Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1915-05-20
TOWNSHIP CONTEST 1914-1915
From the County Superintendent's 9
Office.
TOWN CONTESTS.

The town contests in the public
schools of Iowa County were highly
successful as far as quality was con :
cerned. Contestants from so country
schools took part.
The spelling consisted of 100 hard
words. Miss Mabel Topper, No. 8
Brigham, won first in the county, per-
cent correct 95; Ethelma Stevens, 2nd,
No 10 Linden, SO percent; Mildred
Helmenstine, 3rd, No. 8 Brigham, 80
percent; Melvin e. Jewell, 4th, No. 3
IT. Linden, 90 percent.
The Arithmetic contest consisted of
40 problems in addition, substraction,
multiplication and division. The time
given was fifteen minutes and the re-
suits were exceptionally good. Eunice
Kelly, No. Linden, 974 percent, Ivan
ell Skillicorn, No. Linden, 964 per.
cent; Grunow Oleson, No. Z Miff1in, 97t
percent; Mildred Helmenstine. No.
Brigham, 96t percent; Roy Bowling,
No. 2 Dodgeville. 95 percent; Price
Williams, No. Dodgeville, 95 percent.
In Penmanship the best samples were
as follows: Gladys Gardiner, No. 10
Linden; Alice Steinhart, No. 4 Pulaski !;
Ethelma Stevens. No. 10 Linden; Ruth
Dickinson. No. Highland; Amy Hol-
man, No. 6 Linden; Emily Jones, No.
IA it. Ridgeway; Mabel Topper, No. 8
Brigham.
Contest diplomas were awarded to
the following:
Arena: Stasia Mahoney, Dora Mae Mahoney,
Clara Reevs, Rosetta Kloetzli, Louise Kloetzli.
Brigham: Mildred Helmenstine, Mabel Topper,
Melvin Christopher, Olga Oimen, Mildred
Watkins, Stanley Watkins, Roy Tvedt.
Clyde: Agnes Moran. Julia Shannon, Jewelly
McCluskey, Hilda Albrecht, Mary Powell.
Dodgeville Bertha Blotz, Lottie Symons, Eva
Fitzsimmons, Mollie Peterson, Hazel Bennett,
Roy Bowling, Price Williams, Floyd Polk
inghorn.
Eden: Martha Thomas Edna Leix, Amy But
teris, Leah Clark, James Clark.
Highlands Ruth Dickenson, Earl Hennessey.
Harold Kennedy, Marjorie Reddell, Charles
Ladd
Linden: Melva E. Jewell, Eunice Kelly, Grace
Kelly, Daisy Doan, Ivanell Skillicorn, Gene
We've Kelly Carlton Brewer, Gladys Gardner,
Ruby Alton. Ralph Thomas, Ethelma Stevens.
Amy Holman, Kenneth Nicholson, Elva Rhin-
erson, Eddis Miller.
Mifflin: Grunow Oleson, Melburn Clark Carl
ton Temby, Wilma Jinkins, Beatrice Pedley,
Mamie Williams, Hazel Thomas Anita Noble,
Lincoln Thomas, Alma James.
Mineral Point: Willard Hartford, Sylvia Mar.
tin, Verda Clauer, Fred Rasmussen, Angeline
Dallas, Leone Dallas Russell Benson, Homer
Hunt, Lillian Griffin, Blanche Harker, Agnes
Rink.
Moscow: William Anderson, Ruth Anderson,
Alice Bollerud, Levi Bollerud, Selma Eds
moe, Freida Schraepfer, Mary Alice Burns,
Leonore Murphy, Minerva Laverty, Halver
Urnes, Alva Amble, Edna Urnes
Pulaski: Selma Hemeier, Mayme Steinhart,
Henry Schiller Rose Bahr, Isabel O'Brien,
Alice Steinhart.
Ridgeway: Nora Griffiths, Emily Jones, Louise
Larson Margaret Coffey.
Wyoming: Ella Hansen, Alice Larson, Hobart
Hatch.
FAIR WORK.
Many teachers have work and the
exhibit at the Mineral Point fair and
the State fair will be better than ever
Many schools have closed and reports
show that the attendance have been
good.
Over one hundred boys and girls have
received their common school diplomas.
j. A. V.