Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-11-23
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES

4r OOUNlY SIdOOL NOIES
Mabel Bier, Lincoln; Agon Feltheim
Cherry Grove; Frederick Bosch, Win
chester; Edward Kist, Katie Hager,
Stanley Bechtle and Martha Reidlin-
ger, Linton Special, received Nine
Month Diplomas of Honor this week.
The following pupils received Three
Month Certificates: Anna Plagger-
man, Bendina, Cecilia and Peter
Nieuwsma, Baker; Ethel Field, Marie
Larvick, Alice and Esther Larson,
Highland; Adolph Kist (2), Joe Heis-
Ter, Benie Bosch, William Wolverton,
Ida Maier, Evart Steensland, sebas-
tian Thomas, Esther Ochsner and Ed
ma Klaudt (2), Linton Special.
This office has some Descriptive
Aliases of Canada that teachers can
obtain by calling at this Office, or
sending two cents to pay postage.
The Teachers Reading Circle books
this year are, briggs "Our Living.
Language" and Young's Government
of North Dakota. Teachers can get
them by sending to the Northern
School Supply Co. at Fargo, or to this
office. The price s1.15 for the for
mer, and the latter is $l.25, both.
postpaid. The Government of North
Dakota is the new book in Civics. 3
School boards can get these books di-.
rect from the American Book Co.,
Chicago, if they wish to exchange
their old books, at s4c. They can
also obtain them at wholesale lot
price for their schools at 90c Chicago.
These are the books that must be
used in Civics, and school districts.
should see that their seventh and
eighth grade pupils get them. .:
The Christmas Seals are here.
We are sending them uut to the
teachers this week. Sale does not
start until December 1st. Seals are
tossell for 1c each, and all unsolds
seals are to be returned to this Of
fee. Please report to US promptly
Immediately after Christmas ). Last
year almost three hundred dollars
worth were sold. in this county. Let
us exceed that this year. SO per
cent Of the sales go into the county
for health work. Below is what was.
done with the so per cent received by
the State Association:
r. Maintained an Open Air
School for consumptives at Dunseith.
2. Kept two nurses: in the field in
counties where there are no nurses.
examining school children, visiting
homes and helping educate the tuber-
culous in these counties to combat,
their disease aat home.
8. Furnished 1000 tooth brushes
to school children.
Remembered our tuberculous- ex-s.
service men in military hospitals in
other states. 'rg'. ,s4
Maintained headquarters and staff,
Issued 1000 copies of the Pennant.
Equipped and sent out travelling
clinic into needy sections Of the state,
with a program of education, a mis-,
sion of service, and leaving behind
many happy homes where this service
had Hbeen rendered. 5 &
Supplied the entire state with Cru
sade and seal. sale material. /.
Supplied Child Welfare Week.
Teachers' 1nstitutes, and county and
State Fairs with literature, and
pamphlets.
Business men should place seal
on every letter they send out. We
hope they will buy. freely. .4sf
State meeting at Fargo this week.
Has your district bought those sup
Elementary readers yet? How
about the flag?
This last week we sent out letters
to every teacher asking him or her
to send us q list Of all his p.trons
who cannot read and write. Banks
also were sent lists. We hope to free
this county Of illiteracy.