Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-05-06
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES

The Buchanan Consolidated School
gave social and. program recently
and raised $64 so.
The following pupils received Three
Month Perfect Attendance the mast
week: Emma and Martha Olson, Bak-
ker; Cecilia Nieuswma and Theodore
Van Houte, Strasburg; Mahlon ROTH
en- (2), Algie Simpkins (2), Beth sa-
Draw, Rachel Lenhart, Charles Andrus.
Eunlce Rotzien, Melville Steiner (3).
Elva Webert (2), Carl Weikum, Willis
Sheperd (2), Herman Batter, Jr,. AL
ton Lenhart, Lillis and Marjorie Ear
Iywlne and Myra Holley, Burr Oak.
The following Hazelton pupils have
received Reading Circle Diplomas for
reading eight of the books: Russcl,
Weiser, Raymond Shea, Elvira Wohl-
man, Clara Webcrt, Dale Forsythe
James Andrus, Philip Glines, Cecilia
Sheperd, Eleanor Landsberger, Irene
Jordan, Hazel Glines, Paul Jenner.
Amelia Helfenstein, Helen Wohlman.
Willard Yeater, Milton Smolowitz. lola
BJerke, Cletus Wright, Glen Wood.
Willis Sheperd, Ester Glines, Vincent
Zlrbes, Sam Smolowitz, Lucille Hem
merck, Charles Andrus, Ruth Morlan.
Clayton McMullen, VIM. schanlaber.
Louis Weikum, Lyle Forsythe, Edward
Shea, Erna Shoppert and Douglas Bab-
cock.
Green Seals have been awarded to
the following Hazelton pupils for
reading four additional books: Irene
Jordan, Raymond Shea, Eleanor
Landsberger, Elvira Wohlman, Louis
Weikum, Charles Andrus, Lyle For
sythe, Clara Webert and lola Bierke.
Blue Seals were issued to Raymond
Shea, Elvira Wohlman and Eleanor
Landsberger. Red Seals were issued
20 the same pupils. They have each
read twenty books.
School clerks have received blanks
from the Workmans COMPENSATION
Bureau They also will be required
20 pay a premium as an insurance
against loss by injury.
The following taken from a letter
from County Supt. Phelps of Divide
county, is of interest to school officers:
Some time ago a letter from the
state land department announced that
no more school funds would be used
for buying school bonds until late
next summer or next fall. l do not
know just how this will affect. your
particular county or school district,
but I know that it will seriously handi-
cap number Of the counties of the
state.
1--WE were asked during the war
times to build no more than was alb
solutely necessary. Then upon the
close of the war we were confronted
with the high cost of labor and ma
terial and the law which prevented US
from bonding for sufficient funds to
build under the increased prices for
labor and building material. Thus
another year was lost The extra
session of the legislature amended the
law so that we could bond for more
but before this could be taken advant-
age of, the purchase Of school bonds
with school money was shut off en-
tirely and if this. continues, this year
will also be lost as far as school build
ings are concerned.
1~believe if every county super
intendent and every school board
whose schools are affected will only
bring the true conditions before the
members Of the Board of University
and School Lands, that they will find
some way by which our schools may be
helped out of this inability to build
and repair buildings for the coming
year. Will you not take this matter
up directly with the above board stat
ing clearly the conditions in your
! county and school districts.
although there may be no funds
available now, it would seem that the
board might make some arrangements
to allow the districts to go ahead and
bond and build by issuing warrants
with the understanding that these
bonds would be taken up with the first
funds available and that all Of the
school funds might be used for school
purposes until we catch up with our
building program. The Board informs
me that5out of total of nearly two
and one-haR million of bonds purchas-
ed, during the last season, that only
some , nine hundred and sixty-seven
Thousand! were school bonds, the rest
lee beipg IN used USED for loans for othef pur-
poses.