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DICKINSON COUNTY HISTORY – PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS – DICKINSON COUNTY RURAL SCHOOLS

[Compiled and Transcribed by William J. Cummings]

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Iron Mountain Press, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 3, Number 17 [Thursday, September 15, 1898], page 8, column 3

COUNTY TEACHERS. _____

A Complete List of Those Who Will

Teach in Dickinson County This Year.

The following is a list of the village and

district schools of the county, and their teachers for the coming year:

Vulcan – C.I. Palmer, Mary Creed, Lotta Hale, Anna Reed, Gussie Whitehead, Della Finn.

Quinnesec – G.W. Sickles, Ida Lenhart, Veronica McKenna, Fanny Roche.

Granite Bluff – Annie Bryngleson. Pine Creek, Norway P.O. – May

Howard. Sagolo [sic – Sagola] – J.F. Edmunds. Channing – Lina Crostic. Metropolitan, new town – Mamie Dillon,

Josie Werscham. Foster City – Mrs. L. Price. Hardwood – Elsie Fisher. Hylas, Hardwood P.O. – Blanche

Gleason. Waucedah – Elsie Fisher. Reath’s Corner, Vulcan P.O. – Lillie

Reath. Swedish Settlement, Loretto P.O. – Eoba

[sic – Ebba – ?] Johnson. The Iron Mountain Press, Iron Mountain,

Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 9, Number 20 [Thursday, October 6, 1904], page 1, column 4

TEACHERS IN TOWNSHIPS.

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Complete List of Those Engaged in Educating Dickinson Youths

The Press is indebted to County

Commissioner of Schools Parmenter for the following “official list” of teachers now engaged in making good American citizens out of the “young ideas” in the several townships of Dickinson county: Arms Ina…………………………...Hardwood Bowman Olga…………………….......Loretto Bryngelson Anna………………..Quinnesec Clark Edith………………………Metropolitan Clink Nina……………………………..Vulcan Downs Alice………………………Quinnesec Fitzsimmons Mable………………Waucedah Fuller Earl G. …………………………Loretto Gill Laura…………………………Quinnesec Graf Cora………………………………Vulcan Hale Pearl……………………………..Vulcan Holmes Ida……Peterson dist. Breitung twp. Holmes Clara…………………………Vulcan Johnason Ebba………………………Loretto Johnson Alfred…………………Metropolitan Kane Helen…....................................Vulcan Kanouse Sara……………………Quinnesec LaReault Miss…………………………Vulcan McCole Mary……..............................Sagola McQuirk Clara………………..............Vulcan McNeil Jeanette……………...............Vulcan O’Conner Mae…………………….Hardwood Pascoe Sue……………………………Vulcan Reynolds Lizzie……………………Channing Richardson May………………….Quinnesec Saxton Maud……………………..Waucedah Shoults C.A. …………..............Metropolitan Smith C.A. ……………….............Quinnesec Spalding Mina…………………………Loretto Thornton Edna…………….................Vulcan Walsworth A.N. ………………...........Loretto Warriner Vera…………...............Foster City Whitehead Jeffie……………………..Vulcan



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COUNTY TEACHERS. _____

Complete List of Instructors En-

gaged in Several Townships.

The Press is under obligations to County School Commissioner Parmenter for the following data relative to the teachers engaged by the several school districts of the county:

NORWAY TOWNSHIP. Vulcan, A.M. Walsworth, principal;

Mildred LaReault, Lucile Stebans, Sue Pascoe, Edna Thornton, Clara McGuork, Jeffie Whitehead.

East Vulcan – Ermendilda Kerridge, Myrtle Dyer.

Pine Creek – Emma Triber. Sturgeon Mill – Cora Graf.

BREITUNG TOWNSHIP. Quinnesec – R.A. Smith, principal; Ada

C. Smith, assistant; Anna Balkwell, Anna Bryngelson, Laura Gill.

Granite Bluff – May Richardson. Cuff Mine – Donald O’Hara. Peterson’s – Laura Brogan. Pine Creek – Selma Hallberg.

WAUCEDAH TOWNSHIP. Loretto – J.P. Dick, principal; Julia Gill,

Ruby Wagar. Swedish Settlement – Olga Bowman. Waucedah – Lila Stanaway. Martin’s – Olga Grotte. Reath’s – Jennie Trebilcock.

FELCH TOWNSHIP. West Metropolitan – Alfred Johnson,

principal; Tillie Starrin.

East Metropolitan – J.P. Hobson, principal; Norma Thomas.

SAGOLA TOWNSHIP. Sagola – Mary McCole. Channing – Mary Flanagan.

BREEN TOWNSHIP. Foster City – Vera Warriner. Hardwood – Mae O’Conner. Hylas – Ella Shepard. Alfred – Helen Koontz.

Iron Mountain Press, Iron Mountain,


COUNTY SCHOOLS _____

DISTRICTS OF DICKINSON IN FINE

SHAPE FOR NEW YEAR. _____

Rank Near the Top in Efficiency and Attendance – Growth Since

the Organization of County. The township district schools are now in

full swing with an aggregate attendance of about 1,500. County Commissioner Parmenter recalls that, at the time Dickinson county was created by an act of the legislature, some seventeen years ago, there were only eleven district schools in the territory embraced by the organization, with an attendance of a few hundred. To-day [sic – Today] there are forty-four school departments in the several townships. Mr. Parmenter has held the office of commissioner of schools ever since the organization of the county. Under his direction the schools of the county now rank as the best in the state. The report of the



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state superintendent of public instruction show this statement to be a fact. The districts are provided with excellent buildings and all are splendidly equipped. Following is a list of the teachers now at work I the several townships.

BREITUNG. Quinnesec [ –] Principal, H.E. Ten Eyck;

second primary, Anna Bryngelson; primary, Ida Holmes; intermediate, May Richardson.

Eischen school – Leila Billings. Pine Creek [ –] Nelson F. Sanborn. Twin Falls – Corinna Thomas. Granite Bluff [ –] Mary Chamberlain. Carollo school [ –] Lillie Wilson.

BREEN. Alfred – Edna Browne. Foster City – Carl Giltner, principal;

Ruby Helmer, primary. Hardwood – W.M. Quinlan, principal;

Clara Morse, primary. FELCH.

Metropolitan – Donald O’Hara, principal; Mary Goodmanson, primary.

Felch – Glenn Stratton, principal; Marie, Donahue, primary.

Groveland Mine – Mabel Massie. NORWAY.

Vulcan – A.M. Walsworth, principal; assistants, Ruth Calvin, Abigail Gue, Ida Hill, Maud Hale, Mary Manion, Ada Miller, Clara McGurk, Ella Peterson, Daisy Rizzardi, Lucile Stephan.

Sturgeon River – Myrtle Thompson. Reath School – Myrtle Reath. Pine Creek – Esther Lindquist.

SAGOLA. Sagola – Margaret Flanagan, principal;

Helen M. Cleary, primary. Channing – Frances Leine, principal;

Clara Real, primary. Randville – Lucille Hall.

WAUCEDAH.

Loretto – J.C. Crawford, principal; Elizabeth Kennedy, primary; Corice MacNiel, intermediate.

Swedish Settlement – Agnes Forsberg. East Waucedah – Hannah Danielson. Waucedah – Ethel Ray.

Iron Mountain Press, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 14, Number 20 [Thursday, October 7, 1909], page 1, column 6

SCHOOLS OF DICKINSON _____

Now in Full Swing in Hands of Competent Corps of Teachers. The following is a complete list of the

teachers of the county, outside of the two cities of Norway and Iron Mountain. Each of them has had successful experience or normal school training, or both[.]

BREITUNG TOWNSHIP. Quinnesec – H[.]E[.] TenEyck, principal;

May Richardson, upper intermediate; Anna Bryngelson, lower intermediate; Ida Holmes, primary.

Twin Falls – Edith Bellinger. Pine Creek – Delia Munn. Eischen School – Corinna Thomas. Corollo [sic – Carollo] School – Eunie

Bellinger. Granite Bluff – Lilly Wilson.

BREEN TOWNSHIP. Foster City – Willard Whitehead,

principal; Kathryn Hardy, primary. Hardwood – Warren Smith. Hylas – W.J. Vaughan. Calumet Mine – Philip Buchholz.

FELCH TOWNSHIP. Metropolitan – M.R. Bradley, principal;

Jennie Wellin, primary.



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Felch – R.S. Fitzgerald, principal; Mable Massie, primary.

Groveland Mine – Seth Howland. NORWAY TOWNSHIP.

Vulcan – B.R. Miller, superintendent; Ruth Colvin, principal; Minnie McLaughlin, assistant; Minnie Bratton, 6th grade; Eva Tripp, 5th grade; Ella Peterson, 4th grade; Lucile Stepan, 3rd grade; Clara McGurk, 2nd grade; Ada Miller, 1st grade.

East Vulcan – Estelle Manion, 2nd primary; Lillian Flanagan, 1st primary.

Sturgeon Mill – Alma Prenevost. Pine Creek – Ethel Lindquist.

SAGOLA TOWNSHIP. Channing – E.M. Yager, principal; Marie

Donehue, primary. Sagola – Margaret Flanagan, principal;

Helen Cleary, primary. WAUCEDAH TOWNSHIP.

Loretto – J.C. Crawford, principl; Ethel Ayres, intermediate; Blanche Ferris, primary.

Waucedah – Sylvia Vanitvelt. State Road – Myrtle Reath. Swedish Settlement – Emma Paulson. East Waucedah – Hanna Danielson.

WEST BRANCH TOWNSHIP. Kates – Jessie Stephens. Ralph – Bertha Gill. Alfred—Robt. J. Sage.


NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS. _____

Several girls who have completed the

eight [sic – eighth] grade in their home schools elsewhere in the county would be glad of the opportunity of continuing their education in the city high school, if homes

can be found for them where they may receive board and room in exchange for such services as they may be able to render outside of school hours. Families interested are asked to communicate by phone or otherwise with E.L. Parmenter, County Commissioner of Schools.



TEACHERS OF COUNTY. _____

Bright Young Men and Women Directing Our Future Citizens. The following is a list of the teachers of

Dickinson county, outside of the cities of Iron Mountain and Norway. Without exception, they have had either successful experience or normal training, or both, before being hired in this county:

BREEN TOWNSHIP. Foster City – W.V. Whitehead, principal;

Nora O’Connor, Rudy Helmer. Hardwood – Lora Bryant. Hylas – W.M. Quinlan. Calumet Mine – Harry G. Gragg.

BREITUNG TOWNSHIP. Quinnesec – J. Lewis Reed, principal;

Anna Bryngelson, Mable Massie. Twin Falls – Myrtle Reath. Granite Bluff – A.L. Willard. Pine Creek – Ray Holmes. Eischen School – Jessie Stephens.

FELCH TOWNSHIP. Metropolitan – Floyd Fuller, principal;

Estella Bacon. Felch – W.J. Vaughn, principal; Myrtle

Smith. Groveland – Joseph Walsh.



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NORWAY TOWNSHIP. Vulcan – B.R. Miller, principal; Mary

Edwards, Minnie MacLaurin, Minnie Brittan, Esther Lindquist, Clara McGuirk, Ada Miller, Alma Prenevost, Eva Tripp.

East Vulcan – Estella Manion, Lillian Flanagan.

Pine Creek – Clara Dawson. Sturgeon Mill – Bessie Berryman.

SAGOLA TOWNSHIP. Sagola – Margaret Flanagan, principal;

Helen Cleary. Channing – B.E. Hartgerink, principal;

Marie Donehue. WAUCEDAH TOWNSHIP.

Loretto – Alvin Stricklan, principal; Ethel Ayers, Mabel Pope.

Waucedah – Sylvania Vanitvelt. East Waucedah – Hanna Danielson. Swedish Settlement – Emma Paulsen. Reath’s Corners – Charles J. Prouty.

WEST BRANCH TOWNSHIP. Alfred – Alden Mosher. Ralph – Bertha Gill. Kentucky Town – [no teacher listed]

Iron Mountain Press, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 15, Number 25 [Thursday, November 10, 1910], page 1, column 5

Chance for Charitable. A family in poor circumstances living

eight miles from Iron Mountain has eight children, four of whom are of compulsory school age, but whom they are unable to send to school on account of lack of clothing. These include girls of fourteen, thirteen and nine, and a boy of twelve. Any one [sic – Anyone] having suitable second-hand clothing that they are willing to give away are [sic – is] asked to communicate with the County Commissioner of Schools, office telephone 432, house 291L, and they

will be called [need to finish copying this article] Iron Mountain Press, Iron Mountain,

Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 16, Number 12 [Thursday, August 10, 1911], page 1, column 1

School Opening.

A report has gained general circulation to the effect that the public schools would resume sessions on Monday, August 28th. The school authorities declare the report has no foundation in fact. Regular sessions will be resumed in all departments on Tuesday, September 5th, Monday being a legal holiday – Labor day. The teachers, however, have been requested to report for duty on Monday.


Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 16, Number 15 [Thursday, August 31, 1911], page 1, column 4

SCHOOLS OF COUNTY. _____

Corps of Teachers Employed in the Several Dickinson Townships.

The schools of the several townships of

Dickinson county under the supervision of Commissioner O’Hara will resume regular sessions the coming week. New buildings are in course of erection at Loretto and Felch and an addition is to be erected to the school at Sagola, where an increase in population has necessitated the employment of a third teacher. It is expected to have the new schools ready for the reception of pupils about the first of the year. During vacation a new school-house



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[sic – schoolhouse] has been erected at Merriman and an enrollment of about twenty pupils is anticipated.

The Press is under obligation to Commissioner O’Hara for the following list of teachers employed in the several townships:

BREEN TOWNSHIP. Foster City – Frank Tebo, principal;

Nora O’Connor, Ruby Helmer. Hylas – Frank H. Fisher

BREITUNG TOWNSHIP. Quinnesec – J. Lewis Reed,

superintendent; Mabel Massie, Anna Bryngleson.

Pine Creek – Katheryn Jennings. Twin Falls – Myrtle Reath. Merriman – May Holmes. Granite Bluff – Raymond Holmes. Eischen – Pearl White.

FELCH TOWNSHIP. Felch – W.J. Vaughan, Estella Bacon. Metropolitan – Harry Johnson, Emma

Paulson. Groveland Mine – W.J. Stratton.

NORWAY TOWNSHIP. Vulcan – Bert R. Miller, superintendent;

Mary M. Edwards, Minnie MacLaurin, Allen Struble, Minnie M. Britton, Alma M. Prenevost, Esther L. Lindquist, Estelle M. Manion, Clara McGuirk, Ada L. Miller.

East Vulcan – Ida E. Wright, Eliza E. Starrs.

Pine Creek – Lella E. Decker. Sturgeon Mill – Clara G. Dawson.

SAGOLA TOWNSHIP. Sagola – R.W. Ruegsegger, Margaret

Flanagan, Helen Cleary. Channing – Bert G. Hartgerink, Marie J.

Donehue. WAUCEDAH TOWNSHIP.

Waucedah – Myrtle Zippel. State Road – Leone Valentine. Loretto – Joseph Walsh, Ethel Ayers,

Elizabeth Kennedy, Blanche Trottier.

Waucedah (Summit School) – Sylvia Vanivelt.

WEST BRANCH TOWNSHIP. Alfred – Maude Warren. Ralph – [sic – no teacher listed]


DICKINSON CO. SCHOOLS _____

Are now In Full Swing With

Efficient Corps [of] Teachers

The schools of the several townships of the county are now in full swing. No county in the state has better schools than Dickinson. The buildings, in nearly every district, are modern and in excellent repair and the list of instructors without an exception either normal school or college graduates. Following is the list for the county.

BREEN TOWNSHIP. Foster City – John F[.] Wood, Ella M[.]

Delgoffe, Mabel E[.] Fisher. Hardwood – Genevieve Devins. Hylas – Frank H[.] Fisher. Calumet Mine – Theresa Frechette.

BREITUNG TOWNSHIP. Quinnesec – J[.] L[.] Reed, Anna

Bryngelson, Marion Roberts. Pine Creek – Katheryne Jennings. Twin Falls – Jennie Larson. Merriman – Louella Gill. Granite Bluff – Raymond Holmes. Eischen – Anna Martinson.

FELCH TOWNSHIP. Felch – Wm[.] J[.] Vaughan, Pearl

White, Lillian Rian.



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Metropolitan – Harry G[.] Johnson, Ida H[.] Johnson.

Youngs – Olga Johnson. NORWAY TOWNSHIP.

Central Vulcan – Bert R[.] Miller, Allen Struble, Mary M[.] Edwards, Minnie M[.] Britton, Minnie Maclaurin [sic – MacLaurin], Clara G[.] Dawson, Eliza Starrs, Clara McCurk, Bessie Welch, Dora Zanella, Margaret Hampton.

East Vulcan – Lella E[.] Decker, Nine [sic – Nina] E[.] Warren.

Pine Creek – Anna Palm. Sturgeon Mill – Tillie Maas.

SAGOLA TOWNSHIP. Sagola – H[.] F[.] Willebrandt, Celia T[.]

Hruska, Ella E[.] Woodward. Channing – Bert M[.] Hartgerink, Martha

McCabe. WAUCEDAH TOWNSHIP.

Loretto – Joseph Walsh, Sylvia Vanitvelt, Blanche Trottier, Margaret Hanley.

Waucedah – Exzlia Treaddo. Summit – Gertrude Martin. State Road – Myrtle Bigger.

WEST BRANCH TOWNSHIP. Ralph – Maude Warren. Alfred – Miss Peterson.

Iron Mountain Press, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 18, Number 10 [Thursday, July 24, 1913], page 8, columns 5-6

TEACHERS FOR TOWNS. _____

List of Those Engaged to Date

for the Coming Term.

Following is a nearly complete list of teachers engaged for the coming year by

the boards of education of the several townships of the county:

Foster City – John F. Wood, Ferris Institute; Mrs. Ella Swanson, Menominee; Miss Grace Fulsher, Cooks; Miss Mabel Fisher, Farwell.

Hardwood – Mrs. Frank Nault, Hardwood.

Hylas – Miss Louise Dedeker, Ingalston. Calumet Mine – Miss Theresa

Frechette, Bark River. Quinnesec – A.L. Struble, Vulcan; Anna

Bryngleson, Quinnesec. Eischen School – Anna Martinson,

Homesead, Wis. Pine Creek School – Katherine

Jennings, Iron Mountain. Twin Falls School – Jennie Larsen,

Quinnesec. Merriman School – Louella Gill,

Champion. Granite Bluff – Raymond Holmes,

Quinnesec. Metropolitan – Gerritt Grouenwood,

Ypsilanti; Ida H. Johnson, Champion. Felch – Wm. J. Vaughan, Appleton,

Wis.; Lillian Rian, Relch; Pearl White, Iron Mountain.

Sagola – H.F. Willebrandt, Sagola; Celia Hruksa, Rapid River; Ella Woodward, Green Bay.

Channing – Maude Warren. Randville – Agnes Lane, Iron Mountain. Loretto – J.E. Quinlan, St. Ignace; Sylvia

Vanitvelt, Waucedah; Blanche Trottier, Loretto; Margaret Hanley, Loretto.

Waucedah – Myrtle Bigger, Vulcan. Summit – Genevieve Cardinal, Iron

Mountain. State Road – Hanna Danielson, Loretto. Ralph – Amy Wells, Ralph. Alfred – Not hired. Lindsley – J.C. Shepherd, Lindsley.



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TOWNSHIP TEACHERS. _____

Employed in the Several Towns in

Dickinson County.

County Commissioner O’Hara has furnished The Press with the following list of instructors now employed in the schools of the school townships:

BREEN TOWNSHIP Hardwood – Mary E. Chambers, Louis

Dedeker. Foster City – John F. Wood, Mrs. Ella

Swanson, Mable Fisher, Grace Fulsher. BREITUNG TOWNSHIP

Quinnesec – James Grant, Anna Bryngelsen, Jennie Larsen.

Merriman – Luella Gill. Pine Creek – A.E. Johnson. Twin Falls – Ruth Larsen. Granite Bluff – Ray Holmes. Eischen School – Anna Martinson.

FELCH TOWNSHIP Metropolitan – F.A. Wiers, Ida Johnson,

Olga Johnson, Elsie Palmquist. Felch – W.J. Vaughan, Loretta Meehan,

Lillian Rian. Groveland – Lorraine Barnaby.

SAGOLA TOWNSHIP Sagola – H.F. Willebrandt, Agnes Lane,

Ella Woodward. Channing – Marion Cain, Martha

McCabe. Randville – Alma Kramer.

NORWAY TOWNSHIP Vulcan – B.R. Miller, superintendent, A.

Elizabeth Anderson, Dean Davidson, Nettie Dunphey, Ermine Elma, Clara McGurk,

Mary Marinelli, Clara Nelson, Anna Palm, Lila M. Rose, Grace Spear, Eliza Starrs, Bessie Welch, Dora Zanella, Irene Mitchell.

Pine Creek – R.B. Saxe. Sturgeon – Hanna Danielson.

WAUCEDAH TOWNSHIP Waucedah – Alma Baril, Myrtle Bigger. Loretto – F.C. Sweeney, Blanche

Trottier, Pearly White, Lulu Laing, Sylvia Vanivelt.

WEST BRANCH [TOWNSHIP] Ralph – J.C. Shepherd, Amy Wells.

Iron Mountain Press, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 19, Number 52 [Thursday, May 13, 1915], page 1, column 3

Standardized Schools. _____

A number of additional schools in the

townships are to become “standard,” as now defined by the state laws. The schools we have in mind are the State Road and Summit in Waucedah township, Pine Creek in Norway township, and Hylas in Breen. The state requirements call for certain lighting and sanitary arrangements and also provide that the grounds surrounding the building must contain a certain number of trees. Iron Mountain Press, Iron Mountain,

Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 20, Number 17 [Thursday, September 15, 1915], page 1, column 3


A LIST OF TEACHERS ENGAGED

IN THE TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS. _____



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Three New Buildings Erected and the Other Plants in Fine Shape;

Attendance is Large. Fifty-seven teachers are employed in

the township schools of Dickinson county. All the instructors are either normal or college graduates, and as a result our schools rank high. The several school plants are in excellent condition, having been placed in good repair during the vacation. New schools have been erected at Hardwood and Channing and the building at Felch has been enlarged. The schools are now holding regular sessions and attendance promises to be considerably larger than last year. Following is a complete list of the teachers engaged for the year.

BREEN TOWNSHIP Foster City – John F. Wood, Ella

Swanson, Fern Roland, Mabel Fisher. Hardwood – Mary Chambers. Hylas – F. Londerville. Calumet Mine – Loretto [sic] Meehan. Shepherdville – Dreda M. Farrell.

BREITUNG TOWNSHIP Quinnesec – James Grant, Hyacinth

McGrath, Jennie Larson. Eischen – Ruth Larson. Twin Falls – John O’Hara. Pine Creek – Irene Mitchell. Merriman – Louella Gill.

FELCH TOWNSHIP Felch – W.J. Vaughan, Olga Johnson,

Lillian Rian. Metropolitan – Y.G.M. Rehner, Hilda

Hager, Ida Johnson. Chopping – Elsie Palmquist[.] Groveland – Ina Kasen.

NORWAY TOWNSHIP Vulcan – B.R. Miller, F.D. Davidson,

Nettie Dumphy, Erminie Elms, Ella Peterson, Mamie Yoki, Bessie Welch,

Madie Johnson, Anna Palm, Mary Andrews, Clara McGurk, Grace O. Spear, Mary Marinello, Susie Lord.

Pine Creek – Theresa Bettega. SAGOLA TOWNSHIP

Sagola – H.F. Willebrant, Eulalie Flanagan, Ella Woodward.

Channing – Marion Cain, Lydia Roeker, Alma Kramer.

Randville – Mary Johnson. WAUCEDAH TOWNSHIP

Loretto – F.C. Seweney [sic – Sweeney], Pearl White, Sylvia Vanivelt, Blanche Trottier, Lulu Laing.

State Road – Helen Edgren. Waucedah – Myrtle Bigger. Summit – Hannah Danielson.

WEST BRANCH TOWNSHIP Ralph – Laura Moody. Alfred – Mabel Welch.



A LIST OF TEACHERS ENGAGED

IN THE TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS. _____

One New Building Erected and One to be Built at Indiana Mine;

Attendance is Large. The schools throughout the county

resumed their regular sessions last Tuesday. The schools are without exception in fine condition. A force of fifty-seven teachers are [sic – is] employed in the schools. Dickinson county now has



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fifteen standard schools, and stands at the head of the list in this respect. One new building was erected in Waucedah township during the vacation season and the contract will be let next Tuesday for another one at the Indiana mine in Breitung township.

Following is a list of the teachers employed in the rural schools of the county:

BREEN TOWNSHIP Foster City – Gustave Rizzardi, Ella

Swanson, Mabel Fisher, Ruth Erickson. Hardwood – Loretto [sic] Meehan. Hylas – Lora Bryant. Calumet Mine – Julia Skogman.

BREITUNG TOWNSHIP Quinnesec – James Grant, Anna

Bryngelson, Jennie Larson. Twin Falls – John O’Hara. Eischen – Myrle Trevarthen. Granite Bluff – Irene Mitchell. Merriman – Lois Langsford. Pine Creek – Myrtle Nowatzki.

FELCH TOWNSHIP Felch – Martin Vierling, Lillian Rian,

Olga Johnson. Metropolitan – Y.G.T. Rehner, Ruth

Starrine, Ida Johnson. Princeton – Doris Cudlip. Groveland – Dreda Farrell.

NORWAY TOWNSHIP Vulcan – B.R. Miller, Charles Welden,

Nettie Dunphy, Erminie Elms, Ella Peterson, Elizabeth Starrs, Dora McLoud [sic – McLeod – ?], Bessie Welch, Maidie [sic – Madie] Johnson, May Andrews, Clara McGurk, Grace O. Spear.

East Vulcan – Susie Lord, Leona LaVigne.

Pine Creek – Mabel Welch. SAGOLA TOWNSHIP

Channing – Howard Pearl, Myrtle Sampson, Alma Kramer.

Sagola – H.F. Willebrandt, Eulalie Flanagan, Ella Woodward.

Randville – Elizabeth Broadland.

WAUCEDAH TOWNSHIP Loretto – T.C. [sic – F.C.] Sweeney,

Mary J. Hampton, Millie Eva, Katherine Scully, Blanche Trottier.

Summit – Hanna Danielson. Waucedah – Elsie Palmquist, Mrytle [sic

– Myrtle] Vanivelt. State Road – Malvina Plourde.

WEST BRANCH TOWNSHIP Ralph – Florence Coombe. Alfred – Grace Lawrence.

Iron Mountain Press, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 21, Number 43 [Thursday, March 8, 1917], page 1, column 4

Our Standard Schools. Up to last September, Dickinson county

had the honor of ranking first in the state in the percentage of standard schools, fifteen in number, and so far as is known at present it still enjoys that distinction. All told there are twenty-nine school buildings in the townships of Dickinson county and fifty-seven teachers are employed. There are at present two buildings, namely, the Indiana mine school and the Groveland school, ready to be added to the standard list. The former, says Commissioner O’Hara, would pass the required test for admission into the class named very easily. He says it is the finest one-room school building in the county. These schools without doubt will receive a [sic] standard plates when W.L. Coffey and O.N. Otwell, assistant superintendents of public instruction, visit Dickinson county to make an inspection. Iron Mountain News, Iron Mountain,

Dickinson County, Michigan, _____ Year, Number _____ [Friday, September 9, 1921], page 1, column 1



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COUNTY SCHOOLS ALL IN OPERATION

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Exceptionally Efficient Corps of Teachers Secured This Year

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The school plants under the supervision of County Commissioner Sweeney are now in complete operation. With hardly an exception, an increased attendance is reported. Commissioner Sweney [sic – Sweeney] has been very successful in securing an unusual [sic – unusually] strong corps of instructors and he is confident that material progress will be made during the year.

Breen Township. Foster City – Mrs. Ella Swanson, Alma

Kramer, Rudolph Peterson, Ruth Anderson, Lillian Anderson, Foster City.

Hardwood – Grace Narrell, Hardwood. Hylas – Bertha Fillback, Hardwood. Calumet Mine – Elvira Lundquist,

Felch. District No. 5 – Richard HItt, Foster

City. Breitung Township.

Quinnesec – T.J. Lenz, Lucille Rouse, Della Tanquay, Quinnesec.

Richardsburg – Gertrude Waters, Iron Mountain.

Pine Creek – Hazel Johns, Iron Mountain.

Twin Falls – Jane Hosking, Iron Mountain.

Merriman – Viola Erickson, Iron Mountain.

Granite Bluff – Laura Hebert, Iron Mountain.

West Breitung – Colette Larkin, Iron Mountain.

Felch Township. Felch – Alfred Lawrence, A.M.

Myhrman, Agnes Morrow, Bessie Haltug, Felch.

Metropolitan – H.E. Pressler, Anna Bartoline, Edna Anderson, Metropolitan.

Princeton – Bertha Forsman, Metropolitan.

Greysville – Hilda Skog, Metropolitan. Sturgeon – Mary Johnson, Felch.

Norway Township. Vulcan High – Supt. B.R. Miller,

Principal, Irene McCann, Bernard Giesen, Allegra Utley; grades, Timothy Barry, Jean Hansen, Helen Giesen, Ella Soderberg, Pearl LaViolette, Rose Lang, Irene Bratson, Mary Paul, Vulcan.

East Vulcan – Agnes Burgeson, Mildren [sic – Mildred] Forsberg, Vulcan.

Pine Creek – Ellerine Tanquay, Vulcan. Sagola Township.

Channing – W.J. Vaughan, Fae Eberhart, Iva Tubbs, Channing.

Sagola – E.A. Crawford, Norma Hunting, Marie White, Sagola.

Randville – Luke Quinlan, Sagola. Wells school – Mrs. J. Wifler, Sagola.

Waucedah Township. Loretto – Joseph Walsh, Margaret

Harding, Lillian Rian, Minerva McInnis, Blanche Trottier, Loretto.

Waucedah – Anna Kahn, Waucedah. State Road – George Nelson, Vulcan.

West Branch Township. Ralph – Evelyn Erickson, Ralph.

Iron Mountain News, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, _____ Year, Number _____ [Friday, July 21, 1922], page 1, column 7

SCHOOL HEADS



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ARE SELECTED

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County Superintendent Looks For A Suc-

cessful Year _____

E.A. Crawford, principal of the schools

at Sagola the past several years, has been engaged as superintendent of the Breitung township schools, succeeding T.J. Lenz.

Alfred J. Lawrence has been re-engaged as principal of the Felch schools and J.R. Clifford, of Petoskey, has been engaged as principal of the schools at Metropolitan. A.M. Myhrman will return to Felch as high school instructor. William Quinlan has been re-engaged as superintendent of the Breen township schools after an absence of ten years, and succeeds Mrs. Ellen Swanson. William H. Vaughan, principal of the Channing schools, the past four years, has been promoted to the superintendency of all the Sagola township schools. Under his direction, a four-year high school course will be installed at the Channing school. B.R. Miller, who has had such a successful career at Vulcan, has been re-engaged as superintendent of the Norway township school system, and Joseph Walsh will return to Waucedah township for another year. The Vulcan school has a four year high school course while at Felch, Foster City and Loretto there are two-year courses.

County Commissioner Sweeney is very enthusiastic relative to the ability of the superintendents that have been engaged in the several townships and looks for an unusually successful school year.

Iron Mountain News, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, _____ Year, Number _____ [Friday, August 4, 1922], page 5, column 1

SCHOOL BOARDS LIST COMPILED

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County Commissioner Arranges Names of

Members _____

The county school commissioner has

compiled the following directory of the boards of education of the several townships:

Breen Township. President – R.W. Pierce, Foster City. Secretary – S.F. Farrell, Foster City. Treasurer – P.J. Milligan, Foster City. Trustees – John Asp, and Fred Nault,

Harwdood. Breitung Township.

President – Nels Larson, Quinnesec. Secretary – A.J. Trevarthen, Quinnesec. Treasurer – A.M. Bryngelson,

Quinnesec. Trustee – E.W. Christnagel, Quinnesec. Trustee – Fred Langsford, Iron

Mountain. Felch Township.

President – E.J. Johnson, Felch. Secretary – Fred F. Dixson, Felch. Treasurer – John V. Sundstrom, Felch. Trustee – Jonas Blomquist,

Metropolitan. Trustee – Herman Gustafson,

Metropolitan. Norway Township.

President – William Kelly, Vulcan. Secretary – T.R. Trudgeon, Vulcan.



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Treasurer – Otto Marinelli, Vulcan. Trustee – B.W. Jones, Vulcan. Trustee – F.H. Armstrong, Vulcan.

Sagola Township. President – C.J. Hunting, Sagola. Secretary – W.J. Tobin, Channing. Treasurer – I.A. Friess, Channing. Trustee – H. Knisley, Channing. Trustee – J. Clark, Randville.

Waucedah Township. President – C.H. Baxter, Loretto. Secretary – Austin R. Karkeet, Loretto. Treasurer – Wm. Nicholson, Waucedah. Trustee – Joseph Marinello, Loretto. Trustee – Louis Guiliani, Vulcan.

West Branch Township. President – Mrs. Charlotte

Hammersmith, Ralph. Secretary – Mrs. M.S. Campbell, Ralph. Treasurer – August Anderson, Ralph Trustee – Richard Wolfe Ralph. [NOTE: Only one trustee listed for West Branch Township.]

Iron Mountain News, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, _____ Year, Number _____ [Monday, August 28, 1922], page 1, column 1 [check date on this article]

FOUR SCHOOLS IN COUNTY APPROVED

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Gives Dickinson Lead In State; Waucedah

Paves Way _____

Four more schools in Dickinson county

have been approved by the department of public instruction as standard schools. This addition gives Dickinson county a

considerable lead over other counties in the state in the percentage of standard schools.

Three buildings are now under construction and two schools requiring alterations and added equipment will be inspected during the year and it is hoped by school officials that further additions will thus be made.

Waucedah township was the first township in the state to have all schools in the township on the standard list. The county has led other counties in the state for several years in the percentage of standard schools and with the cooperation of school officers, teachers and patrons it is hoped that this record will be maintained.

To date no schools have been dropped from the list, a fact that reflects credit to the school officers and teachers.

Following is a list of standard schools in Dickinson county: Township Schools in Standard operation schools Breen 5 Foster City Hardwood Hylas District No. 5 Breitung 7 Quinnesec Indiana Twin Falls Merriman Felch 5 Felch Metropolitan Princeton Sturgeon Norway 3 Central Vulcan East Vulcan Sagola 4 Channing Waucedah 3 Loretto Waucedah State Road West Branch 1 Ralph

Total number of schools in operation, 28.



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Number [of] standard schools in operation, 19.

Number [of] standard school buildings abaodoned thorugh consolidation, 2.

The following requirements for a standard school must be met and the state department of public instruction reserves the right to drop any school from the list that fails to maintain the required standard:

Yard and Outbuildings. Ample grounds of at least one-half acre. Some trees and shrubs tastefully

arranged. Good approaches to the house. Two well-kept, widely separated

outhouses or sanitary indoor closets. Suitable room or place for fuel.

School House. House well built, in good repair and

painted. Good foundation. Well lighted with attention to proper

lighting. Must be no windows which the children

or teacher have to face. Attractive interior decorations. Good blackboards, some suitable for

small children. Heated with room heater and ventilator

or basement furnace which brings clean air in through furnace and removes foul air from room.

Hardwood floor and interior clean and tidy.

Furnishings and Supplies. Desks suitable for children of all ages,

properly spaced. Good teacher’s desk. Good bookcases. A good collection of juvenile books

suitable as aids to school work as well as for general reading.

Set of maps, thermometer, globe, dictionary, sanitary drinking facilities.

Organization.

School well organized, especially as to grades.

Classification and daily register well kept.

Definite program of recitation and study. Regular attendance. At least nine months of school. Good discipline.

The Teacher. Education: The equivalent of a county

normal course. Must receive a suitable salary. Ranked by the County Commissioner as

a good or superior teacher. Must attend institutes and teachers’

meetings and give evidence of professional improvement.

The schools approved by Mr. Otwell, of the state department of education, during the past week were: Channing, Ralph, Indiana, and Sturgeon.

Iron Mountain News, Iron Mountain,

Dickinson County, Michigan, _____ Year, Number _____ [Thursday, August 31, 1922], page 1, column 3

Sweeney Gives Out List Of Township School Teachers

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County Superintendent Confident He Has Good Staff of Instructors.

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County Superintendent of Schools Frank Sweeney today gave out the list of teachers who will be employed this year. Sweeney is confident that he has an exceptionally well trained staff and is looking forward to an excellent year.

The list is as follows: Breen Township.



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At Foster City school – William Quinlan, Supt., Helen Hogan, Elvira Lundquist, Ruth Anderson, Lillian Anderson, of Foster City.

At Hardwood school – Olive Caddy, Agnes Ekstrom, of Hardwood.

At Hylas school – Gladys Frasier, of Hylas.

At Calumet school – Helen Fillion, of Foster City.

District No. 5 school – Alice Milligan, of Foster City.

Breitung Township. At Quinnesec school – E.A. Crawford,

Supt., Hazel Johns, Della Tanquay, of Quinnesec.

At Indiana Mine [school] – Gertrude Walters, of Iron Mountain.

At Pine Creek school – George Nelson, Iron Mountain.

At Twin Falls school – Wesley Bond, Iron Mountain.

At Merriman school – Minnie Alexander, of Iron Mountain.

At Granite Bluff school – Viola Erickson, of Iron Mountain.

At Breitung school – Colette Larkin, of Iron Mountain.

Felch Township. At Felch school – A.J. Lawrence, Prin.,

Olga Johnson, Agnes Morrow, Mary L. Johnson, of Felch.

At Metropolitan school – A.W. Clifford, Prin., Bertha Forsman, Esther Gustafson, of Metropolitan.

At Princeton school – Edith McAllister, of Metropolitan.

At Sturgeon school – Hilda Skog, of Metropolitan.

Norway Township. At Vulcan High school – B.R. Miller,

Supt., Paul L. Fuller, Prin., Allegra Utley, Mary Harris, of Vulcan.

At Vulcan Grade school – Timothy Barry, Jean Hanson, Ella Soderberg, Agnes

Burgeson, Rose Lang, Eugenie Morin, Mildred Forsberg, Irene Beatson, of Vulcan.

At East Vulcan school – Helen McCarthy, Anna Bertoleni, of Vulcan.

At Pine Creek school – William Dawe, of Vulcan.

Sagola Township. At Channing High school – William

Vaughan, Supt., E.M. McDonald, Prin., G.R. Stuempfig, of Channing.

At Channing Grade school – Mary G. Kinney, Lucile Rouse, Lillian Rian, Bessie Haltug, of Channing.

At Sagola school – H.E. Pierce, Prin., Norma Hunting, Elizabeth Hoolihan, of Sagola.

At Randville school – Stephen Butler, of Sagola.

Waucedah Township. At Loretto school – Joseph Walsh,

Supt., Blanche Trottier, Adele Erickson, Edna Anderson, Ellerine Tanquay, Minerva McInnis, of Loretto.

At Waucedah school – Anna Stecker, of Waucedah.

At State Road school – Joseph H. Barker, of Vulcan.

West Branch Township. At Ralph school – Evelyn Erickson, of

Ralph.

Iron Mountain News, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, _____ Year, Number _____ [Tuesday, February 13, 1923], page 2, column 1

FEW CHANGES IN TEACHING STAFF

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Work Progressing Smoothly in Township

Schools



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Few changes have been made since last September in the teaching staff of the county schools, according to a corrected list given out today by County School Superintendent Frank Sweeney.

Thus far this years [sic – year’s] work has been progressing very smoothly in the various township schools and an excellent record has been established for attendance.

The list of teachers is as follows: Breen Township.

Foster City, William Quinlan, superintendent, Helen Hogan, Elvira Lundquist, Ruth Anderson, Lillian Anderson; Hardwood, Olive Caddy, Agnes Ekstrom; Hylas, Gladys Frasier; Calumet, Helen Pillien; District No. 5, Alice Milligan.

Breitung Township. Quinnesec, E.A. Crawford,

superintendent, Hazel Johns, Della Tanquay; Indiana Mine, Agnes Stenstas [?]; Pine Creek, George Nelson; Twin Falls, Wesley Bond; Merriman, Minnie Alexander; Granite Bluff, Viola Erickson; West Breitung, Colette Larkin, Gertrude Walters; Kingsford Heights, Alma Kramer, Lucille Holland.

Felch Township. Felch, A.J. Lawrence, principal, Olga

Johnson, Agnes Morrow, Mary L. Johnson; Metropolitan, Bernard Geisen, principal, Bertha Forsman, Esther Gustafson; Princeton, Edith McAllilster; Greysville, Victoria Rigoni; Sturgeon, Hilda Skog; Leeman, Beatrice Tarr; Turner, Dorca Clairmont.

Norway Township. Vulcan high, B.R. Miller, superintendent,

Edwin Blomquist, principal, Allegra Utley, Mary Harris; grades, Timothy Barry, Jean Hanson, Ella Soderberg, Agnes Burgeson, Rose Lang, Eugenie Morin, Mildred

Forsberg, Irene Beatson, Julia Jossarp; East Vulcan, Helen McCarthy, Anna Bertoleni; Pine Creek, William Dawe.

Sagola Township. Channing high, William Vaughan,

superintendent, Glen Donnallly, A.L. Hoffman, principal, G.R. Stuempfig; grades, Mary C. Rian, Bessie Haltug; Sagola, A.E. Brown, principal, Norma Hunting, Elizabeth Hoolihan; Wells, Elsie Wifler; Randville, Stephen Butler.

Waucedah Township. Loretto, Joseph Walsh, superintendent,

Blanche Trotter, Adele Erickson, Edna Anderson, Ellerine Tanquay, Minerva McInnis; Waucedah, Anna Stecker; State Road, Joseph Barker.

West Branch Township. Ralph, Alvin Bloom.

Iron Mountain News, Iron Mountain, Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 5, Number 3 [Tuesday, April 14, 1925], page 1, column 2

MANY WILL TAKE TEACHERS’ TEST

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Tests to Be Held Before New State Law Be-

comes Effective _____

More than the usual number of

applicants will take the teachers’ examinations to be given at the court house on April 30, May 1 and 2, according to Frank C. Sweeney, county superintendent of schools. The examination will be the last to be given by the counties because of the new state law which goes into effect in



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August, making it necessary for all teachers to secure a state license.

According to the figures there are not as many teachers giving up their positions this year while the applications have increased considerably.

The Program. The program for the first day includes

orthography, spelling, course of study, theory and art and penmanship in the morning while grammar, reading and geography will be the topics in the afternoon. On the second day arithmetic, both mental and written, agriculture and physiology are the examinations scheduled for the morning while geometry, civics, school law and United States history will take place in the afternoon.

On the third day first and second grade applicants will take the test in algebra, botany, general history and physics. Applicants for second grade certificates are required to write only two of the four subjects and are scheduled to finish in the forenoon of the third day.

Make One Provision A provision has also been made for

religious applicants who keep Saturday as their Sunday, the Saturday examinations for these people to be given Wednesday instead.

Part of the questions will be taken form the state teachers’ reading circle books for the year, which include the physchology [sic – Psychology] of Arithmetic, Method in History and Practical Problems of the School. The reading questions are to be taken from The Sketch Book by Irving.


Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 5, Number 10 [Wednesday, April 22, 1925], page 6, column 3

DATES SET FOR

SCHOOL TESTS

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County Grade Examina- tions to Be Held

Next Month _____

County school examinations for

students of the seventh and eighth grades will be held on Thursday, May 14, and Friday, May 15, according to an announcement received this morning form the state department at Lansing.

The seventh grade examinations to be held on the first day will include tests on orthography and spelling, penmanship and reading in the forenoon and physiology and geography in the afternoon. Eighth grade examinations are to be given on the same day, arithmetic and grammar being the subjects of the morning tests while history, civics and agriculture are scheduled for the afternoon.

Tests will be given in seven townships in Dickinson county, the county superintendent of schools having selected all of the examiners while the various places where tests are to be given have been chosen in all but Breitung township.

The Schedule There are four examiners for Breitung

township, E.A. Crawford[,] Bernard Geisen, M.B. Travis and Miss Anna Nord. Two places are designated in Felch township, Edwin Bloomquist being the examiner at Metropolitan and C.M. Swanson at Felch. The balance of the townships have only one place where the examinations are to be held. The list follows: Breen township, Miss Agnes Ekstrom, Foster City; Norway township, B.R. Miller, Vulcan; Sagola township, Glen Donnally, Channing; Waucedah township, Miss Marle Berg,



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Loretto, and West Branch township, Miss Lila M. Foster, Ralph.


Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 5, Number 12 [Friday, April 24, 1925], page 7, column 3

COUNTY NURSE TO START SOON

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Meeting Tomorrow For Selection of Various

Health Boards _____

Miss Elba Morse, field representative for

the American Red Cross, will be at the city auditorium tomorrow afternoon to meet with the executive board of the county chapter for the purpose of selecting health boards throughout the county to work in conjunction with the county nurse who will start work May 1, it was announced yesterday by Mrs. Frank Elms, of Vulcan, chairman.

Only those places in the county where nurse service is not had are affected by the arrangement. Iron Mountain, Norway and Vulcan have a school nurse. It is the purpose of the county Red Cross, Mrs. Elms stated, to have all school children in the county examined at least once a month. The nurse will also devote time to other work if arrangement permits.

The nurse will be secured for a period of 12 weeks, at the end of which time schools in the county will have been closed for the summer. The service is only an experiment and should it prove valuable, and there is every reason to believe that it will, a nurse

may possibly be hired for the entire term next year.

Money for the services of the nurse has already been raised. It was stated that Miss Norma Eskil, formerly of Iron Mountain, and who is now engaged in Red Cross work in the lower peninsula, has been assigned to the position in the county.


Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 5, Number 13 [Saturday, April 25, 1925], page 3, column 1

PLANS ARE MADE FOR HEALTH WEEK

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Ten-Week Program Will Show Need For Coun-

ty Nurse _____

National Health Week, which is

designated by President Coolidge to start on May 5, will be observed in Dickinson county with one of the largest programs ever attempted by schools of the county. Through the aid of the Red Cross chapter of the county, under the leadership of Mrs. Frank Elms[,] of Vulcan, and the cooperation of the various health agencies, it has been made possible to put on a 10-week program of nurse inspection in the village and rural schools and the statistics obtained are to be used in determining whether a full time county nurse is needed.

Health inspection and education in the schools will be given from May 5 to July 13 and then follow up work will be carried on in all the schools until July 15. Committees are to be appointed in all of the townships and villages to assist the Red Cross in



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outlining work to be done. Money to bear the expense is already on hand.

Following the completion of the program plans will be made for health instruction and corrective work during the school year of 1925-1926.


Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 5, Number 15 [Tuesday, April 28, 1925], page 2, column 3

ARRANGING FOR NURSE SERVICE

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Representative of Red Cross Now Making

Survey _____

Mrs. Frank Elms, of Vulcan, chairman of

the county Red Cross chapter, and Miss Ella Morse, field representative of the American Red Cross, were at Foster City, Metropolitan and Hardwood today selecting health committees to assist the county nurse in school work which will begin May 1.

If possible the Red Cross representatives were also to visit at Sagola, Channing and Randville. Yesterday Miss Morse was at Breitung and Kingsford selecting committees to help in the work.

The preliminary survey is being made at this time in order to enable the county nurse to start examining school children immediately upon her arrival. Miss Norma Eskil, formerly of Iron Mountain but now doing Red Cross work in the lower peninsula, has been selected to do the work in the county.

According to the tentative schedule arranged by Mrs. Elms and Miss Morse, all school children in the county, who have not been examined this year, will undergo an examination before the present term closes. Should time permit, a second examination will be given.

In addition to school work, Miss Eskil will also devote some time to other health work. Norway and Iron Mountain school children have public nurse service and are not affected by the new arrangement.


Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 5, Number 20 [Monday, May 4, 1925], page 2, column 3

OUTLINE COUNTY HEALTH PROGRAM

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Name Township Commit- tees to Co-operate

With Nurse _____

Talks by Miss Norma Eskil, county

nurse, and Miss Elba Morse, field representative of the Red Cross, selection of township committees to assist in health work in the schools of the county and the outlining of a program for the work to be carried on within the next 10 weeks were the highlights of the meeting of the county Red Cross chapter Saturday afternoon at Norway.

The cooperation that the county nurse must receive was brought out at the session while township and regular Red Cross meetings were also stressed.

Following is the list of committees named at the meeting:



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Breitung township – Miss Anna Nord, Bernard Giesen, Mrs. John Jacobson, Mrs. Thomas McGinn, Mrs. Jacob Roth, Mrs. Frank Hess, Mrs. Frank Rowell, Mrs. J.A. Minnear, Mrs. E.A. Crawford, Mrs. Charles Peterson, Mrs. Fred Langsford and Mrs. Emil Perreault.

Waucedah township – Mrs. John McCarthy, Mrs. C.H. Baxter, Mrs. Anton Massa, Miss Blanche Trottier, Mrs. Albert Seafacle, Mrs. Jonah Robinson, Mrs. Fred Root, Mrs. William Nicholson and Mrs. Joseph Paul.

Breen township – Mrs. Ella Swanson, Mrs. R.W. Pierce, Mrs. Fred Nault, Mrs. S.J. Peterson, Mrs. J.H. Peterson, Mrs. J.H. Eckstrom, William Quinlan and the Rev. Fr. Drengrancz.

Felch township – Miss Minnie Rian, Edwin Blomquist, Mrs. Ida Daniel and Miss Ruth Anderson.

Following the appointment of the Hunting, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Hayes, Mrs. Tom Carney, L.A. Friess, Mrs. Blomer, Mrs. Rocco and Mrs. Al Worthing.

West Branch township – Mrs. Marie Campbell and Mrs. Allen Wells.

Outlines Work Following the appointment of the health

boards, Miss Eskil gave a talk on the manner in which the work should be conducted and the cooperation needed for an effective program. She outlined the program she will pursue here, emphasizing common defects found in children of school age and how they can be avoided by proper examinations and [need to finish copying this article]


Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 5, Number 24 [Friday, May 8, 1925], page 6, column 1

PLANS READY

FOR ROUND-UP _____

Big Program Outlined For

Gathering at Fair Grounds

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With the completion of the program

everything is in readiness for the annual county round-up which is to be held at the fair grounds in Norway on Saturday, May 16. It is planned to make the round-up this year the best ever held and many new features have been added.

The program will start at 9:30 o’clock with the assembly of all the students at the fair grounds after which the work that is to be judged will be placed on exhibition. At 10 o’clock contest games will be held between the goys and the girls of the north and south end of the county.

A basket lunch will be served at 11:30 and at 12:30 the club program will begin. A novel method will be employed in taking the roll call, each club responding with a yell after which there will be community singing, and club stunts.

Three addresses are also scheduled. Mrs. Ruth Kettunen, girls’ club leader for the upper peninsula, will speak on the work of the girls and announce the winners in the contest; Merton Wright, boy’s [sic – boys’] club leader in upper Michigan, is to announce the winners of the boys’ exhibits and give an address on the work and County Agent A.J. Lonsdorf will also speak.

Plan Track Meet Great interest is being shown in the first

annual track meet which is to be made a part of the round-up this year, the events being open to the boys of the sixth, seventh and eighth grades of all the village and rural schools in the county.



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Each school is allowed one contestant in each event and no student is allowed to enter more than two events. Boys are allowed to enter in only one of the running events.

A silver loving cup has been offered by Rahm and Will, Iron Mountain jewelers, to the school securing the greatest number of points, while the individual winners will be given ribbons which are to be donated by the business men [sic – businessmen] of Norway.

The events include the 50 and 100 yard dash, quarter mile relay with four boys to a team, running and standing high jump and running and standing broad jump, pole vault and the eight and 12 pound shot put.

No admission is to be charged and the program will be well supervised, principals of all the schools in the county taking part.


Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 5, Number 31 [Saturday, May 16, 1925], page 1, column 6

ATTENDANCE AT ROUND-UP SMALL

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Weather Forces Gather- ing to Be Held At Norway School

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Because of the inclement weather the scene of the annual county round-up of boys’ and girls’ clubs was transferred today form the Norway fair grounds to the Norway high school.

In addition, the new feature of the gathering the proposed track and field meet, had to be cancelled.

The weather was also responsible for small attendance, only 100 children being present. Loretto, Channing and Sagola were unrepresented.

The morning was spent in playing games and at noon a picnic lunch was served in the high school gymnasium.

Mrs. Ruth Kettunen, girls’ club leader in the upper peninsula, was to address the children this afternoon and winners in the various contests were also to be selected.


Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 5, Number 35 [Thursday, May 21, 1925], page 3, column 1

MILLER HEAD OF COUNTY SCHOOLS

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Board’s Recommendation Is Approved By

Committee _____

B.R. Miller, superintendent of the

Norway township schools for the last 15 years, today was formally appointed county commissioner of schools to succeed Frank Sweeney, [who] recently resigned to accept the position of superintendent of Breitung township schools.

The appointment was made by a committee consisting of County Clerk W.S. Cudlip, Prosecuting Attorney Ray E. MacAllister and Probate Judge John S. O’Hara. The committee followed out the recommendation of the board of supervisors which adopted a resolution asking that Miller be named.

During Mr. Miller’s service in the Norway township schools he has developed the



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system and has taken an active part in all the affairs of the community. He has also maintained close contact with the commissioner’s office and has been of considerable assistance to Mr. Sweeney.

It is understood that Mr. Miller, who lives in Vulcan, will move to Iron Mountain[,] as the commissioner’s office is located in the county court house.

The decision of the appointing committee was unanimous.


Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 5, Number 38 [Monday, May 25, 1925], page 3, columns 7-8

FINDS CHILDREN WITH BAD TEETH

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Nurse’s Report Discloses Condition in County

Schools _____

Many children of the Metropolitan and

Foster City schools need dental care and efforts will be made to have them come to Norway for examinations, according to Mrs. Frank Elms, of Vulcan, chairman of the Dickinson county Red Cross chapter. The condition was disclosed by Miss Norma Eskil, county school nurse, who submitted a report to the executive committee of the chapter.

Efforts will be made to interest the parents in the importance of good teeth and have them bring their children to Norway for examinations. Plans have not yet been completed but it is expected that a dentist will be secured soon for that purpose.

This week Miss Eskil is devoting her time to the schools of the village of Kingsford and with the exception of a visit at Sagola, she will have completed a trip around the county at the conclusion of her work in the village.

Starting next week, the county nurse will devote her time to follow-up work to see how her advice is being carried out. The next meeting of the Red Cross chapter will be called within three weeks.

The Iron Mountain News, Iron Mountain,

Dickinson County, Michigan, Volume 5, Number 40 [Wednesday, May 27, 1925], page 2, columns 3-5

SEEK STUDENTS FOR NEW SCHOOL

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Survey Made In County To Get List of Pros-

pects _____

R.N. Kebler, superintendent of the

Menominee County Agricultural school, and Paul M. Schuyler, Menominee county commissioner of schools, yesterday afternoon completed a survey in Iron Mountain, Norway and Vulcan schools to determine how many students might be interested in attending the Menominee agricultural school when it is turned over to state supervision and becomes a junior unit of the Michigan State college.

Similar surveys have been conducted in two or three other upper peninsula counties, they stated, and the results thus far have been very encouraging.

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The Menominee school at present is for students who have completed the eighth grade but the increased efficiency and scope of rural schools has largely removed the necessity for this. Accordingly, the proposition was made that the school be turned over to the state and made a unit of the Michigan state [sic – State] college, offering for the freshman and sophomore years the same work as given at Lansing.

Arrangements have been made for the Michigan State college to assume the management of the Menominee school on July 1. The proposal to conduct two years of college work at the school under the new supervision is under consideration and will be so arranged if there is sufficient demand for it among the people of upper Michigan. The legislature appropriated funds for the next biennium for this purpose. The school plant is valued at $200,000.

Means Saving It is pointed out that the new

arrangement should effect a great saving for the students because of lower laboratory and other incidental fees and lower living expenses. In addition, it would place them much nearer their homes with consequent savings in railroad fares and opportunity for more home visits.

If the demand is shown the courses to be offered will include domestic science and art, agriculture, dairying, forestry, horticulture and civil, mechanical and electrical engineering. It is hoped to have at least 100 students at the start.

Yesterday Kebler and Schuyler distributed questionnaire cards in the schools to determine how many of the children might be interested in attending the proposed junior school. The response in Vulcan, Norway and Iron Mountain was similar to that in other counties and gave great encouragement to them.

Enrollment may be made up until October 1, when the fall term under the new system will begin.

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