Morning register., March 21, 1926, Image 22

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MORNING REGISTER, EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1t2l
Elmira High School Note
Sophs Have Pottle Frenxy.
, Kngllshs'lass Holds Debate.
Student Play la Proposed.
Test Result In Busy Week.
' EI. Mil! A, Ore., March SO. Alllc
iinynes returned to the hlish school
Tuesday, March J 6. The boys wel
comed him back with onen arms
llayncs was pitcher on tho baseball
team last year, and It Is hoped that
no win pucn aiiain this year,
- The members or the lunlnr Enr
llsh class KaVe many Interesting
oral book reports Monday,
The members of tho sophomore
class are Kiting about these days
with very thouKhtful looks on their
laces. They have turned noets:
NVhen the poems are read In Knit
nsn class Friday some will nrob
ahlv be found to rival the works
of Poe, Longfellow and Burns.
V A very Interesting debate was
Riven In the junior English class
Thursday. Tho proposition was:
"Resolved, that the Klmlra I'nion
hlfch school district should have a
new school building immediately."
ins amrmative was venta Hunter,
lirst speaker; Freda Warthcn, sec
ond speaker. First speaker on the
negative was Wayne Draper; sec
ond speaker. Addison KliiRsly. The
material was local but the debate
was .conducted In a very Interest
ing way.
The Elmira Union high school
Is very grateful to Miss Bessie Har
low for a collection of National
Geographic magazines. The maga
zines were stamped by the librarian
last week and have been placed In
the library to be enjoyed by the
students.
" . .
A student body meeting was
called to order by the vice-president
Tuesday, March IS, for the
purpose of appointing committees
to prepare for the student bod
play. "Protecting Peg Jane,", which
Is to be given March 26.
It was also decided to sell as re
freshments ice cream, cake and
. punch.
Thursday and Friday of last
week were very busy days for both
teachers and students of B. U. H.
S.. as it was the first six week
testa this semester.
Creswell High School News
Student Body Holds Meeting.
'.' Senior Play Booked April 16.
Creswell P.-T. A. Gathers.
Slides Shown on Negroes.
(Rertster lne Coeatjr Special)
CRESWELL, Ore., March
A student body meeting was held
Friday. March 19. We planned a
party for next Friday night. The
lellowa In the baseball team voted
that If they were defeated In their
first game with Walker high school
their faces would remain unshaven
lor a period of one month. Ono
of the older members of the team
stressed the point that the team
must go out to win.
Miss Cowgtll and Mr. Collier vis
ited the school In the Interest of
club work this week. Many Inter
Hit ng exhibits of sewing work
were shown.
Members of the typing class are
rejoicing over the fact that the
typewriters were given a thorough
c.canlng and overhauling. They are
how in fine working condition.
The senior play is to be given
April 16. The play Is a good one,
"HI Uncle's Niece.'' and the sen
lois are practicing hard on It.
Th regular meeting of thu Cres
Wfil P.-T. A. was held In asiombly
room last Monday. A special ter,l
' ure was a set of slides on "Health
and Hygiene In the Home."
Florence Gotcbel, a Junior In the
high school, dropped from school
this week.
Leona Tand has been absent
from school several days this weak.
Slides were shown on "The Ne
groes In the South," in the Ameri
can history class on Thursday.
The clinic was held Friday after
noon at the school house. Dr. Hunr,
Dr. Wheeler and Miss Konkel,
county health nurse, officiating.
HarrUburg School Notes
Juniors' Burlesque la Hit.
Sophs Proud of A-Pluses. ;
. Student Body Play Produced.
New Readers are Received.
. HARRI8BURQ, Ore., March 18
(Special to the Register). The
juniors gave a burlesque wedding
by way of a class stunt for opening
exercises Monday morning. The
students who participated and the
part tney periormed follow: Lloyd
Orlmes, the bride;. Fern Tanton,
the gioom; Anna Wllbert, brldes
i .i. Frances Stroda, best man;
Crrttude Stroda, flower girl; Mil
' I Moody, the clergyman.
','jorge Lusby. Apllne principal.
a j two of his boy students were
i .re Tuesday evening to induce the
basketball teams to play a post
season game witn tne Aipinites on
their home floor Saturday evening.
eve
The high school girls have taken
up roller skating.
Miss Trnmm's Kngish class has
begun familiarizing themselves
with Longfellow's "Evangeline."
.
Some of the sophomores are
proud of the A pluss received on
' completed. The school may yet
produce a famous fiction writer.
Adah Norwood returned Monday
to her senior ciass duties.
Gilbert Marguth ' of the senior
. class Is absent because of Illness.
Glen Peterson, formerly of Lake
oroek, Is a new sixth grader,
The winners of the Remington
. typing certificates wore announced
at the Wednesday student body
' meeting,' Edith Ballou of the sen
ior class, had a record of 26 words
per minute; Anna Wllbert, 3, and
Mildred Moody, 39, The Inst two
named aro Juniors.
Last'Frldnv afternoon tho high
' school boys hold tho first practice
t baseball game. The same evening
' the high schools girls engaged the
eighth grade girls In the popular
i gam, winning, St to 11. TJfe first
matched gamo of Ihe season Is
scheduled for Junction City, on
March ii.
,
Room No. 4 has an enrollment
of 8a, not only u record attend
ance, but the largest room enroll
ment In the grade school. There
are 17 seven! Il graders and IS
sixth graders. An election was held
Monday In this room tor the cap
tain of the girl s team. Irene Mor
gan of the sluth grade was choseu.
To the eligible lor the spoil the
pupils must have an average grade
of S4.
'
A generous supply of new sup
plementary readers, supplied by
the school board, has been receiv
ed for use in the fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
ni.. rirh ... Ir4 enioved the
acting by pantomlne Wednesday
during their reaoina ...
stories found In their new "supple.
. -n.:tn. Tim other nine
pupils were allowed the fun of
guessing the ta'e their classmates
had pictured without any spoken
word.
s .
The. student body play, a three
act comedy, was given Friday eve
....... hA malm. The regular
orchestra furnished tho music.
.i.MA rtf tltA htch school
teachers visited out of town over
. . . i Mi Tramm and
Miss Sink in Portland, Mr. Wlllard
In Dayton. .
. . r. . 4C visited high
jonn Ptwii. -- -
school Thursday. He is a U. of
O. business stuoem.
...... ,. in nnelllng
Tne lounn cvu.i.j -",.-
and arithmetics was given the
grades Friday. But one more Is to
be given tnis year.
MOUSE SILENCES RADIO
BUUXS OIT FCH'll TUBES IX
STATION CKAU
u n mnnu horned out four
teen big transmitting tubes and
dll JKOOO damage, H told uy
Jacques N. Cartler. director of
station CKAC. Montreal. The pro
gram was going on smoothly at 7
nvinek in the evening, and tho
control operator had settled back
to take things easy for a tew mo
ments while Cartler made a few
announcements, when suddenly the
loud speaker became silent, lights
blinked, and tne engineer rusneT
in to see what had happened.
Transformers burned out. panel
wiring scorched and the whole sta
tion out of commission.
After hours of examination of
terminals, switches and leads, the
trouble was located In the wire
carrying the high voltage to the
transmitter. Connecting this wire
with that of a lead feeding the fila
ment branches of the tube circuit
was the charred body of a little
brown mouse. When the little fel
low, crept along the heavy bare
conductor and attempted to pass
across to the other wire passing
einoe ft that point, a heavy charge
shot through and formed a short
circuit, burning out the tubes and
Wrecking the plant generally.
BOYS' AND GIRLS' CLUBS ACTIVE
Farm Mechanics Club Studies Soltloriii"; Miss Cowgill nt
llayilcn Iti-iilfjf Mt'lviu liuMasott Wins l'li.c Alahcl
Sewing l lul) .Meets Santa Clara Sewing Club Muter-tains.
On the account of sickness of
manv ot the members of the Farm
Mechanics club the laM regular
meeting III February was missed.
In order that the time would not
be lost the boys voted to hold a
special meeting . At this menlng
Friday evening the cluti lender,
Fred dies gave lite second bi
striictions to the club tit soldering.
The Interest In the farm mechanic
club has been such that the course
tor next year la being broadened
and new fentut-es are being added.
It is planned that the course will
be given In several communities
next year In that II has proved so
popular this year.
On Tuesday Miss Helen Cowglll
assistant state club leader conferred
with the girls lit the llayden bridge
school who woro In tho homo mak
ing project last "year. Tho girls
had asked for a second year In tho
project but no course was avail
able. MIhs Oovvglll has been con
sidering nduptiug a room improve,
incut club as u second year for
home making club members and
five girls of laet year's club have
been selected to try out tho course.
This club will be tho first In the
state tn do this work and If found
wpructical a bulletin and club proj.
ect will be added by tno state do
partmenL A T.ane county boy won first
prise In the acre of corn contost put
n at the Pacific International Live
stock exposition last fall at Port
land, lie- had boon successful in
the ten ear cluas and had won first
honors at the state fair In the club
classes. Melvln Gustafson. a seven
teen year old club member of the
t'oburg corn club mado tnis rec
ord. Other corn club members aro
glan to learn that tho Portland con
teat will be repeated this year. In
a recent letter from I J. Allen, as
sistant stato club leader ho advises
that tho Portland union stock yards
company of which Mr. Georgo A.
Pelrson Is president has announced
that It will again appropriate
$1075 for the pen of four, pig feed
ing contest, also H50 for tho ucre
of corn contest.
The following Is a report of a
club meeting ot the Mabel sewing
club.
The merry maids of Mabel Sew
ing club met nt the home of their
local club leader. Mrs. Chase for tho
firth meeting, on Friday March i.
1920.
The club wishes to finish one
hundred per cent before school is
out, so they have chosen sides for a
contest, the ide having the most
lessons finished by April 9th win
ning. The losing side will give a
taffy pull for the winning side,
having the mothers of tho club
members as guests. The cnptalns
ore Dorothy Baker and Elizabeth
Windham.
There was a tnlk and demonstra
tion by Dorothy Baker and , Lola
I Kennedy on "How to Fit I'ndor-
w ear.
A club ?o:ig composed by one of
the members was sung, club yal(s
wore also given.
Alter the business meeting ttiny
had a social gathering, some of Hie I
members uoi-Mng on their sewing,
until the leader served light re
it'cslimeuts. .
Dladys Wlilltenburg nhd Paul
Hell were taken into the club. Tlis
guests of the club were tirade uml
Ida Coeucr and Mabel Kennedy,
Tho Jersey Monsters Calf club
met nt the home of Uny tlllmore. I
March 10, 19211 and eight members i
were present. Tlio meeting was
called to order by tho president. I
Warner y.iimwnit.
Different members ot tho rltth
wero called upon to tell tho differ
ent points of tho dairy cow, sheep
and lions.
Those who spoke on tho dairy
cow were Marlon Kelso, l'alll
flank, Harold Williams, Warner
Xtiutwall and llarbara Dunn,
City (lllmore und Hubert Zulu
wait talked on sheep; ' Kenneth
Dunn spoke on hogs.
The following outline was pre-
rpnred for tho next meeting, ite-
citatiou, i-aiii i'iiuik: beer, Harold
Williams; sheep, Itobert .umwalt:
hogs, Marlon Kelso; dairy cow, (luy
tlllmore and Kenneth Dunn, "criti
cisms". Warner Zumwalt. beof,
Barbara Dunn.
'
Mkn Helen t'owglll, assistant
slnto club leader, hus been In tho
county this week visiting many sow.
ing cuius and exiuniting the work
of the prize winning club mombors
In sewing at tho stato fair last fall.
Among tho exhibits Is tho work of
Itnrlmra Hansen who placed third
and Kmlyn Huuck fifth prize win
ner In first year sewing. Aftur ur
rlvlng In Kiigeno nt noon on Mon
day Miss Cowglll visited the clubs
at Dunn school souttrof Kiigeno on
Willamette street, the clubs at Ht.
Mary's sewing- club at Condon
school. '
Tuesday the Brnttnln school sew.
Ing club wag visited at Springfield
tho llnyden Brtdgo school clubs
and the Fisher Mill club nt Marcola.
in the afternoon tho Mabel club
enjoyed tho work which Miss Cow
gill presented.
On Wednesday morning Ihe
Laurel Home club wont of Junction
City and Alvadoro Hewlug olub was
visited. At noon tho Santa Clara
club entertained several ,of their
mothers. Miss Cowglll. K. J. Moore,
county school superintendent: Ar
nold D. Collier, county club leader;
and the Santa Clara teachers with
a dainty luncheon In the commun
ity club hall. The clubs nt Santa
Clara were visited In the afternoon
and after an hour with tho Cohurg
clubs a dainty lunch was served by
tho Cooking club girls nt 6 o'clock.
On Thursday the Ixine Cedar
and Green Door Sewing rlubs were
visited as was also the" Lorane
clubs. After luncheon at Lorane
the inounlaln View club one! of Cot
luge tliova was visited and nt !l:90
p. m. tho Creswell clubs hud tho
pleasure of vlslllng with Miss Cow.
gill.
The leaders of sewing clubs on
the MoKonsle river renferred with
Miss Cowglll nt Waltervlllo Thurs
day evening, I'Uius were made
ror uu exhibit of the work of Ihe
girls at nil achievement day cele
luatloii at Wallcrvtllo this (all.
Uu I'llday illuming the Venct-t
and Klmliii communities were
visited where organisations aro be
Ing perfected.
On Saturday Miss Cowglll np.
peared on the institute program, ar
Junction Uty and talked lu tho
teachers on club work. This com
pleted her week's schedule. Hha
will return later lu lb" summer
and visit other elulis that she
could not reach nt this time.
Walker High School Note
(Slrl Hoopers Best flrovoltes.
Hoys' ytilnt Receives Troplyj".
Hurpriso Kvent Is Enjoyable.
School to Stage Vaudeville
WALK Kit, Ore., March 30. Mr.
and' Mrs, l.lsle uttended n meotlng
and bamiuet of the Willamette club
of ljtne county Wednesday eve
nliik'. .Miuch in.
The girl's basketball Inain defeat
ed tho Cottage drove high school
senior girls team by n score of Il
ls at the Walker gymnasium after
school Wednesday afternoon, March
10.
The silver loving cup. niVardei!
tn the bovs' basketball team by the
Kugcite V. M. C. A., for winning
the championship In tho I.ane
county class II toiirnauiont has
finally arrived.
Tho attendance this week and
Inst has been poor, owing to tho
fact that some atudehta were ah
sent on account of farm work.
The six-weeks exams wero given
Inst week nnd tho report cards
handed out this Tuesday.
The marshtnnllow nnd wiener
roaitt given by the freshmen ns a
surprise to the teachers Frldayi
March 1!, was greaty enjoyed by
touchers and upper classmen.
A basketball game between the
Walker high girls' seam and the
Cottngo Orovo high sophomore
girls' team Is scheduled for March
19, at the Walker gymnasium.
A regular student body meeting
was held Wednesday. At a special
meeting Thursday morning the
student body voted thnt the presl.
ent appoint a rommltteo to Investl"
gate letters and awards for the
members of the basketball teams.
' Plans are under way for a vaudo.
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tiiriuiin viKuiiiMit.ut.ii v. tt.n..
scnooi to lie given in me nuuuo
num.
flniieo. I haven't Ilia least Idea
how II works,
Sweet youurr thing: . Why, It's
vorvsslmple. Von Just press u but
ton and the ll;ht comes on,
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to km nhrrntl of imnlMrn nrlcnn,
Take tho clo-Mrla Unlit, for
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throughout the Star factory
in Oakland, California and in
the crankcase of every Star
as it leaves the factory
puts Standard Oil efficiency
in every Star crank case
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$16.75 $24.75
Others to $69.75
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Voile.Und erwear
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Tubing, per yard ..
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