Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-05-25

The first Iron county commence
ment for common schools WAS held at
the court house in Hurley on Friday
last, and was very largely attended,
over two hundred and fifty pupils aud
patrons being present, the majority
of whom were from towns outside of
Hurley. The day opened with the flag
salute and the singing of patriotic
songs, after which the following pu-
pills wrote upon the County Spelling,
Writing. and Arithmetic Contest:
Marjorie Sherman, Esther ketOla,
Esther Hanson, Bonnie Dietch, Gill
bertine Daoust, and Ella Inuis Each
of these pupils had won first honOrs
in the town contests. After carefully
correcting all papers, it was found
that Ella Innis Of the Cedar school
rad scored the highest average, and
will be Iron couGty's representative
al the State Fair in Milwaukee next
September, where she will be the
states guest for three days. While
there she will compete for state hon
ors.
While this written examination was
being conducted by Miss BOyington,
Miss Emuns0n escorted more than
fifty of the graduates and patrons to
the Lincoln school where Supt. Muir
ply conducted them through the
building. This was very interesting
part of the program, aud we trust
will be the means of inspiring the
graduates to enter high school next
fall.
At eleven o'clock all re-assembled
at the court house where the two-min-
ute Thrift and War Savings speeches
took place. Eleven young people took
part in this contest, each represent
ing different school in the county.
Below we give the name of the con
testant and the school he represented:
Vanard Sherman, Pow ell; Helmi
Holma, Van Buskirk school; Mary
kostelnik, Rein school; Esther Han
son, Moore; Phyllis Brown, Upson:
Bonnie Deitch, Weber school; Freda
Wagner, Quincy; Frances Mashl,
Curry school; Grace Schultz, Archam-
beau school; Francis Anger, Saxon:
Hester DOri0t, ManitoWish. Atty.A.
l.. Ruggles Prof O. w Neale and II.
c. Trembath acted as judges and so
close was the contest that it was inn
possible to decide between the four
holding the highest averages, so the
judges requested that these four re-
peat their speeches at the opening of
the afternoon session. This was done
and upon second trial it was decided
to award the prize of $500 in Thrift
Stamps to Francis Anger Of Saxon.
Each and every one of the speeches.
written ana delivered ~ the pupils,
breathed a fine spirit of patriotism
and brought forth many favorable
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enCe.
Had anyone passed the ball park
during the noon hour, he would have
understood why SO many people had
been seen on the streets bearing bas-
kets, for all partoOk of Il picnic din
ner. Fred Nalcouer, one of the Sol
der Pals, served hot coffee during
the hour, which made the dinner
much more enjoyable.
The address by Prof. q. W. Neale
OF Stevens Point occupied the greater
portion of the afternoon session and
was greatly enjoyed by all who heard
it. His subject was Shaking the
Barrel, and illustrated the truth
that the large desirable apples were
always found on the top while the
useless ones sank TO the bottom. He
encouraged each graduate to sie2e
every opportunity to become Well
rounded citizen and rise to the top
and expressed the hope that none
would be found worthless in the bot
tom of lies barrel. Following the
address, Miss EmunsOn presented di-
plOmas to tWenty-siX Young people
who felt just pride in receiving this
award for their labors.
The audience then repaired to the
ball ground where tifty-yard race
was INDUCED in by the boys and by
the girls. The prize of fifty cents i'm
Thrift Stamps for the boys was a.
warded TO John Norman of Saxon and
the same prize for the girls went to
Charlotte louugs of Cedar.
When the races closed ii was near
ing train time so the audience dis
persed feeling that the day had been
pleasant and prvsf.,ble one.
This office wishes TO express their
appreciation to the many patrons who
attended, to the teachers who trained
the contestants. to the Judges who
aided us, and TO the pupils of the
kim6all school who SO kindly picked
the wild flowers with which to decor
ate the court room.
The rural school at Simons this
week became leo percent purchasers
of Thrift and Wan Savings STAMPS
and the Rein school became 100 per
cent membership in a War Savings
! society.
During the program on Friday a
summary OF war activities in the rur-
al schools of Iron county was read.
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