Paragould soliphone., 1922-04-19
STUDENTS ARE PREPARING FOR
 A. N. I. A. N EFT
Local Institution Will Be We'll Representcd--llt'- zens Are Urged to Ac- company Delegations.
(From Tuesdays Daily Press)

gagged this week putting the fin1sh- ing touches on the track team that will represent the local high school at the Arkansas Missouri lnterscilo- lastic Association which meets Ill plytheville on Friday and Saturday of this week.
 The boys are displaying a great amount of enthusiasm in gong aDouI their duties and the fact IS cle3rly to be seen that, while the humper trying out this year is possibly smaller than that of the past ieW years. yet the quality of the team has not been altered.
 As dash men the coach has ilhe young specimens of youthful strength and endurance in John Purcell, Harlan Trice. Franklin Wlibourh' Byron Futrell, Lee Derry, Wright Salter and qlast, but by no means least in the amount of effort ana inc prospects of becoming in year or two probably the best track man that the local school has had Tn several years, is little Tommle Fletcher. In a workout held yes terdav afternoon at the fair grounds Purcell showed the prottiest strlde for q quarter of mile man that has been seen in these parts Tn some seasons and the man that wins over John will have to travel consider ably faster. Wilbourn also demon strated that he has the class TOT 22O yard dash when he tlnlshed barely two feet behind Lee Derry Ill the trial heat of yesterday. Futreil also is working and tied with Fur cell at the close of the hait mile' The hundred yard dash that opened the program was featured by the stride of Harlan Trice who tflppeu and fell across the, finish line just as Derry was closing in on hlm' Until within few feet of the end thjs boy had a good lead and had fine chances of adding to 1t untll he suddenly tripped just enough to lose HIS pact oi" i''-'
 the race in tie above mentioned man ner. The relay team will be com posed of four of the boys mentioned above.
 In the field division of the meet three new departments have been added. They are the pole vault the low and the high hurdles. The weights have not been overlooked and the shot put, discus and ham mer will have their places while the broad and high jumps are in the program as of old. In each Of these contests p. H. s. will be well rep resented.
 In the literary division the school will be represented by Miss Mary McDermott in the girls voice, MISS Elsie Meiser in piano and Mss Ru'h Phillips in the reading; NIT. Cecil Baine in boys Reclamation and MT. Virgil Thiol in voice. Also. MISS Dorothy Long in spelling, Miss Grace Parsons in shorthand and in typeWrl'- ing one of the three young men, whose names are as follows: Winfield Han cock, Lee Derry and Fred Wright
 Coach Mayo and the students ol the school earnestly request and ln- vite all who can possibly do so' to accompany the teams to BlytheVllic' Last year at Joncsboro Paragould was given credit for having the .peppiest" delegation in attendance and much praise was given the school on this score in the Jones' boro papers, The local boosters hope to merit the same regards this year and this is possible only with a strong delegation that will be unitedly behind the P. II. $. repre- sentativcs, cheering them on through every moments time and maintain ing a spirit of fairness toward tue other contestants. But Paragould must watch her step this year as news reports being received from Jonesboro state that the students and citizens of that city are en- deavoring to charter a special train over the J. l.. c. x E. ApproXi- matelv one hundred and fifty per sons will go to Blytheyille from the Craighead metropolis and it behooves Paragould to hustle if the efforts of