The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-23

late hour. This latest entertainment
of the model social and business or
ganization of Livingston well sustained
It's reputation as a club adapted to
social conditions as well as an up-to-
date business organization. The club
is rapidly taking in new members and
taking front rank in the affairs of the
city, for whose welfare the members
are earnestly working.
At Pine Creek, Saturday afternoon,
an educa tional meeting was held at the
pleasant picnic grounds where the resi-
dents of that vicinity celebrated the
Fourth. A programme had been ar
ranged and the details of the prepara-
tions attended to by Miss Alma Evans,
county superintendent. to whose energy
and enterprise no inconsiderable share
of the success of the melting is due.
The programme was opened by singing
America after which z. F. Blake
delivered the invocation. Prof l.. D.
GLENN, the teacher at Chimney Rock.
discussed The Teacher. His Field and
His Limitations and the paper was
commented upon by Miss Hattie McIn-
tosh. Factors in the Formation of
Character, the Home and School, Com
partnership was the theme of an excel
lent paper delivered by p. F. Blake.
and Mrs. Thomas Carter and Thomas
Allen discussed the paper at the con-
clusion of it's delivery. Parents Duty
to the School, was the subject of
paper by Miss Sherman, and this was
discussed by J. NJ. Darroch. A vocal
solo by Mrs. Elfrieda Koehler followed,
and M w. Woodward's paper on
Reading and Spelling in the Public
Schools was read by Miss Evans. Mr..
Woodward being absent. Ebert Allen
delivered an Grafton on The Mission
of Silence" which was well received.
Miss Jessie Shaw read paper on
l. A .H,t IA.
c. West An argument on the question,
SHOULD the Recess be Aholished?" was
begun by Elfreda Koehler, who took
the affirmative of the question. and
was followed by other speakers. who
volunteered opinions. Then p H.
Gaffeny read paper on school disci-
pline, and Mesdames Shorthill and
Leighton discussed the paper at the
conclusion of the reading. A recta-
ton by Miss Flora Sherman and
musical selection by Miss Minnie
Strickland completed the programme
proper, and after exercises by the
pupils of the schools in attendance,
the gathering resolved itself into d pic
mic and the contents of baskets pro-
vfded by those in attendance We're dis
cussed. The occasion was regarded as
complete success, and one of the
most interesting and profitable gath
erings from an educa tional standpoint
ever held in this county, and as tes-
timonial to the attention the cause of
education is receiving from the resi-
dents of Pine Creek and Paradise Val
ley, the gathering was not without
gratifying significance.
A pleasant gathering was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Don Wentwor III
Wednesday evening of last week. The
party was given in honor of Miss
Townsend of Minnesota, who is visiting
at the Wentworth home. One of the
diversions of the evening was a pea
nut hunt" for which prizes Were
awarded. Miss Myrtle Marris and
James Dennis won the head prize, and
Minnie Johnson and Walter Goodson
captured the BOBBY prize. The parlors
We're tastefully decorated with potted
plants and cut flowers, and an applo-
pirate programme, consisting of music
and recitatiOns, was rendered. A dainty
lunch was served during the evening,
to which the delighted guests did ample
justice. 1t was a wedding anniversary
as well as a party complimentary, a
twelvemonth having gone by since
Mr. and Mrs Wentworth walked The
aisles of wedock. Those present We're:
Mesdames Otis, Howard, Dean, john
son, Wake, Marris,, Masters, Johnson,
Dennis. Goodson. Wright, Lay, Wat
son. Amin, Patton, Martin, Potter and
De GRAFT Marris, Smell. Wake, Marris,
carnwpll, Hines. johnson, Kearns.
The programme for the Montana
church was issued this week. The list