Gunnison news-champion., 1917-01-19
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fatten il upon the scraps from the com
missary department. and in due time
sell 1t at auction. as Mr.. Clayton writes
have real blood in them at auction
sales.
The Bon Ton boys gave a very excel
lent oyster supper TO the football boys
and their lady friends Saturday evening,
January l3. 1917. at the Ideal Cafe.
Miss Eliza Stone. IS. in addition to
her regular school WORK in Oursy has or
ganlzed and is teaching q kindergarten,
which Is prospering remarkably well.
News just reached US of the birth of
a daughter. Ruth Marjorie. To Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A. BARLEY, Of Plat,-ville. Colo
rado. on January seventh. Mrs. Barley
was 1915 graduate of the Normal
School.
Supt L. E. Logan. Is. ofAztec. New
Mexico. vas elected vice president of
the City Superintendent Section of the
New Mexico Education Association.
which he recently attended with about
1890 others.
J. F. Rouck, 'l6, has charge of the
Boy Scouts, and on October q these
two organizations gave the Operetta,
"A Merry Company. They also have
live Parent Teacher association which
meets once in two weeks
A very neat and interesting County
Superintendents Bulletin" comes to our
desk from Montrose County. l, is edit
ed by the county superintendent. Miss
Emma Full, c. S. y S. IA. and is put
out monthly. 1t contains much Of in
terest pertaining to the schools of Mont
rose county. and is medium through
which the teacher may keep in touch
with the superintendent
. One of the most loyal of Normal Aiu-
mni. Miss Winnifred Castle, II, spent
the opening day after he holiday vsca-
ton at the Normal, taking note Of the
changes that have occurred in the two
years since her graduation. Miss Cas-
tie is senior at the State University.
doing twenty hours work; contributing
feature stories to Silver and Cold"
and serving on the Women's Board, the
student council which has charge Of
social affairs among the women stu
dents.
At the old school house at Read, now
used as hall, the community New
Years dinner was held, and proved To be
great success. The well equipped new
school house is occupied by three C. S.
n. S. teachers-Miss Grace Marshall,
'l3. has twenty-seven pupils in sixth,
seventh. and eighth grades; Miss Rose
Alderman, 'l5. thirty. eight in third,
fourth. and fifth; Miss Nola Hinman,
student in the 1916 Summer School,
thirty seven in first and second grades
All seem to be enjoying their work and
succeeding in it, in spite of the late
pupils, who worked I'm the beets, even
later than usual this year.
A most interesting educational enter--
prise is that of the night school in Tel
iuride. The classes meet twice week,
under the direction of the regular force
of teachers. Greeks, Italians, and
Austrians-about seventy-ive in num-
ber-attend and pursue the work en-
thusias tically. Though all are adults,
most of them are classified in the first
three grades. There is half hour Of
music at first, to which the pupils may
come if they like, followed by one and
one-half hours of class instruction. The
earnest aim of the majority is to learn
to speak, read, and write the English
language. though there are a few pur-
suing a little more advanced work.
This is said to be the largest night
school in the state.
About seventeen miles north of F-uita,
at the foot of high, craggy mountains,
lies long, broad '.hog back" In a
one roomed bungalow with lean-to kit.
chen at the back, in about the center of
the hog back. "Mabyl Righdenour, '16,
instructs seven pupils-six girls and one
boy. When strangers pass and the
children are out at recess, the school
house is thought to be ranch house,
and one day COW boy rode into the
yard, tied his horse, knocked at the
back door, and inquired for the IMAM
ager of the ranch" Since then Miss
Righdenour has been called the Map
ager of the Ranch. q
One of the old settlers. who was for
meriy school teacher, Mr.. Gavin. ap-
piled for the establishment of post
office, which was granted; SO Miss
Righdenour's new address is Gavin,
Colorado.