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Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 12 May 1932, p. 56

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newspapers, magazines and sinait packages. No check was made of mail delivered by the postal clerks te box bolders at the Keîiilworth pcst- office. The total of 19,805 pieces of mail delivered frein April 18 te 22 was 814 more than1 were delivered when a. similar inspection over a period oi five days was, made last October. Three hundred and. eighty-nine more poünds. of mail were delivered in the perîod f romn April 18 te 22 than in the similar five-day inspection1 pe rio d ast October. The weight of mail for tbez period f rom April 18 te 22,was %1,854 pounids, or an average f 370 pounids per day. Deli've17Z Powcela Fromn April 18 te 22 the Kenilworth parcrel post carrier delivered a total of 172 parcels larger than a shoe box and weighing four pounids or more. Forty-six special delievery letters and packages were' delivered during this period. The annouincenient concerning the results of the semi-an'nual . inspection ofý the Kenilworth 'mail routes wvas, made by Douglas S. Cro1ks, Kenil- *worth postinaster. Jenilworth bas twe itîll-time.car- riers and a part-time carrier who' serves a short route qf fiýfty,-two, stops. Episcopal Young People Giiving May Bail May 13 *Gamma Kappa Delta, yeung peo- ple's seciety of the Episcopal diocese of Chilcag-o, ]S giving its seveîith an- 'nual May bail ini the main dining rom, Avenue cf Palmis. Drake lhotel. Frida'Y evening, May 1.3. Herbie Kay and, hsorchestra wi uriuish the in utsi c for -dancing.- The proceeds. frein tue. event will- be giyen- over >te the cathedral building ,funid and the income frein' the principal., hic as been mnounting te more than $17,000, is given eover te the bishop for use in the diecesan niiissienarv work. SInv~itatio~ns for the bail mavy be, al Ill 11141BSC UU* LM 1 The convention opened withi the president, Mrs. Holland Flager of Chicago,, in the chair, and Hermia J. Halîstrominmayor of Rockford, greet- ed 'the assembled delegates..,. Mrs. Beatrice, C. H4yman, principal of the Stone school,, Chicago, was theé first speaker, her subject being, "Con- structive Forces in Elemenitarv Edu- cation!" "America, is staking her wliole Eu- t ure on education," said, Mrs. H-.yman,' "and a nîost important link is be-ý tween the parent and teacher.. Play- ing is Iearning and the ýplaytinie un- der. supervision, is necessary. other- wise where children ride there wotuld be chaos. Confrol children ýin thei: scheol years if you would make able, citizens of then I In the future. "Our children are theeue hopie the future. and in the present, day world of moter. car a nd radio, the probleis' of children in this age which m-ere net the problemns ef the parents, art solved, first, by the edui- cation of. the child in the home and. second, in the schlool."T Becatise there will be ne summner schoolinl Chicago this year, Miss Juîdith Waller, of the National Broad- casting company, stated that there will be a series of radio pregrains especially designed te take its place. Froni June 20 te August 12 there will be four fifteen-minute educational pregrains every morning. Children will gather under leadership of some adult in groups wherever convenient te carry on their education threugli the summer months in this manner. The lessons will be given over Station WMAQ. l"The idea -is only an experiment,," said Miss.. Waller, ."but it is worth trying.* The radio, however, will net supplant the teacher. Radio lessons te accomfplish the, desired results must have aâdequate preparation anid fol.low-up on the pat of the. class- room teacher," The Tuesday evening session op ent- ed with music by the Rockford high school band, followed by the guest_ ,-n fer.Dtn Charles W . Gilkev' of ti-on Iike ours by et1niotion and blind impulse," the educator said, "andi yet that is what our politicians hiave' been allowing." Ini the- scbenie of renovating the world Dean Whitehouse placed thc home, in the center. ",Better a syni- pathetic uniderstanding'of a changing world," bhe said, "ihan ;a. blind jnsist- ence upon the -standards 'of- the past.". Resolutiens adopted at the closing meeting' Thtirsday declaàred that edu- catien anâtd teachers' pay'shouùld not be the first object of curtailment ini public funds, but the last. "The Ilii- nois public schiool' system isnene tee- good.for'the children of'thç state de-, a .pite its enriched curriculum." Support of the. parent-teacher asso-1 daâtions during the present economic emergency in conducting relief work among, sci ool chîldren was pledged. Each local P.' T. A. was urged, to do its utmost in ceoperating inl this relief pregrami. Another reseluJtion incorporating various ideals towvard which the Par- ýent-Teacher associations are strivi.ng w~as te the effe.ct: "We re-affirin our stand on legis- lation endorsed by the National Con- gress of Parents and Teachers, aliî we continue in our state legîslative program the following measures t > "Increase state school funds;, larg- er school units;- child labor and juveil- 'le protective legisiation: eight-hovýrI day for wemen;1 motor drivers' exanfi,- ination license;twomen on juries, andi legislation for the protection of ani- mals." Chicago, Danville. Peoria. Spri-.- field, Joliet and Rockford made bid'.ý for the 1933. convention. Thêese aie! taken under advisement by a coin-1 mittee and will flot he announiced un- til an investigation of the variotis off ersis completed. A special bulletin of the depart- ment of church and choral.,music at' Northwestern university schoel cf mugie has just been iss.ued. and is a document of supremne worth and mer- it. A copy can be ebtained by direct - ing a request t P the univefsity -aI< the hnnklet contains much m aterial Forty-onfe joseph Sears pupils ini thie sixth, seventh and eight grades arc enibers of the honor seciety lor the saine period, having had an av - erage of "E' in ail their subjécts. Following is a cemplete list oi the honor seciety and honors roll pupils: MONOlI SOCIETY SI*tb Grade Billle Bay,, Margaret Boozer,, Helën Coigrove, Janet Colvin, Kirk Dilliîng, Suzanne Fisher, Patrieia Groyer, Lucy. Hluck, 'Tom Keith, ýJonathan Nçyete, James Olin. Ruth Sprenger, June Toops and Mary Wolf. Seyeflth Grade Mary Barret" Zo de La Chapelle, Charlene- Driver, Edlth Gillett, Arend Krioop, Jane Krause, Cornelia Noyes, Patty. Raab, Jeanette Robertson, Bill Salisbu ry and Donald -Stiliman. Blghth Grade Charles> Bernis, Geéorge Dicke' son, Lucie Dix, Jeanne Geither,, Doris,,Hea-. ton, Shirley Hermann, Helene Holloway, Jane Holmby, Miriam, Holmes, Bettie Joslin, Alice Kelly, Gilbert' McIntosh, Jean Small, John, Sprenger,, Laniden Taylor and Annette1 Williams. HONOR ROLL Tird Grades Virginia -Burkhar4,, Priscilla Colvin,, iMartha Fisher, Joanne Hathaway, <aru- line Johnson, Kathleen Kelly, Frederie Kilner, Catherine Loucks, Alvan Noyes, Esther Sager, Dorothy Starr, Buddy Streed, Barbara Wakeley, Billy Wright. and Herbert -Zaremba. 1Glenn Andersen, Jimmy Black-well, Carol Brljggs, Malcolmn Brown, B*-rt Bueblèr, -Muriel Craig, Grant Elis, Nancy Fox, Virginia Graham, Bob Johnson, Joan Ross, Florence S cbenipp, Chuckie Stilîman, Patricia Van Are- dale, Sueý Weese, Charlotte Wiids and Tom Wright. Fourth Grades. Barbara Buehier, Kenneth Crockel', David Dale, Charles de La Chapelle, M.Nary Lidecker, Dorothy Hendricksofl, Barbara Bell, Edward Claffey, John <Connor, Glenn Eggert, Cynthia Fay, ;Charlotte Huck, Virginia Huck, Dovrotliy Wilson, Peggy Marsh, Nancy. McCloud, !Robert Ost'rma.nn, Earl Toops, Nancy Weishaar, i£orothy Wieland, Honier SHackett, Paul Kelly, Joan Kilner, Isobel :Mathieson, Mimi Streed, Corine. Tor- torello and- Dick Vanlialanger. F11111 Grades Denise Armstrong,. Betty Becker, Bek- tyBonnet, 'Suzannie Hazelet, Myrtie Holloway, Shirley- Scarrett, Virginia Sowers, Ruth Streed, Phyllis Wheelock, Barbara Burch, Mary I. Cunningham, fletsy Davis, Jean Dlckerson, Tommiy Ellis, Nlartha Hale, Dorothy Henderson, WA,--- brought the Spe Mr. and Mrs., J.G. Grant and their away frein th daughter, Mary Janet, 10. of Oak hear and the c> Partk, are renting the Adler R. Ti.ghe' se enthusiastic home, 613 Central avenue. The Tighes roof."e are ,now residing in Rogers, Park. 'Dr. W. W. otel Faust. Amplifi ers Mns. A. L. MacDougal, of Keni!.- eeches te those tee far wortb, entertained her bridge club e speakers' table te this week Tuesday. ýmn1unity singing was 0o it almost "raised the Ms Ralphi C. Wessel, 216 Wood court, is spending a month in Kil- Whteouedean of gore, Texas. Mrs. Joseph 0. Converse of 1610 Highland avenue attended the Mother's day festivities at the University of Ilii- neis, with her son, Joseph. i I.!

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