Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-09-10
TALENT NEWS ITEMS.

TALENT NEWS ITEMS.
Saturday eveninA all the members
of the eighth grade of Wagner creek
who have graduated during the last
four years gave reception in honor
of Prof. w. o. Wheeler and wife, who
Taught there during that time, and
also in honor of the new principal,
Mr.. Wardrip, and Miss Reypaltz, who
are to teach this next school year.
Sixteen students have graduated dur
ing that time. Those present out of
the sixteen were Miss Ada Kingery,
Mrs. Leona Summers, George Kerby
Helen Bagley, Kilmer Bagley, Walter
Praeder, Ruel Hall, Louise Barlow,
Mrs. Iva Johnson and Morris Barlow.
Outdoor games were played and mel
ons were served. Mrs. F. E. w.
Smith, one of the members of the
school board, gave few remarks on
the next years work. Prof. w. o.
Wheeler gave talk thanking the
members of the school board and the
Parent-Teacher Association for their
splendid cooperation during the past
four years, and also to the members
of the four eighth grade classes who
so kindly remembered both Mr..
Wheeler and wife for the reception,
which showed that they appreciated
their efforts in the work of the
school,
Ralph Mckay of Wilbur, Ore, is
visiting with his sister, Mrs. Carl
Lehman. He will stay for about a
week.
Miss Grace Rayfaltz, one of the
teachers at the Wagner creek school,
is boarding with Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd
Robson.
Little Miss Sallie Brobeck is visit
ing with relatives in Medford.
Monday morning the Talent school
opened at 8 o'clock with an enroll
ment of $50 students. Twenty-Five
students are enrolled in the high de-
partment, which has a two-year
course. Tuesday Miss Olsen of Med
ford arrived to give instruction in
sewing and cooking. Miss Olsen will
be here but twice a week. In one of
the rooms on the first floor sewing
tables have been installed and the
sewing class commenced at once. The
cooking class will not be ready to
commence work for about two or
three weeks. Individual gas stoves
will be installed to accommodate
twenty students and a Majestic wood
stove for general purposes. Miss
Ella Groshong started the manual
training course Tuesday morning.
There is enough room to accommo-
date twenty-four pupils for each
class. The work has gotten started
very nicely here this year and it
promises to be the best school year
that Talent has SO far seen.
Miss Anna Dunn is attending the
Ashland high school, She is living
with friends.
Mrs. Emmett Beeson entertained
the Tuesday Afternoon Study Club at
her beautiful country home this
week. Among those present were
Mesdames Ella Holdridge, C. w. Hol-
bridge, Delwin Hurley, C. Mattheson,
James Murray, E. Terrill, John Robi-
son and Miss Emma Crawford. De-
lightful refreshments were served.
Mrs. John Robson will entertain next
week.
Before the school year closed last
year the Wagner creek school board
appropriated SIS to be used for prizes
in the industrial work among the
children. Only one of the prizes out
of this money has been given yet, as
1t is trifle early in the year, and
that was awarded to little Miss Eliza
beth Bagley for the incest garden
among the children. She worked |
very carefully with it all summer and
her labors were rewarded. Her gar
den consisted of sweet and field corn,
lettuce, celery and muskmelons. Eliz-
abeth deserves a great deal of credit
for the work, and she was compli- |
mented highly on 1t by the judges.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mccormick of Keno,
Ore, arrived here Tuesday to visit
their relatives, Mrs. Innerman and
her son Ben. While here they in
ind to can fruit to take home with
them. They made the trip in their
automobile.
Dobbin Erwin of Ashland has TAX
en- position with the Bagley Can
ming Company. He will be night
watchman.
The ladies of the Community Club