Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-12
Report of County Schools
For Month of February


possible for Lewisville by the work o
: Mr.. Williams, who has visited tn
school recently and installed the pla,
! apparatus and the jacket around thu
stove. This school has good grounds
good buildings, a good bunch of chill
} dren and a number one teacher.
Ballston: The following pupils
have built bird houses: Roma Car
roll, l; Clarence Harris, l; Edmond
Doering, l; Charles Dake, 2; Ersel
Newbill, 2; Basil Branson, 2; Fred
Husum, l; Walter Kenworthy, l. The
large maple trees around the school
have been trimmed and it makes a
great improvement. Ballston expects
to install their play apparatus soon,
and thus become a standard school,
Salt Creek: The Salt Creek High
school basketball team made a trip
to Monmouth last Friday night, and
in clean, fast game, defeated the
Monmouth team in a score of u to
"a.
Parker: The following boys have
built bird houses at Parker: Uriel
King, 1; Chester Ray, l, and Lemen
Haight, l.
Monmouth: The industrial work in
the Monmouth school is moving along
in great shape, having nearly one
hundred lined up in the work. The
Monmouth school is leading out in the
matter of organizing bird clubs and is
doing some excellent work along this
line. They have several bird houses
up by members of the club The Mon
mouth High school visited the legisla-
ture during one day and learned
great deal about making laws while
on this trip. The class work of these
students has been excellent this last
semester, no failures, whatever, being
reported. This shows that they are,
getting into the work in earnest.
Airlie: The following pupils have
built bird houses in the Airlie school:
Lavelle Williams, l Laura Wienert,
1; Wienert, l; Homer Hedgepath, l;
Harold Fleischman, !, and Fern
Simpson, l. The lower grades of the
Airlie school gave an entertainment
in their room on Washington s birth
day. which was well attended. The
Industrial club work is moving along
nicely at Airlie
Polk Station: The school board of
the Polk Station school is doing great
things in its district 1t has placed
in a large new clock, two new win
dow panes, and large supply of busy
work for the small children. The In
dustrial club is a good live one, more
interest being shown this year than
last year. The basketball team of
the Polk Station school has played
three games with the Smithfield sec
ond team, winning two and losing one.
The following children have bird
houses up: David Dyck, l John Tilg-
ner, l; Otto Wiebe, l Nettie Tilgner,
L; Henry Light, l; Lawrence Tilgner,
|; Willie Light, l; Rosa Light, l;
irwin McNulty, 2.
Perrydale: The Perrydale people
nave an Industrial club started with
the intention of doing some good
work. The Parent-teachers associa-
ion have voted to hold a second rally
II their district on Arbor day. This
shows good interest on the part of the
parents.
Fairview: Hot cocoa is now being
served with the lunches at this school.
This warm lunch idea is taking a hold
# the people, and mothers are realiz-
NO the benefits derived from it. They
lave also established reading table
II their school.
Butler: The Butler school held {
'asket social and raised S19.10, which {
,ill be used for school purposes. Miss {
Wallace and the pupils at Butler, are {
Ding some good work, wide work on {
Il lines. 1t would make anybody !
eel good to visit the Butler school. !
Rickreall: The Rickreall children 4
re taking great interest in their play J
he'd, which was built by the COM J
unity not long ago, and it is one |
hat everybody in the community {
'onders how they ever got along |
'ithout. The children have a great
me in the play shed at recesses and /
oons, and the people in the communi- ]
V are using it for basketball in the S
renings. Rickreall is using the /
,hool house and the play shed as a !
center, in fact, so much so,
nat it has become necessary TO build h
balcony in the play shed to accom- b
lodate the crowds. The Rickreall High |
shool prepared a play, which was i
iven at the Artisan hall to a good b
udience, March 5. Miss Georgia Ell o
$, the primary teacher of the Rick a
,all school, has been absent from 5
ork for some time, owing to having