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June 29, 1928 W ILMETTE JUNE THE THIRTEENTH LIFE LOTS OF FUN AT BEACH SUMMER ' Summer is coming, The birds are humming, The flowers are blooming too; , And we shall have cheer For the rest_ of the year. -] osephi11e Balhatctae.t, Fifth grade, Cen..tral. LITTLE DOLLY The~;e was a little dolly So chubby and fat, When people looked at her To them sh..e smiled back. And what is so rare as the 13th of June? It comes only once in a lifetime to you. And of course you all know Graduation in tow. One day looking down that long, dull Oh, Boy! for the 13th of June. -Jeanne Brashears, 8B Stolp. · block, She saw a little girl about to enter a shop. . SEW AND EVERYTHING! Come to the playground! Every The girl looked at dolly, then exsummer we have a playgrou~d and \Ve claimed · · "Oh, please I want her, what is her sew and everything, and of cour se name? · come to anyone you can. There is one at the beach and Vattman park, "Her name? It is Dolly," said the Laurel school and the Village Green. clerk, said he, -Rosalyn Brown, Beach Playground. · "~lright I shall take her, pray \vhat · ts her fee?" SWINGS ARE POPULAR She paid the small price and ·went out At the beach there are swings. The the door policeman stop3 the children who go But she and little Dolly were seen up too high. The water is fine in no more . some places and .cold in others. There are high fliers and teeters.-James In that shop they were seen no more O'Neil, Miss Smith's room, Third 'tis ·true, ' Grade. But this little doll was indeed not blue. FIRST DAY OF SUMMER For this dear little girl was lovely ancl Wedne5day, June 21, 1928, was the kind longest day in the year. It was not And put her to bed every night on clark until about 9 o'clock, Wednestime. day nig ht. It was also the first day of summer.-Mary Finlayson, Miss -Enid Henderson, Howard 6B Perring's room, summer school. We go down to the beach and check our clothes. We go in the water and dive off the pier. When you get cold you come in on the sand. You build castles and have swimming races. We have lots of fun.-Billy Spinney, Third Grade. LIKES DIVING RAFTS There are two rafts at the beach. My brother and I dive off of then1. We sv.;im to the life lines and swim back. Once I went. up and I got a swing and then my brother came up and we had jumping to see who coulu wm. -Lionel, Third Grade LEARN HOW TO SWIM At the beach there is a lady vho teaches us free swimming lessons in the water and I am learning from the teacher and she help3 me. It is fun to learn to swim in the water.-Barbara Brenner, Summer School, Miss Smith's room. BEACH SUITS JACK I go to the_ beach every summer and I have a lot of fun. I ,Play on the sand and on the teeters and go in swimming.-Jack Jocobi, Third Grade, Summer school. FUN IN SUMMER SCHOOL We have arithmetic and spelling in summer school. We also have project work. This summer I am going to the beach. We are having fun in summer school.-Claude McDermott. GOOD FOR MUSCLES OBSERVING ANNABELLE The life guards have new uniforms. It has made a great change on the beach. The life guards of Wilmette can qe seen miles away.-Annabelle Brown, Beach Playground. Kick ball has started out good. Everyone who has practiced is increasing the muscles in his legs. There is a great improvement since last year.-Annabelle Brown, Beach Playground. THE SEAFIGHT (original story) One summer . evening we were sa il ing along smoothly when the sailor in the lookout ca1led__to us and said that he spied three Pirate ships quite near . The captain called hi s men togeth er and told them to take their posts. When all were readv we could see that the Pirate sh ip s- had got closer and we could see that their men outnumbered us two to one. So we waited till the cloc k in the cabin struck ten , then we started to fire. Soon our bigge st gun was put out of order, leaving five in use and we soon <_liscovered a leak in the boat hut we had di .;covered it in time to stop it before much water got in. \Ve still put up a good fi !!ht which la sted till 12 o'clock and bv- that time we were pretty. wrfcked. But the pirate ships gave up because they had had enough so they surrendered and in a few davs we reached land where our boat \\:as repaired. .:_Donald Campbell MOSTLY FOR STUDY vVe are in summer school to learn better. I came here to learn numbers and spelling. We have picnics· and lot s of fun . But summer school is mostlv for ~tudv. - - Billy Spinney, Third Grade ADVENTURE ISLAND A BOYS' WORLD Regular season opens July fifth. A few vacancies in the membership are available for boys who are unable to attend camp the full season. Building Eskimo kayllks, row boats, :nul sail boats In the eamp shop; cruls· ing among the islands In Green Bay, ramping anll t>Xploratlon trips on the mainland; building ea bins, shacks and tn.- · houses In the woods; horse back riding along the .miles of forest trails; swimminR' RJHl dh"ing; nature Jaikes, woodrraft, <'Rmp music, and pageantry art> 1wrne of thf' acth'ities of this unique <'amp · .-\dYetiturt> Island is Jfmite(l to forty boys, senn to fourtePn. . Seventh season. TrnhaNl counellors, one to each four hoys. Nine hours' drh·e from Chicago. AWAIT GOOD TIMES We all are looking forward to a good time this summer under the supervision of Mrs. Caldwell and Mr. Stone. We have started the year with zeal in our hearts but-the weather bad. We started out with ma~ing umbrellas and paper baskets of crepe paper. The older girls have started playing kick ball and sewing.Annabelle Brown, Beach Playground. OUR CAT Oh! what was that? I think it was a rat. Oh ! no, it was our pussy cat. I He went under the bed, Oh! watch out there, Ned, You almost bumped your head. -Georgette Becher, 5C Central. CHARLES A. KINNEY, Winnetka, Ill. Tel. Winnetka 914 SUMMER SCHOOL 1\lornlng Sessions July 1 to September 1 During the Summer, In addition to our regular Stenographic and Commercial lines, we give short, Intensive courses In Gregg Shorthand for high school and college students; also review and speed work for experienced stenographers. Students ent~r anv time; individual instruction The record of our school justifies us In sollcltlug the patronage of those who are seeklug the very best lu business training. Watson Business Sehool 528 Davia St. Telephone U Diversity 3806 Evanston, Ill.