Celebrating History: School year starts

As Sept. approaches, so does the start of the school year, except it started later that it does today. This article was found on the front page of the Sept. 7, 1924, edition of The Havre Daily Promoter.

PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN MONDAY MORNING

The Havre public schools open tomorrow morning at 8 o’clock. All the high school pupils will not report until then. All boys and girls who are to enter the grade departments should be at their respective schools promptly and this likewise applies to the junior high and the high school students.

It is planned to start the 7:30 o’clock day when the high school arrangements have been completed which probably will be Tuesday. The announcement to this effect will be made at the general assembly in the high school auditorium Monday morning.

The following is the distribution of the grade and junior high school pupils:

All seventh, eighth and ninth grade pupils will attend the junior high school and will report at the building tomorrow morning.

All pupils under the fifth grade will go to the building and room attended last year and will be transferred by the teacher in charge.

All pupils in the fifth and sixth grades will report at the McKinley school and will be transferred if it is found necessary to do so.

Beginners will be permitted to enter, provided they will be six years of age before October 15. Those pupils may report to the nearest school with exception of the McKinley, and will be transferred by the teachers if necessary.

The positive news was an increase in enrollment, which was reported in the Sept. 10, 1924, Daily Promoter.

HAVRE SCHOOLS ENROLL TOTAL OF 1094

ENROLLMENT OF SCHOOLS THIS YEAR 41 GREATER THAN AT SAME TIME LAST YEAR; NEW TEACHER AUTHORIZED

A total of 1094 pupils has registered in the Havre public schools up to last evening of which 733 were in the grades below ninth, according to figures given the school board at a regular meeting last evening.

This is an increase of 41 over the number registered at the same time last year.

The schools this year are unusually crowded and are in order to take care of the crowded situation Superintendent Sherwood was authorized to employ another teacher.

The board also took up the matter of insurance on the public schools and adopted a report of the local insurance agents’ committee as to the manner in which it should be divided among the local agents.

These three young men will have quite the story to tell their friends when they return to town. This article was printed in the Sept. 7, 1924, edition.

Boys Return Home Wild Story Follows

Raymond Clack, Everett Armstrong and Ben Martin, prominent young nimrods of Havre, left last Wednesday morning for a week’s outing in Glacier park, and for some reason unknown to their friends, the boys returned several days ahead of their schedule.

Thursday night while slumbering on the banks of Lake Howe, they were disturbed by a late visitor who insisted on getting in bed with them without first removing his coat. The boys objected to this procedure and offered him a pair of pajamas.

This did not seem to appeal to the intruder, so the boys decided to rise and argue the case by hand with their guest. On lighting a candle they discovered to their discomfort that the gentleman who had accepted their hospitality was a huge black bear. The bear, becoming frightened, started to run away but found the boys already kicking the dust in his eyes so he returned to camp to await their return.

After an interval of several hours in which it is estimated fully 15 miles were covered, the boys came back to camp and found their visitor had a curious disposition for he had completely disarranged the property.

Work continues to establish another hospital in Havre. This article reports of that progress in the Sept. 12, 1924, Daily Promoter.

SPECIAL PROGRAMS WILL BE GIVEN IN CHURCHES OF NORTHERN MONTANA FOR BENEFIT OF DEACONESS HOSPTIAL

Special programs or entertainments for the benefit of the Kennedy Deaconess hospital will be given in all of the Methodist churches of northern Montana this fall in the drive to raise funds to wipe out the debt of the building.

Substantial contributions have been made by many of the churches already and the funds have been enhanced by the special benefit performances at the Lyric theater.

Contributions received during the past week include the following:

Lyric benefit over $200.

M. E. Church at Highwood, $10.

M. E. Church, Big Sandy $10.

M. E. Church, Harlowton, $58.

M. E. Church, Libby, $25.

M. E. Church, Oswego, $10.

M. E. Church, Sims, $10.

C. L. Bovard, Helena, $25.

Robert H. Allen, Seattle, $5.

North Central Montana Masonic association, $25.

National Defense Day was observed in Havre on Sept. 12, 1924. This article, published in the Sept. 13, 1924, edition, details the event.

NATIONAL DEFENSE DAY OBSERVED WITH PROGRAM IN HAVRE

Mass Meeting, Talks at Public Schools and Enlistments for One Day of Service

National Defense day was observed in Havre according to the plans laid down by the war department and there was no more than 100 percent response to the defense test.

High School Program

The program for the day was opened at the high school assembly at 9:45 o’clock in the morning, when R. G. Linebarger, chairman of the Defense day general committee, spoke to the students upon the purposes of the day and the things for which this country stands, urging that it is the duty of the boys and girls on today to prepare themselves to become the men and women of tomorrow and pass on to the generation succeeding them better conditions, a better world than the one given them by the men and women of today.

The singing of patriotic songs and school yells were part of the program.

Junior High School

Rev. C. M. Ridenour of the First Christian church was the Defense day speaker at the junior high school, speaking to the children of the three grades in that department upon “Service” and pointing out the rewards of right service.

Mass Meeting

In the evening a mass meeting was held in the high school auditorium, where E. C. Stevens, commander of Havre Post No. 11, American Legion, presided.

The program was opened with prayer by the Rev. Henry Van Valkenburgh of the Methodist church, followed by the singing of “America” by the audience with an accompaniment.

The members of the Havre band volunteered their services for the meeting and furnished a delightful musical program.

Senator W. T. Cowan of Box Elder was the first speaker and he took up the purposes of Defense day, reading the regulations and emphasizing the need of such a day. In the course of his remarks he told of the services of General Pershing at Fort Assinniboine, where was laid the foundation for much of the general’s future advancement.

O. C. Hauge was the other speaker. Mr. Hauge spoke on the personal application of the purposes of Defense day and the lessons to be learned.

Company Enlisted

At the close of the program the committee on enlistments, consisting of Robert Patterson, Willim Holdorf and Al Cameron, enlisted many of the men present for one day’s service. They also took enlistments at the Legion dance, which took place at the Elks building.

A company of more than 200 men was raised in Havre for Defense day, according to Chairman Linebarger of the general committee. The names of these men will go forward to headquarters at once. The success of the day was greater than had been anticipated.