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Newspaper
Leavenworth Echo
Location
Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1921
Page
7
The ensemble of editors and reporters for the High School Blat includes Editor-in-chief Dorothy Eresch Assistant Editor Bert Holloway and reporters Leverne Gatherless Mary Wheeler Mable Eresch and Orvis Haugh across senior junior sophomore and freshman classes.
An editorial voice reflects on disillusion and beauty beyond glossy images. It urges critical thinking and individual thought, then shifts to a school event where Prof Sutton awards varsity letters to the girls basketball team amid light theatrical revelry and student chatter.
The Juniors performed a lively program with Romantic Molly drawing strong laughter. The Senior Play cast includes Hosea Howe, Jack Farquhar, Ver y Rand, and others in a delightful production at the auditorium Tuesday. Doctor Wise lectured at the high school, delivering valuable medical insights to an applauding audience. The school bell signals 11 45 as students head to lunch and speculate on the day’s events.
A surreal vignette plays out with a childlike rhyme about a girl Mildred whose light dies when Charley calls. A classroom scene follows with a gum chewing student punished by reduction of monthly grade by five percent and sent to Mr Sutton. Nearby Mr Curtis notes begonias in Botany reading.
After pupils gathered in the assembly room last Tuesday the report cards were handed out. Reactions ranged from shining joy and serene satisfaction to blank dismay as weeks of effort were weighed. The scene reflected the tension of the moment and a vow to strive again.
A cheeky piece extols courage as a valued student asset exceeding teachers or textbooks. It suggests keeping a stock of courage for late arrivals unprepared lessons and for moments of detection during chewing gum. The tone blends humor with a moral urging to act bravely to avoid grade penalties.
Preliminary census data reported to the Washington Manufacturers Association shows the state's manufactured product value rising from 220,746,000 dollars in 1910 to about 800,000,000 dollars. Sam Rogers, director of the fourteenth census, supplied the wire.
An architect from Marquette Michigan has spent days in Sandpoint loading fourteen carloads of spruce larch and black pine logs for shipment to a Michigan summer resort where a New York banker will build a half million dollar log cabin. He notes Inland Empire trees offer the best grain and firmness in the United States.
A Stonewall Oklahoma News item reports a merchant who does not advertise ran an ad in his home paper. Two days later his nearby town store was broken into and robbed, suggesting locals only then learned he was in town.
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