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About Vernonia eagle. (Vernonia, Or.) 1922-1974 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1934)
COMMITTEES TO BUILD LOCKERS ARE APPOINTED A student body meeting was held Monday during activity per- iod. President Holly Holcomb ap- pointed the following committees to build lockers for the basket ball boys: Elmo Aldridge, Charles McGraw, Bill French and Norman Crowder. It was decided that the school would'have a Christmas tree. The following committee was appoint ed to get the tree: Roy Barnes, Garland Monger, Stanley Parker. Mr. Skuzie was appointed to act as Santa Claus. The students are going to de cide on a name for the football and basketball team. A ballot box will be fixed where different names may be placed. A commit tee will then select the three best names for the students to vote upon. Here and There Here we are back to school hoping the teachers will not be too hard on us because we ate too much turkey. Three days of school and noth ing—that is the sad state of af fairs that is confronting the edi- LODGES A. F. of L. LOGGERS Local No. 18742 meets second and fourth Thursdays in the month at Grange hall, 8 p. m. Visiting members cordially invit ed to attend. Fred Lumm, president. A. F. 4 A. M. Vernonia Lodge No. 184 A. F. 4 A. M. meets at Masonic Temple. Stated Communication First Thursday of each month. Special called meetings on all other Thura- day nights 7:30 p.m. Visitors most cordially welcome. J. B. Wilkerson, W. M. F. D. Macpherson, Secretary Order of Eastern Star Nehalom Chapter 153, O. E. S Regular commu nication first and third Wed nesdays of each month, at Ma sonic Temple. All visiting sis ters and broth ers welcome. Mrs. M. F. Wall, W. M. Leona McGraw, Sec. Pythian Sisters Vernonia temple 61 meets every fourth Wednesday in W. O. W. hall. Rose Fletcher, M.E.C. Clara Kerns, M. of R. 4 C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1934 VERNONIA HIGH SCHOOL SECTION PAGE FOUR WHERE? TIMBERLINE STAFF i WHAT? WHEN? JUNIOR PLAY TO Don’t forget the Girls’ league BE PRESENTED bazaar to be held tomorrow morn .................. Editor Charleen George AFTER HOLIDAYS ing at Mrs. Miner’s bakery. Elmo Aldridge ... .... Feature Editor This will include not only a ...... Sports Editor Toshi Kuge ........ The junior play, “He»e Comes sale of hand-made articles, but Patricia,” will be presented after Elmo Smith ........ .......... Joke Editor also food and candy. At noon the girls will serve a the Christmas vacations. The first Bert Mills ........... ...................... Here and There Column plans were to give the play be luncheon at a very small cost. REPORTERS fore Christmas, but other activi ties conflict. The date will be Thelma Lincoln Lolamae Smith June Michener POOR OLD PLUTO Miss 1 Hughes finally found announced later. Excellent progress has been Pluto but ; the poor thing was cer- TEACHERS NOW ON made on the play. The cast learn tainly in a terrible shape. He NOON SCHEDULE probably got into a fight with ed the first act in one week. Fido and chased Fido out of the They are now practicing the sec Some member of the high country. Fido hasn’t turned up as ond act. The cast enjoys working BASKETBALL school faculty will be on duty That ’s why he was hiding in on the play immensely, and also yet. The basketball team of the each day during the noon hour, the wood pile. His conscience working with Miss Crary, their Mr. Skuzie, who until last week Vernonia high school has begun was bothering him and he could coach. The play is an uproarious • brought his lunch to school, at practice with a large turn out not bear to show himself after comedy. tended to this matter. Since he and is showing great prospects playing such a dirty trick on Fido. moved into the Overson house of having a good team this year. But Fido did give a good ac GLEE CLUB HAS he goes home for lunch. The The high school fans are ex count of himself. He chawed a APPRECIATION LESSONS teachers will take turns super pecting the boys to give them ON EACH TUESDAY hunk out of Pluto’s ear and bit vising the noon hour. Miss Crary some good ball games. So, boys, him on the nose. Therefore Pluto is on duty this week. come out to practice and do I made his appearance on Miss The glee club for the last your stuff to be the winning tor and the writer of this column, team this year. Everyone is de- Hughes’ desk with bandages all few weeks has been having ap The teachers all said they spent pending on you to carry out the over his head. In fact he was a preciation lessons each Tuesday. Each student selects a composer a very enjoyable week end and same spirit and sportsmanship very sad dog. or performer and gives interest sus- not one of them have anjr that you did in football. Then, if TERM PAPERS ASSIGNED ing points and facts about his picious marks on them. you do your part, it is the duty IN SENIOR ENGLISH life. They also try to find some Miss Hughes found one of her of the student body to do their of his works to present to the dogs. By his numerous patches part to support you with as much The members of the senior class. and bruises it looked like it had “pep” and enthusiasm and sports Last week Charles McGraw been through a fight with its manship as they did during the class will write a 2500 word paper in their English work for the gave a talk on Bach. This week ' mate. football season. six-weeks period. Woods gave a lecture on Mildred is a remarkable Mr. Skuzie So let’s keep up the old spirit The topic for the paper ■ Strauss. magician. He picks up a piece of The class would appreciate chalk and waves it in the air and put this season over in a big chosen by the student, dealing I way. with a subject in which he is in any records that anyone would and presto! It becomes four terested and wants to learn more donate to the class. pieces—on the floor. that he makes typing errors every about. These appreciation lessons give Talk about report card grades, time that a girl speaks to him. The purpose of the theme is the students a broader knowledge there is more kick coming from Aw, he’s in love. to give the pupils practice in of music and helps them to ap the students this six weeks than Some of our amateur biologists finding material, criticizing books preciate the finer types of music. in the last ten years. What’s the think that Chiroptera is a type and writing a paper correct in The girls’ league has donated trouble? Your guess is as good of physicians. Just another way form, punctuation and style. some money to the glee club to as mine. of saying that some doctors are Book reports for all English help them purchase their music. Alice Hoffman is the nuttiest batty. classes are to be given orally girl in the school. She brought during the six-weeks perioa. Miss Miss Alley, county school a whole load of hazel nuts to PERSONALS Crary has set December 21 as the nurse, and Dr. Bigelow were at school and cracked them by slam- Ben Wilkerson graduate of last date book reports may be school Wednesday. ming a window on them. The re V.H.S. in ’34 and now attending given. sult was that it was impossible to Pacific university, has been Stanley Overson has returned tell the nut from the shell. The pledged to the Alpha Zeta frater Mr. Condit was at school last to school after an absence of whole business tasted fine. several weeks due to illness. Wednesday. nity. There’s a lot of acrobatic work going around here. That Acord BOBBY THATCHER—The Reduced Ration.., guy is a very foul acrobat. He sat on the arm of a chair and started to fall. He shouted, “Ed, (Baker) I’m losing my equilib OHLV A BCWLA COLD rium.” I don’t care. Maybe you OATS;....... AT HOME can sit better without it,” was the |’O HAVE COCOA H reply. Well, he couldn’t and the BUTTERED TOAST chair and he took the prettiest AHO LOTS OF CREAM. tumble you ever saw. ah ' sugar for Do you know how to develop m V PORRIDGE good stomach muscles? Just eat some of the Home Ec class’ cook- ing. Speaking of home ec, reminds us that the three of four kittens down there have vanished and in their place are three or four rats and mice. Oh yes, about that other acro bat story. Some unidentified member of the student body slid on the fire escape and furnished a great deal of amusement for the sophomore English class. And By GEORGE STORM some people think that English is a dry class. Elmo Aldridge is so bashful Laundry Work That Is Reliable Our work is guaranteed as reliable and absolutely safe for your clothes. They’ll come back snowy and clean —and nicely finished. Our prices are low—in perfect accordance with these times. WE TAKE SCHOOL WARRANTS— Will make change up to 50 per cent in cash. VERNONIA LAUNDRY And Dry ( leaning Editorial 2