The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-17

cerned in school activities {
students during the next few
"a, the spring operetta will /
Verne Jennings, music direct'
The title of the offering is
Hollywood Extra" and the cast
will include Ruth Munsen. Dave
Judd. Alice Eckert and Don
Phillips in leading roles. Others
are Vera Keller. George Cole, Ray
Daily, and Wallace Parmeter.
Understudies are Mary Ann
Jacobs, Jessie McQueed, Mildred
Peterson, Woodrow Loney, Don
Henderson, Wilbur Jolly, Keith
Lille, Ray Botsford and John STRAIT
ton.
On Saturday. April l. Puyallup
schools will be hosts to grade and
high school students of Pierce
county at the 18th speech clinic of
the year conducted by DR. c. X.
Strother of the University of
Washington. Immediately follow
ing the clinic, which begins at 8
a. m, luncheon will be served at
which DR.. Strother will discuss,
Reading. Speaking and Hearing
Difficulties"
The clinic is result of state
wide survey of the frequency of
speech defects among school chill
dren conducted last year by DR..
Strother. Professor Daggy of w.
S. c.. and Professors Hope and
Lembke of the Western and Cen
trail Colleges of Education, respec-
lively.
Under auspices of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, course in first
aid is being given to members of
safety patrols of each of the grade
schools with Neil Rinehart in
charge. Instructions will be given
once each week in how to prevent
accidents and how to aid persons
who have been in a mishap.
To Fly Kites
Preliminaries of the kite flying
contest sponsored by the Bicycle
/ Safety club of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars will be held at Vik-
ing field Saturday morning at 10
o'clock. All boys under II are
eligible. according to Neil Rine-
hart. director. The finals will be
held at Fife on March %.
The feature at a meeting Of the
High School PIT. A. Tuesday even
ing in the new study hall of the
school building will be demonstra-
tons of teaching methods by Don
aid Hartung, Miss Gladys Soren-
son and Harry V. Stsrbird. Star
bird will conduct panel discus
sion on The Family. Its Social
Problems, with Dorothy Hoss as
chairman. assisted by Paul Mick
ems. Doris Absher. Frank Hama
walt and Pat Kalkus. Art stu
dents will demonstrate Miss Soren-
sons technique and Hartung's class
will conduct an experiment in cleo
tricity.
Musical features will be a group
of songs by the Junior High
School Girls Glee club and piano
solos by Marjory Wentworth. The
meeting will open with a short
business session at 1:45 with MIS-
Gus Mankertz. president, presid'
/ ing, and at the conclusion refresh
ments will be served in the cafe
terra with Mrs. J. A. Stackhouse
in charge.
The auxiliary of Puyallup Val
ley post No. 2224. V. F. w. will
meet Thursday evening at Ode
Fellows hall for a regular business
session
On Friday night the group viii
60 TO American Lake hospital fol
dance to which all members ano
their friends are invited. A bus
will leave from Martins confec-
tionery al $50.
Hoopmen To Play
The First Christian church
basketball team has joined the
second section of the Fraternal
Basketball league of Tacoma and
Thursday evening will play Oak
land Presbyterian five on the
Stadium floor. Tuesday night the
First Christians won over Knapp
Business college. 46 TO 81. The
squad is coached by Warren
Smith and includes Warren Park
hurst. Glen Todd. Wilbur Eaton
Fred Piper. Dick Angelina. Elwood
Smith, Budd Brew, Neil Clements
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Schuyler Colfax, lodge of Re-
bekahs. will hold social nigh,
Friday at Odd Fellows hall. the
affair beginning at s o'clock
Mrs. James Smith has arranged
the program and refreshments will
b IN charge Of Mrs. Alice Bloom