Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-11-12
INTERESTED IN
SCHOOL CONTEST
Pupils Of Schools Over the County Are
Working Hard for the Prizes in
Attendance Contest
CURLEY CREEK SCHOOL LEADS
LENA School Heads Nine Months
Term Schools

The percent of attendance among
the schools of the county for Octob-
er was 97.5, about the same as for
September. The nine-month term
school winning highest place for Oc-
tober was that in District No. II.
Lenia, with an attendance record of
1913 per cent. Two halliday absences
were recorded in this school.
District No. 3, Curley Creek, again
had the highest percentage among
the seven-month schools. Miss o.
Brien reports no pupil tardy nor abb
sent for the month. District No. 16,
Copeland, had 100 per cent attend
ance but had a few tardy marks.
F. w. Beloit and Miss Hazel Moore,
teachers at Lenia, give the names of
the following pupils neither tardy
nor absent for the month: Girls:
Greta Whiteside, Lola Whiteside,
Ruby Whiteside, Irene Inman, Glad
VS. Crissey, Vera Crissey, Hazel
Weeks, Bertha Howard, Mildred
Strunk, May Miniclier, Clara Mini
clier; boys: Glynn Howard, Harold
Howard, Leonard Knoles, Lester
Strunk, Bert Miniclier, Frank Mini
clier, Frank Lehner, Kenneth Lehner,
Kenneth Meeks, Oral Meeks, Russell
Meeks, Raymond Miller, Earl Simp-
kins, Glenn Crissey.
Miss O'Brien's pupils neither tardy
nor absent were: Matilda Herman,
George Hill, Harry Hill, Mary Hill,
William Hill. Earl Newton, Edward
Newton, Harry Newton.
Miss Cron, District No. /, Nc
Arthur, gave a Halloween enter
tainment on the evening of October
30. Miss Cooklar's school, District
Ne. 2, had q spelling contest last
month as well as Mrs. Page, Dis
trict No. IL, and Miss Loughney,
District No, 10. Mrs. Pages school
also had literary program.
Mr.. Lynch, District No. 8, Cur
ley Creek, tells us that the girls in
his school have started to serve
lunches. The boys have made table
to to make it easier to do this.
Mr.. Warren, Addie, had an inter
class spelling contest on Friday after
noon. A later Friday the pupils
brought the necessary articles and
they all gave the school house a
general cleaning. Mr.. Warren says
he has discovered a fine method for
removing stumps. Earlier in the
year the boys went fishing on Sat-
urdays and they used grubworms for
bait, a large number of which they
found under each stump.
Many of the teachers have sent for
the sample tubes of tooth paste given
by Colgate & Co., to encourage the
children to brush their teeth. They
get credit for this in the Home Cred
it work under the topic Health"
Percentage of Attendance for October
District No. 1, 94.6 per cent.
District No 2, SO per cent.
District No. g, 99.4 per cent-Skin
Creek.
District No. 3, 100 per cent-Cur-
ley Creek.
District No A, 100 per cent.
District No. 5, 97.8 per cent.
District No. 6, 97.7 per cent.
District No. T., 99.4 per cent.
District No. 8, 96.6 per cent.
District No. 8, 99.4 per cent.
District No. 10, 9S.8 per cent-Sin-
clair.
District No. 10, 91.S per cent
Meadow Greek.
District No. II, GAG per cent.
District No. IL, 9S.1 per cent.
District No. 10, 99.4 per cent-Cov
Creek.
District No. Ia, 96.6 per cent.
District No. Is, 9S.1 per cent.
District No. 16, 100 per cent.
District No. 1t, 99S per cent.
District No. IS, 96.2 per cent.
District No. 10, 97.7 per cent
District No, 20, 95 per cent.
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