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LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER. LA GRANDE. ORE.
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"Lilies of the Field"
May 17-18
"Lilies of the Field"
May 17-18 . ,
JL KUrJUitt JriL l- J
VOLUME 1
Tuesday, May 15,, 193 1
Edited And Published By Students of La Grande High School
Issued Every Tuesday
NUMBER 31
"Lilies of the Field" Presented By The Junior Class
IG'HTS
PLAY SKIT WINS LOUD
APPLAUSE; ADVERTISING
MANAGEMENT BUSY
. Publicity for the Junior play, "Lilies
of the Field," got well under way
when the cast presented a skit to the
student body Thursday. May 10.
Cleverness and originality were out
standing, and the audience was left
with, a promise of greater thing to
come in the play itself.
Wayne Oooderham, the sleepy re
porter, waa told to go out and get
some news, and, by following the en
thusiastic crowds, he soon found that
the "Lilies of the Field" was being
presented. After the play was over
and the crowds hud gone, ho success
fully Interviewed all but two of the
cast. He was very rltzlly snubbed by
La Velle Manna, playing the part of
the maid, and Bob Webb, taking the
part of Bryan Hopes. The reut of the
cast, Mary Ellen Stoddard, Lorraine
Dodge, Frances Furgason, Emily
Beery, Helen Melville, Rctha Kail,
: Irene peigcr, Jean Pidcock, Bob Rob
ertson and Billy Clegg furnished him
with satisfactory data for a very fine
story. He postponed Its writing, how
ever, while he took Frances Furgason
out to dinner.'
Artistic portraits or shall we say
cartoons of the actors and actresses
by Donn Poarch lined the front por
tions of the theatre settings.
The play promises to bo undoubt
edly very witty, and with Elbert Wat
tenberg, an manager, making a lovely
speech In Its favor, the student body
(all the girls anyway) rushed to have ,
the honor of cither buying or selling ,
the first ticket. I
TOWN RAKED
FOR COSTUMES
As UBUal, tho population of the
town hns been lM8legol by frnntic
would-be actors and actresses, hoping
to find suitable costumes In which
they may shino beforo tho huge audi
ences which will see the play, "Lilies
of the Field." Mary Ellen Stotldard.
the leading lady, almost breaks the
Eastern Oregon record with eight
, changes In one play. Soiuo of them
have to allow speed, too.
' The fashions of 1034 will break up
on tho audlenco's astonished cye.,
but the acting of the players should
; outdo the coutumcs.
Since Bob Webb is ulrondy tho best-
; dressed boy in school, his costumes
will Just continue- tho good work,
tbut he looks vory snazzy.
Irma Kllnghammer has clxargo of
the costumes.
The students of Mr. King's German
class discovered that they have to
call the residents of Hamburg "Ham
burgers." Any Kind of Hals
.Owned and Mocked
Best Work In Town
ANGEL'S
Across From Penney 'a
"Watch"
for the Red & White
News Flashes
Delivered at Your Door
Every Thursday
Printing j.s an
Art That lias
Preserved the Arts
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Opposite Post Office
Service!
Satisfaction!
Lower Prices!
LIBERTY
I.IOM-J. IIAHKYMOItK
In a
"THIS SID10 OK llKAVffN"
blaming Youth Dances While Fatlu r Paytihe IMjht
Thursday Only
AHl.ONA WKAMil.r.lls
LIIS STUDENT
BUYS VIOLIN
300 YEARS OLD
Anita,. Ilcmnann has recently ac
quired a French violin, supposedly
three-hundred years old.
Her muiilc teacher. Mr. Bryant, ran
across It accidentally in California,
and brought it home, considering It a
remarkablo "find." To quota Anita,
"The violin Itself isn't much for
looks, but Its rich, full tone more
than makes up for that."
The reporter can certainly testify
to the virtues of the violin, for she
Inspected It, and requested a number
as a matter of course. What she
heard exceeded her greatest expecta
tions, and she spent a long while list
ening, enthralled by Its beauty and
richness of tone.
Anita will give a recital In the near,
future, and she expects to use this
violin.
Prizes Of fered
Manual Training
Students of II. S.
The boys in manual training arc
very busy these days finishing their
projects In order to have them ready
for display Tuesday, May 22. The
display tbls year promises to be u
good if not better than former years.
mo prizes offered by the Van Pet
ton Lumber company are being keen
ly competed for.
Tho Van Petten Lumber company
Is giving the following cash prizes!
For tho best made project. $6.00.. 1
For tho second best made project,
$2 50. ;
For the best project made by a be
ginner, 43,00. ' . , .., ,
For the second best project made
by a beginner, $2.00.
For the beat made soft wood pro
ject, I.fi0.
For tho best made set of dining
chalm, $1,60. ,,, i
For the best made writing deskor
writing taoic, vi.ou.
For tho best made breokfast table!
I. 00
For tho second best mado break
fast table, 60c.
For the best made chest, cedar or
cedar lined. $1.00.
For the best made chest, cedar onlv.
91.00.
For tho best made Btudent table.
$100,
For the best turned wood project.
$1.00.
For the second best turned wood
project, 80c.
For ttho best turned table nim.
80c.
Only ono prim will bo clvcn to
any boy.
Mildred: "Did you count with a
daisy to so if Roscoe loves you?"
Dorothy Lee: "No Indeed; It might
have turned out wrong. I used a
three-leafed clover."
NEWS STAFF
Editor Sophia Qletlhubor
Asst. Editor ....Botty Botmonkamp
Sparta Editor Tom Zlvkovlch
Bill Smith
Reporters Shirley Zion
LaVolte llAnna
Joanna Lcsllo
Nova Stein
Lois Hardy
Cllcn Victor
Sophomoro Editor ..
Irma KUnghainmcr
Junior Editor Helen Mctvlllt
Senior Editor Yudath Victor
Advertising Manager
Ghai-los Skinner
Circulation Sam Soutlinll
faculty Advisor.. Eltlrldge Huffman
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BACKSTAGE
, CREW NOW .
BUSY GANG
Back stage preparations for "Lilies
of the Field" are very complicated.
Raymond Kelly can be seen tlicre al
most any time running around with
one end of a wlro In his band and
trying to discover where it might go,
and Bob Denning misses meals regu
larly, and also sleep, while he valiant
ly tolls to get all the light globes In
their sockets and tho Vialls In their
boards. Morris Robertson tries to
have Miss Palmer excuse him from
English so ho can work too, and she,
willing to cooperate, does some
times.
, Gilbert Stein has charge of the
properties, so the settings should be
very good.
MOTHER-IN-LAW
TRADITION UPSET
As' tli0 eternally hen-pecking
mother-in-law, petite Prances Furga
son breaks a tradition, and proves
that a inother-in-law can bo helpful.
8he is very charming, and although
her red hair will bo covered by a
white wig, sue will still be a shining
light.
Irene Oelger plays the part of the
Fronch mold, and you can tell by her
mannerisms that she Is supposed to
be French. La, Velle Hauna and Billy
Clegg complete tho personnel of
house-servants. Billy Clegg does well
In his buMing.
He tli a Kail simply gushes In her
efforts to attain social prominence
through tho medium of the Vicar's
family, and porpetual snubs don't
seem to daunt Helen Melville in. her
attempts to do the same. But then,
her theatrical career has been well
started In "Thanks Awfully." pre
sen ted by tho Rainbow Girls last
year.
And all the work and struggle on
tltis stupendous production Just to
feed that hungry bunch of seniors!
"Send Off" Party
Given Seniors
4
A delightful spring party featuring
ft "big sondoff" for th0 seniors was
field Jiuit Friday. Tho , stage and
punch table were decorated in tho
senior colors, orchid and silver, and
the senior girls were presented with
flower favors which also carried out
the class colors.
General social arrangements were
in charge of Irma Kllnghammer and
Virginia Rogers and Helen Emerson
were In charge of the refreshments.
Tho program in charge of Gloria
Swan was in the form of a radio
broadcast. The main numbers con
sisted of a reading by Ellen Torrance,
a vocal solo by Helen Hendrlckson,
and a piano solo by Mary Ellen Stod
dard. Others who assisted in the
program were: ldon Chad wick, lis telle
Lycl and Zella Kurt.
Music for dancing waa furnished by
an orchestra made up of high school
students.
An Unusual
Graduation Gift
For this graduation a nice new
Baldwin Built Orand Piano. A
girt of this kind would be a last
ing memory. Call in and we will
explain how you may have a new
Grand for this Graduation.
Terms and a liberal allowance for
the old upright piano.
Radio & Music
Supply Company
Geo. TIm and Ed Ehorheart
liathing- Trunks
All Sles
A number of different colors to
choo.se from.
if 1.25
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Linen White Cups
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All Wool
SWIMMING THI NKS
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Family Difficulties
iGause Much Grief
In Junior Play
Mary Ellen StoJdard ond Lorrolnt
Dodge play the twins In the play.
Opposite them oa admirers are Jean
Pidcock ond Bob Webb, respectively
(and respectfully). You should see
with what vim, vigor and vitality they
enter their love scenes. We have yet
to learn a lot, boys and girls. Miss
Sartaln even has to restrain them
sometimes, and Bob Webb rates him
self as a pretty good 'leader-upper."
Bob Robertson, as the Vicar, and
Emily Berry, as his wife, do good
work in attempting to keep their
twin daughters In hand, although
they don't- quite succeed.
Tho. cast claims that Miss Sartaln
is trying to teach them to be tea
hounds, because In one scene they
have to do quite a cup-Juggling act.
Jean Pidcock and Bob Webb especial
ly have trouble.
Tho play really must be good, be
cause Bill Corey seldom misses a
rehearsal, and he hasn't a girl in the
cast. He laughs at the Jokes every
every time, so they are apparently
qui to amusing.
DISCUSS PLANS
FOR CONFERENCE
Mary Frees, president for the Tri
Stato Girls' League, called a meeting
last Thursday evening to discuss
plans for the conference which will
be held In October. Several of the
girls who havo attended tho last two
conferences were present at this
meeting.
OLD GYM SUITS
WANTED
Tho Letter Girls' club hav0 an ur
gent need for old fashioned gym
suits to help in its next initiation.
They would appreciate it If anyone
who has one or knows of any please
let Miss Osborne or some of the Let
ter Girls know.
Landlady: "What portion of the
chicken would you like, Mr. King?"
Mr. King: "Oh, half of it will do;
thank you." ' , ' ; f.
Glen: "Father, what part of spcedli
Is 'woman'?"
Mr. McKenzle: "'Woman Is not a
part of speech; she's tho whole thing,
son." i t
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-Heckling Plants Ready at Green House
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Think of The
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La Grande's "Wife Saving Station"
Eastern Oregon Light &
Power Company
"Always at Your Service"
Special Tuition Rates
To a Limited Number
Ask about them now.
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We Can Service Your Car from Burmcr to Bumper
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Local Teachers
Spend Day At
Cornucopia
The annual Classroom Teachers'
picnic was held Saturday, May 12,
at Cornucopia, twelve miles north of
Halfway,. in Pine Valley. In the days
gone by, Cornucopia was the mining
center pt Eastern Oregon, and was
fnlrly bristling with business, miners,
teams, and what not, with, of course,
the hills or gaiety and gambling
games running in the evenings. Kero
sene lamps were the means of light
ing, both . Inside and out on the
streets, and the old "hitching rack"
was standard equipment for the
hotels and series of saloons.
Cornucopia then went into a "de
cline" with the downfall of business
In general In the last decade, but
since the revival of prices, especially
gold, tho urge for the age-old search
for gold was started anew, with in
dividuals working small claims, or
pushing their old tunnels farther in
hopes of a new "strike", and the
mining companies doing likewise on
their larger scales of operaton.
To this new Cornucopia, Robert
Wakefield, president of the associa
tion, directed the final picnic for this
year. Forty members of the faculty,
along with Mr. and Mrs. Eberhard,
Mr. and Mrs. Frees and two sons, Wil
liam and David, left the post office
at six o'clock Saturday, going through
Baker, were toward the "Granites" of
Baker county. Several of the party
went on down Powder River to
Roblncttc, which is only two miles
off the road where It turns off to
Halfway, and is the Junction of Pow
der and Snake rivers. After looking
into Idaho, all Joined the party again
at Halfway ond proceeded up the re
maining 12 miles to assemble on
"main street" in Cornucopia, and
from there the expeditions started.
Wo were taken that is, we. were
so close on his heels we were almost
taking him in the Union mine by
tho man In charge who was usually
a pace or two behind, flashing his
carbide lamp on ahead, then down
the lino to see if any of the gang
were lost while groping along between
the (very) narrow guage railroad
which was in the tunnel. This tun
nel goes straight into tho side of a
mountain for 1200 feet the lost
eleven hundred through solid rock,
but lii spto of that, " wherever there
was a' "joint1 or seorri in the rocks,
water ron down into the tunnel in
great streams. After several of such i
places as this, there was a good sized
stream on the floor of the tunnel.
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When You Think of
Shoe Repairing Think of
Jester's
and In some places over the track
but what's wading In water ankle
deep, and having it run down over
you every so often, when you can
walk back under a mountain for 1200
feet? At the end, the air drill was
roaring and grinding its way still
father, filling the space with rock
dust and smoke, all of which was
gathered up by a large pipe and
drawn off by the fan running back
at the portal of the mine.
After drying out. It .was time for
the light refreshments, pounds of
which were stored away in each car.
Half a mile back up Pine creek was
selected as the. outdoor mess hall, so
Mr. Evans built up a fire and
"perked" the coffee and can he
make coffee! After eating, Wm. Frees
took his line and basket to try his
luck in the creek, but came back
shortly with a bosket bull of no,
not fish, but a baby porcupine about
the size of your two fists. Bill used
the Prank Buck method of "oozing"
him into the basket by making the
child think he was going someplace,
and walk in under his own power.-
After cleaning the dishes by the
campflre method, we drove almost
straightup for two miles to the Last
Chance mine which is in operation
and employing ono hundred ten men
at tho present time. The stamp mill
at the portol of this mine Is run
ning three shifts a day, so wo went
through the mill, seeing the process
of getting gold from the quartz form
and turned into concentrate where it
is shipped to Spokane for final sepa
ration and isolation. Here a tunnel
goes into the mountain for a dis
tance of a mile and a quarter, and is
accessable only on the "railroad"
which runs in, and consists of an
electric locomotive, some dump cors.
anu tnree cars for the workmen. By
waiting until 3;30 when there was a
change of shifts, they would take
us in on the men's cars to the first
elevation which Is one and a fourth
miles straight In. , While waiting
around, wo ran on to Robert Baker
who was employed In the mill, and
ono of the graduates of lost year's
class. As this tunnel was far more
moist than the shorter ono we tried
to make our outfits as waterproof
as possible. The only thing Mr. King
anq miss Morelock could find was
tho round top from a dynamite can
to protect their white caps, so they
took ono apiece and tied it on with
a canvas string going over the metal
cover that Is. the metal lids thev
found and nrourid under their chins.
Thoy:were'on 'the-front car, so the
rest of-us could tell . when : to cluck
from a stream dropping from the top
by listening for the patter of water
on their "tin hats".
At the end of this tunnel, three
others were shunted off in different
directions, the tipper one connecting
with another tunnel which went in
three-fourths of a mile forther all
of these cut in solid rock. At this !
"Joint" we all piled off, standing on
rocks, some in water, some others on
a small wooden platform, while the
foreman switched his train to put
tho engine on tho other end for the
return trip, which took nearly fifteen
minutes as the tunnel slants slightly
downward which Is a "life-saver" from
the water standpoint, if nothing else.
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Between the track meet and the
forthcoming Junior play we've man
aged to scrape together a few bits of
nonsenco that may interest you.
Don't let the following bits of scan
dal about the cast miBlead you. It's
a swell show and deserves every bit
of support you can give it. We ought
to know, we've been kicked out of
rehearsal enough.
Our future president, tho Great
Cooderham. is In the limelight again.
He absent-mindedly left his report
ers note-book at home and was forced
to commandeer a bicycle and go back
after it.
Bill Clegg (our rising vaudeville
star) left homo without his coat and
tie. And did he get told? Again a
bike was borrowed.
What a man -a bout-town Bob Webb
turned out to be. Well, since his
costume passes so well with the ladles
we guess we'll have to take it, but
oh; 1 did you sec that monacle.
During tho skit Bin uunn made
himself useful as sn errand boy for
the ladies.
Prom what we hear Pronkie Smith
has acquired a bad habit of whis
pering. Could It be true Prankle?
Upon returning to daylight, which
was a welcome sight for the warmth
as well as being out In tho open
again, wo left for Cornucopia to get
arranged to start bock tho remaining
126 miles to La Grande. Leaving
Cornucopia, with its post office and
ono grocery store, one "general"
store, and no gtis station not even
a gasoline pump, as one of the party
tried to buy some in Cornucopia to
Insure getting out we went our
way to assemble at Radium Springs
near Haines to eat and have some
more of the "Superintendent's Spe
cial" blended coffee. Those who had
enough energy left took a swim at
Radium, the rest heading for home,
all dead tired, but all of one opinion
It was the "end of a perfect day."
We only hoped more had found It
possible to go and enjoy rambling
around , Vh'One, of, the beauty spots
of Oregon, rich lii lore, at one time
a thriving city, a typical min
ing frontier now in the memory of
those of that day, and seen now only
in pictures of the early West Cornu
copia. M. E. Huffman
Coming Events
May 17-18 Junior play.
May 22 High school exhibit.
May 24 P. T. A. meeting.
May 26 Junior-Senior -banquet.
May 27 Baccalaureate.
May 29 Commencement.
May 30 Holiday.
Juno 1 School closes.
The Baseball
Season Is On
We Have the Equipment.
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STUDENT OFFICERS
FOR 1935 INSTALLED
President Ralph. Floberg called the
assembly to order Friday morning.
The minutes or the preceding meet
ing were read and approved. Ralph
read Article VIII, Section 6 or the
constitution, the rules governing tho
installation of student 'body officers.
He then called on Mr. Eberhard,
chairman of the school board to In
stall them. Mr. Eberhard represent
ing the school board expressed their
appreciation of the cooperation given
them by the La Grande HJgh school,
especially in carrying on under the
inconvenience of no auditorium. Mr.
Eberhard asked tho students who
were to be Installed to rise as their
names were read. The following peo
ple were duly Installed In office:
Wayne Gooderham, president; Knox
Parker, vice-president; Lois Jcanno
Davis, secretary -treasurer; Robert
Robertson, business manager; Harold
Borine, sergeant -at -arms; Mary Ellen
Stoddard, song queen; and Wayno
Sullivan, yell king.
After the installation ceremony
Jean Taylor presented the lnter-class
basketball awards.
Ralph on the spur of the moment
called on all of the new officers to
give a speech. Mr. Gralapp, after
complimenting all of the out going
officers on their splendid work or the
past year, called on them for a short
talk. All of these unexpected speeches
were very Interesting.
EXCHANGE
The freshman class of Wlnlock
High school edited the edition of the
"Booster." the Wlnlock school paper,
on May 3. i
On April 37 the senior class of Win.
lock High school presented "The Yel
low Shadow." The Booster, Wln
lock Uigh school, Wlnlock, Washing
ton. Tho Junior Prom was held on Fri
day, May 4. Only Juniors and seniors
and faculty members were allowed to
attend. The Tllllcum, The' Dalles
High school, Tho Dalles, Oregon.
The last edition of the TUlla-HI-Nows
will be Issued on May 16. This
edition will be mostly, humor. Tlllia-Hl-News.
Tillamook ' High school,
Tillamook. Oregon.
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