Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-08
COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS
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Prepared BY
Miss Della Emunson. Co. Supt. OF Schools and
Miss Agnes boyington, Supervising Teacher.
The preliminary town spelling, arith.
metic and writing contests are being
held in the schools of the county this
week. According TO the rules OF the
contest at least fifty percent of the
schools in each town must enter the con-
test and in many districts all schools are
taking part. The one having the highest
general average in the three subjects
mentioned will represent their town in
the county contest which will be neld in
| connection with the county commence
ment on May l4th. Below We give the
results of the three contests held thus far:
The first contest was held at Epson in
the town of Anderson on Wednesday,
| April q. The pupils from the Moore
school which is the only other school in
this district were transported at the :x-
pense of the school board to Epson where
they competed for the honors. Margaret
! Noren, an eighth grader from Epson
held the highest place. At the close of
| the contest the two schools joined in a
singing meet which was enjoyed by all.
| This was followed by a meeting con-
| Quoted by the Epson School Society.
! The afternoon closed with having
pictures taken of the contestants. The
children from the Moore school returned
en- the evening train feeling well salts
| fed with the days entertainment.
The second contest was held at Mani
towish on Friday, April %. Since this
! is the only one room school in the town
of Mercer, they had no rival. Edna
| Doriot. pupil of the sixth grade won
| the honors for that town.
| The third contest was held on Mon
| day, April Goth at Quincy. The Curry.
| Cedar and Quincy schools all took part
| in the contest. The Cedar pupils were
| fortunate enough to be brought to Cur
ney by one of the patrons, MIR. lnnis who
has just purchased an automobile. 1t
was a pleasant surprise to the children
| to be saved from three mile walk IN
the rain. Anna Heffner. sixth grader
| from the Cedar school held the first
| place in the contest. In the spelling ex-
animation, Carl Swanson, sixth grade
pupil from the Quincy school received
| the enviable mark of 99% on one
hundred words. His only misspelled
word was Hoover, proving that he hadn't
quite learned to properly Hooverize.
On Wednesday. April q, a pleasant
| Mothers meeting was held at the Mani
| towish school, One of the most en.
couraging features of the meeting was
| the unusually large attendance of the
mothers in the district. Beginning al
six o'clock the same day supper was
served to all the patrons in the com
! munity. A charge was made for the
supper and the sum of 1925 was cleared
This money will be used to purchase
records for the school yictrola.
On Saturday evening, April oath, the
first oratorical and declamatory contest
was held at Mercer The following pro
gram was rendered:
| Music, Springtime ..... 80. Orchestra
George Harper 49,. .Toussaint L'Overture
| Nellie SteImerS. 49,. ..... The Lost Word
l Robert Miller .Spartacus to the Gladiators
Matheline Therault .. 49,. .Laddie
Vocal Solo ......... Miss Charlotte Bal
Verne Hodson .. Betsy and | are Out
Naomi Albrandt The Sign OF the Cross
Helen Doriot. .......... 80. go.
.......A Voice From Far Country
Adeline Carr ...............L Little Nell
Viola Quick An Abandoned Elopement
Herbert Peters. 49,. e. A Dream of War
Vocal Solo 49,. 49,. Miss Ruth Pemblt