The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-09-17

age, between four and twenty, was
1922. There are three parochial
schools with an enrolment of 451 and
employing seven teachers. During
the past year 1000 new library books
were placed in the county schools at
cost of nearly 5000. Over 1900
volumes are in all the libraries with
a total valuation around $4,000.
Madison Ballantyne of Spokane,
Wash, arrived Monday for short
visit at the home OF Mrs. H. Boulder.
Accompanied by Mrs. Ballentyne and
Gene, who have been visiting here for
some time, he left by automobile for
their new home in Spokane on We'd
nesday. En- route Mr.. and Mrs. Ballan-
tyn expect to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Alver
Hammerstrom, nee Elsie Button, at
Billings, Montana, and Mr.. and Mrs.
ID. Shotliff at Missoula, Montana.
There are several former Wilmot
residents atISpokane: Mrs. Elizabeth
Shenning Jensen and the Misses Edith
Darby and Alice Button who are
teaching in the Spokane schools.
The Wilmot baseball team won all
the games Of the series with Antioch
when they defeated Antioch to s, in
the third game of the series at Anti
game for Wilmot, and was relieved
by Kruckman in the seventh inning.
The score was to 5, in favor of An
tioch, when Kruckman went to the
mound and he allowed but one run in
the three innings that he pitched.
Wilmot collected two runs in the
eighth and two in the ninth, winning
the game.
Next Sunday the Opeka All-Stars,
the best team going out from Wauke-
gan, will play Wilmot at the local
ball park. This is the only team that
has defeated Wilmot this season, and
baseball fans be sure to attend.
Many from here drove to Burlington
to view the destruction caused by last
weeks cyclone. The Nett families
were amongst those who went up on
Sunday.
Mrs. w. Carey and son Irving, drove
to Chicago for the day, Friday.
Union Free High School Notes.
School opened September 9Th with
total enrolment of sixty-seven pupils,
twenty-four freshmen entered this
fall.
Glass meetings were held Tuesday
afternoon for the purpose of electing
new officers. The elections were as
follows: Freshman-President NAL
colin Dalton; ce-president, Lester
Button; treasurer, Marion Becker.
Sophomores-Pres Alice Nc
Dougan; vice-president, Emerson
Schmalfeldt. Juniors President,
Gladys Button; vice-president, Law
renee Stensil; secretary, Florence Dali
ton; treasurer, Ruth Barber. Seniors
President, Florence Bloss, secretary,
Florence illegal.
The main business at all the meet
ings was the discussion of float plans
for the Kenosha county fair. We are
all busy gathering ideas for floats.
The freshmen are very enthusiastic
over their work and it will take good
cooperation on the part of the other
students to win first prize.
The exhibitions for the Fair will
show some novel ideas. The members
of the Domestic Science department
are preparing some interesting work
for the exhibition, The two domestic
science classes and Miss Ltonardson
plan to demonstrate proper and i'm
proper foods, using small houses to
demonstrate with. A number of post
ers and booklets on household man
agement will also be exhibited by this
department. Miss Leonardson is also
planning style show at the fair,
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The two domestic science classes will
take part in the show.
Band practice is to be held every
Monday evening at 1900 o'clock. Mem
bers outside of school who wish to
join in the band work are cordially in
vited to attend and join. The school
band will furnish music at the fair.
Miss Margie Sarle visited the school
Tuesday.
Lillian Shedek, Irva Dowell, Adeline
Getting and Ruth Curtiss spent Sat
urday in Kenosha.
At the first meeting of the Library
society on Friday, the following Of
ficers were chosen: President, Ruth
Curtiss; vice-president, Ethel Hahn;
secretary, Donald Tyler; treasurer,
Alice McDougall.
We are glad to see that only few
people dropped out Of school.
The majority of graduates of last
year are attending the Racine and
Kenosha County Training school at
Union Grove.
The Boys Athletic association chose
the following officers for the year:
President, Eugene Frank; vice-presi-
dent, Lyle McDougall; secretary
treasurer, Willie illegal. Manager of
basketball team, Kenneth Larwin. The
basketball schedule will be printed
later