Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-16

Miss Della EmunSon, 60. Supt. OF Schools and
Miss Agnes Boyington. Supervising Teacher
The reports which are coming in daily
prove that the school children of the
county are doing their bit in buying War
Saving and Thrift Stamps. Some reports
have failed 10 reach the Office as yet but
those received up to date are as follows:
Enroll War Stamps Thrift Stamps
School ment Sold Sold
Curry 20 %
Cedar 10
Weber 9
Saxon St.
Graded 90 20 118
In the Saxon State Graded School in
addition to the number of War Stamps
bought by pupils themselves, they sue
ceeded in selling 20 to patrons of the
school. Every teacher in the building
bought at least one War Stamp. The
Kimball school reports two Liberty Bonds
owned by Reed Clark pupil in the third
grade.
The following pupils had a perfect at
| tendance during the month of January:
Weber School-Lucy Abli, teacher-Ber-
nard Zuchowski, Edmund Francis and
Bertha Organist; Kimball School-Anna
Swanson, teacher-Ruth Rogers, Ono and
Sophie Tolmon; Quincy state graded
lower department Edna Emunson, tea
cher Florence Tighe, Leona Cameron
and Frank Morris; Upper department.
Margaret Hardie, teacher-Bernice, Ethel
and Dora Cameron, Fred Swanson, Muriel
Lundgren, Irene and Noel Martinka,
Cecilia Trudeau; Powell school, Wayne
Young, teacher - Willowdean, Vanard,
| Marjorie and Clarence Sherman; VanBus-
kirk Central school-Elvira Swanstrom,
teacher-Tyunie and Jacob Ketola, Sven
and John SUM, Helen Hendrickson, Oscar
Ruha, Jack Rekola, William Hannula and
Leonard Korpula; Archambeau school,
Ethel Larsen, teacher -Genevieve and
Francis Berube; VanBuskirk state grad
ed, lower department-Kathryn Jennings,
teacher-Armis Wertti, Jennie Korhonen,
| Hilda Maxi, Hilda Koski.
The entire faculty of the Iron Belt
| schools rendered their services Saturday
of last week, working on the question
naires in the county clerks office. Owing
to the immense amount of work required
to complete the classification of regis
trants. teachers have been requested to
| aid in this work.
Miss Kathryn Jennings who teaches at
VanBuskirk and who has been suffering
from an affection in one eye, is now able
to attend to her school duties.
This column was in error last week in
making the statement that Leo Simons of
the Simons school was knitting sweater
for the Red Cross. Leo is learning to do
plain knitting but his elder brother Louis
deserves the credit of making the sweater.
The Meadville school received gift of
twenty victrola records from MIR Post of
Chicago This makes a total of sixty five
good records owned by this school.
A Reading Circle composed of six mem
bers has been organized in the rural
school at Cedar taught by Muriel Bradley.
Miss Kathyrn jennings has earned a
Teachers Reading Circle Seal to add to
her diploma earned last year.
The county superintendent has secured
enough copies of the music of the new
patriotic song Loyalty To The U. S. A"
to supply all teachers in the county. Each
teacher is urged to familiarize the pupils
with this song as soon as possible
The pupils of the state graded school at
VanBuskirk have this week begun knit
ting for the Red Cross The older pupils
are knitting wash cloths and the younger
ones squares for the Belgian quilts
Most of the schools of the countyheld
appropriate exercises on Tuesday of
this week to commemorate the birthday
of The First American" Abraham Lin
coin. His words have always been cher
| iShed by the American people but never
more so than this year, when we too are
passing through crisis similar in many
ways to the one through which he guided
our ship of state. The following quota
ton from one of his speeches should be
memorized by every one since ut so fully
typifies the feelings of the American peo-
pie today-"Let us Rave faith that right
makes might; and in that faith let us dare
to do our duty, as we understand it. -
Abraham Lincoln.
The following numbers are typical of
the patriotic programs which were given
in the rural schools on the first day of
the Thrift week campaign;
Essay-"How Will Earn My Quarter
To Buy A Thrift Stamp"
Song-"The Star Spangled Banner"
ReCitation-"The Story OF The Flag"
Flag Salute-By the school.
Essay What Can Do To Help Win
This War;"
Discussion of Thrift and War Savings
Stamps-by the teacher.
Song-"On wisconsin, On Our Way To
France"
Distribution of literature explaining
Stamp campaign.