Morris tribune., 1918-10-11

winners Fred Henriksen and Glenn
Plocker. Sidney Gausman, former
member and president, won the first
prize on his Minnesota No. Is in the
years 1914. 1915, 1916 Fred Henriksen
won the first prize in the years 1917 and
| 1918. Fred also went to the state fair
| this fall as a member of the boys camp.
While there he. together with Clarence
Schuster, of Chokio, demonstrated all
the different methods of seed corn test
ing at the state fair. Clarence did the
talking and Fred performed the opera
lions of the test. These two boys had
marked success as seed corn testing
demonstration team at the big fair.
Next Friday the Alberta Garden Club
will meet for the monthly October SEES
| sion. There will be fine program
| rendered, the president Vivian Foster
presiding Some of the very best gar
dens in the Alberta project were those
| of Vivian Foster, Vivian Freeman and
| Marjorie Davies, Caroline Kampmeier,
Hilda Kampmeier Grin Gulbranson,
Mildred Gulbranson, Viola Gulbranson
Florabelle Schultz, Lester Gulbranson.
| The next Friday afternoon, Oct. Is.
the corn club will hold it's monthly
meeting, the president William Brede
presiding. At this meeting program
and a lecture on corn by an outside
| speaker will be given. The last hour
every Friday is devoted to Boys and
Girls Club work Alberta has the fol-
lowing boys and girls clubs: Corn
club, bread baking club, garden and
canning club, pig club. The members
of all these boys and girls clubs know
| that they are answering the call of
Uncle Sam to his twenty-five million
school children to help him win the war
by food production and food conserva-
| ton, by doing something for their coun-
try in bringing sacrifices.
Every Thursday is War Savings day
in the Alberta school. On this day any
member of any of the various war saw
ings societies may buy thrift stamps
or war savings stamps at the school.
Once a month on this day each war
savings society holds it's monthly meet
ing, at which time a good program is
rendered. The war savings work is go
ing to be made as big thing this year
in this school as the Junior Red Cross
work has been So far.
Next week will see the first drive in
Junior Red Cross work. Work in this
great government service is delayed be-
cause the school is unable to get the
work list from the authorities.
One of the big school activities, 'bas-
ket ball, was begun last Friday evening
in Braun's hall The work was begun
at that time with quite much of the
O1Q-tlme pep. Two GOOD praCt1Ce
games were played. The girls this year
are coached by Miss Florence Russell.
1t is hoped that this year the Alberta
teams will uphold their good victorious
record and add a few more victories.
The boy players this year will again be
Adrian Devereaux, Glenn Prickett, Will
liam Ernst, Delphen and Elmer Sic
brecht, Odin Norby, William Brede and
Arnold Ginnow. The teams will play
again next Friday, Oct. II.
Plans are being laid to bring the sew
eral schools of this part of the state to-
gether into another inter-school de-
clamatory contest, also spelling con-
test and inter-school debates. The AL
berta English classes are making pre-
parations for this work, to be begun
soon.
The Alberta High School has this year
again a full four-year course. as fol-
lows: Freshman-Citizenshi English I,
Business Arithmetic Bookkeeping, Ply
siology and Sanitation; Sophomore
Commercial Correspondence, English II,
Ancient History, Commercial Law, Ag-
riculture; Junior-Commercial Cores
pondence, English III, Ancient History,
Commercial Law. Agriculture Physical
Geography; Senior-Commercia Cores
pondence, English Nv, Plane Geometry,
Commercial Law, High School American
History. All the boys and girls have
industrial work, except the seniors.