Arizona republican., 1921-10-07
LATE HAPPENINGS IN
 ROOSEVELT DISTRICT

The Roosevelt Neighborhood club met Wednesday afternoon in the Neighborhood house. The program for the day was given by the depart ment of legislation, Mrs. E. H. Ford. chairman. The Fess amendment, civil service. current events and par hamentary rules were the subjects discussed by Mrs. John Reed, Mrs Ford and Mrs. Lucius Butler. A read ing by Miss Dorothy Ford and a piano solo by Mrs. E. M. Tarr com pleted the program. Mrs. Bert Ford and Miss Margaret Ryder were the hostesses for the social hour.
 Many anxious mothers will be glad to know that the approach to school from the west and east, on the paved road. soon will be poperly posted warning automobile speeders that a school is near and to travel slowly.
 The Bethel Dramatic club will give the play "The New Minister in the Neighborhood House Friday night, Oct. '. The Christian Endeavorers of this district are sponsoring the production.
 The many friends of MT. and Mrs. William J. Cardwell (Miss Hazel Lee) will be interested to know that a baby boy arrived at their house last month. The young mans friends are calling him Bill"
 Mir. and Mrs. R. Tatum and Mrs. B. H. Gibbs motored over to the roundup at Sacaton on Wednesday.
 J. N. Brown and son are drilling we'll on their desert acreage south of Highline canal near the end of Gen. tral avenue.
 A baby clinic Is to be given for the babies of the Roosevelt district some time next month. This is the inter- esting news the department of public welfare of the Neighborhood club, Mrs. E. M. Tarr, chairman. has just announced. Mrs. Tarr says this is not to be a baby show, but an effort her department is making to be of real service to mothers in the com- mnity. Besides weighing, measuring and examining the babies generally there will be lectures for the mothers on the care and feeding of children.
 Mrs John Reed returned last week from her old home in Pennsylvania, where she spent the summer En route west Mrs. Reed made stopovers to visit friends in Washington, Bal timore and New Orleans.
 The line of cars travelling Phoenix ward Tuesday night showed the districts interest in knowing and seeing the latest fashions.
 The chicken dinner to be given Friday night by the Roosevelt F. T. A is for the associations hot lunch and milk fund. All are asked to come out and enjoy a real country dinner.
 w. H. Weaver, superintendent of the district schools, says the attend ance is a little less than last year at this time. due to the fact that most of the Mexican children are picking cotton and are not in school. These children should be iii school. and ranchers employing children as pick CTS should help them to attend a part time school, which could be ar1 ranged for them.
 The school hot lunch service is very popular. Mrs. Jessie Hedgpeth has the work in charge, assisted by Mrs Sutherland. More than 100 children take advantage of this hot midday meal. which is served for Is cents. A number of free lunches are being served, which for the present are being taken care of as general overhead expense.
 The H. S.. Dick family are happy in having their oldest son. Barnum Dick, wife and baby. who have been living in Texas, come to the valley to make their home.
 J. J. Pagan, wife and babies, drove out Saturday afternoon visiting the Gray Archer and l.. N. Butler fami- lies.