The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1920-03-11

Judge Moore had heretofore mad
quite "a lengthy introduction " the
mission OF the party but at his par.
ticuiar time he was very brief ana
we have been wondering II the tre-
mendous dinner that he ate had to
do with abbreviating his speech or
the race he had after his hat which
insisted in going back to Vaughn.
In any event, he asked Mr.. Webb to
speak on the subject, which he did,
giving an outline Of the plans and
closed by asking an expression from
the patrons, trustees and pupils on
he question, and we believe II was
unanimously in favor of the change.
Mr.. Shelley was too full for utter
ance, while Mr.. Ellison managed to
muster enough energy to refute the
statement made by Mr.. Webb that
the members Of the board were all
farmers and lived on the farm ex-
cept Mr.. Ellison, who had become
rich enough to move to town and re-
tire from the arduous duties Of till
ing the soil. He did not deny moving
to town, but did deny having quit
the farm. Mr.. Meskimen of the Cham
Der Of Commerce then came forth
and in his easy silvery tongued man
ner told Of the plans Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce in helping the
schools, the clubs and all matters
that pertain TO the development Of
The country. Following him, the Av-
alanche man was again turned loose
on the innocent hearers and for some
thing less than an hour held the au-
dience spell bound trying to figure
out what we were talking about,
but managed to wind up by thanking
the ladies' for the fine dinner and as
suring them that we we're 'fer them
right or wrong" and assured them
that an invitation TO come back at
any future date would be given fav-
orable consideration. The Avalanche
has a bunch Of strong admirers 1--WE
mean the paper) in the Monroe com
munity, and we certainly appreciate
the many kind compliments from
The people Of that vicinity Mr..
Thompson then gave the club boys
some dots on their work and Miss
Halsey challenged his statement that
The boys were going to beat the girls
fif they cam Our visit to this school
must now come to an end. and we
headed our cars toward Caldwell. the
next place on the schedule for the
day
Caldwell School
II only required few minutes TO
cover the distance between Monroe
and Caldwell, the wind had rose
again. however. and as we drove up
in front OF the school building which
is a tent, the wind was at it's worst.
We were warmly welcomed by the
.eacher Miss Cox, and several of the
patrons Of the school, who had gath
cred there to meet the party and hear
what they had TO say on the propo-
sition. Judge Moore introduced the
subject and also the various speak
ers. and regardless OF the Topping
of the tent in the wind, Mr.. Meski-
men spoke TO the school regarding
the interest the Chamber Of Com
merce has in the schools and the
clubs, and closely following him all
the other speakers had a turn and
delivered practically the same speech
es as at previous meetings. and the
school and all the patrons present
unanimously agreed that the chang
ing Of dates from September first to
December first would be better Mr.
Moine brsYed the wind and took
q photograph Of the school using their
present quarters as a back ground.
which viii be quite contrast to the
splendid brick building they are GO
AK 20 build. The people Of this com
r'unity, as we have explained in these
columns before. faced serious prop
osition when time for opening school
came around, in-as-much as they had
contracted for the new building
hed all the material on the ground
had sold their old building which had
been moved away, and the contract
or failed TO start the building, on
account Of the scarcity of labor.
which left il up TO the trustees TO
either miss the entire school term
or use tent. Rather than choose
the former, they decided to start
in the tent, and the brave little wom-
an who was TO teach was equal to
the emergency, and has taught a
most successful term. After the Wis
iiors had spoken and their part Of
the program was over, the. teacher
made the statement that number
Of the children had prepared speeches
for a former occasion and on account
Of conditions were disappointed in
delivering them. she had promised
them they might on this occasion.
so we enjoyed their program, after
which We pulled in toward home COM
pleting another days schedule. COW
ering three more of Lubbock coun-
tvs fine rural schoOls