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Show Arbor Day Doings at Minersville i.itkraky 11ulli -'rous am) ti-;i:ks ti-;i:ks to try coxcli'stons irrigation' begcx The members of the local Parent-Teachers' Parent-Teachers' Association were again disappointed dis-appointed when Bishop . Burns ot .Milford was unable to address the regular meeting last week. A good musical program was given, , with solos by Mrs. E. N. Larsen, Alfred Morris and Mr. Lyall Webster. The association decided to cooperate with the Student Body in the improvement of the school grounds on Arbor Day, and to plan a big all-day picnic for the town and school on May Day. On Arbor Day the entire school assembled at the school grounds with rakes, hoes and shovels as well as teams and wagons, and spent the day working on the grounds. The geometry class, under the direction of the principal, I. D. Stewart, had marked off the front of the grounds for lawns and gravel walks. The students were kept busy plowing for the lawn and hauling gravel and soil to (ill in the walks and grass plots. At noon the high school girls served a fine luncheon to a hungry horde of workers. In the evening a dance was given in Wood's Hall. A large crowd attended. The high school band furnished the greater part of the music. . A lire which for a time threatened to become very serious was discovered discov-ered last Saturday in the school wood pile. It bad consumed about a quarter quar-ter of the school supply before it was put out. It was started by sparks from a small fire in the yard of Wil T. Morris, and the violent wind had fanned it into a dangerous blaze before be-fore it was discovered. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Parker of Rex- burg were, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Marshall over last Friday and Saturday. "' The funeral services were held last Sunday for the little daughter of Clyde Marshall who died on April 12. She had been suffering from an attack at-tack of pneumonia which followed an attack of the measles. Mrs. H. M. Gourley visited her sister, sis-ter, Mrs. Coon, in Milford last week end to attend the dance and festivities festivi-ties in honor of the Milford recruits. Melvin Marshall returned from Salt Lake City last week with a new Mitchell automobile. Members of the Murdock Academy presented the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera, "The Pirates of Penzance," Pen-zance," in Minersville on Friday, April 13.. The performance was-well given and took well with the audience. audi-ence. . The local high school has been divided di-vided into two groups known as the Tigers and Bullfrogs. These groups are to form literary societies and other rival activities. Their first conflict con-flict came on last Friday, when they met in a track meet on the new athletic ath-letic field. The Tigers carried off the victory. John Turley is having a new house built on his place in town. The time of neutrality is past. Disloyalty to this country is treason, and the penalty therefor is death. .... I, I., |