Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-11-17
FinlaySOn School Notes
High School.

Marlyn Smith tUOk charge OF the
general assembly program Oh Armis-
tice day. Patriotic songs were sung
and a stirring ADDRESS was delivered
by the Rev. hughes of the COngrega-
tional churcn of Sandstone. The sew
enth and eighth and fifth and sixth
grades were invited to the program.
Basketball pactice started this week
for both boys and girls. Miss Ross
will coach the girls team.
At the last stuuent council meeting
it was agreed to purchase five cords
of hard wood for use during basket
ball practice; also to pay all bills in
Cured for the stunt night" program.
The treasurer was asked to submit
statement of income and expenditure
for stunt night"
Robert Arth's foot has practically
healed and he will be with the boys
on their first practice.
Bill Arth, an alumnus of the local
school, won his sweater at st. JOINS
and also a gold football for playing on
the state championship team. Bill
should be a big asset on his team next
year with this splendid start, since
he played no football in high school.
William kyro donated to the school
a fine Indian spear head flinD that
he found in his field this fall while
blowing. The school is very glad
to receive this new addition to the
museum.
Six weeks tests will be given this
week and part of next week complet-
ing the second six weeks of school
work.
Grade News.
The primary grades have finished
a sand table project of The Three
Billy Goats Gruff."
Mary Holstein, George Brabec, Car
roll Hanson, and Alice Norland were
chosen as the best workers last week.
The third and fourth grades have
carried on a dramatic contest the past
week as a unit in language. The
fourth grade acted as judges for the
third grade contest, and gave Evelyn
oksanen first, Louis Brabec second.
and Selma Carlson third. In the
fourth grade, Marilyn Danielson Was
voted first, Violet Hanson second, and
Earl Meidlinger third.
The fourth graders wrote letters to
the fourth grade pupils at Karlstad.
MINI. a short time ago, and received
letters in return Monday.
Fifth and Sixth Grade.
Our room is making November cal
hni ii Fro
hand, using the Thanksgiving motif.
A meeting of our young citizens
League was held recently New mon
itors were appointed as follows:
Boards, James Carman and John
BengtsOn; door monitors. Dorothy Bel
ling and Hazel Taylor; busting, Fan
ME Lindholm; plants. Marian Hannu;
playground, Frederick Johnston and
Ruth Osladil; wastepaper, Howard
Kuitunen; library, Betty Mae Peter
son and Florence Lentz; hall mont
tors, Sylvia Carlson, UrhO Vito, Leroy
Hranicka, and Bonnie Danielson.
Bonnie Danielson spraned her
wrist last week while playing on the
school grounds.
The health classes have been maxi
ing vegetable posters to show differ
ent vegetables that are especially
healthy and that should be included
in our daily menus.
Primary Room.
The best workers for the first grade
last week were Roy Kuitunen, Elaine
jacobson, Shirley Calvin, Buddy Bel
ling, and Alice Norland. The best
workers for the second grade were:
Marie Holstein. George Brabec, and
Lester Entner.
Third and Fourth Grades.
The third graders are busy collect
ing and drawing pictures for their
Indian booklets.
The fourth graders are making
plans for their health farm" which
they will build on the sand table. The
farm will be built entirely of good
food particles such as graham crack
ers, oatmeal, currents, etc.
Fifth and Sixth Grades.
The members of the sixth grade
class have been making pilgrim
poster.
We enjoyed a short Armistice day
program in our room Friday. DOro-
thy Belling read the poem, In Flan-
ders Field" and Hazel Petry read
Americas Answer" Earl E Sc read
the history of Armistice. We also at
tended the program given in the as
sembly.
Our room is busy working on pro-
gram for book week.
Betty Mae Peterson has been absent
several days because of illness.
Seventh and Eighth Grades.
We were invited into the high
school assembly November II, to en-
joy a speech on Armistice day by the
Rev. Hughes of Sandstone. He
brought back to our minds the suffer-
ing of the soldiers in the World war
in which fhov gladly paVa their lives