White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-12-25
SCHOOL NOTES

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Mrs. A. G. Hampton, mother Of
Mrs. Burkman, arrived in White Bluffs
from Blackfoot, Idaho, last Saturday.
Mrs. Hampton will visit with the
Burlunans for time this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burkrnan expect to
spend their Christmas vacation in
White Bluffs. So. Z.
The second regularly scheduled
basketball gamd of the season was
played at White Bluffs last Friday
evening when the high. school team
from Hover came up here to meet
ths local high school team, The final
score of the game was White Bluffs
II and Hover 4. Carl Wagner play
ing at right forward for White Bluffs
was high point man for the evening
making five field goals and converting
one foul goal. Charles English also
playing at forward and made two field
goals. The members Of the White
Bluffs team were Carl Wagner
Charles English, Minor ~ Slingsby
Arthur Anderson and Jay Montgom
cry. Russell Blair, Patrick Clark anG
George Hammer were used as substi.
tutes in the last quarter. Roy Ben.
son CT Benton City acted as referee
A return game will be played at Hove,
January 16. s
A lunch was served to- the Hover
and White Bluffs teams -af4sr the
game. The girls on the fefreshmen,
/ committee were Ellen Anderson, Edns
Johnson, Bernice WEIGH and Villa
Wright all in charge of Miss .Withrow
School will close for the Christina.
holidays Thursday, December "a. ane
reopen on Monday, January.
Until last Monday, Wal Nut. the
big fat goldfish of the science room
of the high school, swan about leisure
! ly and alone in the new aquarium
Now six little orange goldfish which
Russell Blair and Arthur Anderson
brought from Yakima, are darling
about the sunken castle in the aquar.
ium giving big lazy Wal Nut som.
competition at dinner time. vi
The seventh and eighth grades hae
debate Thursday afternoon on the
question Resolved that rivers hav.
affected the history of the United
States more than Mountains" The
negative side won. 5#
The grade school has new basket
ball which was put into use for tn
first time Thursday evening.
Approximately t1irty-five books
! have been received by the grad,
school from the County Library
They are being used for outside read
ing among the upper grade students
Each year the tuberculosis League
has a sale of the Red Cross Christ
mas stamps to aid in the maintenance
Of their sanitariums, clinics and ;
scientific study of the disease. Thi
year the sale at White Bluffs wa
conducted under the supervision o
the high school. Our quota wa,
twenty dollars. Patrick Clarke was i,
charge of the stamp sale. Charlie.
English and Robert Remlinger mad,
the highest sales records.
A large number of the grade schoo
children and most of the high schoo
students have been vaccina.ed 70,
smallpox during the past two weeks.
Miss Withrow will spend the
Christmas vacation at the home of hel
parents in Seattle. Mr.. Kirkpatrick
is going to Spokane to spend the vaca.
ton with his parents. Miss Griffin
will visit her sister, Mrs. D. McKen.
zie OF Spokane. Miss Frederick will
spend the vacation at Hartline with
relatives. Miss Smith is going to
Prosser to spend Christmas with hei
sister.
Orville Skeleton and Doris and
Margaret Holecek will spend their
i Christmas vacation on the coast.
The third and fourth grades sang
Christmas carols at the Liberty
theater Saturday evening, December
10.
The boys of the third and fourth
grades were losers in spelling con.
test ard gave party to the girls
Thursday afternoon December II
Games were played and refreshment:
were served. Those winning the
highest honors in the contest were
Jcseehine Wcstling and Helen Wheel
or among the girls and John Bonn
and Donald Chappell among the boys
The first and second grades are 60
ing to have Christmas party Thurs.
day afternoon. They plan to play
games, exchange small gifts and
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