Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-03-30

A circular letter explaining the or
ganization of the Junior Red Cross
has been mailed to each teacher from
this office. Four schools in the county
have already enrolled as Junior
Red Cross Auxiliary and we hope to
be able to report Iron county as 100
per cent Junior Red Cross member
ship.
| This office has aided in the distri-
button of war recipes which were pre-
pared by the members of the Food
Conservation Committee. 1t is plan
ned to have a meatless and wheatless
sheet of recipes reach every home in
the entire county.
"R. b. Duncan Of the Extension
Department of the University has
prepared for the Speakers Bureau,
State Council of Defense, an annlver-
sary program to be used in the schools
April 6. This time marks, as you are
aware, the beginning OF the second
wear of the war. The occasion offers
suitable time and opportunity. for
| the schools to pause In their daily
work and sing few patriotic songs
and have such exercises as may be
suggested in the program. "-Supt. T..
p Cary.
| A copy of this program will be
mailed to each teacher in ample time
to carry out the request OF our state
superintendent.
The pupils of the seventh and eighth
grades, high school and art students
| throughout the country are requested
| to enter War Saving Stamp Nation
al Poster competition which is just
being launched. Prizes for the best
posters will be given in the form OF
| War Saving Stamps.
This office has just completed the
Patriotic Seed and Labor Survey for
Iron county which was requested by
the state. We are sorry to say that
the report is not as complete as we
would wish owing to the fact that
some farmers failed to furnish the in
| formation desired. However, we
found from the reports given that
Iron county farmers will need 81 la
bOrers to assist in farm work. The
amount of seed needed is as follows:
corn bushels, wheat 80 bushels, bar
ley rs bushels, oats 1917 bushels, field
peas 10 bushels, buckwheat % bu.,
clover 26 bushels, timothy IS bushels.
The number of bushels which the far
mers can offer for sale are: spring
wheat 80 bushels, barley rs bushels,
field peas 40 bushels, clover 10 bu,
timothy 20 bushels and many bushels
of potatoes.
This information was gathered from
reports sent in by the following teach
ers, who made as complete a report
as possible in their district: Beatrice
Summers, Emerson; Muriel White,
Epson; Olga Swanstrom, Curry; A.
III. Rohlinger, Saxon high school;
Helen. Becker, Saxon state graded
school; Magnetic Quin, Van Buskirk
state graded school; Muriel Bradley,
Cedar; Margaret Hardie. Quincy
state graded school; Elvira Swan
strom, Van Buskirk central; Hilda
Lake, Pence; Alice Jackson, Sand
rock; Mrs. King, Moore; Anna Swan
son, Kimball; Lucy Abii, Weber; w.
G.. Miles, Iron Belt; Sara Waters,
Meadville; Mayme Young, Powell.
The pupils of the Powell school have
made Is ambulance pillows, 8 wash
cloths, 1 sweater and 1 pair of socks
for the Red Cross. Considering the
fact that this school has an enroll
ment of only six pupils, this report is
unusually good.
The Springstead school reports that
new automatic pencil sharpener has
been purchased; that four pupils are
completing the work for Reading Cir
Gle Diplomas and that the school is
preparing for Thrift and War Saw
ing Stamp campaign. 1t is planned
to have an evening devoted to this
purpose at which time the patrons
and pupils will be urged to purchase