Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-13


United States into the great world
war. r. b. Duncanlof the extension
department of the university prepar-
ed for the Speakers Bureau, State
Council of Defense, an anniversary
program which was given in all the
schools on Friday afternoon, April 5.
The arrangement of the numbers was
as follows:
Song-America.
Anniversary message.
Song-Battle Hymn of the Republic
Recitation-The Choice.
Round-Buy bond, buy bound.
Recitation-W Where Lincoln Stood.
Song-On America.
The state graded school at Saxon
last week received a certificate show
ing that their War-Saving Society had
been affiliated with the National War
Saving Committee of Washington.
The teachers of Iron Belt, under
the leadership of their principal, w,
C.. Miles, have formed a Teachers
Reading Circle and doing the study
required to earn a diploma. They
have Just completed the study of
Every Day Problems in Teaching"
Mouse by Herbert Quick.
The meeting for the rural teachers
of Iron county was held at the court
house yesterday. The program fol-
lows:
Enrolment and music.
Yearly teachers reports by Della
G.. Emunson.
More Efficient Teaching by Agnes
Boyington.
Open conference.
Afternoon Session.
Music.
Upper Form Reading by Agnes Boy
ingtOn.
School Activities by Della Emunson
FOur-minute talk by member of
food conservation committee.
We are sorry to note that Myrtle
Bennett, who was attending the Saxon
high school. is again confined to her
bed by illness and is at the home of
her aunt, Mrs. ID. g. Bennett, kwhere
she is receiving constant medical care
The boys of the NJ. T. class at Kim
ball have restained and vanished the
frames on all pictures in the room.
This is another practical application
of their work and greatly improves
the appearance of the room.
The attendance of the Kimball
school was increased by three new
pupils last week. They are Lucian,
Ellamae and Wyatt Newberry from
Tomah, Wis.
The following pupils had perfect at
tendance during the month of March:
Sandrock, Alice Jackson, teacher
Mary Popka. Cedar, Muriel Bradley,
teacher - Charlotte and Elizabeth
|. YOungs and Ella Innis. Moore, Ida
King, teacher-Esther, Elma, Emma
and Win Hansen and Fern Grimes.
Weber, Lucy Abli, teacher-Bertha
and Francis Organist. & Curry, Olga
Swanstrom, teacher Alma Masse,
Wilbert and Lillian Masse, Thelma
and Margaret Lindsey, Hazel and
Thos. Baribeau. Archambeau, Ethel
Larsen, teacher enevieve and Fran
els Berube, George Schultz. Van
Buskirk central, Elvira Swanstrom,
teacher-Lympea and William Hanula,
Helen Hendrickson, Esther and TYNE
Ketola, Lena Maxi and Sven, John,
William SUM; Julia and TOiva Salo,
Powell, Mayme Young, teacher
Charles Kompki, Marjorie, Clarence,
Ida and Vanard Sherman. Quincy,
Margaret Hardie and Edna Emunson,
teachers, Frida Wagner, Bernice
Cameron, Fred Swanson, Dora and
Leona Cameron, Carl Swanson, Will
lard Clevitter and Frank Morse; Up
son. Muriel White teacher, VERNE
Olson, Leonard Berg, Helen Barnie.
The pupils of the fifth grade at Iron
Belt have just finished 1850 gun-wipes
for the Red Cross. They also made
Filings for II ambulance pillows.
Layettes for Belgian babies are being
made now The manual training class
have just completed some very fine
iardiniere stands and book cases. The
seventh grade class in domestic
science have completed a busting out
tit of cap and apron, eighth grade a
cooking uniform, ninth grade are
working on petticoats and the tenth
grade on worsted skirts.
On Tuesday evening, April 9th, the
second number of the Lyceum course,
The Dvorak Trio, was given at the
Iron Belt high school.
The pupils of the Mercer school
have just completed a knitted quilt
for the Belgians which consists of 800
squares. The center of the quilt con-
tains large red cross and on the
whole it is creditable piece of work.
The library of the Mercer school
has been improved by the addition of
book shelves extending the length of
the room. This gives ample space to
arrange the books systematically A
photo of this library was recently pub
lished in the state Library Review.
This office also gratefully acknowl-
edges a photograph.
Two travelling libraries were re-
ceived last week here and two by the
state graded school at VanBuskirk.
The rural school at Manitowish re-
ports their room as one hundred per-
cent War-Savers. This makes five
schools in the county to earn the
government poster.
Additional stamp sale reported for
last week were. Saxon state graded