Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-05-09
PINE COUNTY RURAL
SCHOOL NEWS
A. E. GUSTAFSON
County Superintendent

Pupils of District No. "A planted a
few trees and flower bed. The eighth
graders were taken to Hinckley to see
the senior class play, May ?.
The Duquette school has been ap-
proved as a superior accredited school.
Charles Berger. John Swenson. Edwin
and ALI. Erickson are members of the
school board there.
Twenty-three men and families in
District No. OMISSION Creek brought
trees the other Saturday and did a fine
Arbor day and tree planting project on
their school grounds. This was fol-
tbs by 5is and social ns homn l
of the very best of community spirit
and cooperation. Chas. ]. Gass. Jr..
ARCHER Anderson. and Clarence J. Aus.
in this district.
Frances Feyma and Pauline Lange
are returning to District No. 60. Char
lotte Amundson TIinckley Dept. 1880
has been chosen for District No So.
Mary Rose goes from District No. sc
to District No. 1913. Aletha Larson will
Pearson will return to District No. Al.
This will be Miss Pearson's sixth year
in that school Alice Sanburg remains
in District No. 40.
The local and the sectional rural de-
clamatory contests are turning out even
better than expected. The results are
excellent for the first year. More than
IoIlN SCHOolS nave ndu local cOHtoSIS.
About eighty schools are entering the
sectional contests.
The winners from ten schools met
in the Sturgeon Lake sectional declam-
atory contest on May l. Over 325 peo-
pie We're present. The following are
the, district winners. the first five IN
each group being listed in the order of
rank at the sectional contest:
Serious Contest-Mildred Schoen. Dis
No. 81; Victoria Johnson, District No.
81: Verna Hermerding. District No. 90;
Earl Martinson. District No. 16; Walter
Gber No ao and RUBY MOSS
berg. District No. Tic.
Humorous Contest-Lloyd Erickson.
No. 2s; Charles OKrongIis. District No.
lib; Margaret Hillbrand. District No.
q; Gale Beccue. District No. ia; Helen
P PrS.ng District No Is; Virginia
Kroon. District No. 10; Annette Nelson.
District No. S4; Martha McLevis. Dis
trict No. lib.
An excellent program of musical num-
bers was apportioned throughout the
contests. These included a violin solo
by Mildred Schoen. District No. 81; Kid
monica bands from District Nos. 81 and
%; group song from District No. 10 and
Anderson girls trio. District No. IL.
Mis-, Miss Olson. Miss Pettiiohn. and Miss
faculty. acted as judges.
Only three rural schools were repre-
sented at the Markville sectional de-
clamatory contest. May 3. Three other
schools were prepared to come but un-
able because of the very bad roads.
The following winners are listed in
the order they We're ranked by the
judges:
Serious Contest-Marie Pahos Dis
trict No. 106; Henrietta Wood, District
No. 1o4; and Ruth FrisendahL District
Humorous Contest-Carl Frisendahl,
District No. "A; Clare Shute District No.
104; and Virginia Collins, District No.
106.
Over 200 people witnessed the rural
sectional declamatOry contest at Ker-
rick on May 2. Every school in that
section except one or two was repre-
scented. Supt. Shawl and some of his
teachers from Bruno. acted as judges.
Names of winners will be published
next week.
Other rural sectional declamatory
contests are being held. May 6. Clover
hall; May Z. Friesland; May S. Beroun:
May 9, Pine town hall; May 10. Rock
Creek.
All first place winners in the eight
rural declamatory contests on May 90
at Hinckley.
Rural spelling and play day Sectional