Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-10-05
SCHOOL EXHIBIT AT
CHARLEVOIX CO. FAIR.

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was this year. Our educators tell us
that those who are fighting ignorance
are paving the way for a permanent
peace in the future. II this is true
surely Charlevoix County teachers are
doing their bit in the world war There
were four city schools exhibiting in
cluding East Jordan Public Schools
and st. Joseph's school, Charlevoix,
Boyne City and st. James schools. The
district schools exhibiting under the re-
strictions Of the first class of premiums
were represented by Ironton, ~rhree
Bells, Walker, Slaughter, Marion Cen
ter, Sunnyside and Deer Lake.
For years Boyne City has carried
away all the honors in Class 2, with
East Jordan a more or less distant
second. This year East Jordan was
preparing weeks ahead OF time, trying
to make some sort OF home run. This
was not SO easy for Boyne City was in
trim and had good men at the bases.
Every complete department exhibited
counted OH a basis of 20 points, and
each prize counted from | TO A points
according to its number whether first,
second, third, or merely commended.
Mr.. Wells of the East Jordan Schools
had prepared the finest display of fur
nture made by our boys, that our peo-
pie have seen, and the judge who was
a specialist in this line was very en-
thusiastic i'm his praise of this work. He
commended it as being very original,
varied, well made and useful and grant
ed both first and second prizes TO East
Jordan pupils. The bench work how
ever he>considered inferior to that dis
played by Boyne City and in this he
awarded the collective first prize TO
Boyne whose entire work, including
furniture he considered very good
The art work was next in order and in
this there could be no competing with
Boyne, whose work was simply won
derful and carried away both first and
second prizes. The two County Agents
who were judging the garden displays
were quite at loss in determining the
individual prizes. The East Jordan
selection was undoubtedly good but
the Boyne City boys and girls had evil
IDENTITY been more practical in their
selections, and also displayed greater
amount of work accomplished. They
awarded most of the individual prizes
OF first degree to East Jordan students
but all the seconds, part of the firsts,
and all of the commendeds to the Boyne
and topped the climax by awarding a
collective first prize to the Boyne City
display with a second to East Jordan,
with CharlevoiX first in Horticulture.
The domestic art department would
have been a puzzle but in came Charlie
voix with a canning display from her
cooking department while East Jordan
and Boyne City had done things by
halves in bringing only their sewing.
The judges granted first honors to
CharlevoiX, second to Boyne City and
third to East Jordan. One very re-
markable feature of this display was
the Red Cross and Military display of
the East Jordan school whose work this
year will be entirely patriotic in this
department East Jordan was the only
school of the three TO exhibit work
from its commercial department, from
its algebra and geometry. Charlevoix
won all honors in science by bringing
the best physics and art note books.
Penmanships first was awarded to
CharlevoiX and second TO st. Joseph so
the points gained in the last mentioned
did not help either of the two nearest
i'm the race to win first place. Charlie
voix came in first in grade work dis
play, with East Jordan second When
the Judging was all in, the three first in
the race stood as follows: East Jordan
2S7 points, Boyne City 207 points and
Charlevoix l65 points.
The district schools were also well
represented and the walls so complete
ly covered that considerable work
could not be placed on display lronton
had considerable good work that was
left in the corner and merely called 10
the attention OF The Judges when
necessary for awarding prizes, and to
the interested visitor whenever. the
size of the crowd would permit. Sunny
side school, which is Peanine No. 1, on
Beaver Island expressed some very
good work which did not reach the
building until late Wednesday when all
space was gone. Part was placed over
other exhibits however for brief time
and the judges had some very splendid
things TO say about the rope nots, the
bird studies, the maps and penmanship.
This is the first year that the space
over the office windows has had to be
used and the teacher deserves chrome
for her patient, and untiring climbing
Of the ladder in placing her display.