Arizona republican., 1922-04-21
DIST.
NEWS Of INTEREST
OF PAST FEW DAYS

III TR0I TLW UAlJ
Pupils of Mrs. Dwight Earl Easy
will give two one-act comedies \
Bunch of Orchids" and The Obstin-
ate Family" in Neighborl1ood House
Saturday evening April 20. This
program is under the auspices of the
Roosevelt Parent Teacher associa-
ton. Through the courtesy OF MRS.
Christy of the School of Music
number Of enjoyable musical mum
bers will. be given between acts. The
Ladies' Aid society are planning TO
sell ice cream and cake after the
performance for the beneflt OF tnelr
flower fund. The tickets will be sold
This week by the Boy Scouts of the
Roosevelt district. The money real
lied from the performance is for the
free hot lunch fund. An evening OF
pleasure and fun is promised to all
who come. and the Parent Teacher
association and the Ladies' Aid WIN
greatly appreciate the support of the
district in presenting this perform
ance.
The news of Roosevelt's wonderful
success at the Rural Athletic meet,
held ct Riverside park on Saturday,
was received with great jubilee by the
children. The returning crowd on
Saturday were quite confident tnat
one cup was for Roosevelt, but the
winning of three cups seemed TOO
good to be true. The meet was a sue
cess in every way The general spirit
of good craftsmanship which pre-
vailed: the keen rivalry between the
contesting schools; the joy Of victory
when points were won: the cheers
ad calls of the various schools, will
all mark wonderful day in the
memories OF the children which Will
not soon be forgotten. Ruth Banles
won the girls cup. Jack YoacuI1, the
boys cup. The large cup will remain
the property of Roosevelt until de-
feated.
Not alone in athletics did Roose-
welt score, but in partnership with
Jackson school Parent Teacher asso-
citation $66 wort hof ice cream cones
were sold. Great credit is due the
committee who worked so tirelessiy
throughout the day in taking care OF
this booth.
The Roosevelt Parent Teacher as
sociation provided sandwiches ana
apples for the Roosevelt children.
This effort of the local association
was very much appreciated by the
children. Mrs. 4. j. Crowl took care
Of this work.
The Roosevelt Neighborhood club
will meet on Wednesday. April -.
The department of American CITIZEN
ship, Mrs. l.. J. Cox. chairman, VIII
present the program for the .day.
Reports of the state convention at
Kingnlan and the district federation
I1o
The annual meeting of the Roose-
velt Parent Teacher association viii
be held on Thursday, April 90. This
is an important meeting and a full
attendance is desired. Mrs. t. j.
Crowl has arranged a short program
fuIl Of interest to the homemaker. l..
w. Lewis of the Chandler cannery
will give some Of the secrets of sue
cessful canning and Miss F. wills,
Maricopa county home demonstration
agent, will demonstrate three ball
anced meals. The subject Success
In Bread Making will be presented
in a way that promises to be unus-
ually well received, and the Chand-
led cannery will also help to make
this subject interesting. The usual
monthly vote for the Parent Teacher
association picture will be taken.
The regular fortnightly dance OF
the Roosevelt Neighborhood club
postponed from last Friday night
viii be given Thursday night. April
90. Club members will be present
to act as chaperones. and very good
music has been arranged for the
dance.
The children of the Mozart club
Roosevelt's Juvenile Music club
sxNfa ff1o
for their monthly meeting on Thurs
day. A report of the convention held
at Tucson will be given. The meet
ing will be held in Neighborhood
House.
The Easter Cantata. "The Resurec-
ton Hope" given by the choir OF the
Neighborhood Congregational church
on Sunday evening was we'll received
by an appreciative audience which
filled Neighborhood House. III. T..
Austin was leader and Mrs. Jay Hyde
accompanist. Mrs. j. r. Wilson, Mrs.
Il. r. Hedgpeth, Fl. E. Austin, Jay
Hyde and ]. r.. Wilson took the solo
parts Of the cantata. There were 10
voices in the vel ltrained chorus.
The quarterly business meeting of
the Neighborhood Congregational
church was held on Monday evening.
A dinner was served at $50 o'clock,
followed by reception to new MEM
bers. A most enjoyable evening was
spent by the church family at. this
| quarterly gathering and a cordial
welcome given to the new members
A number of Easter Egg Hunts
were enjoyed by the children of the
| district on Sunday afternoon. The
Tatuu children had a. delightful
hunt at their home near the noun
| tains; Tertia Wilson, on the Tempe
road entertained some of her friends;
| the Wallin girls called up a few o.
their friends for an afternoon hunt
and Mrs NJ. V. Nixon entertained
her nieces and some of the children o1
/ the neighborhood.
The Ladies' Aid society of the dis,
/ trict are invited to meet with the
Ladies Aid society OF the Congrega.
| tional church. Phoenix on Wednes
day, to meet Mrs. A. C. Ronney. Mrs
Ronney has the missionary organi'
/ zation work of the church. She is OF
her way to Tucson to speak at th'
conference to be held there this week
and has arranged to stop over il
Phoenix for the meeting on Wednes
Gay.
Rev. and Mrs. e. r. Bellingham
Mrs. C. II. b. Carter and Mrs. Fret
Kiser are driving overland to Tucsol
on Tuesday to attend the state con
ference of the Congregations
churches.