Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-31
PINE COUNTY RURAL
SCHOOL NEWS
Meet Some of Our Folks.
A. E. GUSTAFsoN, County supt.

Meet Some of Our Folks.
August Peterson has been clerk of
district Is, southeast of Pine City. for
about Is years. Mrs. Peterson once
taught the Ellison school 10 miles
west of Willow River. Her name
was Miss Nelson then. Their daugh-
ter, Doris, taught districts 81 and SO
and is now married and living in
Minneapolis.
Those who drank chocolate milk
at the Pine county coop picnic Sun
day at Pine Lake will be interested
in knowing that 500 bottles were pre-
pared at the Curtis Lyon Dairy Farm
about 20 miles east of Hinckley. Mrs.
Lyon is member of the school board
in district 1913, Ogema township. The
Lyon Dairy is extremely modern and
up to date. They also furnish certi-
fled milk to the ST. Croix camps. We
heard of city dude who once asked,
From what kind of an animal do
we get chocolate milk" It seems
that the answer is, "Some of it comes
from Lyons" No doubt that is why
children who drink it grow big and
strong.
Mrs. Ed Soens, who is clerk of this
same district 1913, has advertised a
summer camp for boys at their farm
next to the Lyons farm. 1t seems
to us that one of the very best places
for boys to be in the summer is in
the country-in the wide open spaces.
Those of us who were raised on a
farm appreciate this more and more
as time marches on" We feel sorry
for the children in the crowded cities
who never have opportunity for use
full work or happy play in the safe
areas OF the open country.
Rural School Exhibits.
Three, four and five years ago we
urged the rural school teachers to
prepare more exhibits for the county
and the state fairs. This extra-cur-
ricular work is no doubt valuable
when used to strengthen or supple
ment the usual school work outlined
in the curriculum. Several years we
put up an attractive booth at the state
fair.
We obtained so much material those
years that the small space allowed
us in one corner of one building was
not sufficient to hold it ALL We were
forced to display only the winning
articles after the judges had spent
two days assembling and judging it
all in the court room of the court
house. Two more buildings have
been added to the county fair grounds
so we now have extra space to spare
in our building.
The growth of the All Club move
ment which we ourselves helped to
revive in 1885 and 1896, also took
much space and no doubt affected
the premium money. This All Club
work is also a very good project. For
a few years the rural school exhibits
premium money was cut in half and
then cut some more. The amounts
for each prize had to be cut accord
ingly. In many cases it cost more
for the poster material, ETC., than the
prizes were worth.
Because of these and other reasons,
we did not push the rural exhibits
project very hard in our rural schools
the past two years. So it seems that
lack of space for few years and
the reduction of prize money allot-
ments, have had their effect on the
amount of exhibits sent in by the
rural schools. This year we may
not have enough exhibits to fill one
booth. Many of our best teachers
who stressed this extra-curricular &C
tivity are no longer with us so there
seem to be many reasons for the drop
in interest that are impossible for us
to control. There has been much less
fair material produced this year by
our rural schools than in any of the
past six years.