The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-10-16
Junior High Notes
Football Game

Displaying flashes of keen foot
ball at various occasions, two evenly
matched Junior High football elev-
ems battled to a Sc tie in regula-
ton game played at the High School
stadium, Saturday, Oct. IL. THE
teams, called the Grizzlies and Bob
cats, played four downs each in an
overtime, the Grizzlies winning 7-6
At the conclusion of the regular
playing time, the score stood at six
up. BY mutual agreement each team
took four downs from the fifty yard
line. the Grizzlies making Is yards
to the Bobcats Is, to win 76.
The Grizzlies, led by the hard
running of Fullback Chuck Smith,
and the quarterbacking of George
Earle. hit the point zone early in
the first half, scoring from the eight
yard line on a line plunge The try
for point was blocked The Bobcats
retaliated quickly through the air
completing pass after pass to move
deep in the enemies territory, scor-
ing from the Is. The try for point
failed.
The SECOND half was chiefly de-
fensive battle with neither team
scoring as they fought to a stand
still throughout The Grizzlies once
pushed deep to the Bobcats seven
only to have a formidable Cat line
toss them back, regaining the ball on
downs. The final tackle play of
Henry Bothman was feature OF
line play while the entire Cat back
field performed we'll.
The Junior High gridders have
accepted challenge game from the
High School frosh and will meet
them in the near future. Referee OF
the October Ii game was Robert
Barrie.
The Junior High Civics classes are
busy this week preparing several
debates which are to be held in
their individual classes during the
coming week Debating on the ques-
ton. 1T should be a part of our
national policy that every American
man or woman must spend some
time residing in the country each
year." the groups are anticipating
frank disagreements.
Although the question might
seem rather obvious, the negative
are building their platform about
the point that ii would be contrary
to our American policy of free
thinking: the affirmative, of course,
stressing the health beneficiary
viewpoint.
Participating will be: Mariyln
Neils, Patricia Cairns, Dolores Ger
tel, John Richards, Bob Brinton,
George Earle, Rosa Anna Nelson,
Mildred Day, Julia Vukelich, Gene
Dedic. Dale Johnson, and Daniel
Halsey. Futurue debates are antici-
pated to make the group familiar
with parliamentary procedure in the
meeting place as well as training in
expressing their individual opinions.
Pep MI
The Junior High assembly was
the scene of tryouts for the Pep
MI group, the student body being
the judge of the contestants. Those
selected were. Alice Rodgers Fern
collars, Margery Hunter, Mariyln
Neils, Tia Moe Whitefield. GWyneth
Holman, Beverly WOLF, Dolores Ger
tel. June, Baney, Mary Alice Farris,
Helen Swimley, and Patricia Cairns.
New Seats in Assembly
Seating Accommodations were made
more pleasant this week with the
installing of new seats to accom-
modate the large Ia class who to
date have been sitting in straight
back iron chairs. The new seats, of
course. make it much easier TO study
as well as to keep their books in
order.
The Junior High lost student
last week when Janice Head dis
continued her.. schooling here to
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