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Told by the Pupils Publiahtd Wftlclr/ bfJ the tchool childrm of Wilmette rmdlt aupmJiaion of. Wilmttte Pltlflt]round and R«rtation Board. I VOL. I, NO. 30 WILMETTE. I~LINOIS, AUGUST 17, 1928 Queen of Wilmette Chicken Dinner 1 He's Champion Sand-Modeler . Grants Interview; Loads of Fun in l Likes Junior Life Life of a King ' " - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "1 enjoyed being 'King' for a day very much" was the latest report from Howard Herbon, Wilmette's King. "I assure you that I enjoyed riding ill a new Pontia~-Not a Bump in a Carload," His Maje-sty remarked, and began the story of his iidventures during tbe day.!. .. We had dinner at the Vista del Lago. It . .was very good. Then rode back to the picnic and we had the honor of handing out the prize-s to the chiJdr.en who had won them in the races. uour next meal, a chicken dinner, was at the Central Ca{eteria. Then we went back to the grounds again, our chauffeur driving. "I was very happy Tuesday evening when I was told that I was going to be King and J al)e Krier Queen. I owe . it all to my sister who put me in the contest. "I went home that night tired but happy and I calJed it a day," His Highness remarked at the clo3e of the interview. -Kathlyn Welter, Beach Playground we Gertrude DelightS in Playgrounds' Exhibit Saturday, August' 11, I went down to the playground exhibit, at 1122 Central avenue. There were many things from each playground. Beach won the silver cup in the children's parade on Wilmette Day last year and the large silver loving cup has been placed in the window for display. The cup goes to Vattman playground this year. There were many posters from our park and from the other ones. Some of the pretty jars and vases were there, too. Some dolls from Laurel were very pretty. Else vonReinsperger from Laurel made a doll that looked like a policeman. I had a straw doll but that didn't loQk half as prett~ as some of the others. There were many basket~ there also. Several paper Chinamen were . hanging on th.e wall. There were quite a few scrap books there too. Billy Fanckboner, three-year-old son of our instructor, had one there and it was very cute. It was a peanut doll. There were pot-holders there. Some of the soap-carving was yery, very pretty. There were pictures pasted on cardbqard and the . cardboard · was painted to look like a home. Everything wa·s lovely. -Gertrude Goelz, Village Green The spacious smile depicted her,ewith belongs to none other \han Walter Haas, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Haas, 621 Park avenue, who cavorts· at the Vattman park playground. The shining countenance is attributable to the fact that Walter is the champion sand-modeler (senior division) of the village. Before him we note an artistic creation entitled "In a Hurry." Looks like a city-bound Wilmette commuter-umbrella and everything-hustling for the 7:42. Thursday, August 9, ~ wen! to s.ee if I could get an interview with Ma·ss Jane Krier, the winne~ of ~he Popularity contest. The mtervaew was granttd. It took place at the Hanna shop where Miss Krier is employed. Miss Krier believes that she had the best and most exciting time of her life. Everything during the whole Wilmette Day, she said, was one big thrill. But when asked if she wQuld enter the contest again she exclaimed: "Oh no I Once is enough." She stated that she was kept going every minute. She said · she enjoyed the banquet given in her hono_r the best of all. Next to that she enjoyed awarding prizes. Miss Krier said that she was very much interested in the JuNIOR LrF£. On explanation of the way JuNIOR LrF£ is carried on, she asked if I thought I would be elected to fill Bob Hess' place as Editor-in-Chief. I replied that I did not know but hoped so. ! At this moment she exclaimed : "Oh, I forgot to tell you about the beautiful clothes that were supplied f01:. me. They were simply gorgeous. Miss Krier went home rather tired but h~ppy after !_leing paid all the hig~ honors that could possibly be crowded into one Wilmette Day. At this point Mr. Stone came around to call for me. So ended a plea·sant interview. . -Chester Hanson Flower Making Feature Juniper Knoll Is at Laurel Playground Extolled as Fine The children at Laurel playground Camping Grounds take a great interest in flower making. The flowers are made of crepe paper of many different colors. Both the small and the large boys and girls make the flowers. There are many different assortments of flowers. There are daisies, roses, tulips, poppies and jonquils. Anyone who goes to the exhibit will see the flowers and can get their own opinion of them. I .think that most of them are carefully and well made. -Nancy Butler, Laurel playground Laurel Girls Present "Somebody's Princess" The Laurel playground gave a play entitled, "Somebody's Princess," at the playground at 2 o'clock Tuesday, August 14. The playground girls had been working on this play for more than two weeks and it was a success. The cast was as follows : Mytelle, the Princess . . Patsy Butler King .... . ... Katherine B~rmingham Chief Cook ...... . . ... . Nancy Butler Other Cooks .. . .. Grete vonReinsperg, Jean Burns, Betty Barker, Florence Read, Jean Finlayson. Pages . . . . . . . ... . Mary Finlayson, Mary Lackey. -Albert Barker, Laurel playground July 22, I came to Juniper Knoll. It was Sunday. Sunday is visitors' day. There are eight units in the Knoll. They are: Sunny Ridge, Sleepy Hollow, Shining Waters, Highlands, Robin Hood, Lons Cedar, Treasure Island, and Frontier. We go in swimming twice a day. At 11 o'clock the blue caps go in. The blue caps are the girls who can swim 100 yards. At 11 :30 o'clock the green caps go in. The , green caps are the girls who can swim 20 yards. At 12 o'clock the red caps go in. The red cap3 are the girls who can't swim 20 yards. In the afternoon all the girls go in at the same time. Rest hour is from 3 to 4 o'clock. After rest hour we go in swimming. Every night after supper we have a big camp fir~. All the unit$ come. We sit around it and sing Holda Playground Exhibit songs. We go to bed at 9 o'clock and get This Year Best in History up at 6:30 o'clock. If you want to go Every year during the last week of to a good camp go to Juniper Knoll. the playgrounq season the exhibit of That's the plac~ to have a good time the handicraft material is put on dis- and lots of fun. p1av. -Jean ~errill, Vattman Playground This year it is held where the fur CHAMPIONSHIP GAME shop trsed to be at 1122 Central street. Some of the interesting things on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock Vattdisplay this year are : scrap books, man playground and the Laurel playcrepe. paper flowers, dolls1 b!l!ket ground are playing for the championweav10g, concreola work and soap ship. One of Laurel's best kickball carving. players broke her wrist and is not I think the exhibit this year is the able to play. She broke it Sunday, b~t we have ever had.. Every one August 12, and she did it at the beach. welcome to visit the exhibit and see The game is going to be at the Cenwhat the J>laygrounds do. tral school. Everybody is invited. -llary Finlayson, Laurel PlayR-round -Jean Burns, Laurtl playground Laurel Kickballers Win Summer Playground Days From Beach Aggregation Draw to Glorious Close Saturday, August 11, Laurel played Beach at- kickball. It was not very exciting because s~yen are required for a team but since they only had six players and: both teams wanted to play we did. We had twelve players. We had to take out six of our players. The game was won by Laurel by the ·score of 48 to 1. . Tuesday we ire playing Vattman for the champions·hip and we hope we INTERESTING PASTIME , win. The Village G_reen has provided an -Patsy Butler, Laurel Playground interesting pastime for the children of MANY THINGS TO DO Wilmette. There are certain contests such as sand modeling, 'jackstones, and The Village Green has many things many other~. In the morning there is to do. We are painting jars now. painting an4 basket making. This fas- Every day we have relay races and cinating ,program starts at 9 :30 o'clock practice kickball. Saturday, August 4 or before. A charming teacher has we played kickball against the Beach charge of this affair, named Mrs. and we. won. The score was 42 to 5. Fanckboner. It will pay all of the It ~;~s 10 the Village Green's favor. Wilmette children to atend. -r-Frances Schmitz, Village Green -Dorothy Vollman Playground On Wilmette Day we had much fun on the Merry-Go-Round and the Ferris Wheel. Thursday they took it down. Th.e bo.Ys had the ball-throw contest and then the base-running. Friday of next week is the la·st day that Mrs. Fanckboner · i:s going to be up at the Village Green. -Thelma Weeks, Village Green Playground is