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OOl'OBKR 1919. Vol. XIX. No. 1-7
We cannot. exactly blame war con
.i*ti»'WVf<-r*(:h.. ^failure HI '■ *hn 'N'-w-*
Letter to make it* appearance on
time. There has been no prilltev’a or
pres*‘man’s strike, but there has been
more work than we have had hands
rr time to do The fields and gar
dens must be planted and attended to
in season, the b»y and silage must be
out and put in. Repairs had to be
made on the buildings, boats and
eqmpment. None of these things
con Id be set aside till a more conveni
ent season, consequently it fell to the
lot of the News Letter to tie side
tracked temporarily.
Repair* we is begun at. the Winch
Dormitory and with t h e matron'*
room. The wall* were covered with
wall board and paneled with two
iach atrip*. The aide wall'i were
painted a light canary, the oeiltDg
and drop ceiling green, the atrip*
a twined a V«bt oak-, tJjjfflyor i*paint
ed to harmonize with the panel atrip*.
The door* «nd window cnaing* are
white. With mg, curtain* and dra
perie* in harmony with the ceiling*
and wall* th* effect i* very pleaaing
indepd The kitchen was refloored
and the side wall* aifd ceiling paint.
e.l a lignt color, making a cheerful
bright work room.
A new Actor was laid in Ihe sewing
tooth, which reeeivid two coatn of
maroon paint as di,d also the floors in
four-other room*
Miss Matt«on V morn was done over
jnsfob the HaiiiyeK.Mils Hints’ Jtweept
that the ceiling was painted pearl
and the side wails pink with white
panel strips and white wood work.
In Mrs. Gregory's room the ceiling
was painted cream color and the side
walls blue with white panul strips
and white wood work. It would be
hard to find three more cheerf ul rooms
than these.
File barn next rwleirtd attention.
•Whsn it was moved to its present site
ten years ago the floor was nearly
two feet from the ground but after
the eruption such a quantity of' ash
slid from the roofs that the ground
level was raised considerably. That
together with the natural accumula
tion from drifting sand etc. brought
the ground almost level with the floor
so that in hard rains and when the
snow melted the flooT would be cov
ered with *rtater. jack screws
the boys raised the bmlding nearly
two feet and put in new underpin
ning. The roof was then painted.
We own the bouse the school teaoh
ers live in. It has received almost
no repairs in seven years. On exam
ination it was found that the under- '
pinning was in many places eutirely
rotted, so that the floors were uneven
and the doors would not close. Itis*
log bouse, and was built, almost on
the ground, so the floors had to be
taken up to get under it.