Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-03-12

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pills are taking great interest in tn
club work and are getting into tn
different projects. The floors of tn
school house, have been thorough.
scrubbed and oiled, making grea
improvement. The Elkins Parent
Teacher association is backing th'
movement for local school fair fo
this fall, then taking their entire ex
hibit to the county fair.
Brush College: The Industrial clul
at Brush College is working in goot
shape under the direction of the
teachers and Advisor Fred C. Ewing
This school has also adopted the warn
lunch plan, being assisted in this work
by the Parent-Teacher association and
the parents and the children are very
much pleased with the plan.
Buena Vista: All of the students
of the Buena Vista High school have
won the Palmer button for complet-
ing the twenty-five drills of the Palm
er method of writing. A great many
of the children are in the contest try
ing to win the student s final cer-
tifcate. The progress pins, which are
given by the Palmer company for the
first one-hundred drills, were won by
the following pupils; Clifford Walls,
Alfred 10y, Gilbert 10y, Bernice Lar
sen and Frances Donaldson. All of
these papers were sent to the A. N.
Palmer company and graded by them.
The manual training class is doing
some good work this year. The fol-
lowing articles have been made: Cen
ter tables, piano stools, chairs, plant
stand, jardiniere and taborets. Lena
Wells has bird house up. The Ath-
letic club of the Buena Vista school
has secured piece of ground from
G.. W. Wells on which they are going
to lay out an excellent baseball dia-
mond The Industrial club is well or
ganized with the following officers:
Raymond Frost, president; Isabel
Peterson, secretary; and they have
members enrolled in nearly every pro-
iect and are getting a hold of the
work in earnest. The Parent Teach
,rs' association is coming along in
good shape, and at their last meeting,
State Superintendent j. A. Churchill
vas present.
Buell.: The Buell. school has gar
len on the school grounds consisting
# sweet peas, marigolds, daisies, mas
urtiums and one rose. They have al
o had their grounds thoroughly clean
d and established a basketball court
n which they have played several
'ames against the Upper Salt Creek
chool. They have secured all of their
LAY apparatus and have become a
tandard school.
Spring Valley: The Spring Valley
'eople are taking great interest in
heir school this year, and are get
ing busy on the erection of a play
he'd, besides many other improve
lents around the building. On the
9th of this month stock Judging
ontest and domestic science day will (
e held with Mr. Barr and Miss Helen
'owgill of the Oregon Agricultural col
age present. They are going after
his industrial work with a vim. (
will have to look out, or
pring Valley will come up with fly
1g colors.
Popcorn: The Parent-Teachers as
ociation at Popcorn held their an
ual election and elected the follow ;
lg officers: Mr.. J. w. Simmons.
resident; Miss Flora Grice, vice
Nan M. Wilson, secretary
nd treasurer. The people of the dis
'ict have given their schoolhouse a
Ood, thorough cleaning and have 5
lings in excellent shape. James Por. )
II has bird house up. Z
Montgomery: Orville Embree has s
bird house up. s
Concord: The following pupils Z
ave built bird houses: Lorenzo
Ingwald Schulson. Elmer
Joseph Hiebenthal, Peter 8
an Well.
Oakdale: The Oakdale school has
'ganized bird club and they have 1
good live bunch. They are taking $
'eat interest in this work as they
e also doing in their industrial work
Id regular school work. The fol
wing pupils have bird houses up. Z
ernard Miller, 6; Emerson Murphy. s
Vernon Murphy, 3; Harry Welton, (
NJ. Wilkinson, l Grace Macomber Z
Ted Maeomber, /; Ralph Macom- &
#, 2; Anna Cornely, l; Bernard 3
ornely, ,; Bernard Bedwell. l.; Joe I
ennis, 2. 8
Black Rock: The following pupils 8
I'VE bird houses up: Gertie Gibson, 4
Myrtle Gibson, l; Geraldine Glib !
n, l; Albert La Branch, l; John s