Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-02-05

ing officers for he second semester;
Elmer LeaYitt, president; Hester
+ DOriOt. vice president: Katherine
Ball, secretary and treasurer: ktrn
Hodson, sergeant at arms.
/ Miss Marjorie Plateau, xthgrade
pupil in the Epson school, won the
spelling contest. at the program given
/ during the mothers meeting last
week. This pupil is doing very good
work at school.
I A masquerade party and dance will
I be given by the young people of Epson
! on the 5th of February. The proceeds
/ of the funds collected, will go toward
the purchase of phOnograph for the
school.
The following were the prizes awar-
ded for the best essay on "Tuberculo-
sis, =" conducted throughout the rural
and state graded schools in this coun-
ty. The contest was open to the 9th,
18th and Sth grades in these institu-
tions. The committee took the fol-
lowing points in consideration in de-
Gliding the winners: composition,
English. punctuation, spelling, neat
ness, and paragraphing,
Laura ChristOphersOn, Mercer state
graded, $1,000.
Jennie KOrkOnen, Van Buskirk state
graded $1,000.
Helen Hakala, Iron Belt Graded
$1,000.
Rural School Prizes
Irving Peterson, Quincy school.
$1,000. 4
Lillian Baribeau, Curry school,
S1O.O 90
Ruth Brown, Springstead school,
$1,000.
The other pupils who wrote good
compositions were; Tena Kangas,
Tome Helmes, Ainard Nyberg and
Anna Sekelsky, of Iron Belt: Anna
DishnO and Margaret Perry of Mer-
Ger; and Clyde FredericksOn of Cur
ney.
Under the direction OF Miss Pau
lire Gutowski, who teaches in the
Epson school, the girls of the school
have organized club which meets
every Thursday night for social
time. The girls are making articles
which they hope to place on sale al a
bazaar which they will hold in Feb.
An unusually good business meeting
of the school society known as the
| Moore School Club, was held last
Friday. The aim of every school
society should be to increase the
business proficiency of its members
and this meeting proved that the aim
/ had been accomplished in the school
as scarcely a mistake was noticed
/ through the whole meeting. Each
officer understood his duty and dis
I patched it in an orderly and prompt
manner.
The following pupils of the Van
/ Busklrk state graded school earned
I Reading Circle credits this week:
/ E!ina and Elsie Maxi, and lydia
Pakia. These pupils earned seals:
/ tlllda kOski, Jennie kOrnen, Tyyni
Lespa, Hllda Maxi, and Martha Oiala.
/ The pupils of the same school who
earned Home Credit Awards and
/ Diplomas are: Anna Holma, lydia
Palika, Hilda Soyrvari, Llama Hohala,
Elna X. Pakka, Hilda NJ. KOski,
/ l1dyla Pakka, George j Pakka and
Llama Hohola.
The Quincy Literary society meet
ing was held at the Quincy school
last Friday afternoon. After an in
teresting program by the pupils a
spelling contest was held. Carl
Swanson was the winner One OF the
features of this society is the news
paper which is in charge of the
children. The following officers were
elected to manage the paper the second
semester; editor, Clyde Fredriksen,
reporters, Erying Peterson and Carl
Swanson.
Tho Sa~ou p,rft~ ~ th, ~ 80 .-I
ed school are doing some very good
work in Palmer method. Edna John
son has earned a Progress Pin and
Grace Schultz an Improvement Ger
tificate.
The domestic science girls under
the direction of Miss Anderson, gave
a Good Time party last Friday night.
A large crowd attended, there being
about forty guests present After
they had enjoyed themselves in card
playing, dainty lunch was served.
The eighth grade girls of the Iron
Belt school under the direction of
( their teacher, Miss Celia Macann.
have organized Quilting Club. The
/ pupils are now busy sewing to get the
/ article finished. when it will be ratfl-
ed. The proceeds will go to some
worthy cause.
The annual Teachers Institute, for
Iron county will be held February Is
and 10 in the high school auditorium.
All teachers are requested to attend.
+ Mrs Martha Faleoner, director of
/ Protective Social Measures for the
American Social Hygiene Association
and of the superintendent Girls
School, Slayton Farms, Pennsylvania.
comes to Wisconsin for one week s
work, under the direction of the
Wisconsin State Board of Health.
She viii come to Hurley, February
4th, TO address the school groups in
the Lincoln school auditorium. All
/ persons interested in public health
and social problems are urged to at
tend the meeting.
school society programs in the
main should grow out of the regular
class room work of the sphoo[ In