HERALD. Volume I. Published by the Children of the Edison Institute October 5, 1984. No. 18 Where Edison's Genius Struck Fire By ROBERT BRYANT and ROBERT PIPER Edison Institute High School MITH'S Creek Sta- tion, which has been in Greenfield Village for six years, is a small ‘one-story red brick build- ing. ‘The interior of the building is divided two parts. One part the "station master’s home, and the rest con- sists ‘of baggage room, telegraph office, and ticket lice. Smith's Creck Sta- tion "was used -on "the Grand. Trunk. Railroad from the year 1858 until Mr. Ford brought it to Greenfield Village in 1928. ‘Smith's Creek is lo- cated between Port Hu ron and Mt, Clemens, and ‘was named for a small reek which runs through the town about 800" feet southwest of the station. “The station was built by Findly MacDonald and the, year, 1858. ‘This is the’ place where ‘Thomas A. Edison was ejected from the train. for accidentally starting a fire in the bag- gage car At the age of fifteen Edison was a “news butcher” (one who sells newspapers) on a train which ran, be- tween Port Huron and Detroit. ‘The conductor had allowed him to set up a small printing press in the baggage car. Here he printed a newspaper called the Herald. Tt was during the Civil War that Edison was a news agent, and he learned that papers. sold. much’ faster after a large battle had been fought. He used to go to the Delroit Free Press office and one of the men allowed him to read the advance proofs. “One day he read about the battle of Shiloh beng fought and he ran to the telegraph office and had the operator who was a friend of his send a message along the line asking the stations to post a bulletin saying & Targe battle had been fought and the story would come on the train. He then went to the Free Press offices and asked for one thousand papers and he promised to pay for them the next day. When they refused him he forced his way to the editor's office and asked the editor, ‘The editor was a kind man and he let the young boy have the papers; so with the help of two other boys he carried the papers to the train.” When the train reached the first station the platform. was crowded and the papers ‘were finally sold out at increased raves. ‘A little later he set up a laboratory in the baggage car because he didn't ‘Smlth’s Greek Station, where one of Thomas Alva Eaizon’s early experiments ‘hdved his sjcctiom from the train: wish to wait until he reached home to start experiments. In his there to work, One day he was working with some phosphorous, which ignites at body temperature." This ‘set. the Contents of the car on fre, although it did ‘no serious damage. At the next station, Smith’s Creel, Edison was put off the train and his equipment with him. It was believed for some time by biographers that Edison was put off the train at Mt. Clemens, Michigan, which is several miles south of Smith's Creek. One. day. many years later, while conversing with Mr. Ford, Mr. Edison said that he was put off at Smith's Creek instead ‘of Mt. Clemens. Not Tong afterward Mr. "Ford drove to Smith's Crees, Here he found. the station in its original state, except for resten Union Telegraph Ofico f telegraph office which hhad been moved to the front of the building so that the elegrah operator, cotta ge, the ‘rains coming and going. Mr. Ford had. the. sta: tion, removed. brik b brick to. Greenfield Tage, where ease erected, The. telegra ‘office was restored fo the position it occupied when the station was built ‘The train used to lie over at Mt. Clemens for about thirty minutes and during "thi “eme ison would sell papers on the platform.” One ay while he was selling papers on the. platform, fre happened to see. the station agents theo year old son playing on the failroad ‘tracks. and. a Freight. car was rolling toward him. Rdison dropped his papers, ran across ‘the tracks, and, jerked the Boy to safety just in time. ‘The station ‘agent. saw him and wanted to reward him for saving his son's life.” Tsdison said that he wanted him to teach him telegraphy” as a. reward. Ina. short time Me. Edison boeame a very efficient ‘operator and he made himself a set of telegraph instruments, table used by Mr. Tn the station Basan in hi early days when, he was telegraph operator at Frazer, Michigan “Bie, telegraph “instrument in the station is-a repli of the type used. at the time Baison was an operator, This instrument is now wired up with Western Ghion, through which i is possible to send messages from the statlon to any Dart of the world, ‘The Walson Institute ‘used his instrument to send Mr. Bison birthday greetings at his winter home in Fort Myers, Florida Ae the “Golden Jubilee of the in- candescent light in October, 1928, Mr. Bdson got on the train and rode to the Smitha Creek Station at Greenfield Village with President Hoover, “Mr. Ford, and. other well-known people, On the way Mr. Edison sold trait and ‘went tothe baggage ear where he printed Some Heralds and gave them %0 the people. Mr. Edison’s example has been an inspiration to students of every. class topperseverein the work they have under= taken Tn a future issue of the Herald we hope to tell something about the wonders sf Menlo. Parks and, describe some of Baiton's great inventionsPage Two THE HERALD # (Offical erpen of the rents of Greenfield and -Ausgted Schooln of te Haan fae "Printed and pulshed faraignly an Fridays as Grosnteld‘Dearbors, Michie Bobby Piper, Buiter nadie Carat, Associate Bator Shick, Sora Actor ro Bryant Peers Bitior rank Carne Sport Biior Ghats Vows Arias Sports Bor Ketneth Feta, Photseapher, wih Aexistante Scotch Settlement, John Blanchard, Report, Margaret ean “iiaimen, "Aston “jar ‘Town Hall, Katharine Bryant, Reperer, “ohn Perry, ssatan! Reps Clinton Inn, Lele Soderauit, Reporter, Cit Ehogat Adrian ied SCHOOL REPORTERS Hilow Rem, Ras Aton Pls La Forte Old "Stone "Pe ington, “Jean ‘Downing, Monna ‘Town School, Macon ph Combure, Mary Lain Mills School, anne Kaen, Margaret Crener Beownve Sohoal, Merl Grays Dev Hatrington Greon Lane ealemsy my ars Peantson, Gomfort School Buen Hlaidve, Marat ‘Gertennia!"Soboa eit rtd, Aes {All matter submitted for publication in she Herald and ail communicati ns relatin hereto, staid bo adresse to the Editorial Directof, Balhon Institute, Dearborn, Michi- Ban EDITORIALS A Noble Example On September 23 the gils and bo of the Greonfeld Vilage Schools of the Baison Institute met atthe. Martha: Mary" Chapel to" commemorate the birthday of William Holmes MeGultey ‘AS T sat in the group honoring this man, T began’ to ponder. 1 wont Just how fe would fee! to Mr, MeCufey Phe could really see how these peonie observed. his birthday? how ie wold feel to him to hear the poems he had mitten "recited ‘again. and. his books ead, and to se0 the children honoring him aaa great author. ‘The books that hho wrote nearly a hundred Years ago are being used today elt tome, ns. bron rebuilt hare jn reonield Village and it looks exactly fhe sme asin his childhood days. Don't you thinks that, fhe wold feel at though’ he had done his work here on arth as ‘well a any man? Although he was a modest _man, 1 am sure he would fee! ‘some pride’ in iis achievemente, pride in baring written Something worth ‘while and something that is ik existence today’ and will be for: years to come ‘These thoughts also made me con- sider the qualities of Dr. MeGuffey that male. him truly. great. I analyzed Iynelf to nee I possessed any’ of them i modenty,. perseverance,” hones diligence, and intelligence aré ut m few of tho charactoristics needed to make 8 Servicotble nan, ese, wil ty t0 acquire so that in years to come T may Tole back and with satisfaction lain with De, MeGufley that Thad “let the world a litte bie better for once having Been init Bob Piper, Hdison Iatitute High Schook HERALD Creative Reading Reading is, not just running over wording” to pronounce then core rectly, nor is it just trying to form a thought trom the pages. Te is a form of experience. It en- lances “our sympathies, broadens the range of our interests, and fills the mind ‘with pictures, ‘To have this experience eis ngcemary “toate; to fel and to "Tt is necessary to see: By this T mean that the eyes and the mind must be alert and intelligent. ‘They must see not only the things that are in the books Hut also the things that are to happen or, should have happened. Tels necessary to feel: When read ing, one should be able to feel the same as the characters in the story. Tt is necessary to know: We must determine what the writer is saving a8 Well a8 surrender ourselves to. the. pioe eso, the emotions, chat his wring calls forth. A good principle, therefore, in learning the art of “creative reading is the development of power to determine the writer's thoughts I= you observe these simple rules, eading will help. you to. develop the powers. of judgment, of discrimination, nd of taste, in waye that are appliable to many things in life besides the use of books. Toe Glenn, Centennial School. McGUFFEY MEMORIAL. EXERCISES (By Bobby McLeod and, Bobby Snow) ‘For some time. the children of the Greenfield Village Schools of the Edison Institute and the Edison Institute High School ‘had been practising songs for the McGuffey Memorial and Dedieation Exercises. “The. program was mainly drawn from MeGulfey's Readers. "At noon on Sunday, September 23, the buses called for the children at the Same time a they do on school days, and took us immediately to the Martha ‘Mary Chapel. Our share of the exercises ‘was ‘to be broadcast from there. "The program was announced by John Becles, of -WIR, speaking from the MeGuitey birthplace now re-erected in Greenfield Village. ‘The first part of the program came from the site of Dr. MeGufley’s birth- place near West Alexander, Pennsylva- his. The invocation was given by Dr. Morris B. Wilson, pastor of the Presby- terian Church, of Dayton, Ohio. ‘Then our part came. We sang songs that, ‘were. poems taken from the MeGuifey Readers and set, to music. ‘We heard the remainder of the broadcast over @ radio in. the chapel Te included messages from the professors representing the colleges and universities in which Dr. MeGuffey used to teach, the dedication of the memorial by Mr. Andrew H. Hepburn, great-grandson of Dr. MeGuifey, and an address by Mr. William J. Cameron, of Dearborn. Pictures of the children were taken ‘as they left the chapel. STAFF, MEETING ‘The staff of the Herald met after school in a high school room Wednesday, September 26. ‘The duties of the staff were pointed out and the possible feature articles for the coming year were listed. Kenneth Petrak was appointed to take ‘care of unusual and interesting pictures. He is to have considerable assistance. ‘We gaye some thought, to a “Do you know?" column. A suitable name 8 to be ehosen, Bob Piper’ was in charge of the meeting and Isabelle Gassett acted as secretary. Isabelle Gassett, Kaison Institute High School THE BROWNVILLE BOULDER In the year 1824 a group of white people coming from Monroe on. the Ta "Plaisance “Bay road came to the illage, of Clinton. "After. discharging the guide, they ronewed their journey toward what is now called Brownvile ‘The leader was General Jacob Brown. In his group there were fifteen men, four women, and eleven children. When {Bey ane tos spot sur north of the mill fond they "carpe Te'was a beautiful spot, which had been a small Indian, settlement only Shore ‘time. before. The. white. setlers toed. the Indian. wigwams and. finally decided’ to build "a, cabin ‘and settle theres ‘The cabin was the frst house in Browaville. "Today all that remaing is a boulder which states that in 1824 General Jacob Brown erected the frst house in Brown ville on this site Ruth Driscoll, Brownrlle High Sehoot Dredging In Greenfield Village, there is a boat called the Suwannee. ‘There is. water around it which they are dredging for floating the boat, “Tack McCloud, Scotch Seitlement School. PLEASE NOTE From Pennington School we have received an interesting geries of articles fon “How to do things.” ‘This is now fn type and will appear in our next issue. Willow Run and Comfort budgets arrived ‘too late for insortion in this number. They will appear in our next. ‘May we repeat that copy must reach tus not later than the Monday before the Friday of publicationHERALD Page Three Greenfield SCOTCH SETTLEMENT We missed Margaret Jean Hindman during the week of September 24 while ‘she wae fll at home. Harry Schuman has been in the Henry’ Ford Hospital. ‘The men are making a new brick walk in front of our Seatch Settlement School, Helene Walker. ‘On Sonny Boy One Saturday I eame over to. the Village to go riding. When I arrived Captain Armstrong: put me on Sonny Boy, the best pony in the stable. I had'a very pleasant ride, Linn Smith. The Piccard Scrapbook ‘This week we are starting a serap- ook. In it we are putting things about the Piecards. A lot of children “have brought pictures showing Mrs. Piecard, Mr, Piecard ‘and Doctor Swann. 1's a very interesting hobby. Donald Donovan. Buying Flowers When the children of the Scotch Settlement “School “had brought in enough money for me to purchase some flowers, I went to the flower shop and bought’ roses. I sent them to Harry Schuman, who was sick in the Henry Ford Hospital Billy Ford. Flowers in Chapel Every moming in chapel we have a fine basket of lowers, They. arrange them very beautifully. For the W. Hi. MeGulfey program they wore even more beautiful T'do wish you could see them. “Jean MeMullen ‘The Riding Lesson Saturday, September 22, T went riding very early. waited about fifteen minutes. “ When’ my turn came to ride I got on Molly and went around the ring. Soon we stopped and did the tricks. ‘All the children ran and jumped on Molly and Prince while the ponies ‘were going. We were to et completely onto them. Some of the children got fon them and some did not, ~The frst time I tried I missed, but’ the second time I succeeded. ‘Then we all went hhome because the riding was over. “Blaine Wyman. Penmanship In penmanship some of the girls and boys have completed several leaons Joyce “Jorae,” Traverse Du Vall Freddie” Procknow, Jean MeMullin, and Bvolyn Richardson have passed one Donald Donovan has_passed two lessons and Helene Walker ‘has. passed three lessons, —Brelyn Richardson. Polly the Parrot One day going to riding clas, 1 passed. Polly in her cage.on.the woo behind the ae fans a is a pretty, creature. She has red, yellow, green, and orange feathers. a ay Ema Fensen. New Brick Wall. ‘They are making a brick sidewall from the Clinton Inn 10 the Chapel and from the Chapel to the Scotch Settle ‘ment School in Greenfield Village. When itis finished the football field which is ‘on the green will be ready for the boys. David Ormond McGutffey Program On September 28, the children from fe Greed "Village Schools had a song and bromait over WIR: i, Ford. and. some others” talked tous from Pennsylvania. It was all Bee Evelyn Richardson, William Holmes McGuiey was born September 23, 1800, near West Alex: ander, Washington "County, Pennsyl- vania’ He died in 1873, ‘The house that he was born in was built of logs. ‘The new MeGulley School is of the same type as the one he attended, and the hotle he was born in now stands in Greenfield Vil —Bill J. Rucker, ‘The Merry-Go-Round September 24, as we were coming back to school, we saw the merry-go- round and it was working. It was goin Found and round and everyone said; "Oh look! the merry-go-rounc “Jean MeMullin ‘When our bus passed the merry-go- round Monday afternoon the men had it working. It is an old-fashioned one. Tt will be great fun to ride on it. —Billy Miele New Heating Plant ‘There is a new Moor in the brick school, Under this new floor is a new basement which holds a heating plant for the school. ‘The children of the brick school enjoy having the new heating plant. The John Blanchard is the librarian at the’ Brick School. John has ‘an index file in which he keeps on cards the names of all the books, He ean tell when some one has a book because there is a card in the back of the book. They write their name on the card and give it to John. When “a child returns a book John draws a line through the name on the card and puts the eard back in the book; ‘then the book is put on the shelf. “Audrianne Wharam. Our Radio We enjoy very much having our radio back from Tast year. We re WHAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING thankful to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford for the use of the radio. —Vance Simonds. ‘The Pond Along the east side of the Scotch Settlement School they are making @ pond for the children in the Village who Wish to skate at recess, ‘They are dig- king the pond a little deeper. Near by Sa hill down which the children may slide on thelr sleds. Freddie Procknow. TOWN HALL. Sunday, September 23, was Dr. MeGuifley's birthday.” There was. a two-hour program. "The first part of it eame from Pennsylvania, ‘The children in the Village sehoola had \ fifteen minutes of the program, which was followed by speakers in Pennsylvania. —John Perry. Tooling Leather A& the Ean Junior Plonor, mest ings some of the boys have been tooling leather. ‘The frst thing we made. was 2 coin purse. We got some leather snd & pattern, and then cut the leather out. ‘Next we put holes along the edge. We then got some leather ssips and sewed the. purse together. Next time we are going to make roceasing —Allbert Roberts, The Gondola On September 17, the Brick and ‘Town Hall schools went to see Mr. and Mrs. Piceard and their gondola. We could not see the balloon, but saw the inside of the gondola. ‘Then Doctor ‘Swann, talked fo us. "We had a good ‘time that morning. On our return to school we talked about what we had ‘Thurman Donovan. Most of our bulletin board is filled with pictures. The boys are interested in airplanes.” ‘The girls have mostly magazine covers “mounted on pretty colored. paper. Marilyn Owens. Act ‘The girls of the seventh class have started their sewing’ and. are enjo ie Very much ‘Mackinnon i going to teach us when she comes back from her “vacation ‘This year we have our singing classes in our own room, Mr. Koch comes twioe each week, on Monday and Wednesday. Mary, Eleanor Ritenour willbe ‘out of school a few days as she had her tonsils removed. —Mary Lee Alderdyce. Something New ‘We had something very rare in our room on Wednesday, September, 26, Some one brought in lilac blossoms from (Please turn to next pate)Page Four HERALD Our Schools (Continued trom previous page) Spelling Match the bushes at the back of our building. We were greatly surprised to see the Ilaes so late in the season. Tune Rummer. _ John Dahlinger, who had been ill since Monday, September 17, came back to school Monday, September 24. “Gloria Hutchinson. McGuffey Books We are reading out of the MeGulfey books. “We like them very much “Soe Rucker, Last Friday the Town Hall School hhad a spelling match. We chose sides, Katharine Bryant and Rost Backus ‘were captains. We started with first class words and finished with sixth class words, David English, fifth class, who was on Katharine’s side, won by’ spelling the word “receive.” Betty Atkinson, who Was also on Katharine’s side, was second to the last down, Tt was much’ fun, Katharine Bryant. Riding I do not know what I would do without riding now. I can scarcely wait for Tuesday and Friday to come. T think all of the horses are very: nice, —Mary Jean Jorae, The fourth class of the Town Hall School are having fun in arithmetic. ‘They are learning the multiplication tables.” “They have learned the two's, three’s, and four's. —Badward Litogot. ‘Our Radio ‘Thursday of last week when the boys and girls from the Edison Institute High School went to see the Detroit ‘Tigers play the New York Yankees, we thought it would be nice to spend’ the last five minutes listening to the game over the radio. Miss Mason tured it ‘on, and in a few seconds found that the battery was dead. We were all dis- appointed that we couldn't hear the game, but were ylad to get out three minutes early. Ross Backus. Our Cat and the Squirrels Our cat has great fun with the squirrels on the trees near our house. Tt jumps on the wood pile and almost Talis off trying to got the squirrels. We feed the squirrels every winter. —Margery Mielke. ‘The fourth class has been learning to write letters. Last week we wrote to people telling them about our part in the MeGuifey program, “SAllen Ormond. Indians and Pioneers I have a book at home by James Fenimore Cooper. It has. six, stories ‘about Indians and pioneers. ‘There is aman named Nathanael, and also his comrade Deerslayer, whose rifle is called. “Killdeer.” ‘Phere is an Indian named “The Running Deer.” = David English Dental Honor Roll ‘We have our, yearly Dental Honor Roll, We haven't any names on ie a8 Yet, but expect to have soon. We hope iat at he end of the year we sil have 2.100 per cent roll ‘Last year the Brick Schoo! got more than we did, But this year we'hope fo have as many a they. Laura W. Newkirk. Judy Judy is a cute brown pony with black legs and mane. She use to be ou riding Pony at school, but one day she got sick and had to be taken away. We all missed her. A few days ago they brought her back. Now she is going to draw a little carriage, We are glad to have her back. Charlotte Simpson. Judy, a black and brown pony, was brought back to the Village recently. About two years ago Judy. took sick and had to besent away, But now that she is better she is back here to do a little for the children. Before she was taken away all the little children liked to Fide her, as she is kind and faithful pony, Judy eannot be ridden now, but the children will have much fun 4 her in the pony cart. In bac of our house ie big, big, woods ‘And thas, oft thougands of toe ‘ArT your thrgurh the woods Tali down to rest, ‘Rnd inten tothe tune of the beens ‘You can hear the birdies singing, Ze they swing om the hgh tee fp, ‘They wil wmtle end ing the lvelone day, ‘And you think that they nove wil stp And now that the muni sinking, 2 ikeana'san fr homey Abd think the thing as dons this dy, —Witme Bor A House BRE, Td make lemonade for people weary. [Lia Ia a tle house, {Wiehe rome-sistehe, Dod, and ining, Soywnen thelays wre eld ana ray, Pa rae fudge and wosids't start = ning Hil Gd have aie home ‘The dipingrroom Pd sweep with my And in the bedroom T'd make the bed, Sead valor to emereaio, ‘Thyra be x0 lighted they'd com’ again Naty C Heit Interesting Library We have a great many interesting books in’ our ‘school library. This summer all the books were put in the big bookease in the Town Hall School. ‘This fall we have divided them. ‘The Brick School has the ones we had last year and we have the ones it had. —Betiy Atkinson. CLINTON INN The other day the children were trying to think of some words that had ad" sound. Some of them were “do,” "aew," and “door.” Joanna Reader gave the word “dough.” We could not ffuite understand what she meant be- eause ‘Henry Mae Guffey had already given the word dough and explained that it meant a mixture to be baked into cake. Joanna then explained that ‘men often used the word dough when they meant money. ‘The children from the Clinton Inn feel that they are assisted in actually understanding the refining processes ‘of cotton and wool by trips to the ‘museum and carding mill. My Back Yard ‘The leaves on the, sassafras treos in my back yard have tured to red an yellow and. are falling on the grass, ‘making a soft earpet. When T get home from school [like to pretend T am fishing. by lifting the leaves out of the pool with a long stick, —Mazine Richards. My First Train Ride My first train ride was on a new fast train going to the Century of Progress at Chicago. We left Detroit late in the Afternoon. and. arrived at Chicago at ten o'lock that night. If we had gone fon one of the old-fashioned trains ‘now fm the museum ie would have taken’ a couple of days and maybe more. very thing seems to” go much faster these days, “Tenjoy going fast a aera Soderquist. BROWNVILLE What I think Brownville ‘School Needs 7S It would be better to, have. stops built on the bill feading down to the ond. “In the simmer the children £0 lawn the Hil tovtake boat rides and misfortime is apt to come to them be- ‘cause of the steepness of the hil fount nie alipety and although it would be a great~ deal ol fan to slide down the hil, fe might cause am accident. Bor the safety of the ehildren, the dock should be repaired. The ice broke Mast ‘winter. —Doris Harringion. Good News ‘Thursday, September 27, Mr. Koch and Mr. Hutehinson came to our school. ‘We were very much thrilled to learn that our boys were going to have a class every week. We girls certainly wish them lots of luck in everything they undertake. Bother Slater ‘The Kite I had a kite and every night 1 flew my kite after school. One night after Eshool I went fave the boy next door He wanted to play with the kite, and T aid too. We did, and we both ‘went home an told ou nother Thay eave ts"some: money” t0 buy. another ‘one. YA atone Hamack OLD STONE PENNINGTON Ruth Howell, one of our four youngest scholars, on being asked how she liked School the first day, replied, “I'm gonna quit tonight, ‘cause I think I've learned enough. Ruth Randall, Elizabeth Kovach and Monna Quackenbush made a beatHERALD Page Five ENTENNIAL SCHOOL picture of the Centennial Sch tiful wreath of asters and live-for-evers for Rose and Anna Pennington’s grand- mother, who was buried recently We did not have school Friday, Soptember 21, because of the pupils going to the Lenawee County Fait held at Adrian, Beautiful Tapestry We recently recsived a beautiful tapestry upon which are drawn and colored the different stages and. proc- esses. in. the exploitation of the soy dean. “It is interesting. as well as edu: tional and was made by Mrs. Clark, former newspaper repoiter of Toled who now lives in Oroville, California. We were happy to get our first of a series of world letters. . This letter was from Hawaii and told about the customs of that territory. Our next. will. be from Japan. We also have a beautiful portfolio in which these letters are to be Kept. Little Jane Clark, sister of Pearl, came to school Monday preparatory to beginning at Green Lane. Academy. ‘The next day her mother asked her to get ready for school and she suid, “Ol mother!” Can't I ever have a day off Several classes have been held out- of-doors this fall under the supervision of the older girls, The Departing Flow We are sorry to aay that the besutital flowers in and around our school yard hata "Migcon and vey, have tnjoyed the past summer are beginning foie We have received our new sewing machine and table, and work on a num- ber of things will’ begin soon. 1 pupite a “oponing day of the prosont scholastic ve ON OPENING DAY wy appeared on September 4, the Our children, especially the boys, were much interested in the Edison Institute boys! stories of their trip to the World’s Fair. A Mishap While playing ball Wednesday, Se tember 26, Ruth Randall fell and broke the epiphysis bone in her left foot. Ruth is recovering satisfactorily in the Henry Ford Hospital, All will be glad when ihe is back with ts again, ‘Thursday Mr. Koch came and in- troduced us to our physical training Instructor, Mr. Hutchinson. We are happy to have this course and are ‘wondering what more pleasant surprises are in store for us. Among our visitors recent Professor and Mrs. Shuart, of Battle Crees "Professor Shuart Has’ been in School ssty-three years either fencing oratiending.. He gave a very interesting atl and said he ‘eed to teach from the MeGutey Readers: He is very” much interested in the Ford school ‘Monna Quackenbush. TOWN SCHOOL, MACON Our school has thirty pupils enrolled. We have fourteen girls and sixteen boys, ‘There are only two beginners this year. Ralph Camburn and Jack Penning- ton have had perfect spelling lessons the frst month of school. Everyone is interested in the garden display at the mill in Tecumseh on Saturday. ‘There are sixteen boys and girls from Macon attending ‘Tecumseh High School this year. Thirteen are. former puplis of Mire: Pennington and graduates bf the eighth class in our achook Vacation Experiences have very ine Some of the pupil (Please turn to page eight) JUST ARRIVED FOR A NIGHT AT SECRETARY HOUSE aft to rights Florence Barbier, Dorsthy zi sn Barth. on, Mlas Webster, Joyce Soderauiet,Page Six HERALD oH Studying Science at Close Range 2 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS INSPECT GONDOLA | Edison Institute Sees Big League Baseball Game __,,,,7 Fupe,ys.ytg? fan indivect ©n the moming of September 18, receive their tickets for the game. ‘They {fom Fowlerville. | The starting pitcher, pe eet Mr Boyett Sine fhe St Taoms of ore eanoported othe busca rounds rgd Marberyypiteheduneatiacto UNS tion Gaadiate High Selccl’and Byrive sol buses” They fed very and walked [om the hill the itching mhhoui tae pus ae thegmoud eles" Wote sete which Sereiocned Bax Mraly"on small mound oF rege Neg Gare ing guest BOM heme pte te eb al hi me wa oy ttn Wid Sopiunbel 20. ti ane amar” lores were GEE I peelay wat One pated Natoma ak eid witha takers Tho steaeltwin sap? nut double gut was made and applause. Thursday, just after lunch, “Mickey” Cochrane and “Charley” ” the students gathered ‘in the school to Gehringer. In dull moments the seats became PRESENTING A DELIGHTFUL PANORAMA OF A PORTION OF GREENFIELD VILLAGE, rea SShoat in the canter atHERALD oH Enjoying ‘a Recreational Interlude & EDISON INSTITUTE HIGH HAS BIG DAY AT NAVIN FIELD 18 when they proceeded thither troup ara three nears of the basa ‘he Venkees: ‘The group alco, hard, but during plays were forgotten had ever seen. ‘They will never forget it. caught a few fish and were just about amid much hoarse vocalizing. The —-Willye McCloud, Kdison Institue High ready to return, but 1 thought I would game is reputed to have been the most ‘School. again east. Thad made afew casts, Peculiar in all the season's history. "The cues when al ae once T flea big ene AL pupils. were, enjoying. it vastly-—when rst T thought it was a weed, but a. fish Re Gramatically ended! "They, went out COIN GSE SANG, flopped out of the water. 1 feeled it in ‘on the field and thence to the busses. One morning my dad and I thought and” we put inthe landing net. It For some of the students it was the we would go fshing. We put the things measured twenty-five inches long. first professional baseball game they in the boat and went out. We had “Joe Benne, Scotch Sellement’ School FORMING A FITTING BACKGROUND FOR THE PUPILS OF THE EDISON INSTITUTE SCHOOLS. 3 P ml ne oe cee Ath Mi ghs Y eg a ctSuitey Sehosts Wit std for the days aPage Eight HERALD Our Schools (Continued from page five) teresting vacation experiences. Mignon Hatch often tells about the sights. she ‘saw,up north,in Michigan. Our teacher has recently been to see the famous Dr. Locke in, Canada. ‘The journey led past the ‘Thousand Islands, and she has fold us of some of the interesting places she visited. She Spoke of the wondrous beauty of the Adirondacks at this season of the year. MILLS SCHOOL Here we are back again with news for the Herald. “We all enjoyed our copies which we received during the summer vacation and hope those to come will be as interesting. "This year our number has increased to’ twenty-four-—fourteen girls and ten boys, whieh is, eleven more than last year. New desks had to be put in our Foom for some of the new pupils. ‘There fare. six beginners, who furnish much entertainment for the rest of us. ‘Our radio has been installed again. ‘We are pleased to have it back, as we get great enjoyment from it. New Reporters Wednesday, September 26, we were surprised and delighted to have a visitor in the person of Mr. Mitchell. We notified him of the change we have made in our reporters for the Herald, ‘They are now Anna Kasno and Margaret Creger, We. think our reporters last ‘year, Lilah Creger and Jennie Cibrow- Ski, did their work very well. Vera Pennington was absent. last week because of the death of her grand- mother. CENTENNIAL Sewing classes have been started again, with Mrs. Chapman as our teacher, The girls that sewed last year are making dresses, and the beginners fare making aprons.” There are thirteen in the class this year. ‘The eleventh and twelfth class boys have started mechanical drawing. Preparations are being made to Ia fa sandstone walk around the’ school house. Lois Anderson and Dorothy MeCon- nell entered the spelling contest at the Lenawee County F ‘The schoolhouse was open Sunday afternoon, September 23," from one O'clock of so that the children who did not have radios in their homes might listen to the Greenfield Schools broad- cast. We have some new library books in school. We find them very interest- ing. School closed Friday, September 21, 0 that ‘the children could attend the Lenawee County Fair if they wished. Gertrude Drowitlard, Agnes Montgomery GREEN LANE ACADEMY potty Peg” Pays a Visit ‘The girls and boys of Green Lane Academy recently had an unusual visitor. It was @ painted turtle named “Spotty: Pog.” “This. little creature was an amusing entertainer to the children as he crawled about the room and tried toseale the desks. Having demonstrated his reptilian habits, “Spotty, Peg” was graduated from the kindergarten. Douglas Fairbanks’ Birthday Friday, September 14, the pupils anticipated “a delightful’ event. A Deautifully decorated birthday cake was the precursor of Douglas Fairbanks’ birthday. ‘The eake, furnished by Mrs. Fairbanks, plainly showed that Douglas ‘was five years old. School was closed September 21 in order ‘that the girls and boys could attend the Lenawee County” Fair in Adrian, —Ceciele Netcher. CONVALESCENT SCHOOL (Henry Ford Hospital) Classmates: We have four new pupils, ‘Their ‘names are Jack Ennis, Donald Cornelius, Alfreda and Shirley’ Linemeyer. One of the school’s oldest pupils, Stanley Qatrowal Ieft to attend the’ Oaiman jchool for the Crippled. Our youngest, pupil, Charles Henry, went home. ‘The Mouse One day while we were picking soy beans, one of the boys saw a, mouse un aeross the garden, Since then we have seen it quite often. We think its home is in the cor shock. Josephine Leoni. Leaf Books ‘Thursday, September 20, the children of Henry Ford Hospital Convalescent ‘School went. out to gather leaves on the awn to make a leat book. - We picked the Teaves from the diferent kinds of trees we have here. . We enjoyed picking Teaves and hope to piek some more when they change color. Myseue ‘are was le boy Who thay le plum, He rents Western stories and he never wate tS FISHING DAY Dalds'enughtoneeth's ok Sista eed M's pa Fay at hin ea ma Donate Corntae, BUTTERELIES Butter, battrin are always nee, Petey wool pay on te owes twos, ‘ana’ t nope you ind Shag” don' ea ‘For they are not an ba a8 mic, ‘And thay never come three don MeCant Picnic On September 11 the children of the Henry Ford Hospital Convalescent ‘School had a pienie out on the lawn and had a nice time. We had chocolate milk, some cookies, and some candy. Some of the children watched the gold fish while the others played baseball and Tarmer-in-the-dell. We hope we have another picnic before winter comes. —Sophia Barida. One day we went on the lawn and had a pinie. “We had chocolate mill and cookies and candy. We played farmer-inthe-dell and baseball. We ‘enjoyed the pienie very much. ““Feamelte ieKelvey. Wayside Inn Schools BOYS’ SCHOOL Eastern States Esposition Last Friday the senior class was taken to visit the exposition at Spring field, Massachusetts. This proved to be areal educational as well az recreational trip. “All typos and broods of animals Were on exhibition. “One. large. brick Tubing wan ae, toute he im rmense poultry show. Each state rep- Tesented. by the New England. group has. its permanent building. “State products are shown in these buildings ‘The industrial exhibit was very interest: jog) and was, made up of hundreds of ooths exhibiting everything {rom glass products o automobiles. Inte ealiseum ire were fortunate in being able to see Some judging classes go about thei task of selecting. the best animals of each troup, The “hors were handaome, fspecially the Genessee Ale Company hiteh of twelve evenly, matched roan Belgians. ‘These animals. were hitehed three abreast and it required the services of two wellexperienced drivers to make them go through their paces, In the afternoon we caught glimpses of the automobile races that ‘were. being Tun on the dirt track, Immediately after the ‘races the rodeo was started and proved to be very entertaining. The whole fair was a huge suceass and we felt very. fortunate in being able Yo attend, —Carl Hayes. Natick Fair ‘The other day the freshmen toole a trip to the ‘Natick Fair in conjunction with their work in agriculture, The Poultry and. vegetable. exhibit. was. s0 Wrery fine that We seemed too bad to pass Up the opportunity of showing our new Toys ‘what real farm ‘products should Took ike and what type of chickens are the best for the poultryman to keep. Guessing contests’ were” popular with the boys. "They guessed “how. many beans were contained ina jar, how much pen of chickens weighed, and several other things featured as a sort of adver- tising Scheme. ‘The trip was very educa onal and. the boys. were. appreciative of having the chance to attend. “Christopher Gonos. Garden Club ‘The dozen or more boy's that formed fa garden club early this past spring have completed their work. ‘They have kept accurate records of everything spent on the gardens and the receipts from their produce. The amount of time spent and the type of work done in the gardens Was also recorded. Stories were written Which proved to be most’ interesting.HERALD Page Nine Tho gardons in spite of the unfavorable weather this summer did very wel. Tt is hoped that next year we may have —Robert Johnson, SOUTHWEST SCHOOL ‘We were all interested in last weeks Herald, and think the boys of the Edison Institute are most fortunate in having hhad such a fine trip to the World's Fair, On account of so much rainy weather fhe boys have been unable to play foot ‘The seventh and eighth clases had a very thorough test in arithmetic covering all work done in the previous grades. ~Joyee Belcher. REDSTONE (Mary Lamb) “Treasure Island's” appearance on ‘the sereen has inspired the girls at our School to turn plratcal, and set up just such an “island” in the’sand box.’ Pine doughs serve for trees, mounds of sand for hills, and sticks to mark off a fort and varlous strategic olnts. * jach day scenes from the play are enacted down under the shade of our beautifal pines and, oaks propriate setting. “John to be the most clamored-for role, and Jean Provan and Jean Geehan hobble around very successfully. Gloria Bonaze zoli does very well as “dim.” Some of the scenes are more or less barbaric, with plank-wal captures, tng interest. arts of the story are being read to lle in stot aoa et of the plays, Again’ Stevenson ‘has Wor the Hearts of the boys and girls, Our Visitors ‘A visitor was especially entertaining early one morning. He was a teacher, and looked as if he must be a very fine one, too. With him was a small group which was much interested in the pupi He told the children he came from California, and asked if they had ever heard of it and if they knew where it was. Roland Waton said that his father had. just gone out to California on a Dusiness trip. Then the man described his 160-aere farm_on which he. grows Jemons. “After that he had the children name the fruits grown here in New England. "The fun began when our jolly visitor recited Mary ‘Lamb verses. alternately ‘with the class. “He laughingly bade us | good-by, and the children all rose and reluctantly’ reiterated, ““Good-by,”" and turned to their studies, —Barbara Brown. ON THE FARM ‘This summer I went out to the farm, and we had the mst fun. We rode the cows and we rode in the rowboat. ‘Then we went hunting birds. » We also, went to the show and had great fun fishing in a creck near an old paper mill, Freddie Procknow, Scotch Seitlement ‘Sehdol ABOUT COACH DOGS The Dalmatian, or coach dog, isa native of Dalmatia, "He is very bright and picturesque in his coat of white, covered with black spots, evenly dis: tributed over his body. ‘His hair fits closely, and when brushed and kept clean, shines like the coat of a horse which is curried regularly. ‘This is as it should be, as the Dalmatian is fond Amos and Andy rtf thts of Gre eat aa da feeetae eee i eee reat Ha af ike tat ofthe ponte and tn many counties ed aa t- Ingdog, “inthe days before the au eae ea eee eople’ of mom, and’ asic. much Eeeeeetanciy bareth a ertguand alco te hoes. ‘moe and Andy” of Greenfield Vile lage ave vey Hoe apne of tae Kd, Ht Gta by een oaleying tao ob of Pee uabe cae een aa ae ce etal a oe ago. hey, have pene ‘of endur- tate tea ack ths ose eda Ten Al tr tl tae Daman Be wesy La ee ee aa peta "Mary Use Alderdye, Town Hall School. GIANT TURTLES ‘The giant turtles of the Galapagos Islands were formerly caught by the whalers and carried alive for months; then they were butchered. ‘The water in their bladders was used, too. There are eight species of land turtles on the Galapagos Islands. "Some of them Neigh eight hundred pounds and over. ‘Turtle meat is said to be a great favorite in the Philadelphia market, and is sold in large quantities. = Russell Reader, Scotch Settlement School. WENT FISHING ‘This wummer, one Tuowday, Dilly Ford and'T went to the lake, When arrived there we tnpacked tho taller. ‘iter “enat we went swimming. The next moming we id the disfes and made ur bed. "I spent some very en- Joyabie days “Donat Dovongn, Seek Setement Later News From. MILLS SCHOOL, The County Fi Last Friday we had a day off for the “County Fair. Nearly everyone went and hada” good time, judging from the stories they told. Several of the language classes have Jeamed poems about autumn, We. all think this such aniee time of the year. ‘The fourth reading class have been studying butterfiis and have made a collection of them, including several lovely Monarchs. ‘This week there have, been several absent.” “Edwin Pratt hada. tooth Pulled, Robert Bush aud Margret End Dorothy” Greger had colds. Greger "was absent because of a bum rer foot. Two Housekeepers We have elected two housekeepers for each week.” ‘They have the following duties: to dismiss classes, wash boards, tale care of the library, pull the shades, and keep the room neat aid clean,” They. Keep the rest of us busy. "This week they are’Ana”Kasno and) Noman Prat, ‘The art classes have been very interesting. Our_ teacher is comparing four drawings with those of another school, and this makes us try harder to, make good ones. So far we have ‘ried our luck at a vase of flowers, some fruit, birds, and farm animals, Friday our school and several others that have gardens are going to exhibit their vegetables at the mill in Tecumseh. Our gardens show improvement sines the rains and warm Weather, and we are anxious to exhibit ther A SPELLING BEE On Friday, September 21, the children of the Seoteh’ Settlement School, Green- field Village, had a spelling bee just for ‘phe chiléren, of the seventh class who ada "A On Tidy speling ul thelr emoo an a slip ot paper aa Dut them in-a hat. ‘Phen Plaine Wyman {ren out two. names ‘The children "whose names were chosen were the captains, They were Donald “Donovan and. Margaret_Jean Hindman, ‘The captains chose ehiidren for their sides. When “one’ child missed andthe other side ‘spelled. the. word. correctly, they had fo choose a child for ther side “he winning boy was Lynn Smith, Margaret Jean's side was very glad he —Catherine Miller, Seotch Settlement Sehéol. The Scotch Settlement School chil- dren were surprised when they came into the schooltoom and found thelr library had been brought back from last year.” There were three new books, Nations ao Ncighbra, that are o be sed as reference books in geography. Helene Walker bas been” absent, She is spending a few days at the fair ~ Margaret Jean Hindman, Scotch Settlement SchoolPage Ten. LEAVING NAVIN FIELD AFTER BALL GAME HERALD Hore we, have an action picture of students of the Editon Institate High Sctool, leaving so hce hiam at the clove of the game on September 18 Bet Village “B” Team Upset by Lindbergh, 6-0 ‘Two teams composed of seventh raders from Lindbergh and. Greenfield Village played at Ford Field on Satur- day with the boys from Telegraph Roed edging out a 6-0 vietory over the Vile lagers: Am intercepted pass in the thied wuarter ‘while Greenfield Was. deep. in opponents’ territory, decided” the contest ‘Captain. Jack MeCloud and Erwin ‘Spencer stood out In defensive ‘workin the line, Rusell ‘Reader and John Blanchard were the offensive stare inthe back field, "Starek, Lindbergh half Brack made many” subeiantal gains D. J. H. S. League Organized Six Teams fo Compete A round-robin tournament will give six teams. ten games for the coming football season “of 1984. Bach team Will play. the other league “members Dwice™-once on thelr own feld and the other time on the opponents ‘The members of this years Tes will be: Bdison, Henry Ford, Lindbergh, Oxtord, Greenfield Vilage, and "Fomine son, schools ‘Games will be played on both Mon- days and, Fridays for the frst three ‘weeks so that play will end November 28. “The game clovely resembles football. ‘The follewing changes have been made to make it safe for students: the player carrying the ball _must. be touched by sn opponent with two hands below the belt before the ball is considered "down" in. blocking out a defensive layer, the offense must remain on their feet except while blocking on the line of serimmage. Greenfield Eleven Downs Lind- bergh in Practice Session 15-0 Scoreless Tie Played with H. F. s The Villagers have played two FOOTBALL practice games. in, touch football this year and have made a good showing in teach contest by holding the Henry Ford School to a scoreless tie and defeating the Lindbergh eleven 15-0. Greenfield. held the ballin Henry Ford School territory all during the game but did not have the needed punch to score on their opponents. ‘The H. F.S. defense “was certainly stubborn. ‘when the Village boys approeched their goal. Captain Frank Campsall was the main stay in the attack and the quarter backs tuted him continuously in_passing. The game with Lindbergh was played. Saturday "morning on cur new field on the Village green. ‘The boys als, to ritht, upper row Joe Glenn (captain), Ned. Lanniny ‘Witmer Kaiser, Donald Deckert, Le Roy Montgomer Hialasiager EiwyR Green, Call Austin. from the visiting school were a bit smaller in stature but played a sports- manlike game against their larger op- ponents, The first touchdown was chalked up by Billy MeLeod on a line buck, which is very rare play in touch foot: ball. Bob Walker, Greenfield end, recovered a blocked punt over the apperents’ goal line for the, second touchdown of the game. A safety was seoted late in the third period for two points. “Th this game Kenneth Petrak ‘was on the receiving end of many passes and accounted for most of the long gains. ‘The Villege line played hetter than it had against HF. 8. and has leaned to spread out, more ‘on the defense. ‘The team is using as its chief threat an unbalanced line with a single wing back formation, Practice Game With Henry Ford School ‘The 1984 football squad hed. their first_geme againnt Henry Ford: School on September 1d. Bob. Snow kicked OF for Greenfield Village ‘The Vilage beyn played a wonderful defense game and were always trying. ‘The boss. doing, ine ‘work did’ thelr share inthe. gee Mst_of the pissing was done by Banke Campsall nd the receiving bi. Bob Walker, Wilbur Donaldson, ant Bill Keesin TE look as if the team is going to have a good right end in Walker. “The game ‘ended with Une. score— Greenfield Vilage—0. Henry Ford 0 Campsall. The Lindbergh Game Saturday, September 22, the boys of the Edison Institute had’ a football game with Lindbergh School. ‘The game Started at ten o'clock and ended about eleven o'clock, At the end of the game the seore was 15 to 0 in favor of the Village. Both teems played a fine game. start Montgomery,HERALD Page Eleven, ‘The filth, sigth, and geventh, class practise on Wednesday, ‘Thursday, and Friday for touch football ‘The new rule in totich football is to touch" the players with hoth hands below the belt. ‘Buddy Apesech, Town Hall. School. Fixing the Football Field With the football season here, the oye of he Vilage schools Have tate A team. ‘Phe boys practise every night ‘on the green. The field has been marked with lime, "Men are also leveling it at The end near the chapel, Two trees have been taken out and a sidewall has been made from ‘Clinton Inn. to the chapel and on past. the Scotch Settlement SOE ia "The boys have played two practice games, one with Henry Ford Setool and fone with Lindbergh School. They tied 040 with Henry Ford Sehoal and beat Lindbergh School 15-0.-‘They only have to touch the boy instead of tackling, {0 prevent issurie, “Join Blanchard Scotch ‘School CENTENNIAL BEATS RIDGEWAY ‘The thirteenth to many may be a sign of ill luck, but to the Centennial ‘baseball team it simply meant another day and another victory to their credit, over the Ridgeway School. This school for the major part of two years has stopped repeated attempts of Centen~ nial to win. ‘Thursday, September 13, However, presented a ‘different scene, During the frst inning the Centennial crew Fan up a string of scores so that substitutions in the opposing team were frequent, Later “several-men about town were drafted, but there was no stopping the hits that came from Cen- Fen atta aviimer ‘Sparkling plays by Wilmer Kaiser in center field and by Lawrence Holdridge in’ the position of floating, shortstop Kept hard hit balls from being turned into. home runs for. the opposition. Robert Montgomery pitehed the entire game for Centennial, Ned Lanning doing the receiving. ‘Seore Li to 5, “Foe Glenn, Captain. Settlement A bit of refreshment. bet SReSESE Noein Fi Noted Scientist Addresses High School On Wednesday, September 26, Dr. Swann, a selentist from Pennsylvania, ‘came to the Edison Institute High School to explain the cosmie ray. Dr. Swann constructed the cosmic ray apparatus which Dr. and Mis, Jean Piccard will arty on their stratosphere balloon flight. ‘The pupils of the high school en- joyed the talk very much because Dr. Swann explained some very interesting points about the cosmic ray. He also mentioned other scientific facts which concerned Dr. Piceard’s flight. Ann Hood, Bison Institute High School ENJOYMENT AT RECESS, Between the Clinton Inn and the chapel they are making a sidewalk. I think it is going to be very nice. Then from the chapel to the Scotch Settlement ‘School they are also making a sidewalk. ‘They have taken some of the trees down where the boys play ball in the Village. I have always thought the Village was nice, but I think it is even nicer now than it used to be. The boys have a very fine place to play at recess, For the girls they have a lot of teeters and swings. We all have a lot of other nice places to play besides on the things that T have named. ‘They have leveled most of the football field so that it can be marked. We have fun fat recess The ‘Town Hall school children also come over to play: at recess. After we igo in, the Clinton Inn children come out for their recess. ‘They also play on the teeters and swings. ‘Joyce Forae, Scotch Settlement Schoo. SIGHT-SEEING AT THE FAIR My mother, dad, Weston, and T got up at five o'clock ‘and started to get ready to go to the World's Fair. We packed up and started on our way. When the sun rose we wore near a gas station and we stopped to get some gas and then went on. Next. day we went over to the fair. ‘We saw the Ford Expesition. ‘Then we went through the Hall of Science. When We sew the Skyride we thought we ‘would go on it later. When we finished We heard there would be some fireworks. They set, them off on the water. On the way home we stopped to get some rapes and then went. on ‘Erwin Spencer, Scotch Seitement School. AN IMAGINARY TRIP One sunny moming we thought we would go on a hike overnight. We hiked about five miles; then we sat down to rest and eat our lunch, After- wards we started off again. We hiked about five or six more miles, and then Started to look for a place to stay over- night, We put our tents up on the top of a hill, After dinner we watched the sun set. We sat arourd the camp fire and rossted marshmallows. - After that We went to bed, ‘The next morning we got up and had our breakfast. After Brealfest we cleared up our mess and started back to camp._ I had lots of fun. Gloria’ Hutchinson, Town Hall School. MY FIRST RIDE IN THE PONY CART Friday of last week Elaine Wyman, Isabel Hoffmann, “and 1 stayed after School to play inthe Village, We went to the merry-go-round. After we ‘had been playing “there, awhile, James TLockerby came down the road fn the new pony cart, We asked him for a ride, He said, “Get in.” So we all got in. ‘he pony pulling the cart was named ‘As we were riding along the road and were almost past the post office, a, passenger train’ went, by, which hightened the pony so that he began to gallop. I, thought we would run into & tree. After the pony got over its fright it was about ‘time for Gog. and Magog to strike, so we drove over to see them. ‘Then James drove us back to the merry-go-round, where we got off, thanking him. ‘Soon the bus came and took us home after a very lovely da} “Katherine Lepine, Settlement ‘Schoo. Scotch THE OLD WOMAN AND I One day ag I went out for a walk came to the bank of a roaring stream, ‘There on the bank sat'a woman old and gray. Just as I was going to cross the stream I heard a ery, “Who. will carry me across the stream?” T looked back at the old woman and said, “I ‘will carry you across if you are not too heavy for me.”” I stooped down so that the lady could get on my back. T started to take her across the stream but when T got about half the distance I thought 1 should have to let her down. I tried very much to get to shore. As I came nearer the shore she Seemed to he getting lighter; so 1 did not have to let her down. At last I Feached the other side and set her on the bank. Then I continued my walk. Selected by Mercedes Theisen. Our Cats We have two eats. The oldest one's same js Tally. The youngest one's name is Nicky. ‘The oldest one is, yellow.” The Youngest, one. is black, whey used to fight, but now they eat ‘out of the same dish ‘Marilyn Owens, Town Hall SchoolPage Twelve (By Barbara Jane Sheldrick A Night in Our Club Friday, September 28, was the third time T have stayed at the Girls’ Club in the month of September. “Also stay- ing that night were Dorothy Chubbuck, ‘Margaret Voorhess, and Shirley Schmidt. Mrs. Cadaret, a teacher, was staying ‘then too. During our free hour from four to five o'clock, Dorothy and I played with Rover, who, acting the part of the Brave dog, caught and killed @ mouse. This was not, L assure you, the most pleasing moment of my stay, since mice nd I don’t get along very well together. ‘Nevertheless we had loads of fun getting apples from the trees, playing on the Ril behind the club, "and. also giving Rover his supper. Later Shirley and Margaret came to join in the fun. Preparing Dinner At five o'clock we all came in to prepare dinner. Washing our hands and Slipping on aprons came first, ‘The next move was to examine the dinner which was sent down to us. This consisted fof carrots, fresh peas, and cold sliced meat. The delightful ending of our meal’ was to be chocolate ice cream. ‘As soon as our food was piping hot we all sat down to this delicious spread. After dinner was finished, the dishes were started, I washed ‘them and Margaret and Dorothy dried. In. the ‘meantime Mrs. Cadaret and Shirley hhad gone for some wood for the evening. Unseen Visitors ‘To make this story a bit more exciting Till relate the girls’ feelings during the doing-the-dishes hour. As we all were in’'an adventurous ‘mood, we worked. ourselves into such a state that we thought we heard unseen Visitors prow! ing around, doors softly shutting, ete, But it really was our imagination. At least that's what we thought! ‘After the wood was brought in we gave the boys that were spending the night in their tepees down by their club some apples. ‘Music and Dancing Later we toasted marshmallows, and danced, played the, piano, played cards ‘and sang songs, All in’all we had a glorious time! Phen only too soon came {the time for lights to go out and quiet ‘to reign in our club. Sleep was needed hy all Moming found breakfast, and hurrying into our duties, as some of us had to go to Detroit, Soon the club was spic and span and gyerything, was in order once sein. faying good-by to Mrs. Cadaret, we took our departure, and a lovely episode had come to an end. completing our Old-fashioned dancing is soon to start again. We shall be glad to parti pate nie, when 1 docs begin Marjorie McCarroll celebrated her thirteenth birthday on October 4 by ‘entertaining a few friends, We shall start practice on a new show soon, We are all looking forward to this event. HERALD Edison Institute Boys Go to Trade School It was on Tuesday morning, Sep- tember 25, that we went to the Henry Ford ‘Trade School. We left right after chapel and arrived about 9:45. In the morning we didn’t do much. ‘hey gave, rules to read concerning where Wwe should wear our badges. "We Wear them on our left shoulder. ‘They also gave us time cards. ‘We shall receive the regular scholar ship, Mr. Searle, superintendent of the ‘Trade School, ‘came and talked to us and told us how to keep clean. ‘We are not to wear ties or tennis shoes, but are to wear skulleaps. We are not, suppased to, wear ties because they might get caught, in the lathes or in the revolving machinery. We must ot wear tennis shoes because of the ‘metal seraps that might get caught in them and go through. ‘The skulleaps are to Keep our long hair out of our eyes. At “twelve o'clock we ate lunch, which lasted about half an hour. ‘At 12:50 they assigned us our de- th the names ofthe Becoming fa ‘cubisouse garden partments. We were mostly separated From each other and were alone except for the boys previously in the depart- ment ‘Our boys said that the others helped ‘them a lot and they got along nicely. T vas put. down inthe soldering department. Te was very hot theey find you must wear gogzles and gloves Beco of he ‘cid which might get into your eyes or in & cut. or on your hands. [At 3:40 we started cleaning up and at 3:50 we rang out and headed for home Biter a good day's work. Kenneth Petrol Edison Institute High Shook A SURPRISE, Long ago, there was a poor family of, three who lived in’ England-—an elderly couple. and a daughter. One day the old lady died. ‘The girl would not stay home with her father, because he wanted to get married. After a few years the old man had used up all of his hardcearned money’; 50 he started out to find some place to stay. “After he had walked a few days, he came to a very nice house. He thought hhe would stop and see if he could get pee oe eerie cea eA ee at oe iS ee wo sa rs eee AJM SO amen to ett Bees “Why, certainly,” the lady replied. leh ne thn eg oS eed a 2a ang ees "You are my father.” She then told hhim that she was very sorry. that when she was a naughty little girl she had run away from home, She said: “You can stay with me now. ‘The lady’ was very glad to have her father with her, and he was glad to have his daughter back again —Rose Penningion, Old Stone Pennington ‘School. ALL ABOUT INDIANS (By Frank Marsh, Brownville Schoo!) How the Indians Made Fi ‘The Indians had no. matches to make fire with, and so they made a small hole in a log of soft wood. They then filled the hole with dry leaves and cotton and inserted into it one end of a small stick of hard wood. ‘This small Stick was whirled around between the hands. In this way both pieces of wood became very hot, and the dry leaves and cotton became hotter and hotter ‘until finally they caught fire and blazed up. How the White Man Came to Smoke ‘There was an Indian who was smok- ing a cigar. ‘The white man was sur- prised to see him take a big leaf and put fobaeco in it and rollit up. The Indians said they smoked to cure colds and hay fever. ‘Then the white men started to smoke, and when people asked. them why they smoked they’ answered, “To How the Indians Caught Fish ‘The Indians waded out into a pond and speared fish. Many of the fish were too quick, s0 they took a trap and put it faeross the pond. In the middle of this trap there was a hole and inside this hole there was a basket. ‘The Indians ‘went to the other shore and drove the fish to the net with their boats. ‘The fish went through this hole in the trap, where they were caught. ‘An Account of Early American History, Columbus discovered America Octo- ber 12, 1492, Later the Spanish, Eng- lish, and French explored parts of America, ‘Then came the” Pilgrim Fathers in 1620. They settled in what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. With: gut the aid of the Tadians they would have starved. They had the first ‘Thanksgiving Day in. 1621 to celebrate their harvest. Ih 1680, the Puritans came to America, John’ Winthrop was their leader.