Charlevoix county herald., 1919-09-26
School Winners
At County Fair
Every Exhibit in Educational
Hall Worthy of Special
Mention.

Inc CnarleVOlX COunty falT AsSocla-
ton feels justified in saying that it
owns the largest county fair school dis
play building in the state, and possibly
in the United States. Handsomely con-
structed in the shape of double cross,
with the first cross sixty by sixty feet
and the second cross seventy by seven
ty-twoieet, it affords fine opportunity
for school work OF every description
and the exhibit was the largest in
years.
The East Jordan exhibit covered
over sixteen hundred square feet OF
wall space, and floor area sixty by
twenty. The manual arts and mechani-
cal drawing attracted most attention,
although the sewing and history note
books were very popular. In the oral
contests in the auditorium OF the build
ing, East Jordan won first place in ex-
periments in physics and chemistry,
in baking contest, and in declama-
tons and orations. The school agricul-
tural exhibit was in the Charlevoix
County Boys and Girls Club Building
and in this also East Jordan won first
place.
The Boyne City exhibit was unusually
good in quality although much of the
work that had been prepared had been
lost through many changes in the
teaching corps of the city. The work
covered over eight hundred feet Of
wall space and filled room twenty
feet square. Their kindergarten, and
first and second grades display won
first place, and the sewing exhibit won
first place. Boyne City had a very
good school garden exhibit in the Club
Building and carried off second honOrs
in this department Due to local diff
culties they were unable this year to
enter the oral contests.
The Charlevoix exhibit was the best
ia years. The grammar grade display
was unusually good, commercial de-
partment close rival with East Jor-
dan, History, English, Science, and
Latin first place in high school work.
In size, Charlevoix's display was about
the size of Boyne City's, but they lack
ed the manual arts, except in mechani-
cal drawing, and brought with them no
sewing display. They have no agricul-
tural department and are usually
handicapped in the number Of depart
ments which they will represent but
this year they seem to have fully made
up their minds that the ones they dc
have will speak for themselves. They
were without competition in the little
folk dance in which three of their little
girls won first place.
The grand total of the score as turn
ed in by the board of judges showed
Boyne City third with 337 points, Char
levoix second with 55l points, and East
Jordan first with 1l47 points. Hei
neighboring cities had much to over
come during the past year, spirit i:
high and it is doubtful il East Jordan
can do this again.
Ironton was the only two room schoo
represented and won first place with
out competition but the exhibit wa'
good and she would not need to have
feared competitors.
Among the one room schools, Nor
: wood was easily first, with splendit
;, exhibit, including both canning ant
vegetable exhibits in the club building
= and contestants in the oral contests
!. Their score was 223 points. Hortol
Bay, excluding the club exhibit il
which they had no entries, was tn
: best shown, Horton Bay score wa
lis points. The Knop school cam
4 third with score Of l3l points. Roc
Elm, johnson, and Wildwood ha
splendid exhibits in which many ind
vidual prizes were awarded.
e Leslie Burns Of Hopyard won firs
'e place in the county in rapid addition
v. giving the answers to thirtysix CON
H. binatons in twenty-five seconds. Hal
&c riet Chaddock of the Chaddock schot
70 was second with a record OF twenty
~ eight seconds.
r. In the third and fourth grade multi
ID plation contest, Wilbur Seymour
re Norwood gave thirty-six correct an
wers in seventeen seconds, and wo
as first, place in the county. Olga Schulz
es of the Knop school had a record {
n, twenty-five seconds and Mary Chew
u. Chaddock school twenty-three second
oi In the fifth and sixth grades roy
race was on. Anna Jones OF Norwoo
gave thirty-six correct answers in mu
n tiplication in twelve seconds and Da
or Cook OF Miles school won a record