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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1920
Page
7
Subscription rates listed: 1 year two dollars, six months one dollar, three months fifty cents. Publication occurs every Thursday in Akron Town. Paper is entered at the post office as second class mail matter dated September 26, 1901.
Four students absent this week with no scarlet fever. Arithmetic final review in Long Division. Geography and Physiology completed work and will review. May festival occupies time. students dance preparations. hoping for record crowd. Fifth Grade lists seven pupils with perfect attendance over six weeks. Boys form two basketball teams. captains named. Sixth Grade highlights language panels and geography Plateaus. all back in school. no illnesses so far. Seventh Grade reports 100 percent punctuality. painting activities and Africa geography plans. scrapbooks possible. Eighth Grade three absences due to river and illness. ninety eight percent attendance. three tardies this year. presidential election noted. cartoons on high cost of living. High School forty four with no absences or tardies in six weeks. total enrollment seventy eight. some absences for illness. field trip taken. overall good record. Students return and dress in support of overalls and apron movement.
Rehearsals are underway for a May festival by Akron grade pupils directed by Miss Hazel R. Carter. The production The Return of Spring features about 300 students on the school lawn with roles from May Queen Carrie Akers to various attendants, fairies, brownies, and dancers.
The report covers first grade as many pupils had measles last week with Naomi Thorson returning after scarlet fever. Warmer days boosted recess popularity while students practice directions. The next weeks emphasize review work for those often absent.
A local ad proclaims a larger and better ten-cent counter display at Beek man and Paulsen's with a bold call to review the new deal and pricing.
Public notice urges patrons to patronize the Farmers' Live Stock Shipping Association and receive every penny their stock is worth as outlined by the association.
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