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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1927)
Thursday, NoVatto 24, Correspondents' Weekly News Items SKANIiCO SCHOOL DOINGS School was in session only three not PPe b day. this week, Thursday being Arthuf MuHer mBn8ged to peram. rational holiday and Friday having buate without crutche3. but not been granted to teachers and pupils witjlout considerable effort 8nd ap. m case some ate so much turkey as parently ,ome pgllu to become incapable or performing , r. juler school work on the day fol- j "Shorty" appeared with his natur lowing Thanksgiving. j al customary smile, a little scratched ! un but hannv aa vci. Hi Vioa.I A short program was held Wednes- day p. in., till departments joining. Vhe public waa invited. Thanks living comes but onec a year. On Friday last two gentlemen co operating with the nation and state I orestry departments, presented a lesson on fire prevention and forest mid water shed protection. The men Tt ?aA (11 A 11 t awi) annAimna1 ! Stheir mission, Two informers from .the High school carried word of their proposed exhibit about town and at 11:00 a. m. the school and public were entertained and instructed by a group of beautiful slides and an accompanying talk. Floyd Evans was out of school Monday due to a serious cold. Sev eral of the boys and girls seem to Lave caught the cold germ during the past week of damp weather. The cool, sunshiny weather of the early part of this week should have beer good medicine for alL The moat exciting and the best played game of football experienced this season by the Shaniko-Antelope boy was witnessed by a large crowd of fans on the local gridiron last Friday afternoon. Moro was the visiting team, and Moro certainly had on the fighting clothes. , The local boys knew they were up against the real thing this time and everyone did the best he was able. Within the few minutes consumed by nine plays in the beginning of the second half, Moro took time out three times. Both teams substi tuted freely. Shaniko-Antelope took time out in the third quarter, when Lloyd Tootle was temporarily "put out" after making a spectacular tackle, and again the fourth quarter when "Lanky" took on too many opponents. No man on either team was seriously injured, however, and in spite of the fighting spirit exhibi ted on the field the game ended with both teams having only the good will of the other. The score well, Moro got the long end of 31 to 0 set of figures, but the boys and tfceir friends were just as happy as thohigb it were reversed. Coach Bennett had remarked after the game with Maupin two weeks ago that th& boys had just about reached the point where they could begin to play football. Friday's gam.!, '.proved the truth of the statement for it was certainly some footbaU mC: fr nnfa.i.snV w. v , ..j jvw i"jr by the boys this ! season. Maupin owes us a return game on the home grounds, but so far they have not been able to make up their minds to come up and take their licking. We are hoping that neither mild weather nor their courage may wane. And speaking of football, who will ever forget that supper of chicken pie, mashed potatoes, jellies, pickles, salads, cakes, sauce, etc., prepared for the boys after the game was over. The one young lady of this village certainly fulfilled her duty as chairman of the feed committee. Be it known also, that in Shaniko there are some half dozen house wives who are past-masters in the art of cooking and who at the same time are willing to give of their time, money, and worldly possessions ' to put on a reel supper for the benefit of the boys. Pages could be written telling of the different speeches and toasts under the crafty generalship of toastmaster Alfred Bennett, but we had no shorthand man present and would fall far short of relating the' witticisms, jokes, serious -orations, find words of praise for the Cooke.' Each member of the team cariX'in for a word of praise and commenda tion; also the school and the towns people who have so loyally supported lis in the biggest extra-curricular undertaking the Shaniko-Antelope schools have engaged in for years. All in all, it was a fitting climax for the football season ancf ft 'an event ful day. j .TYGH VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ji The big football game at Tygh on Triday, November 18, was big in ipolnt of crowd for Tygh, and in the point of score for Maupin. We con gratulate the victors and wish them 'continued success and pleasure as they, travel through high school and through life. ' Two boys, Kenneth Webb and James Zumwalts, came to school on crutches. While one boy was ap parently ao "used up" that he did which came ,0 early bdng detftched has reestablished itself in eodem loco, and the circulation again completes its circuit Shorty is a real fellow. He not only takes his athletics seri ously but his school work as well. We are mighty proud of him. The other members of the team ap , ' parently suffered no ill effects. Little Darrell has established himself as next year's quarter back. Darrell is always there and the big fellows do not scare him a bit. Mr. Paul M. White has been se cured as teacher in the Tygh Valley public school, to succeed Mrs. Leone Miller, who on account of frail health was compelled to resign. In addi tion to teaching Mr. White will Coach the boys' teams of the Tjigh Valley school, he will also assist in the high school orchestra. From the a Dove it wouia appear that some things thorougly good are happening to Tygh. The girls' teams and tha school plays will be coached by Miss Elliott. We are planning to give our school play, "All of A Sudden Peggy," on Friday evening, December 23. This date so far as we are able to tell will not conflict with any o our neigh bors. The Legion plan of advertising their dates well in advance is, we think, a most excellent one. We are following their plan of cooperation by announcing our own date well in advance. There will be a dance af ter the play. ;.- . Work on the L 0. 0. F. hall is progressing and the hall will be ready in a couple of weeks. The Odd Fellows plan to give their open ing dance on Saturday evening, De cember, 17. Filling in Chuck HoUs. Foreman Addington has quite a force of men at work on the high way up toward Criterion. The road is being regraveled and all chuck boles filled in. Fiske Bothwell with his team is at work there scraping gravel from the reserve piles and the roadway is "being placed in good con- dition for winter travel. Chaage la Orchestra. "lte, uaa Harry Price has notified the I1 n?nttstfmn aan? " ! 0W,"V e teal.mne of Ins I wIfe he will not be able to appear here for the Legion dance. Instead, he will send a smaller complement of players, each of which has played in j his orchestra for some time, and he guarantees the music will be of the best ' ' ' Others at Shady Brook. Among . other people of Maupin who danced at Shady Brook last Sat urday night were Misses Verb Lewie Nelllie Hicks, Bessie Starr. Doris Kelly, Edna Ward, Edna Derthick; Messrs. Clifford Miller, Albert Bark ham, Hurstel Hollis and Phil Starr tnd wife . Auxiliary Will Serve Supper. The ladies auxiliary to the local American post will serve the supper at the dance at the hall tonight What those ladies do not know about preparing and serving good things to eat is not much, and that they will !be ln charge of the feed tonight is a grantee that all will greatly f8atfefyitheir appetite by feedl8" there. Aniiting at Bank. Miss Maggie Wray is assisting at the Maupin State bank this week. That institution has -been sending ut circular to '-their' depositors and Miss Wray has b?en kept busy fold im; them. ! MAUPIN SCHOOL NOTES Excitement' t Tygh Rant High (By Nova Hedin and Alice Davis) People gathered from far and near to witness the football game at Tygh Valley last Friday. Aa the game pro ceeded the enthusiastic spectators ran up and down along the edge of the football ground heartily cheer ing, yelling, ' and laughing; all tense for the outcome. When the game was ended the crowd rapidly swarm ed over the i'&M and crowded the cars, climbingIftto them. They were still excited as they drove off. Oth ers hiked over the hill towards town, carrying with them visions of un yielding struggle for supremacy. The Football Season Our first football season closed last Friday. In retrospect, we sea Maupin last September, with no field, no equipment -nothing but a bunch of nineteen boys, only one of whom had ever played the game, and less than half a doxen of whom could even follow a game, never having seen it played. The district board rallied to the request of the boys for equipment and field. In due course these were secured and Coach Davles started practice with his proteges. It was late in the season and other schools had completed their schedules large ly. We kept our eyes open for games and succeeded in engaging a contest (or slaughter) with Madras' strong team of veterans. It looked foolish, knowing it would be an over whelming defeat; but it takes play ing to make a team. We bought our experience at dear cost at that Wa terloo, but it had much to do with the making of the team. It is doubtful if anyother school in the state has a better team at present picked from a roll of nine teen. Much credit ia due Coach Da vies for rolling up a record of 75 per cent We are glad to mention that the citizenry have stood back of the boys loyally and almost everybody attended the games. ! While Maupin will lose some by graduation there remains the nu cleus for a good team next year. Not the least for which satisfaction comes the knowledge that we have a good team without drafting and that, above all, each and every one is a bona fide seeker after learning for what it is worth. The mistakes were few; the suc cesses, large; the interest, genuine; the future is bright: hurrah for Maupin! . Last Friday nearly . all Maupin awaited expectantly upon the Tygh field the appearance of "the Tygh Valley grid team, which had gone down thrice to defeat It was a guess whether old Jup Pluvius would j permit the spectators to view the game in comfort to themselves; but after a few futile attempts to soak the field the old man gave up and an ideal afternoon for a footbaU game was the result The Tygh squad, accompanied by three officials from the county me tropolis, Messrs Saunders, McLeod, land a third gentlemen whose name we did not get, appeared on the field j at 2 :30 p. m. The preliminaries i were hastily made and the big game with both teams tuned to a high pitch was in action. The crowd, par tizans of both teams, was excited to a greater intensity than, the players. Maupin chose to receive and Tygh took the downhill goal to -Invade. Maupin received the. kickof f on her own 35-yard line. Pincipally by line smashes Maupin made, a touch down in six minutes. From this ! time on Maupin at all times made J consistent gains in yardage, while ; Tygh stubbornly contested the while Maupin lost very little yardage and ! losing the ball to opponents was in- runs were made by E. Snodgrass and Greene. J. Crabtree and A. Crab tree hit the line hard, oftentimes having the way thru the line opened by Maupin's big center, Cyril Fraley. While not so spectacular, but of equal value, was the work of that line, Appling, Graham, Davis, K. Snodgrass, Stovall and Shepflin, holding solidly against the mad line rushes of "Shorty." Our team hit a winning gait from the start and scored a series of . six ' touchdowns and completed two of them, making 38 to Tygh's 0. While the score was ' overwhelm- ; ingly in our favor, it is conceded that iTygh has a game team and went down to defeat fighting hard. They just met a better team; better train ed. The Tygh boys are godd sportsmen; never have we seen bet . tcr evidence of it than in this game. j"Shorty" was the back bone of the ! team and is an exceedingly good line ' smasher. . Until the last whistle blew , there was "fight" thruout on both sides and fans felt that it had been a real game. In the article on the Tygh game, in the matter of playing, Stuart, C. Fraley and R. Crabtree were inad vertently omitted.' These boys played well we couldn't see any difference in the way the game went on. The writer remembers seeing Rex get on his feet, wearing a mile of smiles, after stoping one of "Shorty's" j head-on smashes, taking it in the ! region of his stomach. By arrangement of the Board the schools will close this afternoon. I (Wednesday), and - open : Monday. I They will close on December 22 and , reopen on January 3, 1928. Mrs. Joynt, Miss Harris, Miss Richards and Mr.1 Davies will pass I the holidays in Portland or the Val ( ley. Miss Tillotson goet to The j Dalles, Mrs. Cantrell to visit a broth er-in-law and family near Dufur. - . Job Onbtree is the noisest ever In school. We are glad when someone keep him home. A new Remington typewriter ar rived this week. OREGON NEWS NOTES , Harrlaburg Artisans Lodge buys and will rebuild Bialto Theatre for lodge use. . Aurora Stafford Pickle Co. . has put up .105,000 gallon! cucumbers this year, . Dayton E.. M. Alderman 4 Son raise potatoes yielding 600 bushels per acre. Corvnills -Oregon Agrioultural College erecting & buildings worth 1742,500. Coquille -Mountain States Co. building 20,00O Myrtle Point line. In four years Portland has spent $542,000 in bring settlers to Ore gon. . Oregon fishermen and canneri have payed $53,000 into state , fund for killing seals and sea Hons. Malheur county ia building six new school houses this year, A cannery ia proposed for the 1028 season at La Grande. Klamath Falls Building permits for October were $88,950. .. Nyssa will pay $4,000 for five blocks business section paving. ' Halfway Pine-Eagle Dairymen' cooperative creamery has paid f 284. 956 for cream in 15 months. Burns Burns garage open ' new plant, covering half a block. Burns Architect chosen to draw plans for new union high school. Klamath Falls Great Northern station to cost about $65,000. Richfield Oil company spending $3,000,000 for plant development in the Northwest ' Klamath Falls Telephone ex change will be expanded from 1,600 to 2,800 lines. Oregon City woolen mills have 800 employes in factory and cloth ing plant Deschutes Power , and Light com pany plans 23-mile line, Raymond to Culver. Madras Baldwin Sheep Co. ship 10,000 blooded sheep to Soviet Rus sia. . ' Klamath Falls Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., with 200,000 acres trib utary timber, will build giant saw mill here. Huntington Burnera mine Bear Mineral will .ship ore from new 6 foot ledge. Baker Oregon Copper Co. ex pects to bnild mill on Mother Lode group, Balm Creek. 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