The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-16


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a |FlEtw Facts 4 ! Our Z
At ths closing s. 6 The Gfand
Marais 6ehopl Isl u,ltessk two pspsss
swsrs rid 81 young lsdiss Who 800
among ths Arst pnp;ls of ~ school.
~ publish bslow ths int ons, 8
history which W. rod 81 MI Ells
MayhsH, and VIII publish tho prophssey
nsxt wssk, bsins unabls q Do Is TIM
svsek IS account IS : lask e room.
e " journey slons through liz,
5whsthSr Il 4 q school 81 81 honss - .
vol now and then % stop O look .bsok
over tho ;wsy u. hayss CONS. ~ tho
Last Day Or School comes around each
ysar 70 are inclined To think ovsr tho
yssl that y closing. This ws have done
6 the Gloss Of ssch of the nina yssrs
'that have passed and now u hays
rsached the Close Of the tsnth .year of
school il this district o swell 9 ID this
building. SosWs arc opt to think Tor. 5
shttls while q tbs ton PEARS that have
gone 81 since " drst met g pupils III
this school. But Arst u shonld oon.
slider how thsrs oams q $ q school Tor
~ to attend. 55:5s
Before this building NJ built thsrs
vsrs two tsrms q school hold 10 ths
ofnos q tho bordins. houss, sons of 49,
long low bsnohss7 vsisrs used .thsrs. DE-.
=. y. Aayhsx, lIr. II. llayhsw asd n.
5Dowman wsrs tn school direct Ion, md
Mr.. Wilbur - the tssohsr.
There wsrs two yssrs OF nors whsn
V: had no school but early 10 1890 two
lots vsrs SECURED hsrs whore the school
house now. stands, IS Tho coersr q
Nonros street md Duluth avsnus. And
soon building NJ started. Almost
the drst thing ] rsmsmbsr about the
school & ssking Mr.. Watts, the contrast
q what - 49, building. 10 sid Is
.was 20 bea prison for :llstls boys and
girls, especially girls. I think some
times !; did sesm : little Ike ! prison,
when there vas rood skating and slid
sns: Tho building looks to-day about
- it did than, except f6r ths ~ psncii
marks whieh, of o3arss, no school child
hAs put thsrs. and no one he's svsr
seemed 70 know how tho mssks eams 70.
appear. .s:fS .5..5 I.
Msasrs. Il. Nsyhsw, Wakslin and
Bowman wsrs 81 tho school board.
Thsss three batehslors certainly: dsssrvs.
praiss and gratitude &c al tie psople
Who live IL Grand Nsrsis sor ths interest
they took il our education.
After tho school-honss Va built the
question was ~ no 70 to b ouf tsachsrls
It va veil underwood that ~ wsrs TO,
hsve ! man for sStsscher, md whom Mr..
Wskelin went TO Duluth % 1lnd ono ~
all bagsn q, wonder inst shnr II would.
.Iook. sapd Il - would rs or q, oori.s.rssl'
plessa nd whom The tsAclhsr i. t, q
" children were much surprised o -;
instead % Tho .stsrn sohool. mastsr -
had pictured to ourselves, in hin plaos :.
young, pretty, blue eyed girl. Tho oidss
folks seemed TO think this sudden
change Of plans va ! good Joke on III.
w aksiln. sS . Il: ..5 ASS.
The drst Day q schosl NJ ! great
0dsy, svsry one gotten up ia thsir best
clothes and company mannsrs. I think
Miss Virgin mnst have fslt sonsthiag
ike Noah did whom u tried 10 sst 1all
animals into tho srk, bnt Noah had the
dogs to help him while Miss Virgin had
only large bell. The school ~ prstty
we'll Allied The hrst morning, quite 8
number hsd TO Mt two ia 3 sest, II
don't remember much Of the drst day
:excspt that " did not like school quite
q we'll in tho evening g We did ID this
morning. Miss Virgin sssamd % IS 81
the Same opinion. The next Jay shs
was taksn eick with Typhoid fsvsr, she
VA. Ill about two months and - wsfs 81
sorry to los 6 much school-tims. but
whom ~ did get back v wsrs @ glad
Ne forgot all our coed resolutions "a