Graham guardian., 1910-08-26
CHA VALLEY NEWS
Items Of Interest Gathered by
the Guardians Corre-
spondents.
THATCHER

Eph Allen and family are visiting
with relatives in Franklin this week.
Mrs. Knudsen has a very sick
child this week. 1t is feared it will
develope into typhoid fever.
Mrs. Annie Johnson is i'll with
typhoid fever. Her little child
also has a light case of fever.
Father Claridge spoke at length
Sunday at church on the subject of
"Geneology and Temple Work"
The Skaggs family are all i'm
proving rapidly, except Mama, and
some fear is entertained for his re-
covery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster, of Duncan,
are spending a couple of weeks
visiting with relatives and friends
here.
Prof. Peterson and some of the
Academy students will furnish the
program for the M. l. A. next Sun
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Ellsworth
and Mr.. and Mrs. Lo Layton, of
Stafford, were visitors at church in
Thatcher Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burt Huntzinger
went back to their home in Dos
Cabezos Monday, after spending
the past month in Thatcher.
Many are making preparations to
accommodate the large number of
students that are expected in
Thatcher at the opening of school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy McFate have
moved into their new home on Sec
ond South street. They have just
completed a comfortable two-room
house.
d. Dudley Jones and wife came
back to Thatcher Saturday evening
to make preparations for the open
ing of the Academy. They are oc-
cupying rooms in the old Academy
building. Their many warm friends
are glad to welcome them home
again.
President Kimball went to St.
David Friday to meet and arrange
with President Robinson in the mat
ter of transferring those faraway
wards to the California mission, in
stead of their belonging to the st.
Joseph Stake. He returned home
Tuesday night.
Prof. Smith, principal of the
schools of Globe. came to Thatcher
on Sunday mornings train, by in
vitation of the parents class of the
Sunday School. He spoke on the
subject of Books and Reading"
before a class of about sixty par
ents in Sunday School. He CLASH
fed books as books of the hour
and books of all time" The former
class he explained were the lighter
reading that is soon forgotten, and
the latter as the solid books that en-
dure for all time. He compared
the books of the hour to ice cream,
and the books of all time to solid
foods, and said, we enjoy little
ice cream. but must depend on the
solid foods for our real growth and
development. He made number
of excellent points and gave some
beautiful quotations from different
books. The parents were highly
pleased with his talk. Sunday eve
ming he lectured at the M. l. A.,
his subject being Education" He
stated that the real aim of educa-
tion was to better fit a boy or girl
for real life. He showed some of
the deficiencies of our school system,
and told what is being done in some
of the states to correct these, illus
trating by telling of some interest
ing experiments. He believes that
the district school, high school and
college curriculums could be cut
down considerable, and in many
cases other things substituted, that
would turn out more proficient stu
dents for the real battle of life. He
made some most splendid and inter-
esting points, and in conclusion said
that this was his second visit to
Thatcher, and though he had visited
many places in Arizona, the educa-
tional spirit and atmosphere of
Thatcher could not be matched any
where in the territory. A very
large audience, both young and old,
listened to his lecture of an hour
with the keenest interest and pleas
ure. He was the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. v. B. Callison while in
Thatcher.
PIMA