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INTER-HIGH SCHOOL NEWS OF GREATER-DALLAS
NUMBER 16
Kingston Township
“Z. R. HOWELL, Supt.
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The Senior Play “Who Wouldn't
Be Crazy” was presented to the
people of Shavertown and Trucksville
on Wednesday and Friday nights,
March 6 and 8, at Shavertown M. E.
Church. The play was a great suc-
cess from both a theatrical and a
financial standpoint. Both perfor-
mances were attended by large audi-
ences who pronounced it the best
play ever given in this community.
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Lake Township
CALVIN J. McHOSE, Supt.
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of our Junior play, “Mammy’s Lil’
Wild Rose,” which will be given some-
time soon in Laketon High School.
It has taken some time to get us
ready, but with the skillful strategy
of Miss Williams, our coach, we are
at last launched on the righ course.
Our cast is as follows: Daniel
French, from the city, Earl Payne;
Lester Van, Daniel's chum, John |
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~ We publish with pleasure the cast
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Dallas Borough
HARRY DOHL, Supt. °
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The High School students are can-
vassing the town: with tickets for
“The Picture Girl,” the premier offer-
ing of the Dallas High School Little |
Theatre, which will be presented in
the new auditorium during annivers-
ary week, Thursday evening, April
18. The play is bby Frederick G.
Johnson, former resident of Dallas,
and has a good reputation.
All the proceeds of the play will be|
World’s Smallest Watch On Display
At Up-to-Date Luzerne Jewelery Store
s+ | Kuchta; Wade Carver, an unwelcome | used. to buy curtain, draperies, foot- |
| suitor, James Montross; Orpheus | lights and scenery for the new aud- |
Jackson, an ancient Romeo, Carleton | itorium.
- Any churches, schools, or other!
groups who wish to have this play
reproduced for money-making pur-
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Since the new equipment |
Kocher; 01d Joe, “Dat’s a fac’ ”, Emil Will be necessary to stage the play,
Lehman Township
poses, kindly get in touch with a
. member of the Senior Class and ar-
‘rangements will be made immediately.
- The annual “Country Gentleman”
drive put on at K. T. H. S. ended last
Tuesday morning, March 5. The fol-
lowing people were in charge of the
drive:
Paul Bertram—Campaign manager
and secretary.
Dorothy Dawkins—Leader . of the
~ “Red”—winning side.
~ Ruth Schooley — Leader of the
“Green”—losing side.
Robert Robbins and Sheldon Ben-
nett—assistants to leaders.
One hundred and ninety (190)
subscriptions were obtained by the
whole high school. The Red team
obtained one hundred and two sub-
scriptions and the Green side eighty-
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eight: The total money taken in—
218 dollars. Of this money the
school received ninety-four dollars.
The two best salesman were: Russell
~ Coursen who obtained twenty sub-
scriptions and Paul Bertram who got
seventeen subscriptions. Twenty-
six people received prizes for secur-
ing three subscriptions or more.
The, following books were donated
to Kingston Township High School
library by Mrs. Leonard of Trucks-
ville:
- International Short Stories.
© Yeast. :
- Poems. .
‘Letters and Memories.
Little Colonels Hero.
‘Open Shutters.
The Log Cabin Lady.
adelon.
he Iron Woman.
~~ A White Umbrella in Mexico.
A Certain Rich Man.
' Stories of Authors.
Songs for the Hour.
‘The Green Carnation.
~ The Prisoner.
~ International Law.
- Two volumes of Say and Seal.
Two volumes of Hugh Wynne.
Six volumes of Lovers Yearbook of
Poetry.
Two volumes of Hereward the
Two volumes of Westward Ho.
Two volumes of Hypatia.
Two volumes of Two Years Ago.
Two volumes of Alton Locke.
Birthright.
~The Prodigal Judge.
Boys of other Countries.
Pit,
Joy of Youth.
The Story of Cuba. &
The teachers and ‘pupils of the
High School greatly appreciate these
books.
Kingston Township High School
has again obtained one hundred per
cent. in banking. ;
Due to popular request the Senior
play “Who Wouldn't Be Crazy’ will
be presented to the. people of Trucks-
ville at the High School building on |
Friday, March 15.
| boys who attended the game made a
| teresting game between the Dallas A.
| played, score unknown.
‘Pupils are showing great interest in
| was then taken to a hospital where
O. H. AURAND, Supt.
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On Wednesday night, March §,
1929 our girls varsity played the
scrub boys. The girls were victor-
ious by a score 15-29. The ex-high
team which they’ named the “Slat-
ington All-Stars.” The Varsity de-
feated this team, by a close score.
Friday night, March 8, 1929 the
bobys varsity clashed with the Le-
high Valley Coal Company. It was
a very interesting game and at the
first half the Lehigh boys were in
the lead. However,
Lehman played ‘up in the latter
part of the game and when the final
whistle blew the score was a tie 22-22.
Of course, this was a great encour-
agement to our team and they won
the game after. an extra quarter was
played by the score 26-22. Our boys
were greatly pleased with this vie-
tory.
The same night the Lehman girls
met the Dallas Township girls and
came out victorious, by a score 16-5.
Monday night, March 11, 1929, we
again played with the Dallas Town-
ship teams. Both Lehman ‘teams
won. The boys by score of 32-14.
The girls’ score 19-6.
The audience also witnessed an in-
C. and the Lehman A. C. assisted by
Coach Carey and Bill Davis, Lehman
showed up well in this game and won
by a score of 28-16.
The Dallas and Lehman Scrubs also
The second issue of the Senior
paper, “The Last Minute” was pub-
lished on Wednesday.- It showed a
vast improvement over the first issue.
each issue.
Charlotte Parish, an unfortunate
student of the Junior High School,
fractured her arm just above the
wrist. She fell on Monday of this
week in the gymnasium and in an ef-
fort to catch herself she fractured
her arm. She was taken to Dr.|
Brown’s office to get the bone set and
ex-Rays were taken.
Due to the death of his nephew, Mr.
Aurand was forced to be absent from
school for a few days last week.
Mr. Farley substituted for him.
Mrs. Alice Elston taught the 7th
and 8th grades during his absence.
The Sophomores and the Primary
room each banked 100 per cent. this
week. These rooms have persistent-
ly ranked at the top in school bank-
ing, sharing the position occasionally
with. the other classes.
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lany Shades of Meaning
Skill «= net a word that describes
any one virtue. [¥ather it is a word
that combines many things. Skill is |
born of the faithful practice of every
worth while effort to make ourselves
masters in our particular line of en-
deavor.— Grit. .
Swanson; Rose O’May, Mammy’s
Lil’ Wild Rose,” Ada Garinger;
Mammy Cella, a black treasurer, Dot |
Kocher; Kester O’May, Rose’s maiden
aunt, Eula Maketa; Peggy French,
Daniel’s sister, Lena Kocher, Letty
Van, Peggy’s chum, Mildred Kocher;
Babe Joan, a mountain charmer,
Charlotte Anderson; Mrs. Courtnane,
a lovely woman, Ruth Honeywell.
“The Inseparables”
Josephine (Jo) has big blue eyes,
Josephine (Jo) is an all around good
sport,
Josephine (Jo) is full of pep;
Do we like her? Yep!
Dorothy (Dot) is a nicl dnb.
And keeps the gang in cluck;
But regardless of her watchfulness,
We're always raising Heck!
Violet (Vi) is a good athlete,
We always say she can never be beat; |
She guards the hard and guards the
easy;
But just the same she’s always busy.
Esther (Pest) is rather stout,
And we can never make her pout;
Sometimes she’s quick, while some-
times slow,
But nevertheless she likes to go!
Vinita (Pete) is the cut-up,
She keeps the gang amused;
Her fun is always harmless,
And of mean tricks is never accused! |
Interesting and True
Thursday evening, March 7, the
Laketon varsity met, shook hands
with, and defeated the fast De Molay
Reserves in a very interesting game
on the Laketon floor.
The Laketon boys took the lead
early in the game and kept it
throughout the game, the final score
being 33 to 20, in favor of Laketon.
Vivaver, of Laketon, was high
scorer, with five field goals and ten
out of thirteen tries from the foul
line.
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Great American Educator
Elizabeth Palmer Peabody, an Amer
ican educator. was born at Billerica,
Mass., in 1804. She was for a time con-
nected with the school of Amos Bron:
sen Alcott. in Roston. ot which sh=
wrote an gecoun gntitled fA Record
of Mr Alecit's but tater she
came under the fluence of Friedrich
FFrobel and was age of the most active
in ‘ni Lp Rinderoiien svete
into the United States. the édueator
died in 181
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Soleil
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Musical Terms .
Allegretto is a diminutive of allegro
and as a time indication somewhat
slower than the latter, and also faster
than andante. Like allegro, it is fre
quently combined with other words.
Examples are allegretto moderato, et
cetera, either modifying the pace or
describing the character of the music.
The word is also used as the name of
a movement and in this sense is espe-
cially to be often found in the works
&f Beethoven,
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| the advance sale of tickets is being |
made to get money in hand before |
| the order for the equipment is placed. |
The Little Theatre promoters are |
highly pleased with the possibilities |
{of the new stage, and contemplate |
| the installation of the best equipment |
so that Dallas will have a stage sec- |
ond to none in comparable communi- |
| ties. Mr. Bowman, of the High |
| School faculty is in charge of the fi- |
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| nancial affairs of the production. |
| <A foreigner was working with a
| group of young men who were play- |
ling tricks on someone most of the|
time. The foreigners turn came, 30 |
one day he hung his coat on a fence |
| post while at work. The other fel-|
lows took black paint and painted al
mules head on the back of his coat. |
At night when the foreigner came to|
his coat he called to the other fellows |
and said: “Say, which one of you fel- |
lows wiped your face on my coat.”
to use, deduct, defense and defeat.
The boy said: “Deduct (the Duck) |
went over defense (the fence) befor
defeat (the feet).
ACTIVITIES IN |
.CHURCH CIRCLES |
Dallas Methodist Episcopal Church. |
Judson N. Bailey, M. A. minister.
Sunday services, March 17, 1929. |
10:30 a. m.—Morning worship with |
sermon by the minister. Subject,
“Jesus’ Triumph.”
11:45 — Church School.
“The Christian Sabbath.”
6:30—Epworth League.
Elizabeth Culbert. Subject,
Their Sakes I Dedicate Myself.”
7:30—Evening worship with spec-
ial music and sermon by the minister.
Subject, “The Lord’s Side, Who Is On
Ww?’
Lesson,
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Leader, |
“For
WEEK-DAY DOINGS
Monday, 6:30—Supper meeting of
captains, lieutenants and workers in
the church parlors. Prospect cards
will be distributed and instructions to]
workers. Every worker ought attend |
this meeting. Supper 50 cents, each
one paying for his own supper.
Tuesday, 2:00—W. C. T. U. in the
Meeker Church.
Wednesday, 2:00—Cottage prayer
meeting at home of Mrs. William
Monk. R
6:30—Supper meeting and reports
of workers in every member canvas.
Thursday, 7:00—Prayer Meeting.
8:00—Choir practice.
Friday, 6:30—Girl Scout banquet in
the church parlors.
6:30—Supper meeting of solicitors
for every-member canvass.
The Official Board met in the par-
sonage Tuesday night with thirteen
members present. It was decided to
make Sunday, March 31st “Pay Up” |
Day and to accommodate those who
wish to settle their pledges the fian-
PTs
What is said to be the smallest
lishment, at 72 Main Street.
doni, the internationally famous star.
watch in the world is now being dis-
The teacher told one of the pupils | Played by Finkelstein’s Jewelry Shop, Luzerne’s prominent jewelry estab-
It is shown on the wrist of Miss Irene Bor-
This watch is an exact duplicate of the watch that was presented to
2 Her Majesty, Queen Marie of Roumania, upon her arrival in New York.
The inset shows a close-up of the watch on Miss Bordoni’s wrist.
| is holding a dime directly above the time-piece to show that the watch is
| smaller than the coin.
She
The watch is to tiny that it was impossible to embody the regular
winding mechanism found in watches
of average size. To wind this small
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watch, it is necessary to rotate the back of the case which is connected to
the mainspring.
Each wheel and’ part was made by hand.
It required six months to
complete the watch. Some of the parts are so tiny that it takes more than
watch is an accurate time-keeper.
The case is of platinum, studded with finely cut diamonds.
valued at $1,000.00.
| 88,000 of them to fill an ordinary thimble, yet in spite of its smallness, the
It is
It is being shown through the courtesy of the Bulova
Watch Company, Fifth Avenue, New York, who manufactured this remark-
able watch.
cial secretary will be at the rear of
church both Sunday, March 24th and
31st with his book to give the stand- |
ing of any who wish to know. The
budget was fully covered last year in|
the canvass and if each subscriber
will pay up, every bill can be paid for
a report to Conference. The system
adopted last year for the people to
send their money to the Financial
Secretary has worked well and it is
hoped no one will wait for him to
come and ask them personally for
their contribution.
Palm Sunday will be Decision Day
in the Sunday School and the effic-
iency of the teachers will be demon-
strated and their loyalty to the
church will be guaged by the results
of their work that day. Easter Sun- |
day will be observed and in the morn-
ing of Easter Sunday, March 31st the
minister will be prepared to baptize
children both at Dallas and at East
Dallas.
Sunday, April 7th will be. the last
Sunday of the Conference year and
Holy Communion will be observed and |
reception of members.
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