Arizona republican., 1922-01-18
NEWS NOTES FROM
PEVDERCAST DIST

The Farm Bureau meeting Wednes-
dav night was poorly attended, PROB
abiv because it was not announced
The meeting of the Pendergast-T Tolle-
son Farm Bureau is held twice
month. On the second "Wednesday
night, the meeting is held in the west
End school building, and on the
fourth wednesday night 1t is held IN
the school house at Tolleson.
The people of the district have pc
titioned Mr.. Wooden to consent TO
remain as superintendent of the Pen
oergast schools for another year. Mr.
Wooden handed his resignation TO the
board early in September, and when
IL became known that such resigna
ton had been rendered. the people az
once circulated petition asking Mr.
Wooden to stay. The petition bears
the names of about 81 per cent OF
the patrons and students OF the
school. .-
mat and organized last Saturday IN
accordance with the new school laws
of Arizona. Paul GreenhaW was
chosen clerk of the board while Johu
Graham. the new member, was erect
Rettv Greenhaw, who fell ana
anrained one Of her knees during
basIsetball game with Glendale on
the home court some four weeks aso'
is still unable to attend school.
steve Stefini and family haVe s.er
Gently moved into the olstrlct aase NJ
having spent several months IN w.
desta' Cal. Mr.. and Mrs. o,1it
we're formerly residents OF the WEI
End community. Aanr
onnointed attendance officer 10.
cIandaie. Peoria, washington ana ana
pandergast districts. Mr.. Tuckey
wiii make weekly visits to eacn OF
these schools. 1t is expected tina, /,
both narents and teachers Will ana
the officer in seeing to 1T tnat an a.,
children OF school age are In scnooi
avery day. Mr.. Tuckey gave infor-
nation that he should not call at q
home more than once because OF
violation OF the attendance law py
narents. After the first call, he ex- e
meets to lay the complaint before the
| proper officers.
Quite recent social feature OF the
West End community is in the IorH
/ of an outdoor picnic dinner eacn sun
| day. These dinners are furnished py
| all who attend and are held at dll-
1
the crowd usually going from cnnrcr
to the place where the dinner Is &c
be spread, Last Sunday the dinner
was given at the West End church
Quarterly examinations were glVer
last week in all advanced grade WORK
Grades will be given to the stuuent'
on wednesday at a o'clock. students
are expected to take their grade caro'
to parents, and the parents are re
uuested to report to the superinteno'
ent at once if the grades received by
an ystudent are not satisfactory.
New courses for the semester 1us
beginning are the following: Ele.
mentary economics for ninth anc
tenth grade students; credit hair
Advanced English grammar for an!
student above the seventh grade.
advanced arithmetic. consisting espe'
cially of work in percentage ant
practical measurements, for any stu
dent above the seventh grade. Tn
class in public school music VIII b'
discontinued during the SECOND
semester. but the chorus work will
extend throughout the year.
The Pendergast basketball team
journeyed over to Glendale Frida!
afternoon, where were played som'
OF the best scores of the season
The Glendale boys were victorious
the score being % to 16. while th'
Pendergast girls won by a score o
IA to 6, giving to the Glendale schoo
20 points and to the Pendergas
school 80 points. The Glendale boy
had the Pendergast boys "bested" il
size. and had it not been for fas
playing on the part Of the latter. III
score would have resulted much NOR
in favor of the team that won.
The Pendergast PIT. A. held
most interesting meeting in the stud,
hall Friday afternoon. An excep
tionally good attendance was re
ported, while the program was on
Of the best that has been given thi
year. The next meeting of the P.-1
A. will be held February II, that be
ing the birthday anniversary of th
organization.
Next Friday afternoon is the dat
set for return games with the Madi
son basketball team, to be played o,
I the home grounds. Madison ha
some good Shooters" and a fas
game is promised. The public is in
vited to see the games.
1t is announced that there will b
stereopticon lecture to which tn
public is invited, in the West Ent
church on Wednesday night. Janu
airy 1S. The pictures shown will b.
Of the far east-Japan, Korea, China