Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1919-10-03
COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS
BY County Supt r. II. Burns

Miss Louise Wegner, for many years
the Supervising Teacher of this county,
resigned her position to accept posi-
| tiOn in the County Normal school, She
has charge of the Practice School, and
directs the work of all of the student
teachers. Her wide experience in the
schools of the county has served to pre-
pare her well for the intensive duties
of the new position.
| At recent meeting of the Committee
on Common Schools, Miss Jessie Ser
geant, of Sheldon, was chosen as Sup
| ervising Teacher. She entered upon the
| duties of her office Sept. 20. Miss Ser
geant has been a lifelong resident of
| this county Since graduating from the
County Normal (cIass of 1919 she has
| taught in the towns of Atlanta, Hub
bard, Marshall and Wilson. During the
year 1918 and 1919 she had charge of
the eighth grade in the schools of With
| ee, Clark County. From the last named
position she resigned, to accept her new
work
Teachers who are going to claim
estate Aid" as provided for in Section
| 40.14 of the Statutes. should file appli-
cation for it no later than Nov. /, 1919.
Blanks for this report have been sent
out. If you are teaching for the second,
third, or fourth year in the same school,
you should fill out and execute an appli
cation. If you do not receive the blank
within a few days, apply to this office
for one.
The Misses Mabel and Edith Fryk-
man, of RedtOp, Mimi, are teaching
respectively, in the towns of Willard
and Marshall. The former is primary
teacher in the two room school in it.
4, and the latter in charge of 1T. 5 Mar
shall Both Of the Misses Frykman
were trained in the State Normal
School at River Falls.
Miss. Bessie Tate, who has taught for
| the last two years in it. Dist. No. 3
Marshall, was called to take the eighth
grade position in the schools at With
| ee She did not leave her old school
without a teacher, however. Miss
| Edith Frykman, her successor, came
and spent Friday, Sept. u, in the school
with her. This permitted the school to
run, on the following Monday, under
| the newly installed teacher, with but
| little loss or confusion.
1t is very unusual for any part of
| Wisconsin to be unable to provide
| teachers for the public schools. This
year this unusual experience is ours.
| AT this writing there are still six
schools without teachers. When the
schools without teachers. When the
schools all should have opened, about
| twenty could not begin, because of not
having teachers. Some progress is be-
| ing made. and we hope that all schools
may be in session. within two weeks.
The teachers in Dist. No. 4, town of
Willard. Misses Brownie Cameron and
Mabel Frykman, are planning COS
tune" social for Saturday evening, Oct.
Ill, 1919 Among other things their
poster says. Come dressed to represent
some nationality or profession, and
| have story, song or stunt TO cOntri-
butte. Fines for those who fail. Ladies
bring baskets with supper for two. Bas-
keIS VIII De SOli al duclIoH. IIOceeuS
will be used for Victrola or other
needed material for the school.
The reports of enrollments, classifica-
| tions, attendance, ETC, have been COM
| ing to the office for about two weeks.
These reports are carefully examined
and after approval. are filed for refer
ence and use throughout the year. If
| the register in your school does not
contain a blank for the classification
and program, it may be made on any
sheet of paper of convenient size. The
program in the Manual should be fol-
lowed as closely as the conditions of
the school permit.