The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-04-28
RURAL SCHOOLS
HOLD ANNUAL
JACKSON MEET
Girls Horse-hitching Contest
Is Feature of Athletic
Program.
READING, 'RITING AND
'RITHMETIC PERFORM
Both Boys and Girls Run Races
Board Jump and Pole
Vault Featured.

A girls contest in hitching a horse
yesterday afternoon was a feature of
the rural grade school meet at Jackson
which attracted much attention and
gave the entire meet a flavor Of the
good old days before the gasoline car
came into such popular use.
Of course the contest was tie, and
between two sisters at that Accord
ing to the first decision of the Judges,
Hilda and Hazel Graden were tied for
the honors IN the horse-hitching con-
J test. Several girls mad entered.
| The object was to see which con-
tcstant could tie her animal to post
in the most expert way and in the
shortest time.
When the tie was declared, the Ora
den sisters made another Try to deter
mine which snouId be first, and the
Judges awarded the first place to Hilda
GYaden. The Judges in the contest
were Mr.. VESSEL of GordOnville; n. J.
Phillips of Clover Hill, and Frank Ne
Lain of Jackson.
4 large crowd Of farmers and their
families drove into Jackson 70 attend
the rural school meet, which was held
under the supervision of County ST.
perintendent J. T. Mcdonald.
The results of the various contests
were as follows:
| Boys Contests.
Fifty-y2rd running race First
group, won by Lloyd Schuctte of VIII
Hams Creek school. Second group won
by Erwin BruihI Of Clover Hill school.
Hundrcd-yarF running race-First
group won by Norman Hit of Will
lians Greek school. Second group won
by Erwin Bruihaf Clover Hill school.
Running broad iump-First group
Won by Lloyd Schucttc. Second group
Won by Charles Fuhrmann OF Gordon
vile.
Standing broad iump-First group
won by Lloyd Schuette. Second group
won by Carl Campbell OF Glover Hill,
Running high .iump-F'irst group
won by Lloyd Schuctte; second group
won by Walter Goodwin OF jackson.
Pole vault-Tie between Earl Stov-
all of Jackson and Carl Campbell of
! Clover Hill.
! Rel&% race-ClovCr Hill first; Jack
son, second; Williams Crecl., third.
Girls Contests.
Fifty-yard running racc-Won by
HiIda Graden of Looney school.
Bal! throwing contest for distance
Won by Hilda Graden.
Nail driving contest-Won by Louise
Graden Of Looney school.
Potato race-Won by Hilda Grader
Apron pinning-Won by Hazel Stat
Ter of Looney school.
Hitching contest-Won b. HiIda
Graden.
Academic Contests.
Arithmetic-A section on percentage
and interest won by Nellie Gilliland Of
Milleville 3 section on decimas and
fractions Wen by John Sebastian of
GOrdOnvile. c section on addition,
subtraction, multiplication and divi-
sion, won by Lloyd Adams Of Fruit
land.
Spelling-A-class, on pages so to 100
Of ElsOn's reader, won by Ollie Smith
of Williams Greek. B-clas5, pages %
to so, won by Lois Schuctte of Will
liams Greek. C-class, pages l to -,
won by William Tectz Of Sandy Ridge |
Rccitation-Won by Daisy Miller of |
MillervilIe.
Boys decentralization by Walter !,
Asling Of Liberty school.
The Judges of the academic con-
lts'lS NNiS l iOltSSuIS Nldlltc -llilbl, !
J. H. Goodin and Miss Hickman. all !
of the Jackson high school.
The winners of the first and second |
places in the athletic contests will be |
invited to attend the Southeast Mis-
souri, High School meet to be held in
the Cape on May 6 under auspices Of
the Normal School
The crowd in Jackson for the events
was nearly as large as that of Home
Corners. Children of all the various
rural schools, together with their par
ents, teachers, and relatives came in
early and stayed until late in the aft
eTnOOn.
A baseball game that was scheduled
between the Jackson high school and
the Normal second team for yesterday
afternoon was postponed until tomor-
row afternoon. u