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The Dispatch from Moline, Illinois • 2

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The Dispatchi
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Moline, Illinois
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MOLINE DAILY DISPATCH: FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1931. CASH YOUR PAYCHECK Sandgren. Selma Peterson, Archie Hoover, Fannie and Ella Truxall. Art Kirby, Amelia Kuttler and Mo-line's present mayor, John 'Huey. A picture of this class, showing all of the thirty-seven pupils, is in possession of Mrs.

Dan Smith of Moline. Grant School Built in Mayor Member of Its First Class HERE "i li "i board of education at the time the building was completed and W. S. Mack was superintendent of sohodls. Sara Doxsee Cummings was the first principal and also taught the first grade.

teachers were Jennie R. Hull, Cora Griffin, Marilla L. Healy and Anna Wright. When the. school was finally completed, the boundary line beteen Grant and the Central building was moved farther west, from Twenty-second street to Twentieth street.

Toll rights 'at a crossing over a river at Burrowbridge, England, recently were sold at auction. to further relieve conditions in the Central builing1 where the high MOMNE I ROCK ISLAND school was rapidly expanding. Annex Is Built. 415 15th St. 1812 2d Ave.

In Heart of Town I Near Harper Hoss Grant school took care of all stu dent hi the east section of the city i Principal f0 Mir i firV and as the city gradually moved eastward, became over-crowded and it Yt a need for mere room was felt, 0GD GXJv70CD( IMPORTANT INFORMATION To Every User Of GEM and EVER-READY BLADES Finally In 1904 the beard of education provided for an annex which was built just south or the original building at a cost of $31,916.. pTT BAKI POWDER Dr. A. M. Beal was president of the board of education then and W.

Entrikin was secretary. Other Star bladrs are made by the makers of Gem and Ever-Ready blades. They are guaranteed by us to be of equal quality at about 1-3 the price and are sold here as such under a money back guarantee. members were John J. You save in using KC.

Use LESS than of hish priced brands. i 25 )25 Gripp, Mrs. Emily P. McCurdy, P. Lindvall, A.

J. Smith, Mrs. Stella D. Ainsworth, G. W.

Wood, P. H. Cooper and E. Heimbeck. Gerard T.

Smith was superintendent of schools. Before the annex was built, con dition.9 were so crowded that the J. C. MACKEY Says STARE- For Gem and Ever-Ready Razor kindergarten and one other grade was housed in temporary quarters. aAM SM The enrollment at that time totaled MABEL ALSTERLUND.

Miss Alsterlund is principal of Grant school. She is a product of the Moline schools and is popular 467 pupils. Former Principals. fill mm- -i1 i I wag- -1 1 1 Sara Doxsee served as principal with the many students of the school. IT'S DOUBLE ACTING of the school from 1887 until 1891.

She was succeeded by Virginia Ray, who served from 1892 until 1916. STAR 'y 1 Merton Bisant, Eddie Loren, Susan Walker.Smith, Victoria Canon, Roy Anna Wright, who was one of the first teachers in the original bulling, was then transferred from Ericsson school to serve as principal of Grant. 4Bhe remained until 1926 when Miss Mabel Alsterlund, the SoldOnlyHereat present principal, took charge. Present teachers in tne school are Margaret E. Cook, Helen J.

Day, Special Offer 'I A 4 Genevieve Zimmer, Minola Reaberg 4 Helen E. Marx, Beulah Peterson, i Frances L. Johnson, Irene Rauch, Nelle B. Duffin, Charity Kindel- sperger and Marilla Healy. Elsie 3 Packs 12 Blades 25c III II llll W4 Engel and Florence K.

Mansur were transferred to the Central junior high school at the beginning ol the spring term. Blade Pack Grant school, pictured above, was erected in 1887. It is located on Twenty-fifth street between Sixth and Seventh avenues. John F. Huey, who became mayor of Mo-line last evening, was one of the students when the building was opened, and he completed his grade school education there.

He still lives in Grant school district. District from which pupils attend SEGAL BLADES for Gillette Razor, 5 in pack 19c Grant school is bounded on the west by Twentieth street from the i By DON MOORHUSEN. school, the present build river to Eleventh avenue and from Eleventh avenue A to Eleventh avenue by Twenty-second street Camels, Luckies, etc. 3 Pack 35c; $1.15 Carton s---4t-IMiiL34c ing lacing Sixth avenue at Twenty-fifth street, was the last school building built below the bluff and for nearly fifteen years relieved crowded conditions which, had existed in other buildings since the first school, was built 1, (UO Dress I i Cap 3lV3 i SHIRTS OR TRUNKS CROWN Dulesco Rayon were added the total amounted to $23,245.74. In December of 1886 five rooms were completed and pupils were moved in from Lovejoy's hall, Packer's storeroom and the East Moline building, the enrollment totaling 254 pupils.

The East ward school was located just west of the present Grant building and later was moved next to the Love-joy meat market on Fifth avenue, east of Twenty-third street. v-First Faculty. A. L. Carson was president of the more densely populated at that time, which accounts for the fact that the first three schools in the city were built in the west end of the city.

They relieved conditions for a time but in a few years the East ward school became overcrowded and pupils were moved either to Washington school, where tfoey crowded the high school students, or to Lovejoy's hall where asses were also held. Build Grant School. By 1886 conditions were so crowded that a new building in the east end of the city was needed and the proposition was voted upon and ap On the south the district is bounded by Eleventh avenue from Twenty second to Thirty fourth street, and on the east by Thirty-fourth street from Eleventh, avenue to the river. Some Pupils. In the first class to attend all eight grades in the Building were thirty-seven pupils.

Among them were Ed Bold, Florence White, Maud Smith Schacht, Minnie Peterson Cox, Maud Pettif er, Fred Merriman, to paint proved by the people. Contract for the stone, arid brick work wa3 let to J. A. P. Berg, and M.

Donahy Cotton Shirts, plain and 9f, Swiss LyL had charge of day labor on wood in 1873. Grant was built in 1887 at a cost of $25,583 and was the first building erected east of Seventeenth street. C. Bennett was president of the board of education at the time work on the building was started and P. W.

Gould was secretary. Other members of the board. were W. K. Sloan, W.

W. Wells, Peter Colseth and J. W. Warr, Conditions Crowded. Washington and Ericsson schools were built in 1873 and nearly all the children of school age in the district below the bluff were enrolled in those two buildings.

The enrollment increased rapidly after the first buildings were erected and within a few years both schools were over-crowded and another school, Irving, was built to relieve conditions In both schools. The west section of the city was work was also superintendent in cnarge or construction. mm Work on the foundation, however, SPORTING GOODS REDUCED 0 0 progressed more slowly than antici pated and the building was not $4.00 Steel Shaft Irons $2,791. 1n 25c Rite Illte Golf Tees $5.00 GOLF SHOES $3.45 IC 58.00 Golf Set dp ip 4 clubs and Bag pD.4D 25c Practo Balls 1 9 ready for occupancy until the winter term of 1887. It was estimated that the building would not cost more than $20,000, the highest bid being $23,268.

However, when bills $2.00 Tweed Golf Caps I 07 50c KroflJte QQr Seconds C. E. Wahlstrand back on the job again with a finer grocery store and meat market than ever. 50c Deuce for construction work, heating, furniture, grounds, bonds and interest Golf Balls $2.00 Chromium Plated Irons 97c FoFmalleHDpening SMMraay7 my 2 $2.00 Horsehide Baseball Gloves $1.39 $2.50 100 Wool Sleeveless Sweaters $1.49 i 50c 1931 Wright Ditson 38c i TENNIS BALLS Electric Clocks at About Price A I $8 SO Electric Alarm 52.97 Electric Mantle Clock Electric Kitchen Clock mi $3.45 "How will you have your Shredded Wheat this morning?" Happy Vale Green' OQn Large 3-lb. box Free Pillsbury's Pancake 1 A Olives, large quart uul Running Salt vC Flour, small IUl 2-lb.

pkg. fancy Sunsweet Rinso, large 19c lb. fancy Cream-07JL1, medium 9Rp Rinso, small 2 for 19c ery Butter Prunes Lux, large 2 pounds for MMMMHaMHHBM Lux, small 2 for 19c 5 pounds puJ-e OQ, nl.T -q fZ Fancy No. 2 can. Wicon- Cane Sugar LifeBuoy Soap, 3 for 19c sin and Wax r-! String Beans, 2 for uwC 3 cans Campbell's Qn I have spent nearly five months i IMP since my disastrous fire in re-Pork and Beans IUV modeiing my store to make it 1 loaf home-made one of the finest possible.

Mod- Bread, White 31 Big value, Macaroni and ern fixtures and equipment Spaghetti, 10 have been installed to insure 1 home made pine 1 A- 4 packages- lUC constant freshness and te ut- Rye JUL most sanitation. YOU NEED TT TT NO LONGER TAKE THE i n- 1-lb. can Halligan Pure TROUBLE TO SHOP DOWN 1 rarlor Broom, uust Quill Coffee, TOWN. WE HAVE JUST Pan. Cleaning Qfln vacuum packed Out WHAT YOU WANT and are time special vUl prepared to give you a ''Big- HWs Extract Malt Our SpecUl Bknd and Hops, QCn orders.

Phone us, Moline 147 Coffee. None bet- OQp can Out or 731 for quick action. ter- No- 270 "I'll have it with hot milk, Use LYTERLIFE for Cigarette Lighters, 25c Value 19c iw 11 IVorh and Dress PANTS At Low Prices my dear. It a bit chilly out doors, and I want something to warm me up. It certainly is great the way you can serve Shredded Wheat as either a hot or cold cereal and just as easily either way.

Fickle spring can't fool us, can she? And be sure to have some Shredded Wheat yourself because it is what you need to keep strong and healthy in this kind of SPECIAL PLEE-ZING SOAP DEAL: 5 White Naptha, 2 Complexion OA-, Soap, 2 Borax Soap Powder, 1 Soap Chip, small. 65c value for -JCL Groceries Fresh Meats Poultry Vegetables A7fUl EAT Am rui (Tfro) nrnn uiru Phones Moline 147 and 731 1319-1323 11th Street WITH ALL THE BRAN OF THE WHOLEWHEAT "By Quality Foodstuffs Shall He Be Known" Try Dispatch Classified Ads, TKe Bring Quick Results NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANYUnMda Bafcf- 1 i.

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