Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1935-04-04
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES

The county elimination test will
be held at Pennsville high school
Monday, April s. al $50 y. m Each
school is entitled to enter two con-
testants in each subject. This test
is held to determine who shall so
to Athens to compete in the state
test. The teachers examination
win be held in NJ & NJ high school
building, Saturday, April g. $50 a.
m. One Of the high spots in the
educational program of Morgan
county schools came to a close Fri
day night in the form of an ora
torical contest among the schools,
~ Chesterhill opera house Three
fields were covered: Humorous Sc
lection. dramatic reading, and ora
ton. The selections were so we'll
rendered and contestants so evenly
matched, that selection Of winners
was difficult However. Rev. Paul
Wachs, pastor of the NJ. E. church
of Malta, judge, was equal to the
occasion and announced the follow
ing winners: Grafton, Amy McEl-
fresh, Pennsville dramatic, Marian
McElfresh, Chesterhill; humorous.
Dean Ashton, Reinersyille.
These winners will be given med
ais This school activity has de-
veloped considerable interest as ev-
idenced by several students already
making preparations for another
year. Between sessions Of the con-
test the crowd was entertained by
several excellent musical numbers
by the orchestra under direction of
Harold, lie Favor.
County Eighth Grade Test
In the eighth grade test held
March 30, the ten who scored high
est were Roy Clifford. Tunnel Hill,
169; Max Bachelor, Pennsyille, 153;
Donald G. Swallow, Meigs, 149 u
Bernice L. Wiley. Reinersville.
14815: Fred d. Bone, Lawrence.
145: Oliver Ball, Meigs. 139; Chas.
Emhree, Lawrence, 1871 1a; Betty
E. Pierpoint, Pennsyille. 1877; Wen
del Ridgley. Chesterhill, 1873; Irene
Hope Smith, Triadelphia. 1872. These
receive place certificates. The 9TH
ers of the upper 25Gc We're: Irma
Stewart, Willard Van Fossen. Ev-
elyn Thompson, Richard s. Rob-
erts, Beulah B. McGregor, Iona
Hope Taylor, Norma r. Gage, Bea-
trice Mccall, Gerald l.. Parks, Ralph
Broedel, John Howard Davis, Grace
Marie Scott Gerald Graham, Don
aid Kent Lewis, George A. Abel,
Floyd James Hartley. Clara Barnes,
Clarence A. Vess, Helen J, Will
liams. Charline Thomas, Glen D.
Wallace, Leona Ellen Anderson,
Donald Barr, Clarence Graham,
Merle F. zumbro, Hubert Hopkins,
Lois " Dougan, Samuel Cordray,
Richard Porter Galen Tharp Bar
rett, Paul Strahler. Robert Lee
Thimmes, Carl Barnes, Max Wood
ward, Donald Weaver, Wanda Mae
Garner, Cecil Hartley. Lowell Shan
or, Rena Pearl Patterson, Loisine
Ray, Junior Shriver, Tennuce Ling
er, Julia Boyce, Carleton Bankes,
Bert Floyd Roberts, George E. Sny- !
der, Lila A. Scott, James Hosom,
Ellen Hinkle. These receive "hOn-
orable mention" certificates.
NJ. & NJ. Eighth Grade Test Result
In the eighth grade test last Sat
urday, the ten pupils from the NJ
& NJ. to grade highest were: Robert
Finley, grade, 1061 of Malta;
Helen Louise Embree, 1856, Malta;
Mary Jane White, 1874 IL. McCon-
nelsville; James Matson, 145. NAL
ia; Carol Murray, 1891, McCon-
nelsville; Dolores Drake, 1876 ";
Elmer Henderson, 1923, Ruth Van
oster, 1923, Dorothy Miller, 1877, all
of Malta, and Mary Smith, 1876 u,
McConnelsville.
The pupil grading highest in the
county was Roy Clifford, Tunnel
Hill school, 169 He is a son of Mr..
and Mrs. TT. J. Clifford of East
Bloom.