Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1932-03-03

! (By Supt. w. E. Stegner)
4 The Plentywood high schol basket
/ ball team took a trip TO the Scobey
\ tournament the week before last and
4 although they did not win, they show
] ed the possibilities of a good if
/ their season had not been almost COM
] pletely ruined because of the lack of
1 a place to play in. Having special
1 permission from the contractor 10
l practice on the new high school gym
/ floor even though. the building was
] net completed, the boys went to the
tournament without having played
any opponent and with less than 2
weeks practice. They lost to Outlook,
the winners Of the tournament, after
holding them ever for ver half of
the game. Eugene Zimmerman badly
sprained his knee and after that
! Plentywood weakened and Outlook
| put on some more steam and won by
a substantial margin. In the second
game, Plentywood met Flaxville and
played on even terms Throughout, hay
ing but three men IN the lineup dur
ing the last part of the game. Per-
sonal fouls did the damage which con-
dition would not have prevailed had
the Wildcats played several games
before the tournament 50 as to over
come this particular weakness. The
balance of the season is still in the
air, so to speak. Plentywood desired
to put on an invitational county tour
nament in the new gym but it seems
impossible to get it in because the
building has not been officially &C.
cepted yet and the Other teams In the
county may not be able to keep go-
ing long enough to play after the
dedication exercises and the forma
acceptance of the building.
The trip to Scobey was made pos
sible by the generous donations from
several members Of the Commercial
Club and by the gratis trip made By
O. A. Opgrande ard the free use O
a car from the Peterson CO.. The
school wishes to thank all these gen
tlemen for this fine example of theia
support.
Washington Bi-Centennial
The Washington Bi-Centennial ha.
been observed in many ways by tn
Plentywood schools to date. Pro
grams Of a suitable kind have beer
given throughout the school, a grad
declamatory contest has been he'll
and an essay contest has been con
Quoted in the high school. On Mon
day, February p, the entire schoo
listened to the Washington Birthda,
program broadcast from the Unite
States House Of Representative
Chamber in Washington, D. G.
A considerable number of hig
school pupils wrote on various phas
es of the life Of Washington and tn
winning essay writers have been an
nounced. The winner of first plac
will have her essay entered in com
petition with the winners Of simila
contests in this state in the nation
First place was awarded in the Pier
tywood contest to Helen Madsen, &c
ma Sattar won second place and Gel
-trude OVERLY was the winner 2
third place.
Grade Declamatory
On Monday afternoon, Februar
% the grade declamatory contest wa
held in the new auditorium. Previou
TO this contest each grade had bel
an elimination contest and entere
its winner against the winner frol
the other grade in the same division
Leonard Highland placed first in tn
7th and 9Th grade group. He wa
pitted against Ralph Oswald Of tn
7th grade. For the 5th and Ct
grades, Mae Antonson Of the st
. grade won over Alma Hegland of tn
9Th grade. Howard Stenehjem
the 3rd grade was awarded the decis
ion over Grant Morck Of the At
grade, and Helen Gallagher Of SCI
ond grade was ranked as a little be-
ter than Sanford Lund of the /:
grade. All of the contestants did e.
ceptionally well in spite Of the shol
time they had for preparation due !