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Show School Census of Washington County Shows Small Gain Some interesting c omparisons are found in the report of the county school district for 1934 and 1935. Ot the seventeen towns, ten show an increase in attendance and six a decrease with one, Toquerviile, having the same number. The largest increase is registered by Central with 17.24 per cent and Leedf is second with 14.49 per cent. The greatest decrease is listed by Washington with a 4.2 5 pe: cent drop. Last year there were 33 less girls than boys and this year there are 7 5 less. The eirls i . have decreased their attendance by 19 but the boys have increased increas-ed 23. Iliteracy seems to be slightly less with only 1 boy and 4 girls being registered as unable to read and write this year while there were 3 boys and 5 girls last year' of the group that are of school age. Towns showing an increase in attendance are: Rockville, Virgin, Vir-gin, La Verkin, Leeds, St. George East, Santa Clara, Gunlock, Veyo. Central. Towns registering a decrease are: Springdale, Hurricane, Hurri-cane, Washington, St. George West, Enterprise and New Harmony. Har-mony. That more of tlie children of the district are in school is indicated in-dicated by the fact that last year there were 10 6 legally excused while this year there are lb. There were 50 not legally excused ex-cused in '34 and 35 this year. Following is the report in detail: de-tail: (Continued on page three) BRIGHT COLORS SAFE (Continued from first page) bright, conspicuous colors which motorists can see from a distance. Last winter, the Bureau says there was a swing away from the vivid red, blue, green, or orange once popular for childrenls clothes. cloth-es. Children were dressed in brown, navy blue, gray, olive drab, or dull maroon, hardly noticeable no-ticeable to the passing driver. Many mothers in summertime dress children in bright bathing suits for the sake of visibility. The same idea can be applied to winter garments. Those of nursery-school age choose them by preference. Those a little older are governed to some extent by what others wear, so it may be necessary for mothers moth-ers to get together and "create" a vogue for vivid colors in outer garments. If stores do not carry the desired shades in ready-made wear, practical one-piece play suits in colors preferred for safety safe-ty are easily made. Several pattern companies show designs that are warm and comfortable com-fortable and -not difficult for the home seamstress. Some have sliding metal fasteners down the front; others large buttons. Nearly Near-ly all styles have knitted wristlets wrist-lets and anklets to keep out wind. |