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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1910)
Local and Personal Christmas exercises next Sat urday evening at th Baptist and Evangelical churches. Miss Ina Fishback of Mon mouth Heights, was trading in Monmouth Saturday. Xmas boxes and wrapping paper, at the Perkins Pharmacy, to mail your presents. S. L. C. Moore who went to Portland a short time ago came down last Friday and has dis posed of his property here to M. Mulkey. You are invited to call and ex amine as fine a line of Christmas Gifts as can be found in Polk County. At the Book Store, Monmouth. H. A. Kaeppler a Portland real esta'e man was in town this week, having Sam Engelhorn, of Michigan, with him whom he was conducting into the Airlie country to look at a farm, the latter being desirons of securing a location. J. D. Rudd, of whom we made mention, last week, as having taken charge of J. B. Stump's cattle for a while, cut his stay short and left for his home in Kentucky last Monday. It seems that the ties of home were too strong to admit of staying longer. Basket Social at Suver A very successful basket social was given at the Valley View school house last Saturday night, superintended by the teacher, Miss Lillian McCready. The following programme was rendered by a number of the schoolchildren, song, four girls, Recitation, Grove Peterson, Rec itation, Helen DeArmond, Vocal Solo, Lula Peterson, Recitation, Wesley Kester, Recitation, Lula Peterson, Song four girls, Reci tation, Ralph Kester, Dialogue, 'Deaf Uncle Zeb" three girls and four boys. After which the sale of the baskets took place under the auctioneering of our very able Mr. Carl DeArmonh. There were 18 baskets sold, bringing $32.35. $5.00 being the the largest amount received for a basket. This money will go for school improvements and will also help to obtain an organ. Mr. J. H. Thurston acted as chairman and treasurer for the evening. The room was beautifully dec orated with evergreen boughs and Oregon grape leaves. After all present, had partaken of the contents of the baskets, four girls sang a good night song. The finishing touch to the pro gramme was the mournfut wail of a stray cat which had been as sisted to the roof of the school house. The people then dispersed to their homes, feeling much the better for their social evening. " Report Of Schools Report of spelling contest for rural schools for November 18. Fourth Grade First place: Oak Point, Etna, and Sunnyslope, tie, 100 per cent. Second place: Harmony, Concord, tie, 96 per cent. Third dace: Salt Creek per cent. Fifth Grade First place: Gooseneck, Etna, tie, 100 per cent Second place: Sunnyslope, Con cord, Lone Star, tie, 98 per cent. Third place: Enterprise, McCoy, ' Cheery Grove, Rogue River, tie, 96 per cent. . Sixth Grade First place: Eola 100 per cent. Second place': Powells Camp 98 per cent Third place: "Parker, Oak Point, Enterprise, tie, 97 per cent Seventh Grade First place: Enterprise, Etna, McCoy tie, 100 per cent. Second place: Pedee, Parkers, Highland tie, 98 per cent Third place: District 15, Cheery Grove tie, 96 per cent. Eighth Grade First place: Sunnyslope 100 per cent. Second place: Zena, Elkins, Pio-i neer tie, 99 per cent. Third place: Butler, Oak Point tie, 97 per cent We are sending to all schools j winning first place a certificate as reward and as there are six contests during the school year, to all schools winning four or more of the small certificates a large certificate will be sent. In the first contest all but 8 schools in the county took part and nearly all made excellent grades, above 90 per cent, now we are doing this work for the benefit of the children and hope to be able to improve the spelling, for this reason we are hoping every progressive teacher and every progressive school in the county will take part in the rest of the contests, you may not win but the benefit the child will re ceive will pay for all the extra trouble. Yours respectfully, H. C. Seymour, Supt. Report of Public Schools . Report of the schools of Polk County for the school month end ing December 2nd, 1910. Number of schools reporting correctly and on time 64 Names of schools and teachers failing to rV port on time Elkins No. 28, Miss Ethel Lucas, teacher: Brush College No. 31, Miss Delia Ohlsen, teacher; Suver No. 43 Miss Ella Smith, teacher: , Number of pupils remaining at last report-. 2493 Number of pupils registered new during month 106 Number of pupils registered secondary dur ing month.-. - 45 Number of pupils readmitted during month 146 Total number pupils on register during month. 2790 Number of pupils dropped duringmonth 136 Number of pupils remaining at time of re port 2654 Number of days taught during month 17 Whole number of days attendance 42004 Whole number of days absence 2476 Whole number of times late 518 Number of pupils neither absentnor tardy.. 1400 Average number of pupils belonging 2616 Average daily attendance- 2470 Per cent of attendance.'. 94.5 Number of visits by parents 71 Number of visits by members of the school board .- 38 , The following schools have been placed on the ' roll of honor for Polk County for having made a per cent of attendance of 95 or more: Dallas, Pedee, Red Prairie, Lewi6ville, Salt Creek, Scroggins, Bethel, Perrydale, Gooseneck, Independence, West Salem, Fir Grove, Buena Vista, Spring Val ley, Harmony. North Dallas, Etna, Oakdale, McCoy, Guthrie, Liberty, Black Rock, Falls City, Pioneer, Cherry Grove, Oak hurst, Mistletoe. The following schools were placed on the roll of honor for the county for not having made any tardies during the month: Red Prairie, Parker, Valley View, Bethel, Gooseneck, Spring Val ley, Upper Salt Creek, Liberty, Etna, Wigglebridge, Mistletoe. The attendance this month is not as good as last month, but the weather has not been as good either. In order to win 95 per cent for the county for the school year all must work for this attendance every day and we will win. There have been too many tar dies this past month. 218 are too many for a county of this size. One teacher reported 14 in one month made by one pu pil. There is no need of this. Put forth every effort to make the attendance better and the tardies less. Yours respectfully, H. C. Seymour, Supt. G. A. MUSCOTT Groceries, Flour, Feed, Queens Ware, Granite Ware, Lime and Cement MONMOUTH, If you Get lt at Muscott's lt is Good- OREGON Phone 331 Monmouth, A. B. WESTFALL Painter and Paper Hanger Monmouth Oregon Presents for Christmas No. Presents for your friends Before Buying Call and Examine Our Fine Line of Excellent Chinaware Presents for young Folks Presents for old People Dishes Useful, Ornamental, Beautiful and the Nicest Line in Monmouth in Quality and Painting. Prices are low. Call and see our wares Christmas is Coming Our Line of Holiday Goods is Complete Our Furniture is Up-To-Date. Our Jewelery Line was never as Complete as Now. It will Pay You to get your Christmas Goods of Us. Think of the Votes that you will get. on the Piano Perhaps you will win by getting your Christmas Presents from Us. Remember 10 votes with every 1 cent purchase in Jewelery or Silverware. Chase Bros. Our Clubbing Rates. Monmouth Herald per year Evening Telegram, Daily per year Herald and Telegram, Evening Telegram, Sat. Ed. Sat. Ed. and Herald, both The Fruit Grower, monthly Herald and Fruit Grower ' Oregon $1.00 5.00 5.00 1.50 2.00 1.00 1.50 it H ii it ii ii ii H ii