The Lamar register., 1914-12-09
SCHOOL NOTES

The school board completed thor
oueh fumigation of all the school
hnildines during Thanksgiving week.
This was done entirely as precau-
tionary measure as no contagion has
developed in the schools this fall.
n The G. H. Brown Lumber company
last week completed the remodeling
of the Lincoln 7th and 9Th grade
rooms into an assembly room. A plat
form is being built by the manual
training boys and the new auditorium
will soon be ready for public use.
The Pioneer school is grateful to
Mrs. L. F. Adams for the gift of a
fine set of Encyclopedia Britannica.
Killarney Girls at the auditorium
Thursday, December 10, lecture course
number, at s o'clock sharp.
The High School Athletic associ-
alton has leased the armory for the
basket ball season and practice began
Monday evening,
School Children Receive Prizes
More than $50 worth of county fair
prizes won by pupils in the public
schools were given out at the audi
torium meeting of school children on
Thursday afternoon. All the schools
were brought together in the auditor
ium, the prizes were attractively ar
ranged where all could see them and
the prize winners were seated on the
platform. Forty-eight prizes, none
worth less than half dollar and some
worth several dollars were won by
school pupils at the fair. The pro-
gram included song by pupils from
each of the schools.
Lincoln second grade sang "Jacky
Frost" by Eleanor Smith.
Central first grade sang, Dancing
Song" "My Dolly" "Rhenish Folk
Song" French Folk Song"
Pioneer sixth grade sang Santa
Lucia" Neapolitan Boat Song.
High school glee clubs sang 1.-THE
Soldiers Dream" by Paul Rodney.
Thirty-six dollars in cash prizes
were presented to prize winners in
behalf of Mr.. Chas. Maxwell, man.
ager of the fair. Beautiful and ser
viceable sewing prizes such as dress
goods, sewing basket, ETC., were pre-
sented to winners in the sewing de-
partment, prizes being given by the
New York store, w. ]. Johnston Mer-
camille Co., Byars & Fox, and E. Z.
Butler & Son. The Redpath prize
was presented to st. George Hillyer.
It contained a check given by Mr..
Chas. Horner, manager Of the Red
path Chautauquas. Mr.. Homer &C.
companied the check with the follow
ing letter.
July 81, 1914.
Mr.. George Hillyer,
Lamar, Colorado
My dear young friend:
am deeply gratified to find that
you have been successful in my boys
prize contest, and that you are winner
Of this prize.
want you to know first Of all that
the contest was fairly conducted, the
judges decided solely on the merit of
the papers written, as no judge knew
the name of the boy who wrote a
paper.
1t is a great honor to you as we'll
as to your town, because this con-
test was open to thousands Of boys
and probably thousands of them COM
peted, and there were more than five
hundred in the final lot Of papers that
went to the judges.
This money itself amounts to very
little. The fact that you have won it
is important. If you live up to the
sentiments you have expressed in your
letter, then the value will be ten
thousand times the amount of the
money you have received.
wish SO much that l could be there
and give you this personally. l want
to know you. Won't you be good
enough to write to me and if pos
sible send me your photograph? You
have done me lots of good and l
want to retain your friendship.
Sincerely yours,
CHAS. HORNER.
About 655 children heard the pro-
L.