Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-15


his return from Bisbee.
Will Amalong, of the Eldorado dis
trict was in Pearce Wednesday.
A. M. Gildea and Noah Whitmire, of
Middlemarch, were shopping in Pearce
Wednesday.
Mrs Robert Koch and son, Bobbie,
who have been visiting Mrs Koch's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ Renaud,
left for their home in Ventura We'd
nesday. They We're accompanied to-
Wilcox by Mr.. and Mrs Jack Murphy
and Miss BERTHE Collins.
John Gung'l of Wilcox was a,
Pearce visitor Wednesday, !
The following. candidates on the re-
publican ticket were visiting in PearceI
Thursday: E. S, Clark, candidate for
governor; r. a, Kirk, corporation com
missioner; Miss Jean Thompson, for
superintendent of public instruction,
and Lem Stallings, mine Inspector.
Both the grammar and high schools
closed Friday to permit the teachers
and pupils to- attend the county fair,
being held in Douglas.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. Bryant and two
daughters, Annadale and Janet Louise,
attended the county fair at Douglas
Friday
Miss Lydia Young, principal of the
Pearce grammar school, spent the
week end in Tucson.
S. H., Spain and Chauncy Clapp, who
live in the Light district, were in
Pearce Saturday.
Roy English returned from a busi-
ness trip to Phoenix Saturday.
P. O. Payne, who lives near Cochise,
was Pearce visitor Saturday
M j. Hurley, principal of the high
school, and wife accompanied by Miss
Elizabeth Squire and Miss BERTHE Col
I.lins, motored to Douglas Saturday and
attended the county fair.
: J. l.. Scoffield, of the Stronghold, was
shopping in Pearce Saturday
Dug Lemons, who has been in Mexico
for some time, returned to Pearce Sat
urday for a visit with his wife.
Mrs. C. M. Renaud left Sunday for
Cisco, Texas, where she will make an
extended visit with her son, Charles
Renaud, and wife.
The following democratic candidates
stopped in Pearce for a short time Sat
urday on their way to Douglas: Carl
Hayden, candidate for United States
senator; James H. Kirby, for secretary
of state; Frank Luke, for tax commits
sioner; George Henshaw, county sher-
iff, and M. S. Hankins, chairman of
the democratic central committee.
Mr. and Mrs. George Fleetham and
son, Fred, attended the fair at Douglas
Saturday.
Mrs. J. 3. Shaw and Miss Ann Rookie
fellow stopped in Pearce for a short
time Sunday en- route to Tucson. Mrs.
Shaw spent a few days at her ranch
in the Stronghold and Miss Rockefel-
low was the guest of her brother,
]. A. Rockefellow and family.
NJ ]. Hurley and F. L. Bryant mot
ored to Douglas Sunday.
A. A. ArlucllI of Bisbee, and who
formerly was a leaser with the Com
monwealth Mining and Milling COM
pany, was in PeArce Saturday.
Mr.! and Mrs. Jack Murphy, Miss Col
iinis and c. NJ Renaud spent Sunday
evening in wilcox.
i Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Ewing motored
to Courtland> Sunday.
Among the lucky hunters this week
! was Herbert Cunningham, who bagged
four point buck in Pinery canyon.
The head and horns are on exhibit at
the home of his mother, Mrs. Jack
Murphy.
I Harry Wootton and family, accom-
panied by Mrs. Dan Huddy, of Bisbee,
spent Sunday visiting MIS-. Howard
Boulter. Mrs. Huddy will remain for
an indefinite visit with her daughter.
Miss Goldie Kegan visited at the
high school Monday.
Miss Ruth Mckinney was elected
by the student body to represent the
high school as queen at the Cochise
county. fair at Douglas.
Monday at the regular meeting of
the student body it was decided to
make the trip to Tucson for Univer-
sity week, given by the University
of Arizona for the high school stu
dents late in the school year. The
expense of this trip is borne by the
students and therefore, Miss Ruth Nc
Kinney, president of the student body,
appointed a ways and means COM
mittee of five to devise way of rails
ing the necessary money to cover the
expense.
Tuesday Mrs. A. Y. Smith gave a
very interesting and educational talk
before the students on "Art Apprecia-
tion." Mrs. Smith used her many beau
tiful paintings of Arizona and other
places to illustrate her talk. The hour
was very much enjoyed by all who
had the privilege of hearing Mrs. Smith
and interest was manifest by the
marked attention given during the
lecture. We hope to have Mrs. Smith
with us again before the school year
is closed.
The end of the first month of school
finds the enrolment fixed at "a. At
tendance for the month was not up to
the standard we desire in order to
get the best work from students and
teachers. Nothing but absolute neces-
sity should interfere with attendance,
and parents should see to it that
nothing prevents their children from
attending all classes. 1t is absolutely
impossible to make up" time in school
just as impossible as it is to make
up time in hours or days or years
in ones life. A day of school missed
means just 10th of the school year