The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-02-09
REDWOOD COUNTY SCHOOL
NEWS

No. 100, Morgan Township. Miss
Bernice Hodge is substituting
while the regular teacher, Miss
Myrtle Jewell, is i'll. i
At a recent public program
given by Miss Hartwick and her
pupils in District No. 100, Sher-
man Township, every family in
the district was represented.
Miss Myrtle Kennedy has been
engaged to teach in District No.
2sewest in the absence Of Miss
Gertrude Chapman who had an
operation for. appendicitis
Christmas Day.
A Farmers Club has been or
ganized in District No. 81, North
Hero Township. The first meet
ing was held January Is.
The Normal Training Depart
ment of Redwood Falls High
School is doing practice teach
ing at North Redwood under the
direction of Miss Bertha Phil
lips.
The Lamberton. Consolidated
School is doing some very effec-
tive extension work in the line
oflassisting with community
meetings in the. neighboring
school districts. =. When these
meetings are held, part of the
program is given by the local
rural school and part by. the
LaTnberton faculty and school
children. s.s
Miss Agnes Steele has been
engaged to- finish the school
year in District No. 81, New
Avon Township.
Township Day was celebrated
by Springdale. Township in the
fine 4lew"school building in Dis
tr;ct No. A..
Miss Gertrude Schook has
been engaged to finish the school
year in District No.. IS, Gales
Township
There will be no State Teach
ers' Examinations held in Feb
a'uary this year.
The Southeastern Minnesota
Teachers Meeting will be held
at Mankato, February 10, II and
l2. Most of the teachers from
the graded and high schools of
Redwood County will attend.
D. S. Brainerd of Redwood Falls
is the president.
S. A.. Challman, the state COM
missioner of school buildings,
was present at a meeting of the
Delhi school board on January
II, The conference was for the
purpose of discussing the re-
modelling of the school building
in that district.
The following is the report
of the Boys Acre Corn Contest
in Redwood County last year:
Edgar Lanham, Springdale Twp.
Tracy, Mimi, 103 bu.; Perry
Lanham, Springdale Twp. Tracy,
Minnesota, 80 bu.; Ewald Lau,
Springdale Twp, Tracy, Mimi,
S9.2 bu.; Clarence Addison,
North Hero Twp, Walnut Grove
1876 >bu.; Albert Lau, Spring
dale Twp, Tracy, Mimi, IS bu.;
Roy Andrews, Springdale Twp,
Tracy. Mimi, 70 bu.; Carl Hal
stenrgrd, Springdale Twp, Tracy
Nina, SO bu.; Harold Hasten
rud, Springdale Twp, Tracy,
MINI, 60 bu.; Carl Nelson,
Swedes Forest Twp, Belv;ew,
MINI, 81 bu.; Morris Nelson,
Swet1es Forest Twp, Belview,
Mimi, 53.3 bu.; John Stauber,
Jacksonville Twp, Walnut Grove
51sS bu. William Kragh, Brook
willie Twp, Morgan, Mimi, 1913
bushels. z
Edgar Lanham of Springdale
Township is entitled to free
trip blasting the entire week.
to the State Fair next fall.
Contributions for the County
School Exhibit Fund should be
sent to the County Treasurer,
C. V. Everett, Redwood Falls.
Many schools have already sent
their second contribution. 1t is
hoped that the rest will do this
as soon as possible SO that the
debt may be settled.
Dedication exercises were held
inr District No. 4 Friday, JAN
uary 21. The district celebrated
the completion Of their splendid
new ene-room modern building
A fine hot dinner was served at
noon.by the ladies of the district.
After the dinner an informal
program was given which saw
orec more of after dinner i'm
DrOrnntue SpeechpS than q real