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Leavenworth Echo

Location

Leavenworth, Washington, United States of America

Date

Feb 15, 1918

Page

3

High School Breezes Weekly Paper Highlights Student Activity

The Leavenworth High School announces its weekly paper High School Breezes edited by Iva West and others to inform citizens about school activities. It notes thrift stamp sales reaching 705.05 dollars from various grades and praises both girls and boys for efforts in plays and sports.

High School Leavenworth High School BPRS Casdaseriente McClure Ceee-E Sgerg Aitinhaecciacen Haas Hayden Beardsley Walsh High School

Junior Red Cross Luncheon Supports Refugee Clothing

Last week the Home Economics Class prepared a luncheon that netted $20 which Mrs L J Nelson will use to buy garment material for sewing classes. The funds aid clothes for French and Belgian refugee children while boys and girls both contribute with packing boxes and Red Cross posters. The S H S Junior Red Cross has its charter and funds from Northwestern division Seattle for garment materials.

Leavenworth Echo Thanks Editor In Chief Note

The S H S student body thanks the Leavenworth Echo for space in this edition. Seniors plan their class play and a vaudeville show by juniors to fund-raise for the seniors banquet. The boys basketball team impressed in new orange and black uniforms at Friday’s game.

Leavenworth Echo Iva M. West Herbert Ver

Flat feet not barring enlistment in army orders

New army medical guidelines say flat feet will not disqualify draftees and many men were previously rejected for this condition. In Seattle, The Great Northern plans a new terminal valued at $1,000,000, signaling growth amid the policy update.

Seattle The Great Northern

Yellow Bunch Pulls Off Big 26 14 Victory

Friday night crowd saw a top game as the Yellow squad defeated the Wenatchee boys 26 to 14. Joe Smith Hagler and Sunshine Smith starred with Lonnie and Ted making key plays on both ends.

Yellow Bunch Wenatchee Boys Joe Smith Hagler Sunshine Smith Lonnie Ted

Osborn’s Tongue Damaged After Cow Incident in Class

In economics class Mr. Osborn reportedly injured his tongue during a bizarre incident with a cow during morning chores. The class offered regret for the awkward moment and connected the mishap to his inability to speak clearly.

Osborn

Miss Anderson and Eleanor Gage See Sunrise Spy Quip

A brief dialogue shows Miss Anderson asking why spies are shot at sunrise and Eleanor Gage answering to save break fast. The exchange plays on a word involving breakfast and morning gunfire.

Miss Anderson Eleanor Gage

Absentmindedness and classroom lights in economy class

The text notes a curious habit where students, instead of ringing for economics class, turn on the lights in the assembly. It suggests asking Mr. Osborne for an explanation of this behavior.

Mr. Osborne

Ingenious Definitions of Humor In Economics Class

A collection of student quotes on humor from Mr. Osborn and Hazel Virginia Lonnie Henry Gilbert Alice Cliffered and Ted Ritchie. The lines mix humorous observations and playful wordplay about humor and life with a poem about a basketball player and red socks.

Alice

Poetic War Era Hosiery Ode Embraced by Seniors

A poetic verse about knitting and war themes is shared with the Senior class. It evokes hours spent on a hosiery project, describing knitting and purling, turning heels, and the quest to reach the toe with humor and reverence for craft.

Spokane Draft Registrants Vanish as Classification Starts

Nearly 400 men of draft age in Spokane registered but moved away with no addresses. Questionnaires were returned as undeliverable. Officials say once classification finishes, search efforts will locate missing men. those not found may be labeled slackers and subjected to military law if located later.

Spokane

Sugar prices and reform touted by Hoover amid world shortages

America regulates cane refiners profits and sugar import policy as Hoover cites substantial public savings. Officials claim retail sugar should cost 8.5 to 9 cents per pound with a 25 cent per hundred profit cap for grocers and a $1.80 per hundred cap on refining margins. Committees coordinate imports with allied governments to stabilize supply, aiming to ship 200,000 more tons to France while keeping Cuban sugar around $4.60 per hundred pounds fob Cuba.

America United States Food Administration The Food Administration France Herbert Hoover Mr. Hoover United States Canada England Italy Germany West Indies East Indies Europe Java Seaboard Hoover Cuba New York State Department Rolph California

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