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i May 20 , J904 THE FALLS CITY TRIBUNE .
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Conducted : County Superrniendeni Crocker I
Bert Stcadm of DisC No. 6
was neither absent or tardy during -
ing thc six month's tcrm.
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; 1 Rcmcmbcr thc next session of
our institute will bc held in Falls
City , Aug. 15th to 20th inclush'c.
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diary E. Wiltse has resigncd
her position as grammar grade
teacher in the Salem schools on
account of her parents' health.
Prof. Geo. E. Ivartin has been
re-elccted principal of the Ne-
braska City high school by an unanimous -
animous vote. JIis salary is $900
per year
The Salem schools closed Fri-
; ' \ day , : May 13th. The graduating
exercises were held in the Salem
i opera home ; last Saturday eve-
ping , May 14th.
tl'he late of the commet1cment
exercises of the Dawson high
school has been set for : May 27th.
! A class of seven , five boys and
, two girls , will graduatc.
Dist. No. 49-J. R. Recd teach-
th er-school closed : May 13. Only
one pupil was abscnt. : Many vis-
itors were present , including two
1 members of the school board.
t The pupils gave a creditable dosing -
mg program
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tL'eachers for the Stella schools
I for the ensuing year : Prof. 1. G.
' Wilson Maud Montgomery , Jen -
tl'hompson 1\rs. 1. G. Wilson
and Sadie Joy of Peru. Al1ie
Davis expects to attend school
I4I next year.
vVinifred Ryan closed a very
successful term of school in Dist.
ii 84 , Friday , May 13 , with appropriate -
priate exercises. Ice-crcam and
cake were served and quite a
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i the school were present.
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t The summer session of the Nebraska -
bras1Gt State Normal school will
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' begin May 20 and continue six
weeks. Last year 69 Richardson
, county teachers attend the
1' : State Norma1. Several have been
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! . I many will attend this summer.
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'a' r The second annual commence-
.I ment exercises of the Shubert
i , : , high school were held in the 1\1.
E. church , Friday evening , \Iay
l ' ; 13th. A splendid program was
i " ' : given. Mattie Cook Ellis of the
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1 ! , State Normal gave the class ad-
dress. The graduates are Frank
'i" O. Imler , Bessie 1Icnderson , Fred
" ; ; ; Lundy and Nellie Harper.
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fi 11 i Nebraska State University de-
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: ; haters defeated l\'hssourl at S t.
° : a ! Louis. 1.'he'er < 1ict of the judges
" : i was unanimous. The question
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1 I the same with which Nebraska
) w _ ! won from the Kansas University
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several weeks ag-o. Geo. A. Lee
of lIumboldt was one of the Ne-
braska debalors. trhe Richardson -
school de-
son county inter-high -
bates will bring out many strung
debaters who will be heard from
in the future.
Dist. No. 38-1da Stalder
teacher-School closed April 22.
Though our attendance was small
during the last few weeks , we
prepared a closing program which
was given in the afternoot
Quite a number of patrons were
present and seemingly enjoyed
the program. Just before school
closed we planted fourteen trees.
The year's work of the Verdon
public schools closed last Friday
evening with the graduating ex-
ercises. A splendid audience was
present and the Hall opera house
was crowded. The following are
the high school graduates : Ethel
Iieler , Edith Shafer , Jessie Grif-
fiths , .Miles Kelley , Kate Crouch ,
Inez Griffiths , Ray Arnold , Lester
ayfield and Dannie Griffiths.
The following are the eighth
grade graduates : Maude Clark ,
Mary Hanley , Howard Cono\rer ,
1\'ladge Bourne , Lloyd Dietrich ,
lVlabcl Auxier , Ethel Saylors ,
Mabel Nusbaum , llleda Heineman ,
Jennie Stump , Hazel Pennington ,
Stella Johnson and Edna \Vheat-
ley.
Prof and lVlrs. Funk resigned
their positions in the Verdon
schools last Friday. They mov-
to Kansas City Thursday , where
Prof. Funk will engage in there-
tail coal and wood business. The
teachers of Richardson county re-
gret to lose 1\11' . and 1\1rs. Funk
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from their ranks , and their going
is not only a loss to the Verdon
schools , but to the schools of
Richardson county.
The annual field day meet of
the Southeastern Nebraska Ath-
letic association was held at Ne-
braska City , Saturday May 14th.
The following high schools participated -
ticipated ; Nebraska City , Pawnee
City , Falls City and Humboldt.
Staple and
Fancy Groceries
FRUIT IN SEASON
We Sell WANK'S BREAD
Cash for
BUTTER AND EGGS
First Door North
of Post Office . .
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THE DECORATORS
The weather was fine , the attend-
ance was good , the visitors were
royally treated and the meet was
prouounced a grand success.
Pawnee City took first honors 61
of the 108 points. Falls City and
Humboldt tied for second place
each receiving 21 5-6 points
Slater of Pawnee City won first
honors as individual athlete and
Petrashck of Humboldt won sec-
end honors.
In the evening the Nebraska
City high school ] pupils gave the
visiting schools a reception
which was enjoyed by all.
Officers for the ensuing year
Supt. Geo. P. Griffith , Pawnee
City , President ; Supt. v" . H.
Pillsbury , Falls City , secretary
and treasurer. It is quite certain
that the meet will be held in
Pawnee City next year. The
score follows :
100 yd. dash-Slater of Pawnee
City first , Morris of I-Iumboldt
second and Bennett of Pawnee
City third , record 10.8 sec.
440 ) 'd . run-Slater of Pawnee
City first , Burnham of Pawnee
City second and trheron Lewis of
Falls City third , record 55.4 sec.
Running broad jump-Green-
wald of Falls City first , Ralph
Lewis of same city second and
Benz of Pawnee City third , 17 ft.
and 10 in.
One mile run-Davis of Pawnee
City first , Boob of this city sec-
and and Stahfhut of Nebraska
City third , record 5 min and 27
sec.
Running high jump-Petrashek
of 1Iumboldt and Bennett of Paw-
nee City were tied for first-four
each-Lyons of this city third ,
record 5 f1. and 2 in.
Shotput-James of Humboldt
first , Benz of Pawnee City second
and Burnham of the same city
third , record 33 ft .
220 yd. run-Slater of Pawnee
City first , Petrashek of Humboldt
second and Burnham of Pawnee
City third , record 25.4 sec.
880 yd run-Davis of Pawnee
City first , Burnham of same city
second and Theron Lewis of this
third , record 2 min and 18.8. sec
Pole vault-Conover of Pawnee
City and l\JcMaster of the same
place were tied for first , getting
4 each , and Petrashek of Hum-
boldt and Ralph Lewis of' this
city were tied for third place , re-
cord 8 ft and 9 in.
Standing high jump-Petrash-
ek of Humboldt first , Greenwald
and Bickel of
Nebraska City were
tied for second and third place ,
record 4 ft and 4 in.
Hammer throw-Benz of Paw-
nee City first , Ralph Lewis of . , , , .r.
this city second and Kilpatrick of
the former city third , record 95
ft . and 3/ in.
Relay Race-Pawnee City first , .
this city second and Nebraska "
City third , no record taken ' ,
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Apportionment of School Funds.
Supt. Fowler has just made the
largest apportionment of the ' t
temporary school funds that has
been made since Nebraska has i i
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been a state. In round numbers
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the sum is $435,000 or nearly . ' ;
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55,000 more than the previous J
record , which was made in 1898 ' I
when $430,690 was distributed on
the semi-annual .
The per capita apportionment is Y
$1.1333. Richardson county's
share is 57,879.40. To this will
be added local fines and licenses. .
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Teachers for Falls City Schools.
Board of education met Monday
evening and elected the following
teachers :
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High school-FloraFifer , prin- .
cipal ; E.L. Tobie , sciences ; Elea- .
nora : Miller history and business
training ; lVlab1e Bridges , eighth
grade ; fifth and sixth grades
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passed ; Elfie Foster , third and . .
fourth grades.
I-Iarlan school-Grace Saylor ,
first grade ; Grace Miner , kinder- " .
garten.
Central school-Cora Betts ,
principal , seventh grade ; Lillian
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Dorring-ton , sixth grade ; Josephine -
ine Graves , fifth grade ; 1\'lrs. Snyder
der fourth grade ; Pearl Prater ,
thirdlgrade ; : Myrtle Bowers , sec-
end ; first grade passed , Minnie
McDonald , kindergarten , Grace .
Bucher and Maggie Fergus , as-
sistan ts.
W. MADDOX ,
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REAL ESTATE AGENCY
Lands bought and sold .
Hartford Fire Insurance
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Houses in city for sale -
Money to lo.h
Telephone !
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