Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1917-11-02
School Commissioners
Notes
May l.. Stewart. Commissioner

be held at Boyne City, during the days
OF Jan. 2S-29th OF 1918. Prof. S. S.
Stockwell, of Marquette Normal has
been appointed conductor. Instructors
are Miss Lucy a. Sloan OF Mount
Pleasant for the 2Sth and Hon. O. T..
Corson, Columbus, Ohio. for the 29th
Men in charge of the Food Conserva-
tion Campaign request that the follow
ing be printed or written on the black
board in each school of the county:
KNOW THE GRIM TRUTH;
All the blood, all the heroism, all the
money, all the munitions in the world
will not win this war unless our allies
and the people behind them are fed.
They will not be fed and our sacrifice
OF blood and money will be in vain and
a great cause sustain great injury un-
less each one in his own home each day
stands guard over the nations supply
OF WHEAT, MEAT, FATS and SUGAR.
The teachers of Chandler township
who failed to have light in the school
house window on the night OF Oct. 18th
wish to explain as follows TO the
speakers who SO patriotically braved
the elements in coming out TO their
districts in behalf OF the Liberty Loan
Miss Irene Gregory of the Bain
school says that she did not understand
that speaker would be sent to her
school that night or that one had been
assigned to every school.
Miss Aria Hawkins OF the Bill school
received her card too late TO make pre-
parations.
Miss Ruth White Of the Springvale
school thought that speakers would not
be assigned unless the return card was
mailed
Miss Albina Stanchina did not receive
any card or telegram from the governor
Sle knew that other achers- received
notice but did no; think this meant
every school.
Miss Anna Metcalf was in Charlevoix
at home during harvest vacation and
the circulars were held up awaiting her
In Boyne Falls.
Aside from these five schools, ar
rangements miscarried in one school in
Hudson, one in Boyne Valley and one
in South Arm. AT the time these notes
20 to press, no explanations have been
received from these three schools. The
remaining schools of the 66 schools
notified co-operated in the fullest de-
gree.
Three new ventilating systems are to
arrive in the county ready to solve the
winter foul air problem. They have
been ordered in Horton Bay, East Bay
and Forest Hill.
Miss Palmer of the Hoffman school
writes that her "home" is much i'm
proved since the potato vacation. Later
on We shall see what the Improvements
are.
Evangeline township is TO have a
spelling contest between No, and No.
on the third Friday in January Of
1918. There will be box social and
patriotic rally in connection with it,
The fainter school has new diction-
AIRY and expects to have chart of per-
ception cards.
The Wildwood school has record of
ii out of Is not absent or tardy since
school began They have a new flag
pole, new curtains, new dictionary,
new maps ordered, new Palmer Method
Text Books. This school lacks only
three small points of being a Standard
School. A recitation seat is needed,
the window panes need TO be frosted
as directed by the state, and library
books for small children should be OBJ
tanned. 1t could become Standard over
night
The school buildings of Chandler No.
were found to Dc all freshly painted
and looking bran new. For so small a
district and SO small school, this is a
big and marvellous improvement in one
year.
Chandler No. has the Banner
Record on Improvement for this year
In the early part of September it was
noted in this column that this school
had placed bank OF windows on the
west and that the school was newly
painted. A recent visit found that the
woodwork was freshly painted inside
as well as outside, that the room had
been plastered, new maps had been
ordered, new hangers bought for the
ctoakrooms, new curtains approved
kind being ordered, new grammar
books and new physiolog;es adopted.
The teacher declared that now she
would not think Of asking for busy
work because she wanted to help and