Arizona republican., 1912-04-25
CREIGHTON SCHOOL
 ID BE IMPROVED
Planning for Conmencement.-N Jews
 cf the District.

The district schools throughout the
 valley Jr" making preparations foI
 the final cays of the term with ther
 attendant examinations and com 1 menccment exercises. Most of the schools will complete the term on 1 Friday April 27, although there vii, he one or two that will close earlier. 1 The osborn school is the largest of ! the early closers. but the city schools ] and also the high school will run for l another month Creighton school will i close the hirl of May and the prin- ! cipal is making elaborate plans for the eighth grade commencement OK 1 crciscs
 Henry Eeley. ST. has clearly dem
 onstrated that this valley can grow
 potatoes as well and profitably as any
 other country, his potatoes are large ! enough for the market ,ii> crop being about five acres
 1 Rev. Erhart is cutting heavy crop 1 of hay which he expects to average
 over two tons per acre.
 Gus Brown attended the sale at Glendale and sold his fine driving ] horse on his way back.
 C. ". Crockett is doing nicely. after
 the accident he had last week, he
 expects to be up and around m ! about three weeks.
 MT. William Hirshey will submit 1 school report for the past term in the
 next issue of local news
 The meeting held at the school house last Friday evening was not as
 well attended by tre voters of the
 district as was needed to take def | mite steps Everybody present seemed in favor of the plans of improving | both the school house and the educa tionaI facilities They expect to teach manual training in the fall term. The 1 building will be plastered on the out ] side and roof put in good shape. Those l present seemed in favor of assessing the land in the district to raise lh" l sum needed to carry out this work. 1 if would amount to about twenty cents per acre On account of the 1 smar number of voters there, the ] meeting adjourned. tn" chairman an nouncing another meeting to be he'd next Ivrilav night. to decide just what steps should be taken. Refreshments were served and social hour spent.
 The play given by the Wilson
 school at the school house SaturiG2 night was d great success, not SC much financially but the parts played
 were carried out gracefully The name
 was "The New Prof" After the en-
 tertainment the booths were thrown open and pretty young ladies sold the candy which was donated by the dis
 trict folk.
 MT. Wilson. who lives on the asy- Inn, and McDowall roads gave q short i talk on the condition of the roads
 especially Mcdowell and encourage the plan to have this road graded as
 soon as possible. and he also gave
 his idea on the way of doing t1e grading. He will look into the mat
 ter before the meeting at tine school
 house Friday night and give re-
 hort Those interested arc requested
 to attend this meeting. Friday April 2th is the date.
 1 Rev. IT, AmStutZ, pastor of the MIs- 1 sionary church at this place will visit
 several points of interest in the state, he leaves Tuesday for Camp Verde and from there he will go by wagon 1 Next Sundays meeting will be con
 ducted by Revs. Grether from Ohi' and J. F. Egly of this place.
 Several Californians are in this sec tion booking over the orange groves They anticipate much for the valleys