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HEPPNER GAZETTE TIMES, HEPPNER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1928.
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Periodical of the Hcppner Public Schools
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JOHH CONVEX
LETHA KIATT
ASSISTANT
BUS. MG.KOSELLA DOHERTY
SXPOBTEBSi Eml MoDald, Mary
Bwmer, Evs KUtt, Jo&natta Tur
ner, On Fuku, Stanley Minor,
Bills Thomson, Cliruo Kajr,
Joha Parku, Jo Swindle, Day
Aadanoa.
Grade News.
Nellie Clark of the first grade will
not be in school the remaining part
of the term.
The first grade pupils are making
picture study booklets in which
they will keep their picture study
lessons. The favorite pictures of
the class are "The Cat Family" and
"Can't You Talk?" These two pic
tures are among the large pictures
of the room and this fact makes
their study more interesting.
The second grade is studying the
germination of seeds. The children
are showing a great deal of interest
in the growth of some beans which
they have planted. Along with this
study they have been reading the
poem entitled "The Little Plant,"
by Kate Louise Brown.
The B class of the second grade
have been dramatizing the story of
"Belling the Cat"
Donald Frederickson and Clyde
Erwin have been absent from the
first grade because of colds.
John Watkins of the third grade
is leaving at the end of the week.
He is planning to attend school in
Pendleton.
Next week the third grade is go
ing to make daffodils which they
will use as a border to decorate
their room.
The officers of the fourth grade
which were elected this week are
as follows: President, William Mc
Roberts; secretary, Ruby North-
ness; door' tender, Marshall Fell;
board cleaners, Lola May Coxen and
Genevieve Hanna; flower tender.
Billy McCaleb; nurses and doctors,
whose duty it is to inspect the face,
hands, teeth and clothes of every
pupil each day the last one in each
row, and leaders, Viola Kirk and
Lloyd Burkenbine.
In geography the A class of the
fourth grade has completed maps of
the South Atlantic States. The B
class is studying the various forms
of water, including oceans, lakes,
seas, rivers and tributaries.
Charles Cox, a fourth grade pupil,
has been absent for four days with
the flu.
Ruth Cowins, Beth Vance, Mar
jory Parker and Olivia Baldwin
have been absent on account of
colds.
Both classes of the fourth grade
have begun work on poetry for the
declamatory contest and are work
ing very hard.
For their art work the fourth
grade has been making triangles,
squares and circles with crayons.
They have also finished a crayon
landscape sketch. They are begin
ning to study water colors, water
washes and the primary colors.
In Curtis Tests in the fourth A,
Marie Barlow and Marshall Fell are
ahead being tied on test number 27.
Rosanna Farley on number 23 is
next highest In the B class Olivia
Baldwin and Beth Vance, tied on
number 20, are in the lead.
The eighth grade is going to pre
sent the program for the next P. T.
A. meeting, April 10. The girls are
going to sing two songs and Louise
Mayer, Irene Hiatt and Gene Mike-
sell are going to take individual
parts.
The grade school boys have base
ball practice every night after
school. The coach has not yet se
lected the main team.
In a spelling match which was
held in the fifth grade Friday, Mary
Eleanor Adkins spelled the room
down!
James Driscoll has been absent
the past week on account of a bad
cold.
In the fifth grade there was a to
tal of 19M absences during the
week.
The Misses Thorpe, Bennehoff and
Bleakman spent the week end with
Miss Helen Fredreckson at Stan-
field.
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Senior Program.
The senior program held Friday,
March 23, was an interesting and
laughable event Mrs. Smith, se
nior advisor and announcer, first
staged Professor John Conder,
pianist and Ellis Thomson with his
uke singing "Shoo Fly, Don't Bother
Me" and "Silver Threads Among
the Gold."
Next, "Aunt Bessie and the Oil
Stock" was acted by Mildred Green
as Aunt Bessie and John Conder as
an oil stock salesman. Aunt Bessie,
a very deaf old lady, was entertain
ing with her peculiar ways.
The third part of the program
was "Opal's Three Lovers." Eva
Hiatt represented Opal and Marvin
Gammell, Stephen Thompson and
Kenneth Oviatt her three lovers.
The three lovers, each visiting Opal,
happen to arrive on the same day
and a confused scene results.
Last but not least was "Auld Lang
Syne," sung and acted out by the
senior English class, consisting of
the following: Kenneth Oviatt Mar
garet Smith, Stephen Thompson,
Hazel McDaid, Bobby Turner, Ros
ella Doherty, Marvin Gammell,
Florence Bergstrom, Marvin Bran
non, Edna Vaughn, James Hager,
Eva Hiatt Onez Parker, Letha Hi
att Joe Brosnan, Ellis Thomson,
Mildred Green and Miss Ede, music
instructor.
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Personals.
Miss Pearson, the commercial in
structor, spent the week end in
Portland. She attended the opera,
"II Trovatore" on Saturday night
On Sunday, she was entertained at
the home of Miss Esther Wright.
She was detained on business but
reached home Monday evening.
Heppner high school was well rep
resented at the Elks dance which
was held on Saturday in Arlington.
At the meeting of the musical
club on Monday evening several of
the students and one of the faculty
were on the program. A song com
posed by Schubert was sung by
Frances White, Alyce Cason, Mary
White and Virginia Dix. Miss Ede
sang "Who is Sylvia?" by the same
composer, the words of which are
by Shakespeare.
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Office News.
Dr. Beattie, head of the depart
ment of visual education of the
University of Oregon, and at pres
ent a member of the extension serv
ice staff of that college, visited the
local high school on Tuesday and
gave a very interesting talk before
the student body assembly on the
subject of higher education.
The senior civics class period was
also devoted to a speech by Dr.
Beattie, advising and discussing
with the seniors on the various
questions of higher education. Sev
eral of the seniors who desired in
dividual information and guidance
in college problems had the privil
ege of discussing these with Dr.
Beattie personally.
Dr. Beattie has been at the Uni
versity of Oregon for many years
and answered the many questions
of the senior class with a great deal
Ali-Din, the Magician,
Here Next Thursday
Ali-Din, magician, the man who
drives a car when securely blind
folded, will be here next Thursday,
Friday and Saturday and will ap
pear at the Star theater in per-
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formances each evening and at a
matinee Saturday afternoon. In
addition to his appearances at the
theater, All-Din will give free ex
hibitions Thursday and Saturday of
his sensational car-driving stunt
In this exhibition he is blindfolded
by a committee of local citizens af
ter which he drives a car through
the streets, starting and stopping,
slowing up and speeding in accord
ance with the demands of traffic.
He observes all local traffic rules,
and the manner in which he pilots
the car about the streets is past
the understanding of his audience.
The drive on Thursday will start
from the Star theater at 4:15 p. m.
on Thursday and at 2:00 p. m. on
Saturday. Ali-Din will use a Pon
tiac Six sedan, furnished for the
occasion by Ferguson Motor com
pany of this city.
of capability and interest The main
theory of Dr. Beattie's speech was
based upon scholarship, credentials,
character, and purpose of vocation
of the modern-day student wishing
to enter college. ,
Mr.' Johnson (meeting Mr. Dris
coll while going on a biology field
trip) : "Can you tell me if this plant
belongs to the arbutus family?"
Mr. Driscoll: "No, sir, it doesn't
It belongs to the public school
ground."
Mr. Von Lubken (In the lunch
room): "Say, what do you call this
soup?",
Dorothy H.: "That is bean soup,
sir."
Von Lubken: "Yes, I know it's
been soup, but what is it now?"
Paul H.: "But you said she sang
beautifully
Marvin G.: "No, I didn't"
Paul: "What did you say?"
Marvin: "I said she was a beauti
ful finger."
BE
ted that more than 2,500,000 ele
mentary school pupils and perhaps
half a million teachers, have writ
ten essays and lessons on the var
ious subjects assigned in connection
with these contests, which have
proved not only to be the most sus
tained national competitions open
to the schools, but among the most
popular as well. An average in ex
cess of 400,000 pupils write essays
each year, it is said, while approx
imately from 60,000 to 80,000 teach
ers write and teach safety lessons
to their pupils.
The amount of $6,500 in prizes is
divided into three groups, of which
more than half goes to pupils as
state prizes. Altogether, 442 cash
prizes and the same number of gold,
silver and bronze medals are offer
ed pupils who find their names on
this safety honor roll of the nation.
Each state and territory is enti
tled to one first prize and one sec
ond prize. The first prize is a gold
medal and a check for fifteen dol
lars; the second award is a silver
medal and a check for ten dollars.
The number of third prizes, bronze
medals and checks for five dollars,
varies in proportion to the elemen
tray school enrollment New York,
with its dense population being en
titled to twenty-five, Indiana, to el
even, Florida to four and Nevada
to one, to cite certain examples.
These prizes are distributed through
the state departments of education.
. Finally, the essays which are
chosen as best from the states are
entered in competition with each
other. The best of these papers
earns for the writer a gold watch
and a trip to Washington with all
expenses paid, while the second and
third national awards are handsome
gold watches of suitable value and
design. ,
Teachers are not given state
prizes, but the three lessons chosen
as best of all those written through
out the nation earn for their writers
cheks in the amount of $500, $300
and $200 respectively, and the tea
cher whose lesson is ranked first
also Is invited to come to Washing
ton as the board's guest
The third division of the prize
money is set aside for the travel
expenses and entertainment of the
pupil and teacher whose essay and
lesson earn national honors.
of the Grange met last Saturday
and changed the hall of the old
school house Into a kitchen. Sev
eral other improvements were made
to put the building into shape for
serving meals to members of Po
mnoa Grange, which meets at Rhea
creek on April 7.
Myles Mulligan and wife will
leave this week to take charge of
Clyde Wright's mountain ranch.
John Gilbert in TWELVE MILES
OUT, Star Theater, Sun. and Mon.
NOTICE TO CITV WATER USERS
The offices of the City Water De
partment will be found at the Coun
cil rooms, next door to the office of
J. J. Nys, beginning on April 1st
Come to this office to pay your wa
ter bills hereafter. All bills become
delinquent on the 10th of the month.
W. E. PRUYN, Watermaster.
Ed Clark, local Maytag salesman,
motored to Portland Friday and
took, in the grand opera perform
ance there on Saturday afternoon.
RHEA CREEK.
Last Sunday was the birthday an
niversary of R. E. Allstott A large
number of relatives gathered to
wish him many happy returns of
the day. A new Star sedan recent
ly bought by Mr. Allstott added to
the pleasure of those present
John McDonald bought a Chevro
let coach last week. He will use it
on his trips through a nearby coun
ty where he has the agency for the
sale of carbide light plants.
In spite of the disagreeable weath
er a good sized crowd attended the
Grange dance last Saturday night
though a number of the usual at
tendants went to a school entertain
ment at Rocky Bluff given by the
pupils of Miss Alice Keithley.
The home economics committee
School Officials Cooperate
With Highway Educa
tion Board to Sponsor
Essays on Safety.
Washington, D. C, March 28.
Offering $6,500 in prizes for the
best essays and lessons on street
and highway safety, the Highway
Education board is announcing to
schools the annual safety contest
open to elementary school pupils
and elementary school teachers of
the nation. The competition is con
ducted each year with the active
cooperation of the school authori
ties. Based on past experience, officials
of the board say they expect to re
ceive essays, not only from each
state in the Union and virtually ev
ery city of size, but from the terri
tories and outlying possessions as
well, such as Alaska, the Philip
pines, Hawaii, Forto Rico and the
Canal Zone.
The $6,500 in prizes is given by
the National Automobile Chamber
of Commerce, and this year includes
442 state prizes for elementary
school pupils, three national prizes
for teachers, the latter totalling $1,
000 in cash. In addition, the pupil
and the teacher whose essay and
lesson respectively are chosen as the
best in the nation are given a trip
to Washington with all expenses
paid, no matter from what section
of the country they may come.
This year, according to the rules,
pupils are to write essays of 500
words in length on the subject
"Why We Have Practice Traffic
Rules." Teachers are given the sub
ject "Objectives and Methods" of
Education in Street and Highway
Safety," on which they are asked to
prepare practical lessons for use,
not alone in their own class rooms,
but by other teachers in the class
rooms of the nation as well. Pupils
of the fifth, sixth, 'seventh and
eighth grades may compete, while
all teachers in the eighth and lower
grades are eligible participants.
In the past six years it is estima-
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