East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-09-05
least OREGON|AN
SPECIAL NEWS
Of yMATI[LA CO.
OMAPlNt GIRL S''RiTES
PRIZE WINNING ESSAY
1f,nst oreronlan speeI %

(East Drcgonian SpeCi N't
UMAPINE. sept. last 81 e'ns 'n'' ~,
trustees of Whitman college at Nail'
waIla offered prizes for the be ms
,or,on essays by high school z. anu
atinr classes of al the northwest, Hl'a
in the results published this we'A
Mural Beauchamp. daughter of NJ.
and Mrs. NJ. q. Beauchamp of Una
Pine won the third prize which con
.istx of 500 tuition scholarship.
Miss Bcauchamp's essay had for its
title The Part United states Played
in the war" She was president of
the graduating class OF Vincent hign
school last year
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Wright are IN
Tacoma this week on business trip.
Mrs. KYLE Mcdaniel and son Neil
underwent a minor operation last
week and each had their tonsils re-
moved. They are making a good re-
coverv. The operation was necessi-
tated by an attack of scarlet fever this
summer
MIR. and Mrs. A. II. Zentner of Walla
Walla were week end visitors with
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Bean this week
This years prune crop was good
one for william Records as he mar
keted % tons of prunes at 500 ton.
Deaitry Bean celebrated her l4th
birthday this year when she motoreH
to WaIla Wala last Friday and enter
taincd at the Liberty. Misses EiiHh
whitley, Pearl and Joy Gainor
The o. w. Carpenter threshing crew
has returned from working in the
foothills east of Spofford.
Dan J. Kirk harvested almost 1000
bushels of wheat from So acres TINS
fall and last week sold it for $2-O5 a
bushel at Freewater.
J. A. Baxter was business visitor
in I,owden last week experimenting
the harvesting of his wheat crop IN
that section.
Miss Wilma Houcks of Waitsburg,
arrived this week and Will stay With
Mrs. f. II. Miles this winter ana at
tend high school.
on Saturday night a reception and
banquet was rendered Grover HodGen
in the FruitvaIe Hall celebrating ms
return from overseas service with the
Marine band. Mr.. Hodgen returned
Thursday and is bein welcomed by a
host of friends and relatives.
Umapine school corps has been
completed by the directors and
a very highly recommended staff has
been engaged for this ensuing term
With two exceptions all the teachers
are new and all have Normal school
Cert1f1caIeS ana OtntT
which will make their selection pro-
fitable to the Umapine school. Miss
Elizabeth Severence. principal, who
taught here last year. is a graduate OF
Berkeley. California, while Miss Leora
Phillip also did good work in the
Vincent high last year. The new
high school teacher is Miss Grace
Whittier who comes from Northfieid
Minnesota and makes a speciality oil
science and algebra. A manual train
ing teacher could not be secured and
although one signed up last spring
he was not eligible to teach in -four
year high school.
For the grades Kyle Mcdaniel Is
the teacher for the 7th and Sth
erades and is one of the best teach
ers for this position in Umatilla coun-
Il while Miss Pauline Beck who
taught at Adams last year is teacher
for the 5th and 6th grades. Miss
Florence Withee of Amity. Oregon. Is
the 3rd and 4th grade teacher with
Mrs. Kyle Mcdaniel as primary tea
cher School opens next Monday
Sept S. ID. o. Saunders. j. f. Jones
and r. E. Bean are directors while
Edgar Hoon is clerk.