Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1914-04-17
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COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS 5
BY COUNTY SUPT, 0. f. RICE

Dodu, tuo CO1lSSI VIII Uc lleAu III thO
court house at 2 o'clock. To these
contests all parents and pupils who
can are earnestly requested to be
present. The county contest will be
held in May
All teachers to whom spelling lists
have been sent are expected to CO.
operate and have one or more pu-
pills in their schools take part in
the town contests.
So far as possible, the teachers
should arrange for short program
to precede the test, which is to con-
sist of 100 words and the rules for
spelling given in the printed list.
The County Fair
Teachers should begin collecting
material for the exhibit Label, box
and set aside so as to be accessl-
BILE in time for the fair in Septem-
Der.
The agricultural contest will con-
sist of Golden Glow and Wisconsin
No. 8, Dent corn, and any good va
riety of potatoes, but pure bred po-
tatoes should by all means be sub
mitted. We have limited supply OF
corn for distribution, which will be
sent teachers upon request, postage
5 cents per half pint. All work
of raising and harvesting to be done
by pupils attending school the pres
ent school year A list of pupils
names entering this contest should
be sent the superintendent this
spring. Premium lists may be found
in the county fair booklet of last
year, Or may be had at this office.
We should be very glad if any
business man or citizen of our
county would feel disposed to offer
a premium for the children's con-
test next fall The premium may be
any such article as the donor may
determine, either money, gift or, if
desired, young farm animal such as
lamb, fowl, pig or other article
Let us know soon what you wish to
offer.
The County Board of Education, re-
Gently elected, will hold it's first
meeting at the office of the county
superintendent of schools, on the
first Tuesday of May. This board
has full power to create, alter, con-
soldate school districts. Petitions
for such action should be present
ed to the board or may be filed with
the superintendent on or before the
9Th day Of May, to receive early at
tention. The members of the board
are A. P. Andrews, Bruce; ]. c.
Stubbs, Weyerhaeuser; c. S. Arnold,
Holcombe; NJ. S. Stevens, Bruce, R.
g. and L. D. ST. Clair, Hawkins.
Miss Anna Sedmihradsky after an
illness of two months returned the
| first Cf this month to her school
in the northern part of Hawkins.
Miss Mary Summers substituted
very satisfactorily for her.
Miss May Carter succeeds Miss Ell
la Hazelberg in the Rusk Farm
school, the latter resigning because
of i'll health.
Miss Mabel Gutheridge, teacher in
the primary department of the Killing
er graded school in the town Muir
ry, resigned this week. Position ta'
ken by a teacher from outside he
county, we understand. Miss Guth,
eridge has been doing good work
there the present year, and resigns
voluntarily to enter upon other du
tics. We regret to lose Miss Guther
idge from our ranks of teachers, as
she has demonstrated her ability tt
teach successfully.
We are pleased to speak of the
good showing being made along th'
line OF industrial teaching in severa
schools of the county. This is par
ticularly so in the graded schools O
the county This is particularly so il
the graded schools of Hawkins, Ing
ram, Glen Flora, Tony, Conrath, Ap
ollonia, Sheldon and Klinger school
town Of Murry Special state all
will, we believe, be awarded the seV
eral schools named.
In the Klinger school recently tn
teachers, Misses Conway and Gutf
eridge, gave a public entertainer
at which much good work was exhlt
, tied in manual training, cooking, sew
=. ing, and some in agriculture.
a Babcock milk tester is owned b
: this school and is in almost dali
!, use, giving the farmers valuable il
: formation. A milk tester has ais
:, been placed in the Ingram, the Hav
lIins, Tony and Sheldon schools.
Many of our progressive rur;
teachers also are getting good r.
S suits in this new kind of teaching
and the children respond to the inv