Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-04-20
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Miss Barnette in the 4th grade last
week.
Miss Harriet Thomas, teacher OF the
9Th grade in the Central school during
the past three years, did not return
after the spring vacation, having been
given a splendid position in the 7th and
9Th grades in the Bay City schools.
Mrs. ID. ii. Fitch will have the 9Th grade
for the balance of the year.
The girls of the 18th grade sewing
class are studying millinery. They are
trimming hats and making paper
models.
A set OF 70 stereopticon slides, en-
titled "The Grandeur of the Rockies"
was much enjoyed by the pupils OF the
West Side school on Wednesday after
noon. The set was used by the 9th
grade OF the Central school on Thurs
day.
The 9th grade botany class made a
field trip last Wednesday afternoon to
secure specimens for their laboratory
work The class was gone less than an
hour but two students secured AZ diff
ferent varieties OF plants during that
time.
Supt. Holiday made trip to Lansing
and Detroit last week to interview
teachers for the coming year While at
Detroit he visited Company ! atFort
Wayne where he saw +. T. Smith,
English teacher last year, and Xelle
Miles, Will Gleason, Joe Clark and
Aubrey Blake who were in high school
last year.
The exhibit case in the Central school
building contains some excellent hand
work this week which was done by the
LIST grade.
The Freshmen.Sophomore declama-
ton contest was held on Tuesday after
noon and brought out some excellent
talent from these two classes. The
main purpose of the contest was to
select representative from the local
high school to take part in the Sub
District contest which will be held at
Harbor Springs this Friday evening.
There were II contestants in the local
contest as follows:
King Phillips to the White Settler,
Muriel Ritter
Emmett's Vindication, Eleanor Nc
Bride
Webster's Reply to Hayne, Eleanor
Harmon
Spartacus to the Gladiators, Will
Donaldson
Shells Reply to Lord Lyndhurst,
Conard Hughes
In Memory of George Washington,
Geneva VanDeventer
Catiline's Defiance, Wesley Woods
Grattan's Invectice Against Cory,
Violet Chamberlain
Sparatcus to the Gladiators, REQ
Bockes
On the Death of Lafayette, Theresa
Flagg
Return of Regulus, Gertrude Hook
stad
Several of the speakers ranked very
close together but the judges gave REQ
Bockes LIST place; Gertrude Hockstad
End; Conard Hughes 3rd. The contest
was judged by Mrs. H. C. Blount, Mrs.
w. F. Empey, Miss Agnes Porter,
Father Kroboth and Prof. A. R. Willgus
The following pupils of the 4th grade
OF the Central school were neither
absent nor tardy during the month of
March: Inga Anderson, Thurlow Brown
Lillian Cary, Donald Clark, Leatha Cox,
Ella Conway, Howard Cook, Eddie
Frickie, Philip Gothro, Elfrida Hastad,
Hildur Hastad Ella Hegerberg, Russell
Kile, Anita Kile, Bessie King, Dorothy
Kitsman, Orel Leonard, Dorothy NAL
pass, Mary Maddaugh, Lillian McCol-
man, Julius Roberts, Albert Roberts,
Frances Rogers, Laberta Stewart, Ed
win White, Gordon Wright, Orman
Wipstone, Alice Zitka, Ruth Severy,
frankie Habel, Robert Risk, Howard
Snyder, Vera Ross, Guy Griffin, Anna
Griffin, Irvie Bowen, Catherine Roy,
Ralph Habel.
REQ Bockes and Supt. Holiday went
to Harbor Springs on Friday for the
Sub-District Oratorical contest. Supt.
Holiday is Chairman of this sub district
Other schools taking part in the contest
were Kalkaska, Boyne City, Traverse
City and Harbor Springs.