Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1921-02-04
COUNTY SCHOOL NEWS
BY r. H. Burns, Co. Supt

We have just received report from
Miss Margaret Wick on Jean Nit
chell'S School" Jean AIitchell's School
Is pedagogical story. 1t is very in
teresting and has been read by many
teachers. Miss Wick says that it is a
source Of inspiration to the reader
Miss Wick teaches in the Maplecrest
school. north of Glen Flora. This is IA
new district and has il very cOzy. new
sch00lhouse 1t was completed last
year. 1t is the first one-room school
III RuSk county to be provided with a
telephone. The people OF the cOmmun-
lty think that il is worth while for the
the SchOOihOuSe
Miss Neya Nichols. who teaches at
Hill Corner school in the town of
Stubs. is spending an enforced vaca-
ton at her home in I.adySmith because
of the prevalence Of diphtheria in the
district. The school was closed by or
der Of board of health ON Jan. -.
At the Round Meadow school. Dist
No. /. it. Flambeau and Hubbard. in
which Miss Gladys Delhi teaches. there
WAS recently held community meet
ing 1T which baskets were sold. bring
ing the neat sum Of S51.20 The money
thus raised is being used to purchase Il
clock, lamps. and to apply toward the
purchase Of Il Nictroa
Miss Ruth La Bergc. teacher in the
IIaaSl school. Dist. No. $. it. Flambeau
and Dewey. report the names Of TWEEN
ty pupils who were neither absent or
tardy during the last school month.
We wish to compliment Miss LaBerge
and the children in this excellent show
ing and we take plea sure in submitting
:hrir names which are as follows:
Ncttic Mautncr. Gladys Mautner, Glen
Mautnpr Clinton Mautner Pearl COyey.
Olaf Coyey. Mary HaaSl. Agnes Haasl,
Dorothy Haasl Bernard HaaSl. Eugene
thinner Sylvester thinner Louise Zim-
mcr. Lawrence thinner Francis Kaelin.
Charles Kaclin. African Williams.
The Young Peoples Reading Circle
this year and already the office has been
called upon to furnish Reading Circle
diplomas and seals to about fifty pu
pills. We expect that during the latter
half of the year there will be sent to
the office evidence of work having been
Il Nv IA n
children in the schools Of RuSk county
Our records for the year ending June
30. 1920 showed that about seven hun
drcd boys and girls had done the pre-
scrihcd reading. The last school to re-
port in large measure Reading Circle
work is Dist no. e. town of Big Bend.
the Island Lake school. in which Val
McCracken is teacher. Thirteen of the
boys and girls in Mr.. McCracken'S
school are now entitled to credit for
work done this year. Their names fol-
low Archie Johnson. Bernice Johnson,
Alice Hopkins. Harold McCracken, Ba
sill Mahonev. Vern McCracken. Sam Nc
Cracker, Dorothy Kern. Elma Nc
Cracker, Mary Silyernail. Fred Nc
Crackcn.
We trust that our schools are making
Il persistent and conscientious effort
to bring themselves into the 100 per
cent class in Reading Circle attain
mpnt. BY Il united and cooperative
effort RuSk county may stand among
the first rank in this very valuable line
Of educational work.
Teachers Meeting Called OF
Owing to the closing Of the Weyer |
haeuser schools by order of the board |
of health. on account of the prevalence |