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Williston Graphic

Location

Williston, North Dakota, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1916

Page

8

County school 10 car corn contest and fairs

County schools issue letters calling all entrants to bring exhibits to the superintendent by October 27 for display and judging at the Congregational church on October 31 during a school rally. Acre contest judges by County Agent E. W. Hall. prize pig from Barney Hole awaits the top corn contestant. eight winners get trips to the Children’s Institute at the Agricultural college. others receive Star Clover Achievement Emblems. Exhibits for the 10 ear corn can be sent to the First National Corn Contest at St Paul.

Congregational Church E. W. Hall Barney Hole Truax Farmers’ Club Children’s Institute The Agricultural College St. Paul

Classified Schools Now Numbers 28 in Williams County

On Monday October 9 the County Superintendent received twenty eight Certificates of Standardization for rural and consolidated schools from the State Rural Inspector. The list names many districts and school numbers with amounts paid, highlighting Williams County’s third place among counties for classified rural schools and first in consolidated schools.

Tioga Reid Stewart Twin Lake Brooklyn Buford Sauk Valley Stony Creek Hazel Tande Bonetrails Dist Adams Golden Valley Westbank Second Clans Champion Wheelock Medicine Lodge Pherrin Wildrose Ellisville Blacktail Thorstad Spring Coulee Eureka Temple Walsh Grand Forks Williams County

District roster items and staff listings across districts

The document lists multiple district assignments and staff names including Sigrid Sorgill as Assistant in Marshall District and staff such as Ruth E Olson and Annie H March in Golden Valley District. It also mentions district numbers, school personnel like Robert J Bell, Isabel Lykken, and Florence Carr, and others including Adeline Donovan and Minnie Meyers across Wentbank and Pleasant Dale districts.

Missouri Ridge Julia K. Saterlie Garden Valley Esther Snake Suuk Valley Etta Pendleton Wheelock Anna Schwartz Marguerite Cooke Ernestine Crosse Medicine Lodge Elsie Petty Elsie Sutton Stokke Edna Brown O. Olstad Stony Creek Frances Maguire Freeman Alice Hayden Inga Dragseth Clara Solberg Celia Solberg Pherrin Palmer Anna GC. Casey Myrtle Bechtel Lyda Fae Baney Honetrails Minnie Ash Margaret, Morrison Hyder Poling Anna Hunter Howard E. Josephine Peterson Goldie F. Gill Judson Jessie M. Hunt Bessie B. Winch Myrtle M. Johnson Fern M. Lacey Formosa Marie Rogers Round Prairie Chas. Gunderson Josephine Brannon Mabelle McFeters M. Dora Marcoux J. W. Dwyer Esther Erlandson Bull Butte Rosella Sherin Edmund Burke Wildrose J. Grace Haines Mabel Laing Ruth Hannan Mabelle Johnson Helen Engberg Big Stone Ethel Wheeler Margaret E. Kellaher Hartland Cottonwood Lake Sarah S. Swayze Ellisville Ora Ford Fisher Idah Newton Twin Lake Consolidated Constance Brackett Helen Earnest Sandy Creek Maria Pitkin Ethyl_ M. Clark T. H. Erdahl Hankey Anna Rattenstetter Elsie M. Wilcox Thorstad Alice Hawkinson Eureka Selma Bergseid Minnie Dale Olive Buckland Spring Coulee Rose Hill Theresa M. Brophy Anna S. Thomas Margaret Burgin Brooklyn Consolidated R. P. Groves Ethel Laughrey Adams Ethel Reichsamen Mabel Furo R. E. Pepple K. Judge Merle Donovan Spring Brook Robert Reed Sigrid Sorgill Marshall Mra Agnea Bltia Glenna M. Ellis Gladys Steen Schmidt Lloyd B. Boorman Pleasant Dale Margaret Cormack Epping Robert J. Bell Isabel Lykken Florence Carr

Best corps of teachers in county praised

After several school visiting tours Sept Peterson and Field Daty Palmer feel confident that the present corps of rural teachers reach the highest standard of efficiency yet attained in the county. All are high school graduates and most are normal school graduates with very few exceptions all have had some normal training.

Peterson Field Daty Palmer

County Teachers Rally Set for October 31 and November 1

County teachers and officers are urged to attend the annual rally on October 31 and November 1. Exhibits from the school children’s industrial contests will be shown and a pin awarded. President Crane of the Minor Normal will deliver an address. The two day meetings are expected to be the largest of their kind in the county.

Crane

Wordplay Moment From Class Sparks Laughter

A teacher asks for an English word ending in ous meaning full of, giving examples like dangerous. After minutes of silence, a boy answers pious, full of pie, triggering a round of humorous reaction.

Rural Hot Lunch bulletin on child learning readiness

The Rural Hot Lunch bulletin No. 4 from North Dakota Agricultural College Extension outlines focus on noon meals for rural children. It explains lunch quality affects learning readiness and educational outcomes in rural communities.

Agricultural Extension Extension Department North Dakota Agricultural College

Twin Lake School Notes Show Strong Attendance and Community Support

School officials announce Second class Graded Consolidated status and state aid of 257 dollars as Twin Lake reports 85 percent attendance last year and 93 percent in September with 18 pupils enrolled. Eighth grade pursues diplomas while students earn top marks in reading spelling arithmetic language geography and history. County fair projects underway and public invitation to visit. Also states North Dakota auto registrations and per capita car figures, plus farmer Martin Ulmer selling 40 young hoes for 1220 dollars.

Twin Lake North Dakota Laura Bestrom Paulah Dusell Helen Dusell Mararet Dusell Gudoun Haug Mildred Hang Edith Mar Hartvig Thorstad Arnold Thorstad Bergliot Thorstad Edith Biel Beaulah Dusell Edith Marple Gudoun Hauge Mildred Haug Agnes Thorstad Ellen Green Edith Meeple

Flax yields and fires grace Bottineau area news

The Bottineau Courant reports farmer James Bannon near Burt produced a top flax crop averaging 20 bushels per acre. Nearby, fire devastated Northern hotel Salverson store and Rogers lumber yard, causing about 50 000 in losses across Slope and Bowman counties. Harry Delaney died in a trench cave in near Hankinson.

James Bannon Burt Bottineau Courant Bannon U A Berthold Northern Salverson General Store Rogers Lumber Slope Bowman

Bald eagle sighted on the Missouri Ridge this Sunday

Residents report a large bald eagle seen on the Ridge as threshing and spud digging dominate activity. Mrs Clark shows some improvement after illness while neighbors amid Sunday church visits, farm deals, and social events.

George W. Ford Harold R. Blankenship Joe Gromatka H. C. Blankenship Williston E. E. Cripe Mr. Janes Janes Ray Brown Wagonman Indiana Library Hall Clarence Beard S. M. Clarks

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