School Prizes At The Fair

The school prizes offered by the county fair association at the recent fair awakened considerable interest. The first premium of $20, for the largest attendance of a graded school outside of Ann Arbor was won by the Saline Union School. The second prize of $15 was won by Dexter. Two United States flags were offered for the greatest perceniage of attendance of schools within ten miles of Ann Arbor. Eight schools reported 100 per cent attendance. In order that justice might be done to all, the fair managers decided to buy six flags to fill the deficiency so that each of the eight schools might receive their well earned flag. The eight schools were as follows: Dist. No. 1, fractional, Northfield; Ann Arbor, Superior and Salem, Miss Alice Quackenbush, teacher. Dist. No. 15, Ann Arbor, Miss Rose E. Burke, teacher. Dist. No. 5, Pittsfield, Miss Lulu V'alentine. teacher. Dist. Fo. s, fractional, Pittsfield and Ann Arbor, Miss Anna Rowe, teacher. Dist. No. 7, Scio, Miss Hattie Lucas, teacher. Dist. No. 8, Ann Arbor, Miss Inez Stocking, teacher. Dist. No. 3, Ann Arbor, Miss May Cavanaugh, teacher. Dist. No. 6, Northfield, Miss Estelle Donovan, teacher. The schools more than ten miles from Ann Arbor which won prizes were: Dist. No. 6, fractional, York and Saline, Mrs. M. E. Gill, teacher. Dist. No. 2, Salem, Miss Mary E. Thompson, teacher. The prizes offered to the Ann Arbor ward schools were won as follows: ist prize, $15, by the First Ward school. 2nd prize, $10, by the Sixth Ward school. School day was one of the best days at the fair. The iïve thousand children scattered over the grounds made one of the finest sights ever seen in the county. If the society had offered premiums for fine appearance and happy faces of children or teachers, it would have been a hard matter to award the premiums. The board of managers were proud of their patrons.