The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-03
PUBLIC SCHOOL NOTES

The quarantine due to scarlet few
er at Elmwood Home has been raised
and the full enrolment of pupils is
now in school, All grade rooms are
full and any increase will tax the ca
pacity Of the different rooms.
The Products Carnival held in the
High School building, under the au-
spices of the Parent Teacher Asso-
citation, on Friday and Saturday last,
was a pleasing success in spite of the
fact that garden products are scarce,
due to the unusually dry season. The
exhibits in both the Baking and Sew
ing departments were larger than ev-
er before and the attendance was
large both afternoon and evening. The
business men of Pennington rallied
faithfully to the support of the
schools and donated the Sc prizes
awarded to the winners in the va
rious departments. Friday evening a
program was rendered in the High
School auditorium by the Parent
Teacher Association. County Super
intendent Akers was the principal
speaker. He discussed very forcibly,
and with the aid of a number of
charts, the health of school children,
His talk was timely and held the un-
divided attention of all present.
The success of the Carnival was
somewhat marrcd by several wreck
less boys breaking into the High
School building on Friday night, after
the crowd had gone, and stealing sew
eral nice cakes and some canned pro-
ducts. This lawlessness is being con-
demncd severely by the public gen
orally and by the parents whose chill
dren had articles on exhibition The
management of the Carnival has
guaranteed that full value will be re-
turned for all exhibits and articles
stolen. The boys implicated and their
families have agreed to pay full dam
ages for all depredations committed
The community can not and will not
tolerate such conduct. If the punish
ments and admonitions of parents
will not avail, the strong arm of the
law will, in the future, be invoked.
The first athletic games of the sea-
son took place on the High School
campus on Saturday afternoon, Sept
9th. The local high school girls
played basket ball with the Desloge
High School girls and were defeated
by the top heavy score of 40 to 8. Des-
loge has well-balanced team of good
players and they romped away with
the Pennington girls in easy style.
The second game of the afternoon
was game of foot ball between Per-
ryville High and Pennington High
players. The game was hotly contest
ed throughout and the boys showed
excellent form for the first game of
the season. There was but little fun
bling, Perryville making about six
while Pennington fumbled but twice.
There were very few penalties and
very little time taken out on account
of injuries. If both teams keep up
the stride they displayed Saturday
they will be playing excellent foot
bali before the close of the season.
Perryville won by two touchdowns,
while Pennington only succeeded in
landing one place kick, making the
score 13 to 8 in favor of Perryville.
The management of the local team is
having some trouble getting out all
the available men for practice. Some
of the best material in school is re-
luctant to rally to the support Of the
school, and they leave heavy bur-
den on the less capable men. This is