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PAGE TWO HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY. NOV. 17, 1927. (Ell? flffjjrjmman Periodical of the Heppner Public Schools Editor , John Conder Associate Editor Ellis Thomson Bus. Manager Roaella Doherty Boys' Sports Ones Parksr Girls' Sport Hazel McDaid Grade News Virginia Dix Humor Stanley Minor Reporters: Katherins Bisbee, Eve lyn Swindle, John Parker. Office and Personal Items Letha Hiatt BOOSTER CLUB SKIT. Small pasteboard megaphones in high school colors were given to each of the faculty and to each high school student Thursday afternoon, Novem ber 10. A "pep" meeting was held to stir up some enthusiasm among the students before the Ione-Hepp-ner game, played Nor. 11. Yells led by Hazel McDaid and Jack Casteel were staged to demonstrate the use of the megaphones and to show ap preciation to the Booster club. The high school song was sung and then Marvin GammeU gave a very dram atic talk on football. He brought out the fact that every loyal student in high school should be out to the game the following day. A reading on football was read by Velton Owen. The most alluring and hilarious num ber was the "joks," read hy Janie Alstott. Louise Langdon and Onez Parker sang "Ain't She Sweet" rnd "I'm Going to Meet My Sweetie Now" which proved a great hit with the students. Mary and Patricia Mora han sang "Sailin' On" and "At Sun down." Hazel McDaid closed the meeting with an urgent invitation to attend the rally at 7 o'clock that evening. BALLY AND BONFIRE. Thursday evening, Nov. 10, the high school students met at the post office and proceeded to march up town to advertise the lone vs. Hepp ner game. After an hour's noise down town, they enjoyed a bonfire on the hill above the school house. A large H. H. S. was burned to sig nify Heppner High school. A short program was held which consisted of a solo by Mr. Johnson entitled "Moonlight and Roses," the high school song by the students, jokes, a duet by Onez Parker and Louise Langdon, a duet by Mary and Pa tricia Monahan and popular songs by the students. MAGAZINES CHOSEN. The current literature magazines, chosen for use in the English classes instead of the Literary Digest, have onived. These bulletins are orgn ized studies of living writers and their works. In addition to this weekly bulletin, two sets of the fol lowing magazines are sent monthly: The Bookman, Atlantic Monthly, Century, Forum, Harper's and Scrib ner's. The current literature mag azines discusses the lives of authors who write in the above mentioned magazines and gives a brief sketch of some of their works. GYM CLASSES TO BE HELD. With the completion of the new gymnasium, the students of the school will participate in a daily gymnastic class. The high school girls will be instructed by Mrs. Esta D. Smith and the boys under Mr. Har old Johnson. The grade school pu pils will also have a gym period un der their respective teachers. Tha high school classes are to be alter nately scheduled in such a way that the boys' class will be held first one week, and the girls' class the next. GRADE NEWS. The A class of the fourth grade is taking up the study of the New England states in its geography work. This has increased the inter est in present day event on the floods which are ravaging the towns and coasts especially in Massachu setts and Vermont. The best written papers were plac ed on the fourth grade's bulletin board this week. Those pupils re ceiving this honor were, in the B class, Ronald Coblantz, and in ... A class, Irene Beamer, Mary Eleanor Adkins and Rosanna Farley. The art work for the week in this grade has centered around the study ol leaves ot deciduous trees. Paper tearing is being used to make the different kinds of leaves. Howard Cleveland has been ill and missed a day and a half of school. Ray Coblantz and Irene Beamer tied in Curtiss tests, each having finished fourteen tests. The following officers elected this week are president, Marshall Fell; secretary, James Driscoll; board cleaner, Bernard McMurdo and Ern est Clark; room tender, Rosanna Far ley; flower tender, Dorothy Brook houser. Miss Phelps and Miss Wright spent the Armistice day vacation in Port land. The first grade has started an in teresting project. They are building a very realistic house. They plan to paper the walls and make the fur niture for the rooms. A splendid specimen of fossil for mation has been added to the collec tion of the third grade. It shows per fectly the imprint of many leaves. The third grade is anxiously await ing the arrival of the books to be added to their room library. These were purchased with the five dollars won at the last Patron-Teacher's association meeting. The second graed room has receiv ed some new and attractive articles including several sets of silent read ing cards, a set of Free and Tread well supplementary readers, some small chairs for the children with a red lacquer chair for the teacher, and seven new library books for the room library. These books are "Sun shine Farm" by Neyer; "Nibbles and Bobtail" by Davidson; "Every Day Doings at Home" by Emma Serl; "The Little Black' Coal" by Eliot; "Short Stories for Little People" by Bnce; "The Little Lost Pigs" by Or ton; "Playtime Stories" by Dunlap and Jones. In the hygiene work the children have been carrying on a health pro ject. The care of the teeth was es pecially stressed last week. A tube of tooth paste with printed instruc tions for the care of the teeth was given each child. A large chart was hung on the wall, on which was kept the children's record, for clean teeth. This record is to be continued dur ing the term. The seventh grade held a class meeting Thursday, Nov. 10, in which Mary Albee was chairman. Two com mittees were elected at this meeting, one to furnish the program for the meeting to be held December 6, and the other to furnish a Christmas program. The committee for the December meeting is Phyllis Jane Jones, chairman, Gladys Erwin and Mary Driscoll. Those for the Christ mas program are Jimmie Furlong, chairman, Gladys Cason. Beatrice Thomson, Curtis Thomson and Ed mond Gonty. Doris Cox and Edna Jones gave an excellent report on the cities Considering Its High Resale Value Tfo PONTIAC SIX dually CoflsYouLess To Own and Drive Even if the Pontiac Six did not command the high resale prices that it does, it would still enjoy the reputa tion of being a " wonderful buy "... for it is the only car combining the advantages of superior six-cylinder per formance and the luxuries of a Fisher body at a price of $745 ... But with a high resale price which reduces the net cost of ownership, a Pontiac Six is actually more eco nomical to own and drive . . . This is direct result of definite planning to design a low-price six that would win approval on the sound principles of genuine, long lived, Inexpensive owner satisfaction . . . That is why used car buyers are willing to pay more for the Pontiac Six when the original owner is ready to replace it . . . Come in get a ride and let us give you the facts. Nam fewer prleaa on mil body typam EWaetlva July iSth)i Coupa, $T4Si Sport Koadtter $74Sf Sport Cabriolet, $7S: Landau So dan, tttll Da Luxa Landau St dan, $2I. Tha Saw Oakland Alt-American SU, tlOtS to tlUi. All prlcat at factory. Delioer aai mrieaa Inetuda minimum handling ahargae. Eatytopayon tha (Jenerel Motert Time payment Plan, Ferguson Motor Co. PONTIAC SIX of France, in geography class Mon day afternoon. The seventh B class has been studying on the problem of why the French people do not migrate. The following are the members of the harmonica club: Mary Albee, conductor; Winifred Case, Doris Cox, Jennie Swindig, Phyllis Jane Jones Roberta Thompson, Beatrice Thom son, Juanita Morgan, Matt Kenny, Basil Brookhouser, Billy Thomson, Frank Anderson, Curtis Thomson, Billy Becket ENGLISH V CLASS NEWS. The seniors are now studying William Shakespeare and his con temporaries. Mrs. Smith has assign ed some outside work to be done along with this. The work is to be a paper, at least 25 pages in length, on the "Life of William Shakes peare." Monday, Miss Wright favored the senior English class with a solo, "Who is Silvia?" by Shakespeare. This is one of the poems the class has been studying, and was set to music by Franz Schubert, on the ap proximate date of 1805. SCHOOL HAS HOLIDAY. Friday, November 11, waa a na tional school holiday in remembrance of the armistice of the great war. This came as a much needed vaca tion to the poor, overworked Btudents of the grade and high school. 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