Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-03-03
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COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS
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Prepared By
Miss Della Emunson, Co. Supt Of schools and
Miss Agnes Boyin2ton, Supervising Teacher
On Saturday February II. party was
given in the school building at Powell
During the evening silver collection
was taken which netted $3.50 This mon
ey will bAused to purchase new records
for their Stewart photograph
The fourth annual Washington Day
celebration which was held last week at
Quincy, was the largest ever known in
point OF numbers. Ii was estimated that
about three hundred people attended dur
ing either the afternoon or evening pro.
gram Saxon, Cedar, Curry and the
neighbOring farm districts were largely
represented at this gathering and all re-
ported an enjoyable time. The lunch
served at the school was indeed palatable
and sufficient for even such a large
crowd.
The program rendered in the evening
by the school children was a credit to the
teachers and pupils The entire program
was pervaded with a splendid spirit OF
patriotism. An exhibit of domestic sci
ence and manual training work was dis
played and brought forth many words of
commentator.
The Mothers meeting which was held
at the Curry school on February II was
not as well attended as we had hoped
owing to the severe storm on that day
However those who were present thor
oughly enjoyed the afternoon.
The first semester for the Powell school
closed last month and Miss Mayme Young
reports the following pupils as having
perfect record of attendance: Marjorie
Vanard, Clarence and Ida Sherman.
The following Improvements have been
noted during the last weeks visits: New
slate black boards have been installed at
the Powell school; the Saxon State graded
school has been supplied with new single
stee! adjustable seats and fine new desk
for the teacher in the intermediate de.
partment; the main hall IN the Quincy
state graded school has had an additional
hot air register placed in the floor which
adds greatly TO the comfort of the build
ing; new register has recently been put
IN the assembly room OF the Mercer state
graded school which was found to be
necessary in order to keep the room up
to the required temperature.
In the town of Mercer there are 81
patrons holding library cards drawn from
the school library and the average week
ly circulation is fifty books at the present
time. Considering the size of the town
this is an unusually large percentage and
speaks we'll tor the people in the com
munity.
MIR Chas. f. McLenigan, librarian at
Milwaukee, has sent an additional gift of
200 volumes of partly worn books to
this library.
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin was the first state to hold
Farmers Institutes: has the oldest h, Ii.
cultural society greatest number of stock
breeders associations, leads as a potato
growing state, grows about 50,000,000
pounds of tobacco every year; ranks third
III the production of cabbage; has fine
beet sugar factories; has third lowest rate
of mortality as compared with other
states; markets more pedigreed seed than
any other state; there is more corn per
acre than in any other Mississippi valley
state the pea packing industry represents
i0"o of the entire country; farmers own
COS of the automobiles: has the largest
tannery in the United States; the largest
creamery in the world; is said to have
more good hotels in small cities than
any other state; has the largest zinc and
oxide plant: has the largest ore dock;
largest grain elevators in the world. fur
niShes at least half the cheese manu-
featured in the United States: has more
Silos more Brown Swiss dairy cows, leads
in pure bred Guernsey cattle; produces
enough cranberries to make 100000
good sized cranberry pies; brings about
70 600 acres of new land under the plOW
every year: manufactures about 60,000.-
600 in value of lumber each year, mostly
hardwood now, and still has about 5000.
600 acres of farming lands waiting clear
ing; has one four.year course high school
for every day in the year; about $50 state
graded schools, 6,643 one room schools;
% county training schools for teachers;
1883 teachers; $4,000 persons of school
age; seven county schools of agriculture
and domestic science etc, etc, etc.
What Do You Think of Wisconsin? Take
off your hats. Wisconsin Journal of
Education.