Dale News, Volume 5, Number 4, Dale, Spencer County, 27 February 1942 — Page 5

sion with excellent band music and a grade boys drum corps.

Mrs. L. G. Smith was hostess for the regular meeting of the Monday Nite bridge club this week, having as special guests, Mesdames Mabel Waraven, Reba Wood, Lena Livengood of this place and Mrs. Anna Gentry of Lincoln City. A lovely buffet luncheon was served before the playing of bridge. High scores were awarded Mesdames Reba Wood and Mildred Martin, with the travel prize going to Mrs. Paul Brown. A delightful evening was spent by those present.

DALE SCHOOL NOTES

The girls are now knitting sweat ers and other articles for them selves or family.

January Honor Roll: GRADE 7: Vivian Cooper, Patsy Medcalf, Arthur Webb. GRADE 8: Zita Arnold, Mary Agnes Elliott, Charmaine Herr. GRADE 9: Blanch Sergeskettsr, Margie Walraven, Maurice Webb. GRADE 10: Charles Collins, Wilhemina Schweizer, Ralph Kennedy, Jeanette Medcalf, Anna J. Southwood, Dale Weller,

(BY MARY IDA DAY)

The students of Home Economic III have greatly enjoyed their work with their instructors, Miss Lloyd, student teacher of Indiana State Teachers’ College, and Miss Weedman this week. Lucille Eskridge demonstrated how to shorten or lengthen a blouse pattern, and Margaret Gogel instructed the cass in making flat felt seams. A full discussion of color was also taken up. The girls were classified as either brunettes, blondes, etc. and suitable colors were chosen for each individual by means of charts, obtained from colleges and with the “experimental colored collars” purchased recently by the home economics department. The students are now beginning their “master piece”, which is to be a “nice” dress, from spun rayon, seersucker, or silk materials.

On Friday afternoon, teachers and all the student body, who wished, responded to an invitation to attend a union prayer hour service held at the United Brethren Church where all were impressed by the earnestness and solemnity of this patriotic and religious convocation.

Robert Weller. GRADE 11: Helen Collignon,

The band in their new uniforms gave a concert on Wednesday evening for their parents, teachers, ajnd friends. After a short marching program they played, “Military Escorts”, “Phantom Trumpeters”, “Them Basses”, “El Capitan”, “On the Mall”, “American Exultant”, “White Cliffs of Dover”, and “The Star Spangled Banner.”

Melba Winkler. GRADE 12: Wallace Schaaf, Leonard Wagner, Bernice Waldheir.

Mrs. George Medcalf, Kathryn Medcalf and Wanda Brown were in Huntingburg Wednesday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Basil Owens and children of Summitville visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carpenter Monday.

Mrs. Helen Martin, who spent several weeks with her son Charles and family in Huntingburg has returned home.

Mrs. Mary Winkler, who has pent the past two months in Evansville returned home Sunday.

Mrs. Alice Spradlin of Selvin was a visitor in Dale Wednesday.

If “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is a true saying, students will be healthy, for they have been consuming about three bushels of apples a day of the thirty bushels received from surplus commodities distributed by the government.

Bookkeeping students are now studying social security taxes, old age insurance benefits, taxes for old-age insurance benefits, unemployments compensation, and income taxes. The students feel certain that this work will be of great value to them in future years.

HE’D GIVE JAPS A REAL SCARE

Tall Wooden Savage Latest Addition To “Cigar Store Indian” Lore

In their study of verbals the senior class is stressing participal and gerund forms, time elements, analysis of the infinitive phrase, absolute phrases, and punctuation of verbal phrases. They are also trying out their literary skill, by writing their history, will, and prophecy for their annual, “Maple Leaves”.

THAT ancient and honorable or' ganization, The Committee to Find Out Where All the Cigar-Store Indians Have Gone To, continues its report. A superb wooden warrior has been discovered at Bee Branch, Arkansas. It is considered a masterpiece of whittling by the cigarsmokers who have seen it, although this particular carving does not stand in front of a tobacconist’s shop. This Indian has a determined look —as if he were hunting for Japanese invaders. M. J. Montgomery, who moulded the figure out of a single log from a Linn tree, with pocket knife, wood chisel, rasp, and sandpaper, says that it is an outgrowth of his hohby, collecting Indian relics. He says: “In 1927 Little Red River was at flood. I felt sure the high waters had uncovered some Indian burials, and I was right. It was there I imagined I could see savages of many descriptions but one picture kept standing in front of me, and always after that day I could see this tall savage every time I went relic-seeking; so eventually I set to work to re-create him. He is all in one piece except his ornaments, tomahawk and spear — 6 feet 2 3/4 inches tall from the base, which base is part of the same log. Beads and ornaments are ancient, made of sea shells from the Great Temple Mound in Oklahoma.” One of the finest “cigar store Indians” is owned by James B. Russell, of New York, veteran purveyor of cigars to America’s elite. It is a replica of Wa-Keys-A-Beak, the red man who sold Manhattan Island for $24 and some firewater for personal commission. Such Indian figures were carved

The senior economic class is discussing the chapter, “Our Marketing System”. This chapter describes the organization, the functions, and the methods of those agencies that distribute goods from producers to consumers. It will create a better understand ing of the economic system an provide a background of information and understanding that will be helpful to students in buying. The high school art class has finished their work upon water coloring and are indulging in oil painting. A number of attractive water colorings have been produced by the amateur artists. The class is planning to oil paint various scenes for wall hangings.

Nicholas Balbach, Reuben Schriefer, Agnes Wagner, and Betty Lou Hoffman, prospective freshmen from Handschiegel school visited high school classes on Wednesday.

After completing their study of narrative poetry sophomores in Section I are studying the biographies of Mark Twain, Anzia Zezierska, Edison, and Robert E. Lee. In Section II they are be ginning the study of “As You Like It”, a five act comedy by Shakespeare.

The drum majorettes. Eugenia Ruxer, Anetta Rice, Joan Richardson, and Peggy Medcalf, appeared in their new gold trimmed, white satin uniforms designed by Miss Weedman, their home economics teacher. The material for these uniforms was purchased from the profit on noonday sales of ice cream.

The commercial classes have seen two short films, one on typing and the other on shorthand. There will be one more to be presented on business machines These pictures are being shown by Mr. Livengood with the school projector.

by carpenters and sailors on long voyages in the old clipper-ship days and were as popular in England as in the U. S. A. in the past century and a half.

After completing the sweaters for the red cross, the high school “knitting bees” are again busy.

Those who attended the DaleCannelton game at Cannelton were entertained at the intermis-