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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1929)
-nThursJay, February, U, Ui9.' lite MArriM iiiite Co av Sfa On THREE-ACT COMEDY Given by the Barlow Gate Grange at the Wamic Hall on MM! I fiirctay E venin March 16, '29 We have It now and will make the story different next yuar. Tim local debate resulted In a 2 to I decision of the Judges for The Dallos. At The Dalles only one judite was used and while he had Wapinitia tied on four points with The, Dalles, the decision went to the city team because of superior debate ability on the balance of the point. School attendance la back to nor mal. Me had many tardy and ab sence marks during the snowstorm and low temperatures. Volley ball is the center of at traction on the1 playground ' thl week. " ' " The Freshman class is now read ing Scott's "Lady of the Lake" and using it as a basis of, study in their Enirlish work. Upper classmen Will begin reading Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" this week. '' ' ' ': Two Underwood typwrhing ma chines of standard muke have been installed in the typewriting room this week. ' ' ' i CAST OF CHARACTERS BennieD Zezzalee Davis character f 3 J. H. Davis, Bennie's father .... I... ....Henry Wing Benjamin Davis, Esq., a rich uncle Claude Wing Harold -Beerri, a friend of Bennie's....Glen McKenzie Ab. Dinkier, a would be detective...... Mike Urban Mrs. J. H. Davis,- Bennie's mother........Eraily Spulak Molly. Mallerton, Bennie's sweetheart Naomi Magill Jeanette Blue, Uncle Ben's niece........ Alice Bourland Cleapatra Oleomargarine Johnson - - Thelma Mulvaney Dance After the Performance For which good music will be on hand. Admission to Play - - - 50 cents and 25 cents Supper will be served, 25 cents. Maupin Hi Times (continued from first page) taken in waa somethlrig over forty dollarB. This will be used in pur chasing many new -and Interesting materials M be u cd in the work of the grades. 4 82 Daaketball , Many games have been played by this school during the last week, The girls played a real game at the tournament, although Maupin's best forward was out of the game. At the half Dufur led by seven bas kets. A different line-up of players suggested by Jesse Crabtree result ed in the strengenthing of Maupin's defense and made the last half keenly interesting to the Maupin iter. One player was out of the game on personals during the third quarter. Maiy Greene ranked high est in the number of points with eleven points to her credit for tha purple and gold. The girls are very proud of their new suits, which the school board recently purchased, and can easily say that they took first place, in ap m-arance when on the floor. The boys are trying to make m think that they will wear our pretty yellow s6cks for baHball this spring, so yon can see that hey, -too, think well of, thrm. 7a v'jeSTa U.' B. CHURCH DEDICATION Edifice Will Be Initiated Rer. W. R. Funk, D. D. by , The beautiful new United Breth ern church, The Dalles, Oregon, A good many farmers from the west end of the Flat attended the tractor school in Maupin on Tues day. , Carl Powell spent J'unday at Richmond's in Maupin. Rilla Pow ell also was a guest at Richmonds wilj be dedicated Sunday March the same day. 17th, by Rev. W. R. Funk; D. D. of Dayton, Ohio. For many years Dr. Funk has been the manager of the large U. B.. Publishing house at Dayton, Ohio. He has the distinction of re- The Pine Grove Sunday school re- rumed its regular schedule last Sun day. : Dorcas Hedin Leaf, Who is ser iously ill at N. G. Hedin's mother's home in Portland, 5s reported as fusing to accept the Bishopric when j being slightly improved. She has elected some years ago, believing he was giving his denomination a greater service by continuing at the head of the publishing interests. Dr. Funk is a personal friend of the pastor, Rev. G. K. Hartman, and is considered one of the strongest rutm of hte denomination been ill since last Thanksgiving. Wapinitia Items School Notes , The three departments of our for such ' scnol mrt 'n the double room for special occasions. He is also inter ested in many civic and inter-denominational movements. Visitors From Dufu' Mesdames Jack Stevens, Will Evanr, Herb Mulkins and W. E. Vanderpool were over from Dufur Tuesday afternoon, conferring with Dr. StovalJ regarding the putting on of their play, "Three Pegs," which was recently shown at Legion hall in Dufur. Pine Grove News Orval Mathews and family of Fossil visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Mathews, over the week end. Mrs. Berta Hauser from Tygh Valley, 'also visited her par ents last Saturday. - Wilbur Mathews is sporting a Ford these days to take him to and from school. Irene Linn, who ha3 been staying with Mrs. Lester West, will now stay at home and go to school Wapinitia High with Wilbur. Mel vin Walters also rides back and forth with Wilbjir. - Frank Richardson has experienced a slight set-back. Dr. Elwood is at tending him and toon will have him on his feet again. Hazel Laughlin spent the week end at home, returning' via auto and sled. Walter Sharp is through at Wm. Forman's until plowing, starts. Fred Ault has dead wood avail able for those who desire fuel He recently supplied Oscar Renick with 25 cords to 'meet the insistent de mand. . an hour's patriotic program last Thursday afternoon. Short talks, readings, poems, group songs and a play, the lat by the grammer pupils, made up the numbers tn the program. . Junir Came The Juniors made a fairly utiiors fourteen days to get tho card board prepared for tho motto and this year It wIM probably take, thorn twenty-four. Some of the mottos being considered are! "Plow deep whll sluggard (Juniors) ileeo And you will have corn to Bell and keep." Or Early to bed and early to rise Makes a student H. W. 4 W." Andrew and several other boys can be seen each morning, noon and night on the baseball diamond (mud flat) playing work out with a rag ball and a board brrowed from a neighbor's woodpile. " The Seniors ore planning on giv ing their play about the time the grey diggers come out, which will be early In the spring. We art al so planning on the 'regular Senior ncak day. Crude Notes Bonncy Duus and Henry Wilson represented the t Seventh-Eighth grades at the International Har vester meeting Tuesday. They will report i on the meeting to the other itudtnts. ' Tho Seventh grade has made re lief maps of Africa, Each grade room made $0.05 net profit apiece. The boys of the Sixth grade have already Invented In a baseball and bat. Tho fdria ore planning on purchasing a jump ing rope. Tho rest of tho money will be nwd for books or other use ful material for school work. Elmer Linn has .returned to school after a month's absence. ZELL'S FUNERAL SERVICE Undertaking and Embalming AMBULANCE SERVICE Call Mnupia Drug Store' Phone34S Dr. WM. KENNEDY DENTIST DENTAL X-RAY ' First National BanJi Bldf. , - ".. .. p The D.lles, Oregon Phone 391 Wilson Painting C o. House and Sign P-A-I-N-T-E-R-Sl PAPER HANGERS ' ; 1 and DECORATORS Trucking Long DUUnt Healing A Specially INSURED CARRIER ELZA 0. DERTHICK Pho sin Call, Write or phone, Times Office. Maupin, Oregon, WAPINITIA , I. O. O. F. Lodgn No. 20&, Maupin, Oron meets every Saturday night In L O. 0. F. ball. Visiting members alwaya welcome. ' ' D. L. Rutherford, N. C O. F. Renieht See'e. good to The Dalles for a debate there, showing at the county scat Tburs- while students from The ,, Dalles day night. This was 'their fir t drove here and met our negative game and their first defeat. It was team on the "question of the adop- evenly matched in skill and weight, ion of, the ChUd Labor Amendment, but The Dalles was lucky enough to Principal ' Broughton drove to sink several long shots, running the The Dalles taking with him Robert score up to 14-10 in their favor. Holman, Marion O'Brien and Lloyd The school docs not feel so blue Claymier, the latter as time keeper, over this defeat for the Senior team Marion Howard and Rilla Powell won from The Dalles second team Wm. F. Schilling' Ignition,, Generators and Starting Motors on AH Makes of Curs made up our team at Wapinitia. Both teams did good work and con sidering the fact that debate was new to them, deserve unstinted praise. To go up against outside ! competition especially when- the school is the size of that at our j county seat is a big undertaking-i but we have learned that big schools 19-4 on the same night in the same gym. We also won from the Tygh Valley team Monday night 28-13 in the Maupin gym. ' HUMOR "Sign of Spring" Spring is here at last. Frogs do' not nece:sarily have a monopoly croak in the creeks, Juniors come to on debaters. A little more self- cchool barefooted and even the confidence before the dibate would Senior! have taken up the spirit by have done wonders for our bunch, trying to select a class motto for sentatives of our High school drove graduation. Last year it took the B. B. Tournament ' Tho Wapinitia boys journeyed to The Dalles last Saturday and gave a mighty fine exhibition of good sportsmanship in competing with other High schools of the county for tournament honors. For our opponent we drew , Dufur High, which team we had previously met at Dufur and got a 24 to 4 score, in Dufirr's favor. Nothing daunted, the boyj sailed into the game and held the Dufur, aggregation to 12 poirjts, Wapintia secured 8. The feature of the game was that neith er side made a field goal in the last half, only 2 points being made by each side from foul goals. The boys making the trip -were: Melvin Walters, Eanaie Endersby, Wilbur Matthews, Lloyd Claymier, Frank HacHler, Marion O'Brien, Robert Holman and Marion Howard of the High school and Jerry Clay mier of the grammer room. Mr. Broughton and Mr. Claymier fur nished the transporation. All the boys xcept one were equipped to play and were given an opportunity to show their stuff. Jerry was our timekeeper and aide to the score keepers. The gang stayed until the final whistle of the tournament blew a'nd went home wishing we had a place to play basketball at Wapiniti'a. 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