Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1921-02-05
COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS
Prepared by Miss Ids~ Bradley. Co Supt. of
Schools, and Miss Margaret Hardie, Su-
peryising Teacher.

ing officers for / he second semester;
Elmer LeaYitt, president; Hester
DOriOt, vice president; Katherine
Bail. secretary and treasurer: Ftrn
HOdspn, sergeant at arms.
Miss Marjorie Plateau, sixth grade
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.
A masquerade party and dance Will
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 awaT-
/ 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,
/ eth and Sth grades in these institu-
tiOns. The committee took the fol-
I lowing points in consideration in de-
1 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.
Lillian Baribeau, Curry school,
$1,000.
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
line 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 at 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 mistake was noticed
/ through the whole meeting. Each
officer understood his duty and dis
/ patched 1t in an orderly and prompt
manner.
/ The following pupils of the Van
/ Buskirk state graded school earned
! Reading Circle credits this week:
Elina and Elsie Maxi, and lydia
/ Pakia. These pupils earned seals:
/ Hllda koski, Jennie kOrnen, Tyyni
/ LeSpa, HIlda Maxi, and Martha Oiala.
/ The pupils of the same school who
! earned Home Credit Awards and
Diplomas are: Anna HOlma, Lydia
/ Palika, Hilda SOvrvari, Llama HOhaIa.
kina Il. Pakka, Hilda NJ. Koski,
/ l1dyia 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
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 thepaper the second
semester editor, Clyde Fredriksen.
reporters, Erving Peterson and Carl
swanson.
The Saxon pupils of the state grad
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.
\ large crowd attended, there being
about forty guests present. After
they had enjoyed themselves in card
/ playing, a dainty lunch was served.
/ The eighth grade girls of the Iron
Belt school under the direction of
their teacher, Miss Celia MacannI.
/ have organized Quilting Club. The
/ pupils are now busy sewing to get the
article finished. when it will be raffl-
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 Falconer, 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 school. In
& many dist riato The 70