Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1915-03-08
Talent Tdings

The Talent high school boys are
busy cleaning up the grounds for the
track meet to be held here some time
in April.
The Ladies Methodist Missionary
Society met Thursday with Mrs. C.
d. Burgan at her home.
The Ladies' Aid OF the Christian
church met with Mrs. Frank Rose.
Miss Anna Bailey OF Anderson
Creek visited relatives in Ashland
Thursday.
Word has been received from o.
II. Roberts, who left here the first
OF this year, that he is teaching in
the Modesto high school in Califor-
mia. He will soon teach in an acad-
emy near there. He and his family
like their new home very much.
Little Miss Carmelitta Zider is on
the sick list.
The delivery team belonging to
Brown & Coleman ran away Tuesday.
but no serious damage was done.
An adjourned council meeting will
be held Monday evening, March s.
The topic of discussion will be the
sewer question. All interested are
requested to be present.
Tuesday, March 2 was visiting day
at the Wagner Creek school house.
Among the visitors were ]. P. Wells,
county superintendent of schools. A
lunch was served by the teachers and
mothers in the afternoon.
Friday evening, March 5, a de-
clamatory contest was given at the
Talent school between Talent and
Phoenix The program was as fol-
lows: Piano solo, Miss Mabel Hearn;
The Ruggleses" (humorous), Miss
Alta Scott; 80, / Vosh So Glad |
Vosh Here" (humorous), Miss Leta
Stevens; eulogy on Wendell Phillips,
Kilmer Bagley; Speech of Tahom-
ish," Halle Wright; The Bridge
keepers Story" Helen Adamson;
"Parnassus, Elizabeth Gore; music,
Phoenix mixed quartet; Mark An
tony's Address," Lloyd Turner; I'm
peachment of Warren Hastings" An
drew Jackson; "Tirzah Ann" Opal
Backus; Behind the Curtain" Miss
Katherine Rice; THE Raven" Miss
Maude McCaslin; THE Death of Lit
tie Dombey," Miss Pearl Hartley:
music by mixed quartet. The second
contest will be held at Phoenix
March ~, at which time the decision
of the judges will be announced and
prizes will be given, one to each of
the three divisions, oratorical, hui
morous and dramatic, to the ones Sc
curing the highest aggregate scores
at the two contests. No decisions OF
the judges will be ennounced until
the evening of March II, when three
gold medals will be awarded.
The Tuesday Afternoon Study
Club met at the home of Mrs. Terrill
Sr., on the Pacific highway. A very
pleasant afternoon was spent. Sew
eral of the members were absent ow-
ing to sickness. The next meeting
will take place at the home of Mrs.
Ella Holdridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frestes of Medford
are spending few weeks at the
home of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Dave Bruly.
Frank Rose of Hornbrook, Cal,
spent a few hours here Sunday.
Mrs. Louis Brown is reported as
being very i'll. Her friends hope for
speedy recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. II. S. Gleim were
Medford visitors Wednesday.
John Smith of Anderson Creek was
a business visitor here Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Dunn enter
tanned company of friends in honor
of their guests. Dancing was en-
joyed until o'clock in the morning
and a delicious lunch was served.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Hover of Fork
Rock, Lake county, eastern Oregon,
left for their home Wednesday. They
have been visiting with Mrs. Hover's
mother, Mrs. McCastlen, for the past
week.
Walter Jeffery of Bear Creek was
a business visitor here Friday.