Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1922-10-13
FIELD DAY WITH
MURRY SCHOOLS
Five Schools Meet at hurry
Park and Engage In Ath-
letic Contests

The schools of the town of hurry
staged the first field day to be held in
Rusk county, Oct. 6. Five schools
took part-Glendale, hurry, Lone
Pine, North Star and Lone Elm.
About 300 persons were present at
the hurry baseball park where the
meet was held. The affair was
planned by Prin. e. E. Chickering of
the Glendale school, and David Lyons
of the hurry school, Success was
made possible by the interest shown
by teachers, school boards and pa
irons of the schools concerned
The athletic events took place in
the forenoon starting at 10 o'clock
Rev. Lester Sund, of Bruce, served as
starter with U. G.. Crandall, of Muir
ry, acting as judge at the finishing
line.
AT noon the several communities
gathered separately for picnic dinners
The time until 3 o'clock was passed
in baseball and kitten ball games. af-
ter which all adjourned to the hurry
pavilion where a program was pre-
sented Jointly by the five schools.
The field meet, the principal purpose
of the meeting, was won by the Glen
dale school with a total of 25 points.
hurry and North Star tied for sec
ond, Is points each. Lone Elm scored
8 points, Lone Pine 8 points.
Summary of Field Meet
Fifty-yard dash, Collier of Glen
dale, LIST; Harris, of North Star, End !;
Lapora, of Lone Elm, 3rd.
1O0-yard dash-Collier of Glendale,
LIST; Lapora, of Lone Elm, End Har-
ris, of North Star, 3rd
2OO-yard race-Lapora of Lone Pine,
LIST; Harris, of North Star, End; Fill
ion of Glendale, 3rd
3OO-yard race-Collier, of Glendale,
LIST; R. Coin, of Glendale, End; Lee
Blanc, of hurry, 3rd.
uarter-mile-Bethyl Dilley, a girl
of hurry, first, with yards to spare
LapOra, of Lone Elm, End; G. Coin, of
Glendale, 3rd.
50-yard for children under ten-Ap-
plebee of N. Star, list; Leppert, of
Glendale, End; Leblanc, of hurry,
3rd
100-yard for children under ten
Cherry, Of hurry, list; Applebee, of N.
Star, End; Leppert, of Glendale 3rd.
Relay race around baseball diamond,
each runner circling diamond once-N.
Star, list; Glendale, End; hurry, 3rd.
Boys tug of war-North Star pulled
Lone Pine; hurry pulled Glendale
hurry pulled N. Star, taking first
Glendale pulled Lone Pine for third
second going to North Star.
The girls tug of war was the most
bitterly contested event of the day,
Lone Pine, the lightest team entered,
pulled N. Star; Glendale pulled Muir
~. 1t took Glendale several minutes
to pull Lone Pine across the line for
first place. The girls from Lone Pine
dug in their heels and apparently
wouldn't give in. Superior weight
finally told and the Glendale team
won. hurry pulled North Star for
third place without much trouble.
Much Amusement
The girls relay potato race each of
a team of six girls to carry one potato
dale won first, hurry second, and
Lone Pine third.
The program consisted of commun-
ity singing led by Mrs. Chickering,
and recitations, songs and dialogues
given by pupils of various schools.
Mr.. Lyons accompanied the commun-
ity singing on the violin. A dramatiza-
ton of Mother Goose songs by the low
er grades of the North Star school was
particularly good, as was Friday At
ternoon Composition" a playlet given
by the upper department of the Glen
dale school. The same school sang
their school song.
Supervising Teacher Axel Hougum
was present and gave a short talk
Special thanks are due Mr.. and Mrs.
Crandall for the use of their field
and home; Mr.. Kittelson for the use
of the hurry pavilion Rev. Sund for
his services, and those patrons who
donated means for transportation.
Miss Florence Drake, teacher at
Lone Pine, Miss Ruth Pilgrim, of
North Star, and Miss Lillian Clark, of
Lone Elm, worked hard to make the
day a success
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