Bjr CORA JOHNSON. School ( aletular The rebuilding and extension of elec­ » • » •o v u iv u a i i a i o u v io c b . « o u i c m a t i s i u u e p i a y e a W ill tric light lines is being pushed all o- May 18— Inter-class track m eet, Ju n e 8— C om m encem ent exercises V ancouver a t V ancouver th is F riday ver Gresham by workmen of the P o rt­ S tapleton Held a t 2:45 p. m. Masonic hall a t 8 o’clock ' An effort *• being m ade to play the land Railway Light A Power company. May 28— D eclam atory contest to cham pion team of th e high schools They are working at present on South b ast W ednesday. May 10, we were of P o rtlan d . Some sh iftin g has been Roberts, Roberts, Hood and Cleveland be given in th e assem bly hall at 1 o ’clock. ag ain victorious in a gam e of base- m ade on th e infield. G uerney Wood. avenues, putting in heavier and high­ er poles. About tw enty new consumers May 26— Moving p icture show in j Dali w ith E stacad a with a score of i wbo P,a yed on th ird base is now on Cleveland avenue have signed up, assem bly hall a t 8 o ’clock. '1 5 -3 . May 12 we played Oregon catch er, Tom Lovelace, who played requiring an extension north as far as rig h t field plays th ird and Wm. Mc- dwellings are built. A llister plays outfield r A baby girl was born to Mr. and W ednesday aftern o o n , May 17, Mrs. Joe Exley on last Friday, May 12. Mr. and Mrs. H erbert Ryan are the high school will be dism issed so th a t proud owners of a baby, born May 9 stu d e n ts and teach ers can atten d the at the Emanuel hospital in Portland. g rad e school May day exercises. Mrs. A. C. Ruby and son C urtis left A declam atory contest will be giv­ for California on Monday to join Mr. en in th e assem bly hall May 26 at 1 Ruby, who w ent there a week ago. o ’clock. T hree stu d e n ts from each They will rem ain for a few weeks. Three boys of the Gresham W hitney class have been chosen by class ad ­ Disc Harrows, Spring- or visors to rep resen t th e ir class. O ra­ Boys’ chorus left last, F riday for As­ toria, to sing in concert there. The torical, dram atical and hum orous boys were Guy Rusher, George Wads­ Spike-tooth Harrows, Cul num bers will be given. Miss W yeth worth and W alterm ore Thoren. While tivators, Superior Drills, will give a bronze plate to th e school in A storia the boys called on the Rev. Aspinwall Potato Plant­ upon w hich th e nam e of th e w inners Melville T. Wire, a form er G resh am 1 pastor. A trip was also made to Kelso ers and Diggers will be engraved. to give a concert there. T here were T he follow ing have been chosen: 220 boys in the party. All the boys F resh m en : V ada Anderson, H ar­ met in Portland, and went on board with the the boat Madeline, which was chart ry C urry, Jam es Hill. for the trip. They returned home Genuine Sophom ores: C lara Mason, Rose ered Monday. P o tter, E dw ard Southard. O liver Mrs. T. W. Wixson, wife of the man Ju n io rs: Sylvia P aulson, Wm. Mc­ who has charge of the T w entieth Cent A llister, E ula M arvin. ury store, left for F o rt Huron, Michl- P low s Seniors: M arg u rite Bailey, Vida gan, Sunday, after receiving a telegram with telling of her fath e r’s serious illness. Cemer, Grace H offm eister. Her father has been 111 for some time, all repairs T he in terclass track field m eet will but his illness has grown more serious be given May 18 on th e Stapleton recently. Repairs for your Binder, M ow er or Rake A thletic field at 2:45. T his meet Harold Buzlck who is seriously 111 The New Improved Model 32 will decide th e class cham pionship at the home of Will Hessel is reported Water Systems for any type or depth of well to be improving. Capacity, nine sheets or 108 towels and th e w inning class will be p re­ Mrs. John Brown left last week for sented w ith a silver loving cup. do­ W ringer Rolls, 12 inches long nated by th e business men o f G resh ­ Heppner, Oregon, to spend a few weeks Floor space, 26% inches by 40 inches visiting her daughter, Mrs. Albert Ad am. Reliability Service kins and family. Weight, 225 pounds It is o u r policy to g et every one 1141 GRESHAM Word has ju st been received by John 1141 in terested in ath letics. F resh m an Brown th a t his son Ross, who lives In are show ing up stro n g w ith 42 men Los Angeles, California, is tak in g the j entered. Those who m ake a good place of chief clerk tem porarily, while j record in th is m eet will be selected the clerk is away. It has been hinted that the chief clerk does not expect to j to rep resen t th e high school in dual retu rn and Ross will then be given the m eets. Some stu d e n ts will not be position perm anently. W alter Brown allow ed to p articip a te because they his brother, left recently for Los Ange­ have not put in th e req u ired am ount les to fill the position th a t Ross form ­ erly had held with the Am erican Ex (Continued from last week) of train in g . pres company. E vents a re as follow s: 50 y ard It was pointed out th a t one of the most im portant steps In suc­ The regular m onthly meeting of Oil Cook Stoves— cessful m achine w ashing was the use of the right cleansing solutions d ash ; 220 y ard d ash ; 440 y ard Gresham Post of the American Legion lh e w orker operating a m achine m ust lay aside the Idea of using For preparing a quick dash; h alf m ile ru n ; h alf m ile re ­ will be held In the Legion club rooms soap in cake or solid form, and realize th at to get the maximum effic- breakfast or a course din­ lay; m ile ru n ; broad ju m p ; high on Tuesday night. May 23. The com­ ,®,nc hi fr