Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-03-20
COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS


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Miss Della Emunson. Co. Supt. OF 6hools ana
Miss Agnes B1yingtoD. Supervising leaehef'
Owing TO the stress of outside dntl-
90 the gchoOl column was omitted ia
last weeks issue The items given
today will cover the two-week period.
The state graded SCHOOL at Saxon
reports having organized Junior
Red Cross with Il membership OF
seyenty-iiVe pupils.
The attendance ia the primary de-
nartment of the Saxon school has in
creased rapidly since the weather be
came milder. The enrolment has all
Int reached the half-hundred mark
at the close of last week.
The eighth gradeO the Saxon school
completed the work outlined III ciyics
and took tie final examination. GIVES
is a half year subject in state grad
ed school.
The Union Free High School of
Saxon is giving dance, we under
stand, to raise money for Near East
Relief.
The annual institute for our neigh
boring county, Ashland, was held at
Ashland on March and at Glidden
on March i. The same program was
followed each day. The two sections
were held in an effort TO accommodate
the rural teachers Ashland is very
long. narrow county and the train
connections are such as to render II
difficult to lind any one city that Is
Isr. q 3 -
The supervising teacher OF Iron c0un-
ty appeared on the prOgram both days,
talking on the Socialized Recitation.
The County nurse has begun her
work in school visitation. Among
the children examined thus far the
most prevalent physical defect IS
found to be imperfect teeth. This is
no doubt due to the fact that dentists
are not consulted as often as necessary
because of the long distance to be
travelled to reach town from the ma
iority of the rIral school districts.
The four children in the Grey family,
living at Sandr0ck, have been i'll with
influenza and absent from school for
the past two weeks. When you realize
that the entire enrolment of this
school is eight pupils, You will under
stand that fifty percent of a school
may meana comparativelysmal num-
Der of pupils, and that the CHI 'dren of
one family play an important part in
the work of the school.
A pleasant Mothers Meeting was
held at Manitowish last Friday. 1t
was 1t. Patrick : mot hers Celebra-
tiOn. The room was pretiily dec0rat-
ed with shamrocks. The girls who
served the lunch wore caps and aprons
W hich were trimmed with the sham
rOeh. Prettilypainted programs were
prepared by the pupils, A short but
interesting program was given by
the school followed by a talk by Miss
EmunsOn. the county superintendent
The patrons of the Manitowish
school have become very much inter
ested in the modelling clay used by
the primary pupils. Several requests
were sent to the teacher asking for
some clay to be sent home with the
pupils at night. The fathers and
mothers tried their hand at forming
objects and as result. that school
contains some OF the finest specimens
Of work we have seen. Among the
many things made, We remember a
frog, an alligator, a Mexican wear
ing a hat and Uncle Sam. The children
have illustrated The Three Bears and
other stories.
The pupils Of the Curry school have
organized a Junior Red Cross with
n membership Of seven. They have
donated St.45 toward the Near East
Relief. Every pupil is working for a
reading circle diploma. and several
have earned home credit diploma.
-Four of the six pupils of the Spring
stead school had il perfect attendance
record for the month of February
Their names are rs follOws:lra Hall.
Ruth Hall, Frances Conley and Lyle