The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-02-14

deeply interested. These meetings are
held the first Monday of each month
at the Jefferson school. We expect to
make each meeting so interesting all
will want to come.
Friday afternoon, Feb. /, Rev, Wat
ers of the First Congregational Church
gave a talk to the upper grades ON
The War Savings Plan" This was
very much appreciated and enjoyed
by the pupils and teachers.
Motion Picture program of this week
consisted of the following: THE Royal
Gorge" Animals" Dogs" How Dia
monds are Made" This program was
given Tuesday, Feb. 5, after school.
Who has a more largely attended
Parent-Teachers Association than Jof-
ferson?
Grant School
The sixth grade has twcnty-one
War Savings Stamps" and fifty-five
Thrift Stamps" .....
Virgil Morgan and Warren Tetcr
were out Of school on account OF i'll
ness.
The Eighth B pupils have purchased
fourteen more Thrift Stamps.
Frank Evans, James Whitehlll, and
Carl Johnson were absent on account
CT illness.
The boys, girls and teachers deeply
sympathize with Helen Montgomery
at the loss of her grandmother.
The boys of the Eighth Grade A
Glass defeated the girls in an arith-
metic contest. ..-....
On Saturday, Feb 2, at the Y. NJ. C.
A. the basketball team defeated Sec.
ond ward by score of IA to and
Third ward by a score of rs to Z.
The teachers OF Fourth Ward now
have a 100 per cent Service Flag,
Veola Brown has moved with her
parents to Grinnell. ..&
Provost Marshall Gen. e. c. Crowder
of Washington d. Z. has sent out a
call for the teachers of all schools
to offer their services to the local
board to assist in making an occupa-
tional classification of our National ar
my A number of teachers of the city
responded and will assist from Z to
10 p. m. each evening until the work
is completed.
Twenty pupils of fifth grade belong
to the Red Cross. Thirty-two THRIFT
Stampe and nine War Savings Stamps
have been purchased by the fifth grade
students.
Fourteen pupils are in the Grant
School Orchestra. - -a.
The following pupils of seventh
grade have War Savings Stamps:
Marie Rosebrook %; Viola Hartman
4; Joe Tony 4; Hannah Johnson l;
Russell White, /; Margaret Beadle,s1 /;
Leslie DeVoe /; Frances Redman l.;
Thrift Stamps are owned by: Bruce
Mathew Z: Winifred Williams 4; Karl
Gosselink 4; Charles Odem 3; Ruth
Evans l., ......
Frederic Butler and Jack Gordon,
respectively, are captains of the Ar
my and Navy. divisions of the Y. NJ.
&C. A.
Ermal Brackney is a new student in
the sixth room.
Wandalyne Cooler and Christian
Loos served very ably as reporters
last week
The visitors during the past week
were: Mrs. E. w. Hardness, Mrs. A.
PauIson, Mrs. E. L Butler and Mrs.
Howard Coleman,
Mr.. j. A. Dewitt talked to the firtn
and sixth grade pupils on Thrift"
j. The Parent-Teachers Association
will meet on Tuesday evening, Fcbru-
airy II, at 4 o'clock in Miss Ervin's
room. A good attendance is desired.
,- Whittier School
Geo McCarty, of the Peoples Trust
and Savings Bank, and Sec Kramer
of the Y. M. C. A. talked to the pupils
of the four upper grades on. Friday in
the interest of the War Savings Stamp
campaign. Their remarks were very
instructive and helpful. Forty-eight
students of Whittier school have pur-
chased Thrift and War Savings
Stamps. -...
Mrs. Anna Dorland of Penn was a
visitor in Second Grade Thursday
morning. ... .... a.,
Third and Eighth Grades led in per-
cent of attendance during the month
of January.
The teachers are assisting Miss Du-
Doc, the County Superintendent, to
compile information from the question
naires recently submitted by the draft
eG men of the county. The work is be-
ing done at the Court House during
during the evening hours and each
teacher is giving several evenings to
the work a.. ,