thoy are about, March i. The tulipe came up downutairs. Much te their surprise atnd lu Phonyville wlio was glad that the exhibit.-Jeaîi about two weeks ago, and are stil1 iu dismay there waa flot eue trace of flash was tliree days late and that theo bloom. We have eight pink and two bandits anywhere about the place. bandits who were deaf and dutnb lad LETT rod ones. Together with the robins, "Oh !" cried Orcivai, "look here."... not gotten eut of Hleketyvllle. The: Tlursday,J flickee,' woodpeekers and other birds, What did Orcival ueeo. . warden, A. F. Keptlomaulac, was letters tei Mrm leal 1lets on trees, daffedils and other if you realiy waut to, know, 1'l tel severelly rebuked by the aufliorities cf sehool thne w flowee if meeme 5go0much Ilike "Spring," you. The bandit wae Moliy, .theo houe the towni becausge ho dldn't think '. e- wrote thie loi wbich là rnlly here,--Pilscîlla Pollock, that ipulled theo "Old One-Hoàs Shay." fore lie spoke. Theo moral cf thie story mette ;damaf.- lA Howard achool. OrcivalIin-his, excitemnent, -had forgof- is net hard te guess.-Malfrjorie Weilier. ard SB., Ille, il 6, theo 8B class'.wroto ;talllng. Sho was net -ln e week c f May 4.. W. alu MWu. J0ues' aritn-. arles Kleinliofen, Hou'-

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