The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-31
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InE GRADE SCHOOLS
Held Commencement Exercises, De-
CIamatory and Spelling Contests
in This City Saturday.

The commencement Of the Decatur
county comon schools was held at the
Nj. E. church in this city last Satur-
day afternoon, 231 students who had
finished the eighth grade work being
given diplomas. The exercises were
attended by many people from out
side of Leon, Hon. V. r. McGinnis
delivering very fine address to the
graduates.
At the same time the graded
schools declamatory and spelling
tory contest Dorothy Briggs, of La
moni, won first place, and John
Burgess Woodmansee, of Leon, sec
ond In the spelling match Bessie
LaFollette, of Weldon, won first
place and Ellen Smith, OF Center
school, Franklin township. won sec
dents Of Franklin township.
The manual training and domestic
science exhibits were shown in the
old Post Office building, and the en-
tire room was filled with exhibits.
The room was thronged al! day with
people admiring the excellent work
done in these lines by the school pu-
pills. The exhibit was by far the
largest and best ever shown in De-
catur county, and one could not but
notice the great Improvement which
has been made along these lines
since the work was started few
years ago. 1t is line of study which
girls who attend the schools, and
many of the exhibits were equal to
the work of much older persons.
The following is a list of the
awards:
Penmanship-south White Oak.
Number work below 9th grade
.ngl 1stl Sunny Side; End South White
Arithmetic, above 5th grade
1st, south White Oak; 2nd, Eden
Center.
Language papers below 9Th grade
list. Fairview; 2nd, sunny Side;
South White Oak.
Water colors-lst. South White
Oak; End, East Eden
Paper cutting-1st, High Point;
End, Sunny Side.
Maps of 1owa--Zion:
Relief maps of United States
list, Zion; End, Fairview.
Product maps-lst, Fairview; End,
Black.
illustrated poems-1st, Fairview;
End, Sunny Side.
Agricultural note book-Lone
Star in Decatur township.
Decatur township; End, Liberty, in
-Four articles of sewing-1st,
White Hall; 2nd, Hickory Grove,
dressed dells-4st, Scratch Eye
End, South White Oak.
Iowa grains and grasses-Sunny
Side.
Iowa woods-1st, Scott in Bloom
Ington township; End, Liberty, in
New Bua township.
Troublesome weeds-Tuskeego
General exhibit of primary work
1st, Sunny Side; 2nd, South White
Oak.
BOOKLETS l.
Farm animals-1st, Fred South,
Eden Center; End, Homer Warren,
Farm Crops-1st, William Alley,
Sunny Side; End, Joanna Griffin,
Eden Center.
Geography-1st, Sunny Side; End,
McAlister.
M MGarddenilng-1st, dl Sunny Side; End
Iowa-!st, Sunny Side; 2nd, Ver-
ma Buoy, Tuskeego.
Ny Own Home-1st, William AL
ley, Sunny Side; 2nd, Viola Jackson,
My School-1st, Gladys Wright,
South White Oak; End, Lucille Frost,
Cooking-Grace Gittinger Sunny
sewing-1st, Irene Poush, Pop
Corn; End, Lenore Evans, Pop Corn.
Collection of Six Booklets-1st
Sunny Side; End, Eden Center.
Canned productss-By individual,
BY Club-South White Oak, club
leader, Ida Briggaman.
Handkerchief, tatting-1st, Vir
gene Griffin, Charm; End, Gladys
Wright, South White Oak.
Coin PURSE tntt1sstd 1gd c!sra Hara
Baby, bonnet, tatting-lst, Letha
-A.der, Mot1itt; 2nd, Virgene Griffin,
Charm.
Other than named, tatting--water
set, Clara Cartwright, Woodland;
lcenterpiece, Letha Alder, Moftitt;
Doughnuts-lst, Musetta Alley,
Cookies-1st, Neva Hughes, Fair
view; End, Willah Goodman, South
Loaf cake-1st, Grace Gittinger,
Sunny Side; End, Zion
Layer cake-1st, Gladys Wright,
South White Oak; End, Pearl Ross,
Fly trap-Reuben Claypool, Sun
Bird house-1st, Thomas Mitchell,
Zion, End, Donald Monroe, Zion.
Useful article-1St, Frank Baker,
Jefferson; End, Wayne Fuller, Fair
view
Model of useful article-1st, Hell
en- McCleary, High Point; End, Ray
mond Fulton, High Point.
Wind wheel-1st. Frank Baker,
jefferson; End, Lowell Goodman,
South White Oak.
Chip carving-1st, Frank Baker,
Jefferson; End, Frank Baker, Jeffer
son.
Exhibit of manual training from
school-1st, Sunny Side; End, Zion.
Sewing apron-1st. IneZ Gilchrist,
Kimona-Frances Russell, West
Eden.
Corset cover-1st, Wilma Kendall,
sSpunky Ridge; End, Cecil Bright,
North White Oak.
Sewing bag-1st, Irene Poush,
Pop Corn; End, Gladys Wright,
South White Oak