The Arvada enterprise., 1919-05-08
BRooMFlELD BUDS
7lR.2 Cor. 5. Gregg. Correspondent.

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Lorraine school house one mile soutn
east otBrooshtield.
The newly elected officers for the
year are. Frank Miller, pres,aent;
Mrs. Mary 1'uucker, treasurer; Gil
bert Watcher. secretary.
The main topic of the meeting
after tho votes were counted, was
the amounerof taxes to be voted on
for the expenses for the next school
year. 1t was decided to leave the
school house in its present cono,-
ticn, ~ an addition Of another room
would be quite an expense under che
existing high prices for material and
labor and the suggestion was present
ed accepted to use the ante-room
for an extra class room. The present
plans are 10 engage two teachers for
the next school year and include the
ninth grade. In doing this, one teach
Or will be assigned the first six grades
and the. other teacher the seventh,
eighth And ninth, thereby relieving
one teacher Of the task of getting
about thirty-five and possibly forty
pupils through their different grades
in the short school term and especial
ly undse such conditions as existed
the past year. There were many live
" discussions at the meeting and al
though these items were voted on
and paced still the plans have not
fully mAtured as yet but no doubt
the foundstion already laid will lead
to very substantial future possibili-
ties and We hops that all will come to
an amicahls understanding and work
in harmony towards successful end.
About forty couples enjoyed the
regular Saturday night dance in
Grange Han. The Music was fine and
refreshments were served consist.
ing Of lee cream, cake and coffee,
With soda-pop stand - side line.
Tuesday night is the regular drill
practice and q dandy feed is in store
(1sr ~ nsnbsrs, which is being pro-
kvidsd BY The male contingent" Of
Ne team, they 6eing the lstedI IN .
contest to procure new drill members
for the organization. The girls were
winners, having snticsd ten new
members into the fold. 50 boys. the,
treat b on you. Z
A peculiar and rather pathetic &C.
cident happened early Sunday morn
ing in the guise Of three fishermen
and = "Dstroiter truck" and which
by-the-way reminds one Of the
preacher and the bear on ono Sun
day morn. The three fishermen in
the first place were headed due east
and In the coarse Of time no doubt
would have landed in the back woods
of Missouri had they kept going. when
in reality they thought they were des-
tined for Standley Lake. which. OF
course. lies in the opposite direction
and rs fate plays all kinds Of tricks
with Us. especially on the Sabbath
Day, It happened that the truck balk-
Cd, right on the road by Wilmore's
farm and one of the fishermen step
ped out to crank the car and try TO
urge II forward when behold! in thc
twinkling Of an eye flames shot out
In all directions and these snmc poor
fellows scrambled out Of the way. for
another moment and their names
would have changed to Shadrack
Meshack and AhedneRo Of the fiery
furnace fame. The men had purchas-
Cd thirteen gallons Of gasoline before
starting on their trip and Il might
have been the iinx that started the
fire works, thirteen Ia awful unlucky
for some folks. Besides having the
sar completely burned, \ joyride
spoiled and all those perfectly good
fish left to swim another dny, tthc
car belonged 70 the "bos'') and there
must have been soms great explana-
tions put forth when those three
scared and detected looking meat.
cutters Il mean fishermcn) wcnded
their way back to the city. on tho
1ntsrurbnn car "sans fish. line or
hook.
Miss Madslinc Znmbori is assisting
In the Broomficld Mercantile store.
Mrs. Crawford who has been SER
iously III In a Denver hospital since
her arrival from California Ia re-
ported very much better.
Gertrude Mckee is able to bc
back at school again In ArvadA after
an absence Of several weeks on &C
count Of . spraincd ankle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Watcher and
baby son were callers At the Jim
Grsxe farm Sunday evening.
Mrs. A. u. Gay has been visiting
her daughter Mrs. Ollie p. Smith for
= few days Mr. Nipko brother-in-
law Of Mrs. o. r. Smith has Dcen
staying at tho Smith home until hs