The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1914-05-29
News From Craig.


ing for the trial Of young Stewart In
the circuit court, for horse stealing.
Tho trial Is TO be sometime this week
1t Rock Port.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Sellers attend.
ed the graduating exercises Of the
Oregon High school, Friday. A
number TO be honored by the insti.
tuition.
On Thursday night, the ladies OF
Methodist church, prepared . sump.
tuous banquet at the church and ex.
tended Invitations to their husbands
and some who were not their hus.
bands. They had planned TO organ.
ize q mems Bible class, also a WON.
ans Bible class. The plan worked
admirably. There were forty.fve
present and after participating Of the
good things to eat, Presiding Elder
Mcpherson, OF St. Joseph, addressed
the gathering on the mems Bible
movement in a scholarly and able
manner, setting forth the history and
the aim, and urging the men TO get
inithe game Two classes. one Tor
women and one for men, we're organ.
lied the following Sunday. The en-.
thusiasm Is great and the classes bid
well 10 accomplish great things for
the church and the community.
Willie Shipley, OF 81. Joseph.
and one OF Craig's former school boys,
drove into town, Sunday evening, to
Ing Dave Bostwick and wife, who are
related to him.
Henry Peters, Of Corning, has
been enjoying the evening breeLes OF
Crazy In his line new auto for several
days and perhaps weeks. There Is
something more attractive than the
roads and weather here for Henry.
Among those who were In attend.
ance at court this week. were: +. H.
Ward, Mrs. u. NJ. Guilliams, Mrs.
Mary Wise, Mrs. T.. ~. Capp, Mrs.
Inez McFall, Frank Nauman, Andy
Cook, Mrs. L. FanVickle, Mrs. Ed
Weight.
Judge A. W. vanCamp. OF EXC.
dus neighborhood, was a welcome Wis.
itor In our town, Tuesday. The
Judge Is one OF Holt county's hon.
ored and wealthy citizens, and has
lived In the county from Its pioneer
days. His "reminiscences are inter.
esting TO listen to, rs his memory IL
good, and lie wasa very active factor
In the development Of the country.
Friday night, the High school closed
the years program In . blaze OF glory
for all concerned. This IA the first year
for our school In the four-year course
previously, the Course has only been
three years. and we have watched
with interest the work OF the year.
The pupils are acquiring school pa.
triotism, the faculty Is enthused, and
the board OF education Is filed with
pride over the results. Sunday We
listened TO q high.class baccalAureate
sermon: on Wednesday night the
High school gave their class play OF
real high grade performances, and
on Friday night we had the pleasure
OF hearing As eloquent and Thought
ful address o. viii ever he delivered
In our midst again for times 10 come.
DR.. j. +. billiard, pastor OF Delmar
Avenue Baptist church, ST, Louis, "
. master Of rhetoric and . wcrd
painter with few equals. There were
i've candidates for graduation, viz;
James o. Steele, Minnie Smith, John
Pflaumer, Amarillo Morris and Una
Thompson, all OF whom have shown
high scholarship and will be q credit
70 the school In the future. They
wore the regulation High school caps
and gowns. Our teachers are all
making preparations TO attend sum.
mer school during the vacation.
Misses Smith, Taylor and Judy Will
attend AZ Maryville, Miss Cole viii Ire
AZ Warrensburg, and Superintendent
Tibbels and Miss Johnson will Join
the university class at Columbia.
The science teacher has not been EN-.
ployed Al this date.
Prof Chas. Hopkins, who has been
engaged In the schools al Excelsior
Springs, is'lome on his vacation. lie
has been employed In the same posi-
tton for the coming school year and
will attend the Normal, at Warrens.
burg, this summer, TO better 1T him.
self for the position.
Mrs. II. T.. Parrish and little son
left Tuesday noon for Union Star, the
home Of Mrs. Parrish's parents. They
Will visit the greater part OF the sum
mer with relatives AT that place.
Prof. Clyde Luddington, our em-
Client teacher Of science and agricul-
ture, departed Tuesday morning to
visit . few days with his brother In
Des Moines, Iowa, lie will then re.
turn 10 Craig and make preparations
10 20 10 the wheat fields OF Southwest
Kansas to do experiment work. The
coming year he Will take . position as
Farm supervisor at Pratt, Kansas.
Prof. LuddiDgton has endeared him.
self to . great many OF our people by
his gentlemanly conduct as we'll as by
his scholarly attainments, We would
liked 10 have retained him In the
school another year, but his talents
were demanded other places At much
greater salary.
Miss Virginia Randall will Join
the Craig colony Of teachers At Mary.
vile, Saturday, Miss Randall has
been ret aimed In the Hogrefe school
the coming winter. This, without so.
licitation on her part, speaks volumes
for her efficiency IS q teacher.
Mrs. Birdie Hood, OF Burlington
Junction, came Sunday TO visit With
her sister, Mrs. John Kruse, OF the
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