Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-04-20
BUY A BOND

Miss Agnes Boyin2ton, supervising teaCAei-
BUY BOND
Buy, buy, buy a bond,
Buy for Liberty.
Do it for Uncle Sam,
Buy all the bonds you can.
Show your loyalty.
The teachers meeting which was held
at the court house last Friday was well
attended, every teacher being present but
one. A fine spirit was manifested by all
who attended and, this being the last
meeting of the year, the teachers left the
court house very much burdened with
county maps, etc. as well as Uncle Sans
various kinds of war literature. Mrs. {.
Christensen talked to the teachers about
the liberty bonds and no doubt encour-
aged several to invest. Mrs. L. Trier al
so gave four minute talk on food con-
servation and urged the teachers to do
all in their power to urge their patrons to
save on wheat and use more potatoes.
A splendid patriotic meeting was held
at the Saxon school on Monday evening.
The following program was rendered:
Song-America; Four Minute Speech
Contest, four sixth graders, three seventh
graders and three eighth graders contest
ing; Song-On America; Victrola-The
Vacant Chair; Liberty Bonds-Mr. A.Roh-
linger; Address on Service by Rev. Hop
degarde Piano solo, Mildred Coma; Pres
entation of Service Flag-Della c. Emun-
son; Our Boys in Service"-Mr. Arthur
Anger; Emblems OF Service, by four pu-
pills; Song-Star Spangled Banner.
At the close of the pIogram Della c.
Emunson mentioned the necessity of re-
plenishing the Kit Fund" for the boys
who would soon be leaving the county
and donations amounting to S17 was re-
ceived from the school organizations and
patrons.
The service flag which was made by
the pupils and teachers of the Saxon state
graded school and which was presented
on Monday evening, contains Is blue
stars to indicate that that many young
men serving their country have at some
time attended this school. The names of
these men were read by Miss Becker.
The first Iron County Eighth Grade
Commencement will be held at the court
house in Hurley on Friday MAY 18th At
this time thirty-fiye graduates will receive
diplomas. A program has been planned
for the whole day. During the morning
the County Spelling Arithmetic and
Writing Contest will take place and the
winner chosen to represent Iron county
at the state fair in September. While the
contest is in progress it is planned to have
the members of the graduating class con-
Quoted through the Lincoln school, city
library and the court house. Representa-
tives from each town will compete in a
Four Minute War Talk Contest. The
winners will receive Thrift Stamps as
prizes. During the afternoon an appro-
pirate address will be given by one of the
members of the state department at
Madison.
During this week the Spelling, Arith-
metic and Writing Contests are being
held in each town in the county. The
winner from each town will represent
that district at the county contest in Hur-
ley on May H. Contests are being held
in the following towns this week: Kim
ball, Weber school, Tuesday, April IT,
Saxon, Simon school, Wednesday, April
IL Manitowish, Thursday, April 18th;
Oma. VanBuskirk state graded, Thursday
morning and VanBuskirk Central, Thurs
day afternoon, April 18th; Quincy, Cedar
school, Friday, April 18th; Anderson,
Moore school, Monday, April 22nd; Emer-
son, Springstead school, Wednesday,
April 23rd.
The Saxon high school reports that
it is 100 per cent War-Savers, 100
per cent Junior Red Cross and WARSAW.
ing Society, membership.
The Saxon state graded school has re-
Gently raised the sum of $6375 for its
Junior Red Cross work. During the past
three weeks the members of this school
have finished the following articles which
were on display in the school on Monday
evening: night gowns, 5 pair bottles,
II baby squares. flannel bands, shirt,
cape and hood, petticoats. 4 dresses, 4
pair wristlets, 2 pair socks. All the above
mentioned articles are made for the
Belgian children and other war-sufferers
in Europe.
At a program recently given by the
teacher and pupils of the Powell school
the sum of SITS was raised for the
Junior Red Cross fund. This school re.
ports 100 per cent War-Savers and 100
per cent Red Cross membership
Miss Mabel Walsh who teaches at
Emerson reports that her school is 100
per cent War-Savers and Junior Red
Cross membership.