Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-31
Talent Tdings

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week.
Tryer & Cook are completing the
plumbing at the Talent school house.
Mrs. Harve McFadden returned
from a two weeks visit to Seaside,
visiting with friends. She had
splendid trip. She also visited with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Irwin, in
Salem.
j. n. Pace, superintendent of the
Jackson county farm, left Thursday
afternoon for Colorado Springs, Col,
where he will visit for a while. ne
will also stop at Boise City, Idaho,
where he will visit his son and fam
lily. Mr.. Pace intends to be away
about two weeks.
Miss Ella Groshong has taken
rooms with Mrs Mary Works, which
she will occupy during the coming
school year
Charles f. Dustan, an employe of
the ClarkHenery Company, left Sun
day for Elko, New, where he will
make his home.
The Talent school will start Sep
tember this year, with G. w. Ager
as superintendent. The teachers will
be Mae Smith, Mrs. Stannard, Ella
Groshong, Mrs. o. H. Barnhill, Miss
Olsen, Peter Spencer and G. w. Ager.
Miss Olsen is of Medford and she
will be here but twice week to teach
domestic science. Departmental work
will be taught in the upper grades,
of which Mr.. Spencer will be princi-
pal. Mrs. o. II. Barnhill will have
the supervision of the music and Miss
Ella Groshong will teach manual
training besides the regular fifth
grade work Miss Mae Smith and
Mrs. Stannard will have charge of the
primary work. The school will have
this year the largest faculty it has
had. The upper story of the building
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the equipment is very good. The do
mestic science rooms are not yet
completed, but the work in that line
will be started before its completion
John Robson, whom all the school
children like, will again be the jani-
tor of our splendid school
Word has been received that Miss
Christana Irwin of Salem, formerly
a popular young lady of Talent, was
married very recently. Her many
friends extend their most hearty con-
gratulations.
Mrs Day, who is spending a few
months with her daughter, Mrs. c. c.
McCurdy, visited Medford Friday.
Mrs. A. S. Ames and daughters,
Misses Lucille, Mararet, Constance
and Eleanor, and Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Perry visited Medford Friday
l.. r. Hurd and Lizzie Centers
were visitors to the Bell House this
week.
The visitors at the Talent Hotel
during the past week were: j. T.
Bloms, W. C. Brown, f. ]. Howard,
c. E. Stephens, A. R. Horton, w. H.
Smith, Boff Gale, G. Walker, E. Hart
ings, ]. H. Bak, David Phipps, L..
Hazelwood, w. H. Crandall, Bert
Crandall, Mrs. Crandall. Mrs. n. c..
Harris, Miss Mabel Harper.
Wednesday evening two men who
were working on the highway re-
signed their positions to leave for
Europe. One is an Englishman and
the other a German. The men are
the best of friends and they are going
back to Europe together, but they are
going to fight on opposite sides.
Wednesday evening about O'Clock
a very heavy storm came up which
lasted for about fifteen minutes. For
a few minutes the hail came down in
torrents and the wind and rain GER
tainly beat down. The transformer
was struck by lightning and the town
was without lights for about three
hours. For a while it was thought
that the fruit crop was completely
ruined, but the damage is not as
great as thought.
Moving pictures have been running
three nights this week and they were
especially good. Wednesday there
would have been pictures also, but
there was no electricity.
Carl Brobeck was called suddenly
to Medford Monday by the serious i'll
ness of his father, who had a stroke
of paralysis.
r. L. Burdis bought five hundred
hogs here this week Mr.. Stanton OF
Medford was helping him.
Mrs. W. r. Bagley and children
were visitors hree Thursday.