The daily sentinel., 1914-05-18
ruiitaNews Notes
What the People Are Doing From
Day to Day in the Lively Little
City of the Lower Valley.
Monday. May Is. 1911.

MesQamesS James rector, Onarles
Wallis and Charles Lapham were
among those who attended the COM
mencement at Fruita Thursday eve
ming.
]. L. Steele came down from
Grand Junction Thursday to attend
the commencement. He returned
home Friday.
Invitations are out for the ap-
preaching wedding of Miss Hazel
Udine pnnce and James Robert Ket-
tie at the home of the brides pa
rents on Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Effie Hickman and Miss
Kathryn Nyland arrived home Satur-
day from Elgin, Utah, where Mrs.
Hickman has been teaching the past
winter.
Mrs. w c. Osborn, who has been
i'll at Glover Lawn for some time, has
so far recovered as to be able to re-
turn home.
C. r. Beach has bought the build
ing formerly occupied by the Inde-
pendent Lumber Company and will
move his stock of goods into it in a
few days.
Mrs. Della White and Miss Alene
McAnnally left today for Illinois to
spend the summer.
Miss Helen Hurlburt entered Hoels :
Business College in Grand Junction
today. Miss Hurlburt was a member
of the graduating class of 1914.
Miss Minnie Hall is planning to
leave this evening for her home in
Elsie, Mich, to spend her vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. b. Stevens spent
Saturday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Butler.
Among those attending the Chris
tian Endeavor convention at Pomona
are: Rev. Blodgett. Miss Page. Miss
Weldon, Mr.. Belden and Mr.. Stand
brook.
Miss Grace Hunter entertained the
/. S. club at her pleasant home Sat
urday afternoon. A very enjoyable
time was reported by all present.
The junior-senior banquet given by
the juniors, in honor of the seniors
Friday evening at Masonic hall was
decided success in every particu-
lar. The young people had worked
hard to make this occasion one to
linger long in the minds and hearts
of those attending. The hall was
made beautiful with an elaborate ar
rangement of brown and gold, the
class colors. A stage had been fitted
up In one end of the hall and during
the evening the following program
was rendered:
Quartette-
Misses Bergesser, Elliott,
Messrs. Stevenson, Hurlburt.
Reading
Miss Clara Guagey.
Hurry Burley-
Messrs. Cotton, Kiefer, Turner
and Filbert.
Slumber Song
Miss Gigax
Farce-"Too Much of Good Thing"
Misses Stella Russell Louise
Callan, Nellie Haynes, Meta
Board, Kate Kilbe and Edith
Board, and Messrs. John Beas-
lin, Sanford Cotton and Clarence
Swanson.
The parts we're well taken by the
young actors. After the program the
company Joined in the grand march
to the banquet room. which had been
artistically decorated in old rose and
gold, the colors of the juniors. The
tables were made beautiful with
flowers and dainty hand painted place
cards, and menu-cards, the work of
Miss Beulah Bergesser, a member of
the junior class. An elaborate ban
quet had been prepared and was
enjoyed to the fullest extent. San
ford Cotton acted as toastmaster and
the Misses Beckner, Righdenour,
Lowenhagen, Hall and Gentry and
Messrs. Beaslin, Reames, Warren
and Stevens responded to the various
toasts. The junior-senior banquet was
a very appropriate ending to the
weeks festivities.
The eighth grade held very in
teresting exercises Friday evening at
the Methodist church. The program
was rather lengthy, but very enter
tanning. Superintendent Hampton
presented each member with his or
her diploma In recognition of the
completion of the course of study
of the grades.
Miss Lettie Morrow was the for
tunate winner of the piano in the con-
test at the Fruita Mercantile. which
has been exciting considerable inter
est for several months. j G.. Brews-
ter received the Victrola; Mrs. Tom
Cuddy the sewing machine: Mr..
John Schanerman a gold watch; Miss
Fern Botkin, a gold watch. and Opie
Kelly, silver mounted dresser set.
Oscar Vogel has returned to his
home in Denver, after a years work
as science teacher in the high school.