Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-06-07
School Commissioners
Notes
May L. Stewart. Commissioner

Last weeks papers found no notes
but it was not the fault of your editor.
| He probably was saving space up to
the last moment and the Com'r was ex-
pecting to typewrite something at least
but so many things had to be done that
anything that could possibly be post
poned had to be pushed to one side.
Thus the notes did not appear. Now
that the registration of women is under
way and Thrift Week passing by in
fine shape, the relief is such that a
brief summary of events may be
published.
Sixty-four diplomas are being mailed
today to eighth grade students passing
in the examination of May $40. Fifty
students OF the same examination will
receive standings only. Those reeeiv-
ing diplomas will have names printed
in another column of this paper. Sixty
six seventh graders writing on physi-
ology and geography receive partial
credit but only few passed in both
subjects. Their names will not be
printed. Highest averages will be
computed later.
A special delivery letter arrived from
Miss Milton this week stating that
Lottie Webster had been present every
day during the year in spite of severe
storms and bad roads. A full-year
diploma has been mailed to Miss Milton
for Lottie. Miss Milton was also over
joyed because she had received the
certificate accrediting the Maple Grove
application for admission to the Junior
Red Cross. Previously the application
had to be returned for corrections.
Once in while this red tape delays
matters little but the faithful arrive
nevertheless.
Miles, Phelps, Walker and Forest Hill
are this week admitted on the Junior
Red Cross list.
The afghan at Ironton is one of the
best displayed anywhere and great
deal of credit should be given not only
to the pupils, but to teachers and par
ents for interest and assistance. Two
others are already under way. Splendid
afghan reported at Undine this week.
County Normal students graduating
this week are already employed for
next year, one considering an offer
and the rest engaged by contract or
promise.
East Jordan is fairly booming with
Junior Red Cross spirit and several
rooms are already 100 per cent. Appli-
cations are not yet in. Look for an
East Jordan record soon.
Have you sent the commissioner the
school news from your district? She is
interested and knows that the county
is also wishing to hear from you. Have
you sent the editor of this paper your
district school notes? He wishes them
and would like to talk to a committee
or to a chairman who wonld assume
this duty to the public.
Boyne City schools have not been
content with merely being ''over the
top" in Junior Red Cross work, but are
a great deal more than one hundred
per cent and claim the honor of being
the first entire system to include every
building and over-subscribe its fund.
The work is fine and we suggest Boyne
City Junior Red Cross notes. The
county chairman cannot be in close
enough touch with the varities and
amount of work to do justice to any city
system and the public wants to know.
Picnics during the past week that
were reported to this office were as
follows:-Ranney, Ironton, Hilton,
Tainter, Lakeside, Hopyard. The Com
missioner has always wanted to be at
more of these social functions so as to
become better acquainted with both
parents and boys and girls and to help
work with them in the things which
they are planning. She had hoped to
be present at several this year but the
war work has been so heavy that even
all sorts OF system in the regular work
could not make this possible. Here's
hoping that another year will find more
system, and no war If victory may have
come, so that all things may conspire
toward better schools.