Decatur County Journal Leon, Iowa Thursday, May 18, 1911 'Misses Olive Gwinn and Olive Bright Tell of the Happenings in Our Public Schools.' ---------------------- "A man who dares waste an hour of time has not learned the value of life." Mr. Shirer, of Henry Hold & Co., and Mr. Clark, of Silver Burdett & Co., called at the office last week in the interest of school text books. A nicely framed picture, "Sir Galahad," was added to the collection of pictures of the south primary room by the teacher and pupils of that room. The visitors at the south school were: Mrs. Coder, Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Lutz. A commencement card from Beula Tharp, a former classmate, announces that she graduates from the Montgomery County high school, Independence, Kansas, this month. Quite a number of our high school students are planning to attend the Decatur County Summer school. One evening last week Miss Sears and the Virgil class had an outing at Caster's Lake. The spelling contest in the high school last Friday was easily won by the seniors with a handsome margin. The 9th grade won second place, the 10th third place and the 11th grade last place. An old book case put out of commission years ago and stored in the basement was taken to the furniture store to be repaired. It is in good order and is used for an apparatus case. The teachers of our schools were entertained last Friday at a six o'clock dinner by Mr. And Mrs. C.W. Hoffman. The hungry teachers did ample justice to the elegant repast and lingered until a late hour, enjoying the evening in games and stories. Miss Peck won in the whistle contest and Miss Hull in the guessing contests. A number of our boys took part last Friday in a field meet with Graceland college and the Lamoni high school. The Graceland team was heavy but our boys were able to take some honors in the jumps and dashes. Graceland took first place with 82 points, Leon high school with 27 1/2 points, second, and the Lamoni high school won 6 1/2 points. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert December 8, 2009 [email protected]