| Summary: | Newsletter of the North Dakota School for the Deaf. THE NORTH DAKOTA BANNER 5 Local and General Mrs. L. A. T.oni[of Devils Lnlte. N. I). Is llie nucsl of her shier, Mrs.1. u. Piper, 521 West Elehlli street— The Flint daily Jouknal. A heavy snow fell the greater part of last Mondav to the depth of four-inches on the level. Miss Gertrude Hines’ friends here were sorry to lenrn Hint she had to underlie) nn operation at Kansas City for appendicitis. They hope the result will be a complete success and that she may be restored to perfect health—Tile western Pennsylvanian. Miss hay Reid whose homo is in Cando can afford to come over to see us once in a while. She had an oppoi-tunity to come with some frieuds hy automobile one day last week. Mrs. L. A. Lons:, who has spent several weeks in Detroit and Fliut, visiting her son Bert and sister. Mrs. J. U. Riper, is now in Faribault as the guest of her son, Mr. Arthur P. Buchanan, and family. Later—Mrs. Long arrived, home on No. 1 Tuesday evening. The last of our last year pupils to return was Cora Kenyon. She had been operated on for appendicitis last summer at the Bismarck hospital. After recovering it was thought advisable to keep her at home until she had regained her strength. Mr. Sheridan and family are now prepared for the worst kind of winter weather the local bureau can let loose upon this community. They had a hot water heating plant recently installed by Mr. ,J. H. Klementsrud of the Devils Lake Plumbing Co. Aside from the foggy weather that prevailed over the Northwest in the earlier part of the month this has been an ideal month for North Dakotans. This recalls to the writer the warm Thanksgiving Day he spent in Minot in 1002. He does not remember a warmer national day since or before for this latitude. There was no little rejoicing among the boys when school was dismissed at three o’clock, Friday afternoon, Nov. 23. to let them witness the foot-ball game between the high school teams of this city and Williston. The girls were not neglected. Mr. Read got out his car and acted the part of a good chauffeur and gave them a ride, taking in a load of seven or eight at a time. Mrs. Matilda Kaps, so well known to our readers as Matilda Donner, renewed her subscription recently with tho statement that she would like to know what her old friends are doing. We recall with pleasure the splendid service she rendered in the big kitchen during an emergency. We wish there was another edition of her. Her address is 1429 Washtenaw, Avc., Chicago, 111. liev. Utten E. Read, brother of Supt. Read, writes that Prof. George M. McClure of the Kentucky School was in Cincinnati November 17 and 18th. On Saturday evening he delivered a lecture and on Sunday afternoon tilled Mr. Read’s pulpit in the Wesley M. E. Chapel. Knowing Mr. McClure as we do, we have no hesitancy in saying that the deaf of Cincinnati enjoyed two rare treats. When we envy a person we try to forget that person for a while. That is the reason we made no mention of that pleasant trip made to the Yellowstone National Park in July or August by Miss Aldah Buchanan and Mrs. W. E. Hocking. They visited Glacier National Park the summer before. They have accomplished in twelve months what many have been waiting for a life time. Richard Sheridan had German measles last week, so slight that he did not feel ill at all. Before his parents knew definitely what ailed him, he announced that it was Dutch measles because some of his classmates were having them. Thursday afternoon, November 22, the lady teachers attended a farewell reception in Mrs. Read’s rooms in honor of Mrs. Gertrude Shears, our efficient and painstaking housekeeper, who resigned on the fifteenth of November. She will be missed as much at this School as by the local Red Cross Society for which she worked zealously in furnishing knitted materials for the soldiers at the front. She left on Nov. 23 or 24 for a short visit at Fargo before taking up her residence iu Washington. We have two new teachers from Alabama, and we have been wondering what questions they are asking their colleagues as to warm clothing in older to fortify themselves against the rigors of a North Dakota winter, real or fancied. When we had a teacher from Texas some years ago the gentlemen were very generous with advice and suggested that she purchase all kinds of heavy wearing apparel that were only worn in the Arctic zone. We do not recall whether she took them seriously or not. The boys and girls have not been able to go to the city for several weeks on account of the sickness at the School, that whenever one is able lo go, he or she comes back pretty well loaded. When arrangements were made to sell them apples at a cent a piece, they sold like hot cakes. Some of the older boys with the genius of a Marshall Field sent away for assorted nuts, candies, gum, etc. aud sold them at a small profit, so the children still have the privilege of buying a few things they like while they are interned at the School. School was dismissed at three Friday afternoon, Nov. 23, to allow the older pupils an opportunity to witness the much advertised game of foot-ball between the Williston High School and the home teams. Devils Lake had played six games this fallwinning every one of them. Williston won all of the four games she played. The opponents of either team scored not a single point. These records and the fact that it was the final game to decide the championship drew a large and enthusiastic crowd over to the field. But we lost the game to Williston, the score being o2 to 20. Gustave Anderson has had a few surprises for us in the past when wo received reports of the excellent work he had been doing as a printer and adman, but the latest surprise came with such force that one wpuld have thought it came on a British tank. He is now foreman in the Optic-Reporter office and has six men under him, among whom is Clarence Sharp formerly of this and the Minnesota schools. Mr. Sharp has taken Gustavo’s old job—that of adman. A good thing for Clarence. He can get all tho advice and suggestions he needs from his foreman who has proved to be a first class worker in this branch of tho trade. We should not forget to mention that a weekly check of $30 goes into the pocket of our ambitious young friend, Gustave.
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