, 1922-03-23
County School Notes

hIolt VIII be held in RaUlinS. The
spelling contest viii take place in the
assembly room at 8 o'clock The ex-
hibit Will be open during the day and
the public are invited aud urged to
visit the school and examine this e1-
hibit- The exhibit vii consist of
~ork from all the schools of the
county and will SHOW the character
OF the work done in the varioas
schools All schools have been re-
quested to have their exhibits here
by March IS. so hat . for the
exhibit may be arranged. These ex-
hibits will then be held to be sent t.
b State Fair in Douglas in Septem-
Der.
A great deal Of interest has been
created IN the spelling eontes.
throughout the county. A number
of preliminary contests have already
been held in the various schools and
a number will be held this week. The
Ra Wins schools will hold preIinEn-
AIRY contests Tuesday afternoon and
Wednesday afternoon, March 2srh,
and 2sth. In these contests the
girls of the seventh and eighth
grades will compete agains, the boys
OF these grades and the girls of the
fifth and sixth grades against the
boys of those grades. The winning
side in each contest is to be treated to
a good show at the Strand Theatre by
Mr. Armstrong. president of the
Board of Trustees of District No. 3
On March - a contest will be held
in Saratoga in which all the schools
OF Platte Valley will contest to de-
eide the best spelier in Platte Valley.
A prize has been offered by citizens
OF Saratoga for the winners of his
contest.
The following representatives from
schools Of the county have already
been chosen:
Fl Steele-Narion Porter. sth
grade.
Hanna-Margare, Bateman. fifth
grade; Heivi Koivisti. sth grade;
Ella Huhta. 18th grade; Alma Parkko.
S;h grade.
White School. Elk Mountain-l
Orvflle Meyer. sth grade
Walcott-Waiter Reynolds. Sth
grade.
Beaver Greek Schooi-Edward
Highly or Ethel Masters. sth grade.
Elk Mountain-Emma Hansen, Sth
grade
At the county contest a medal will
be awarded those winning first and
second place. The foul best spoilers .
will be selected. n as representative
at the state contest. and three alter
mates. The representative will spell
at the state contest to be held Sept. |
-, 1922 under the auspices OF the
State Department OF Education, State
Association and State Asso-
Of County Superintendent.
The winner of the State Contest will
a gold medal and the one
winning second place a silver medal.
The school. represented by the State
will receive a yfctrola I
$50.
The public is invited to the County
which will decide the cham
pion OF Carbon County. Every school
will be anxious to be the school from
which the County Champion is chosen
and also the state champion. :
At the time Of the county contest
the teachers and trustees Of the |.
county will hold meetings for the
purpose of organizing associations
for the purpose Of furthering the
the county 1t has been demon
strated many times that organiza-
ton for any object accomplishes re-
suits much more quickly than indi-
vidual efforts so it has been felt
hat IL is now time that Carbon ,
County organize its efforts for the
schools Of the county.
The interest and cooperation of
the people Of Ra Wins and county Is
earnestly solicited to make this event
a success that 1t will become an
ven looked forward to by
the schools of the county each
year. binding the school interests Of
the county into a whole. /
Mrs. Morton, state superintendent
Of Instruction will be present for the
County Spelling Contest and organ
Of the association and will
towards making this first !
meeting a success.
Fl. Steele-The pupils Of the Fit
Steele school held a very successful
candy sale March 18th. The proceeds
OF the sale are to be used to provide
the school with an American flag.
sanitary water cooler and clock.
Elk Mountain - The following
pupils are IN the honor roll for this
month: First honor roll, Emma Han
sen. eighth grade; Second honor roll.
Wilho MAXI fifth grade.
Di1on-The pupils of the schools
OF Dixon lave been doing excellent
work in the Health Crusade, Fifty
four pupils have completed the work
required for knight pins.
Perfect attendance certificates
have been awarded the following
pupils this month:
Fl. Steele-Ben Vonberg.
Encampment = Herbert Owens.
Helen Hopkins. Richard Robinson,
Donald Fuller. Evert Dotson, Mabel
Lordier, Frances Johnson. George
Hunter. Lulu Berg. Francis John
son. George Hunter and Lulu Berg
have been perfect in attendance for
the entire year.