PAGE TWO HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 1928. (Hit? liipjipurruut Periodical of the Heppner Public Schools EDITOB JOHN CONDB ZiETHA HIATT ASSISTANT BUS. MQB.-KOSEX.LA DOHEBTY REPORTERS: Kaiel McDaid, Mary Burner, En Hiatt, Jeanatt Tur nar. Ones Parker, Stanley Minor, Ellis Thomson, Clarence Hayes, Joan Parker, Joe Swindig, Gay Anderson. HEFFNER WINS TWO GAMES. The Heppner high school basket ball team defeated the Lexington high school team 30-22 Wednesday, Feb. 15, in the local gymnasium. At the beginning of the game Lexington ran up a score of seven points before the Heppner team be came organized. The locals came back stronger than ever and at the end of the half the score was 14-13 for Heppner. At the end of the second half Heppner had managed to run up a score of 30-23. In the early part of the second quarter Hank Robertson was taken out of the game for having four personal fouls. Rodney Thomson took Robertson's place and was high point man with 15 points. War ner was high scorer for the visitors with 8 points. The line-up: Heppner (30) (23) Lexington Farley rf Warner Hisler If McMillan Robertson c Lane Gentry rg Miller Turner lg Hill Substitutions for Heppner: Cas teel for Farley, Farley for Hisler, Hisler for Robertson, Thomson for Farley. For Lexington: Burchell for McMillan. L. Beach of Lexington was ref eree. The Heppner girls defeated the Lexington girls in the first game the same evening, 14-13. The ball was about evenly divided between the two teams with Janie Allstott leading the Heppner scoring and Doris Wilcox doing the same for her team. The line-up: H. McDaid L.rf D. Wilcox J. Allstott If M. Slocum H. Morgan jc D. Crowell E. Swindig sc M. Gentry K. Bisbee rg E. Tucker E. Schulz lg G. Evans Substitutes for Heppner, Rosella Doherty; for Lexington, Erma Du vail. -55-GRADE NEWS- The various grades are taking their regular six weeks examina tions this week. The eighth grade room had a per fect attendance the first part of the week. This has been the first day without absence for some time due to colds that have circled the com munity. The Heppner grade basketball team defeated the lone freshmen on the home floor last Thursday evennig with a score of 16 to 1. The line up was, Heppner, Ulrich and Farley forwards, Gentry center, Prock and Furlong guards; lone, Mason and Morgan forwards, Far rens center, Keller and Swanson guards. Substitutes for Heppner, Mat Kenny and Marcel Jones. Ul rich was high point man for Hepp ner with four baskets while Swan son of lone upheld the honor of that team by converting a free throw. The following pupils were absent from the fourth grade because of illness: Howard Cleveland, Louise Anderson and Charles Cox. Edward Buhn who has been ab sent from school for some time was able to return Monday. Howard Cox and Gerald Rood were absent last week because of bad colds. The various grades held short, in formal programs yesterday morning to commemorate Washington's birthday. Mat Kenny is unable to attend school because of a severe cold. Edna Jones, after being absent for almost a week, returned to school Monday. Donald Cowdrey has moved to Rhea creek where he will stay with his father and attend school. Lydia Ulrich was absent Monday because of illness. . Mrs. Walker spent last week vis iting the various grades of the lo cal school. The Misses Bennehoff and Thorpe motored to Portland on Friday of last week and spent the week-end in the city. Some exceptionally well made maps are on display in some of the upper grade rooms. These maps are of various foreign countries and are illustrated by the principal pro ducts of the countries- The maps were made entirely by the students. !I SIX WEEKS' EXAMINATIONS. Class examinations covering the work of the last six weeks started Announces Candidacy! Choir Singer Wins Fame Photo show. Grace Moore a he appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House, where she made her debut in Grand Opera at Mimi in Puccini's "I-a Boheme." Miss Moore rose to her present fame from a choir linger in Jclltcoe, Tenn. Tuesday. The chemistry class took their examination on Friday, Feb ruary 17. Oftimes the students feel sorry for themselves, but as a mat ter of fact, it is the teacher of the. individual subject that deserves to feel sorry for himself. 55 CIVICS CLASS NEWS. The civics class has been exceed ingly busy the last two weeks pre paring reports for their class Work. Mr. Burgess has given each mem ber of the class a special topic that they will have written up and hand ed in at the end of the next six weeks for correction. They will then type it in the form of a book. 5 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS. The Heppner public school en joyed a half holiday yesterday, the event of Washington's birthday. The teachers' institute at Lexington Friday will afford another holiday. 3 BOOSTER CLVB NEWS. Wednesday, February 15, after the basketball games between Lex ington and Heppner the Booster club girls served lunch to the teams. A short program consisting of read ings by Katherine Bisbee and Ken neth Oviatt, jokes by Hazel McDaid and Robert Turner and songs by Mary and Patricia Monahan, was enjoyed by all. 55- SHORTHAND CLASS REVIEW. The pupils of the shorthand class are beginning to despair of having anything left of their characters and words. They are learning to omit vowels and consonants and fin- illy various words, so that more speed may be gained. The omis sions are splendid when the stu dents are taking dictation, but when they are forced to read what they have so fluently written well, the trouble begins. However, they have not lost confidence. Only few weeks ago they were nearly nerve wracked when they transcrib ed their first letter on the typewri ter from their shorthand notes, and now they actually like it The members of this distinct group are Margaret Smith, Flor ence Bergstrom, Rosella Doherty, Lucille Driscoll, Letha Hiatt, Eva Hiatt, Ellis Thomson, John Conder and Orrin Bisbee. -55 SOPH CLASS PROGRAM. "Wild Nell of the Plains" and the "Tragedy of the Lighthouse" are the names of the one-act comedies to make up the sophomore class program scheduled for today. These two comedies will be presented in pantomime form. This will be the first of a series of class programs to be given by the several classes and high school organizations every other week. During the intervening weeks assembly singing will be held. 55 Heppner Defeats Lexington. The Heppner high school basket ball team defeated the Lexington team lS-12 boys, and 11-11, girls on Wednesday evening, February 22. Both Heppner teams were suc cessful in getting hte edge on their opponents, but it was not until the last half of the game that the Hepp nerites managed to score the ma jority of points. Thi3 game was not a league game as Heppner has played Lexington twice before- Coach Johnson states that his team may go to Milton-Freewater to take part in -the tournament which is being held March 1st, 2nd and 3rd. If the team goes they will start Wednesday or Thursday, the 29th or 1st -55 i' PERSONALS. Miss Wilson had an operation for the removal of her tonsils last Mon day evening- She will probably not return to school until the first of next week. Mrs. Stanley Moore has been appointed to teach Miss Wil son's classes during her absence. Stephen Thompson is able to come to school after being serious ly ill for two weeks at Morrow Gen oral hospital with an infected arm. He'is not meeting his regular class es as yet Claud Conder is still absent from school. According to his brother John's report he is improving in health after having a severe cold and gathering in his head. He will probably be able to return to school Monday. Maurice Edmonson continues to remain out of school after three weeks from the results of a cold. He is expected to return Monday. -55 HUMOR. Mr. Johnson (In biology class): "Yes there are paupa trees." Marvin G.: "Where are the maw ma trees?" " Mr. Burgess: "What is the mat ter, Kenneth, don't you know the question?" Kenneth O.: "Yeah, but I don't know the answer." Ellis T.: "I adore you kid." Margaret N-: "You talking to me or your gloves?" ALPINE NEWS NOTES. During the latter part of last week the school at Alpine was dis missed. This was owing to work of repairs to the furnace which was being done by men from Hepp ner. Miss Twila Morey, accompanied by Miss Gertrude Tichnor went to Umapine to spend the week end with Twila's parents. Spring work has opened up in this part of the county. Many people from here attended the great show, Ben Hur, and re port it the best show they have seen in Heppner in a long while. A student body meeting was held last week, and the main subject for discussion was graduation. Figur ing up financial accounts, they found themselves a little short of money. On March 2nd, Friday eve ning, at 8:00 o'clock they will pre- si W irt ,s V m f I IA.irroo,rTl:Bj Secretary of Commerce, Herbert Hoover, who has stirred up the Re publican Presidential situation by an- nminrincr hi ratirtii... (nr nva: dency. Hoover's declaration makes nve in tne neia lor Republican nomination. sent the play, "Beads on a String," for the benefit of those who miss ed seeing it last December. Be sure and have your horse and cart all tuned up and start early. You will have a good laugh before leaving that evening. Alpine Church of Christ Bible school at 2:00 p. m. Let everyone make an effort to attend. Jesus needs you in his work; vic tory depends on you. No church services Sunday as Brother Bower is conducting services at Wallowa. MYRTLE M. BENNETT, Bible School Superintendent. AURlCLiLTURAL NEWS (Edited by C. W. Smith, County Agent.) THICKENING THIN STAND DIFFICULT WITH ALFALFA It is not economical to try thick ening a poor stand of alfalfa, finds the experiment station, except when thin patches or strips may be disk ed and resown. The best method is to plow and crop the land with grain for a year or two before re seeding. A poor stand of new crop may sometimes be improved by the ad dition of seed if th soil is loose and moist enough to insure germin ation and growth. Seeding with a disk drill is usually the most cer tain as the seed is covered more uniformly resulting in more prompt and even germination. Good re sults have been obtained by scat tering seed early in the spring when small cracks appear In the ground, and covering with a weighted har row. The first crop is cut high to avoid killing the young plants. A thin seeding of oats and barley over a field reduced by winter kill ing or other causes usually pro duces a good crop of hay. In order to obtain maximum re turns from the use of commercial fertilizers in increased yields per acre, several soil factors are of vital importance. Experimental work at the state college, by the soils department shows thorough drainage, adequate moisture, good supply of organic matter, lime and acid soils, good seed, and good cul tural practices as well as good sea son to be vital factors. Keeping freshly cut seed pieces in the dark results in better stands of potatoes, find the experiment station. Sunlight usually Injures them when freshly cut By keep ing them well moistened a thick covering is formed on the cut sur face serving as a protection from sunlight and rot. When handled in this way seed often remains in good condition in the soil during the en tire growing season. Apple aphds will soon make their appeal ance in Oregon. The stand ard spray for aphlds is nicotine sul phate, three-quarters of a pound to 100 gallons of solution, applied in the pie-pink of late dormant stage, says the experiment station. Betr ter results are obtained some years by delaying this application until the early pink stage or until the blossom buds are separate from each other. S - RHEA CREEK. Owing to the efforts of County Agent Smith, the ladies of Rhea creek and vicinity " will have the privilege of listening to Miss Case, nutrition specialist of O. A. C, on Wednesday, February 29. No one should miss this opportunity. Meet ing opens at the Grange hall at 10 a. m. Ladies bring lunch goods. The social meeting at the Grange hall on last Saturday evening fur nished the members much amuse ment In the discarded garment parade, prizes for most comical ap pearance were won by Mrs. Ray Drake and Ray Wright. Washington's birthday was ob served by a short program given by the school and the erection of a flag polo at the school house, fol lowed by a dinner given by the girls and boys who won the contest car ried on while cleaning up the school grounds last week. School will be closed on Friday to allow the teacher to attend the institute at Lexington. F. W. Turner & Co. LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKERS ALFALFA AND GRAIN FARMS Good Listings in Both Morrow and Grant Counties. CITY PROPERTY for RENT or SALE UNIVERSAL FOOD Rich .wholesome milk. Drink all yon want It's good for you. Alfalfa Lawn Dairy WIGHTMAN BROS, Props. Phone 30F3 Can You Find Your Papers -IN AN EMERGENCY. Have you ever suddenly needed certain papers for some business emergency, and been unable to find them? 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