Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-12-12
PINE COUNTY RURAL
SCHOOL NEWS
A. E. GUSTAFSON
County Superintendent

Saturday. Dec. I. Sandstone. forenoon. |
and Willow River. afternoon: Satur-
day. Dec II. Kerrick. afternoon; Sat |
urday. Dec p. Pine City. forenoon.
and Hinckley. afternoon.
Miss MeiNner's school Dist. No. 81, |
Pine Lake. now has a piano. Jack
Randall. otto Behrmann and Richard
{. Foley are members OF the board.
Il. Stende. the new AGRICULTURAL
teacher at Willow River. has organ
lied a new All Club there. Add that
to your list. Several other new clubs
are now in the making in other parts
OF Pine county. II interested. let us
know.
Miss Lahodny. Dist. No. Il. Miss
| Overland. Windemere school B. and
| Miss Petsko. Dist. No lo2. have each
| had one of those current events
maps working successfully for about
two months. Yes. We know there
must be many others. also. There Is
much good in bulletin boards. mott
walton charts. etc.
! Lee Guptills school. Dict. No. %.
has fourteen pupils with perfect at
tendance during the first twelve
weeks this year. Twenty pupils were
perfect during this second six weeks
period. Good attendance helps to keep
up interest, increases apportionment
aid, and results in better school work.
We feel that practically all parents
want their children to attend school
regularly when it is possible for them
to do so. We are encouraging in eV-
cry possible and reasonable way. bet
ter school attendance. We appreci-
ate the cooperation given us.
Junior Red Cross units or organiza-
tions are very splendid citizenship
clubs for boys and girls. You will
find all seven Of the cardinal prin-
ciples Of education in the Junior Red
Cross program. If interested. write
to Superintendent s. G. Skaaland.
Sandstone He is the Junior Red
Cross chairman for Pine county. En-
rollment may be sent at any time.
The following Pine county schools
have now organized Junior Red Cross
clubs for this school year: Pine City
grades and training department
Sandstone grades and training depart
ment, and thirty -four rural schools
with numbers and teachers given. as
,, follows: 9. Margaret Kick: ia. Mae
Upgren: lib. Myrtle Overland; 10,
. Beatrice Stapel: Is. Pearl Schwartz;
:. %. Mildred Anderson: 35. Ruby Lo-
: ken: 35, Helen Carlson: &c. Jeanette
Anderson: 81. Lucille MeiXner: 3S.
Verna Sandell: 43. Alma Fosvick: 40.
Alice Sanburg: 81, Nellie Johnson:
60, Pauline LANCE: 66. Edith Payne;
73. Esther Wahlberg: "A. Vivian lar
son; Sc. Lola Casadont: 81, c. Evelyn
t Larson; 81, Virginia Benson; IS. Jen-
n ME Anderson: %. Beatrice Hancock
k 1O1, Katy Young; 107, Juanita Ander-
n son. 100. Lucille Enos: III. Anna
n Glienke; III. Bernice Stapel: 122W
: Helena Van Der Vert: 1875. Herber,
l. Holz: 122E Sarah Warner: 100. Ruth
h Lundgren: A. Gertrude Fosvick; n
Aurelia Lahodny.
7 More About State Aid.
If certain changes are not made II
the new supplemental aid law. eacl
and every Pine county school vii
feel some loss and some Pine count,
schools will suffer heavily The big
gest joker in the new law lies i'm tn
fact that the tax levy is figured n
income" as a basis Of determinin
supplemental aid Some district
at with high valuation and high ia
rs delinquency will thus qualify for lii
=. tie or no supplemental aid. To pa
is this aid in full would not help mos
" " Of these cases very much. Add ger
or to zero and you still have zero. Sti
% "a their budgets will show n loss. Som
ny village schools also lose heavily.
Nv Nv have recommended the followin
o. changes 1. Let the supplemental al
.. law read. Proceeds of the levy" an
is 9. Pay classification aids in full. Thi
~; ~ will help every school in Pine count.
=, The state department of educatio
lie officials are now all in favor Of thi
he change in the supplemental aid la
tie so as to help our depressed distric,
o. as was originally intended.
A letter just received from NJ
hOCkWeli, Oul vi SuuNA
ton. states that the state board
education also passed a resolution tn
other day to this effect. and will sui
nit this resolution to the legislatiN
committees on education.
Representative c. G. Mann. al
Senator c. Elmer Johnson. are al
active in getting this joker out OF Il
law so that it will function as it W,
hid originally intended. A few 9TH
ay county superintendents in TIE mort
lse ern part Of the state have also push'
aid the issue A total Of sixty-three pet
II tions for change have been receive
nd from Pine county school clerks. Tn
his all helps.
A very favorable letter was al
, received today on this subject fro
Governor Floyd b. Olson. III Il
change is made. it will save for tn
year alone. over $4,000 for Pi
county schools. If the change is n
made. number of schools will
-" forced to close entirely within Il
years Many Others will feel the
LOSSES seriously The most depreSS