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Show I GRdWIH AND ; I DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTY SCHOOLS Ten yers ago there were enrolled j In the elementary schools of the couniy 3937 pupils. The average number of days each pupil attended school was 113. There were 11? graduates and 84 teachers were em- m ployed. PIA In 1918 there were enrolled In " the elementary schools 4349. They attended school an average of 133 days each, and 331 completed the eighth grade and 120 teachers tvcto employed. In addition In 1918 the county was taking care of 430 high school etuents in a way that earned complimentary recognition from the State; High. School Ipspector. $r - During the year the schools hav3 responded enthusiastically to the needs of the MtlOa In the VariftuV ways MUMted tor winnlg the war. v& total of $64 006 worth of thrift stamps has been purchased, 2000 pupils pu-pils Joined the Junior Red Cross. Hundreds of articles were made for (the Red Cross and hundreds of pounds of clothes collected for the Belgian Relief committee. An exceptionally good record has becn made In food production by tho members of tho Boys and Girls clubs Tho following table shows the club projects conducted, tho number of members making complcto reports ' and the value, of food produced In each of the club projects. The table Includes only tho results ot the mom- bers who have made bonl fide re ports and transmitted them to tho state leader. Besides tho 599 members mem-bers who made complete reports many ot the other membferb enrolled dlda considerable amount of work and their products would haVe made a material addition-to theUotnl.. Project Mumbers Value ot s. ' Competing Products Potatoes 25 $ 4,500.00 j Beets 35 6,126.00 Garden 135 4,600.00 Beans 10 650.00 Pultry 15 ' 406.00 (Pigs 106 11,560.00 Sewing 60 1,101.00 Cooking 104 17060.00 Canning , 110 S.O'il.OO I 699 $33,034.00 The club leaders made 3,240 vis-' its to project members distributed an average of four circulars to tne' 810 members who 'worked on their J projects all or part of the season, gave 314 demonstrations consisting .at household and arm work needs ' - . ..j.,? I '" Special mention aid-honor must be -- . passed to some very exceptions. standards: " i Leo Perkes of Hyde Park made over ov-er $600 In tfle pig project In 19 1 months on an Investment ot one sow 'for $47.60. , Archie Lott and Clarence Lott ot Trenton made $425 each from two acres of potatoes. , Dolph Mortenson ot Smlthfleld made $326 from an acre of potatoes. Wallaco Nelson of Newton," $600 from four projects, potatoes beets, 'corn garden. ' j Sylvan Olsen, College, tho chain. plon beet raiser, $260 from one acre. , I.angton Chambers, dry farm corn, ' 61 bushels per acre. Ray Halvefson, Paradise, was tho champion bean, corn and potato grower of tho south end. I All of the boys and girls deserve tiiuch praise for their splendid work, j The members ot the Girls clubs have also done their bit and more. I Three hundred and 'seventy girls' ot Cache county' became members ot the club. According to projects 509 girls enrolled. This means that practically prac-tically all wero carrying on more than one project. They have raised gardons, poultry, worked in tho hay beet and grain fields, and have not hesitated to accept the tasks ot their older brothers who cre In tho army. Trobably where girls have excelled Is in food conservation, and In tho uso of wheat substitutes. They have dlscoered now ways to preservo all kinds of perishable fruit. In fact they can everything from tho skin to the core. In the baking project 152 members learned to niako delicious deli-cious war bread from all ktndR ot wheat substitutes. Girls did their own and in many cases tho family sewing. One hundred and twoty-flvo twoty-flvo girls planted and cared for war gardons and 199 'were members of Jtio poultry project. In fact the first award for Black Minorca chickens at tho county aflr was given to a club 'member from Smlthfleld. ' I . ' ''li I The girls gaVo excellent exhibits at the county fair and at the county and state fairs one ot tho canning .teams conducted successful demonstrations demon-strations In making sugar beet sirup. sir-up. Through tho Smith Hughes act tho national government offers financial fi-nancial aid to high schools that provide pro-vide practical courses fitted to tho actual needs of the community. These courses are closely supervised by government oxperts. The two County Coun-ty High Schools have qualified in ovory way to meet thfl rcQiilromenls of tho act. The Smith Hughes work for boys will emphasize tho needs of the Cache County farms; for tho girls it will emphasize successful hbhlb making. Tho growth ot the County High Schools has boch gratifying and In view of tho support tho school patrons pat-rons accord them, coupled with encouragement en-couragement from the state and national na-tional government, It Is no exaggeration exaggera-tion to predict that thoy stand on the threshold of a period of phenomenal development. f |