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151. The Spotlight, Volume 6, Number 5, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1939-11-17
Description:
The Girls' Glee Club, directed by Mr. Isaac Esko, sang several selections over radio station WEBC. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist was given an honorary FFA degree at the third Annual District Seven Future Farmer Banquet at Eveleth, due to his outstanding contributions to FFA work and organizing the first FFA chapter in Minnesota, the Thomson Chapter, in 1930. The State Deputy Commissioner of Agriculture, Mr. E. J. They, was the main speaker at the Farmers' Club Banquet. A student reported on a visit to classmate Helmi Koivisto at Ah-Gwah Ching Sanatorium. The Pep Band prepared to play for all home basketball games. The Polar Bear League Conference set the admission price to conference games at twenty-five cents for adults and ten cents for students. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote an article promoting the American Red Cross. A page was given to Boy Scout Activities. A letter about life at the Gillette Hospital from Helen Knuti was printed. Aides were chosen for the Owls' Club. PTA delegates reported on the state convention at their meeting. Twenty one Esko FFA boys attended the annual district banquet. The Esko FFA chapter participated for the first time in the Seventh District Future Farmer Chapter Conducting Contest, about parliamentary procedure. The Thomson Tommies played Duluth Central Trojans in basketball. The A squad got new suits.
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Esko Historical Society
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152. The Spotlight, Volume 6, Number 9, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1940-02-02
Description:
The senior class had their photographs taken at Powers Studio in Duluth. Students gave to the March of Dimes to fight infantile paralysis, also known as polio. Once a week the junior English class listened to a radio program about poets and poetry. The faculty had a skating party. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote an editorial about Washington School and children. The Industrial Arts department had a page devoted to their projects. The 4-H Club held a Bunco and Basket Social party at the Lincoln School. Thomson Tommies beat Meadowlands in basketball as well as Cromwell and McGregor.
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Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

153. The Spotlight, Volume 4, Number 17, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1938-06-03
Description:
Twenty nine seniors received diplomas at commencement ceremonies, with the Baccalaureate service being held the previous week. The salutatory address was printed, as was the valedictory speech. The senior class history, class will, and class prophecy were given. A Who's Who of the class of 1938 was listed, as well as senior nick-names and descriptions and senior ambitions. An editorial about graduation and what follows was written by Superintendent A. L. Winterquist. The Lincoln Log yearbooks arrived. Agricultural students took a field trip to the Cloquet paper mill, wood conversion plant, and Pine Knot Printing offices. Students participated in the seventh annual regional track meet at Chisholm. The Esko Baseball team got new uniforms. The High School band marched at the School Police Parade at Cloquet. Six boys attended the four day FFA Convention at St. Paul. The Farmers' Club met, with St. Louis County Agent Deke Grussendorf being the speaker.
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Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

154. The Spotlight, Volume 6, Number 10, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1940-02-16
Description:
The contest to see who sold the most subscriptions to the Lincoln Log yearbook ended. A Finnish Relief mass meeting was set, with pledge cards for voluntary monthly financial aid to Finland distributed. Esko played Meadowlands in a sub-district basketball tournament. Boy Scout week was written about, during the thirtieth year of the Boy Scouts in the United States. Five qualifying typists earned a Gregg Competent Typist's Award. Sanitary Engineer for the Minnesota State Board of Health, Mr. E. Slagle of Duluth spoke to biology and agriculture students. At an assembly a program about several hobbies was presented. The junior class went on a toboggan party at the Nopeming slide. Boy Scout Troop 179 continued to organize, and applied for their legal charter. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote an editorial urging high school courses to be more practical and less college preparatory in nature. Rules of the rink were given for ice skaters. Residents of Esko had frequent sewing bees to make clothing and materials to be shipped to Finland via the Finnish Consulate in New York. Student Helmi Kivisto was improving, according to a classmate who visited her. Five FFA boys submitted project reports in competition for an FFA award. The local FFA chapter sold garden and flower seeds to raise funds for the annual Parents' and Sons' banquet. The Thomson Tommies beat Meadowlands in basketball. Esko's FFA basketball team hosted the amateur tournament, competing for the chance to go to the State Amateur Championship playoffs at Minneapolis. The teams were Carlton, Columbia Clothing of Duluth, Murphy Finance of Duluth, Harbor Inn of Two Harbors, Merchants of Two Harbors, Cloquet, Aurora, and Hill City. A page was devoted to Polar League Standings as well as individual free throw averages.
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Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

155. The Spotlight, Volume 6, Number 11, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1940-03-01
Description:
Sports highlights were featured, as the Tommies beat Meadowlands and went up against Cromwell in the basketball semi-finals. A representative of the Cloquet branch of the Bell Telephone Company presented two movies about telephone usage. The sophomore and senior agriculture classes attended a potato meting at Carlton. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist editorialized about high schools being too much like college preparatory schools. Books about Finland were added to the school library. Nearly 500 people attended a mass meeting held at the Lincoln School to discuss the Finnish situation, with Onnie Laine, Finnish radio commentator over radio station WEBC, being the main speaker. Donations made for lunch amounted to $156.00. Plans were made for another house-to-house canvas for funds to be sent directly to the Finnish government rather than the Red Cross. The Boy Scouts took a ski hike to a ski slide, then to the railroad, to Sippas Hill and down it, and then followed an old Native American trail to the Boy Scout camping grounds. The investiture ceremony for the new Boy Scout Troop 197 was held at the Thomson Township PTA meeting. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist, Mr. Hauge, and Mr. Esko attended a meeting at Two Harbors to plan for the music festival to be held there this spring. The Thomson Tommies basketball team beat Cromwell, but the Carlton Bulldogs basketball team beat the Tommies.
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Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

156. The Spotlight, Volume 6, Number 7, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1939-12-22
Description:
Christmas programs were highlighted, including the PTA's program, the junior high program, and the grade school's Christmas operetta. The industrial training department made ornaments to be sold, with the proceeds turned over to the Finnish Relief. Fred Hendrickson had two more hours of flying lessons before he could fly solo. Special Christmas greetings were extended to students Helmi Kivisto and Walter Johnson. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote about Christmas, and how this particular Christmas the world was suffering from war, hatred, jealousy, and fear. The Industrial Arts Department had a page with their news items. Both the shop classes and the home economics classes made Christmas gifts. The junior high organized a Junior Red Cross unit in each homeroom and worked on filling Christmas baskets. GAA news was given as well as Boy Scout news. In 4-H news items, it was noted that the 4-H Club decided to sell bars at the FFA basketball game and donate the proceeds to the Finnish Relief. The club voted to send records of their meetings to the Duluth News Tribune and Herald. The Esko FFA chapter edited the third volume of the District FFA Newsletter, with typing and mimeographing done by the commercial classes at Esko. Three FFA boys and their instructor, Mr. Fischer, went to Cook, Minnesota to purchase 200 pounds of seed for the FFA farm practice program from the Arrowhead Seed Growers Association. The Esko FFA basketball team beat the Aurora Black Hawks in a benefit game at the Lincoln gymnasium, with the proceeds from the game given to the Finnish Red cross. The Thomson Township Tommies beat the Wrenshall Wrens in basketball, and remained undefeated in the Polar Bear League.
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Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

157. The Spotlight, Volume 6, Number 13, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1940-04-12
Description:
The Thomson FFA Parents' and Sons' banquet was held, with the main speaker being Judge Mark Nolan. Thomson 4-H Club's play placed second at the county one-act play contest. Conservation was urged during National Wild Life Week. The thirteenth District PTA conference was set for Cloquet. What was listed as the worst sleet storm since 1935 encased the area in a coating of ice, early in April, snapping telephone and power lines, and closing school. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote on teaching Americanism, speaking against what was happening in Europe where totalitarianism was destroying humanity. Boys were urged to report to track practice. 4-H Club news items were given, including one about National 4-H Club Church Sunday, during which all 4-H Club members were urged to go to church. FFA news items were given, including news that all the agriculture members attended the FFA day of the Northeast Institute of the North East Experiment Station. The Boy Scouts passed their cooking and fire building tests.
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

158. The Spotlight, Volume 6, Number 12, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1940-03-15
Description:
The GAA held a Leap Year Party, with girls asking the boys to the party. School was cancelled one day because of a snowstorm. The chamber music ensemble, directed by Isaac Esko, sang at the Pine Hill School for a Finnish Relief Program. The biology class listened to a radio program from the American School of the Air about various biology subjects. Superintendent A. L Winterquist speculated about everybody who had graduated from Esko since 1921 and what they were doing, giving specifics. The Thomson Tommies lost to the Carlton Bulldogs in the basketball sub-district finals. They also lost to the Two Harbors Agates in basketball.
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Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

159. The Spotlight, Volume 6, Number 14, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1940-04-26
Description:
Esko sent sixty students to participate in the music contest at Barnum, including the high school band and Glee Club. The top students were named, including Valedictorian Kenneth Hallback and Salutatorian Lauren Hiukka. At the third annual FFA District Convention held at Proctor, an Eskoite was elected president and another Eskoite was elected reporter. A notice to farmers was given that the FFA boys would treat the grain and potato seed for them. Both the high school band and Glee Club participated in the Music Festival held at Two Harbors. Luther League was organized. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist editorialized about teaching democracy and the American way of life, especially in view of the enemies of democracy in Europe. The 4-H Carlton County rally was scheduled to be at Moose Lake. The 4-H Clubs and FFA had a variety show at the Lincoln School. In basketball the Thomson Alumni beat the high school team.
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Esko Historical Society
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Text
Format:
Newsletters

160. The Spotlight, Volume 6, Number 15, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1940-05-10
Description:
Six Esko girls went to the Carlton High School gymnasium and playing field for the Carlton County girls' annual play day program. The Esko chapter of the FFA sent thirteen boys to the annual congress and state convention of Minnesota Association of Future Farmers of America at the University Farm in St. Paul. An editorial advised against hitch-hiking. Another opinion piece noted Germany's seizure of Denmark and America's growing concern with the Scandinanian tumult and Germany's ambitions. The biology classes went for a field trip to the U.S. Government Fish Hatchery on Lake Superior and the pumping station for Duluth's water. The music festival at Barnum was a great success for both the high school band and the Girls' Glee Club directed by Mr. Isaac Esko. The senior commercial class went on a field trip to Marshall-Wells Wholesale House in Duluth. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist editorialized about mothers. Frederick Hendrickson wrote about his experiences learning to fly an airplane. The junior high students observed Arbor Day by having a program and planting a tree. Esko 4-H members gave interviews and performed over radio WEBC. Seven boys from agriculture classes and two girls from the 4-H Club went to the North Central Experimental Station at Grand Rapids. Esko High School organized a baseball team. Seven boys entered the District Track Meet. The Esko softball team scheduled drills.
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Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

161. The Spotlight, Volume 7, Number 6, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1940-12-03
Description:
Ainie Maki was chosen outstanding 4-H Club member of Carlton County at the Cloquet Chamber of Commerce banquet, honoring leading members of the twenty-four area clubs. Washington students presented a Christmas operetta. A short piece noted that many localities had ceremonies for the first conscriptees. The Spotlight requested poems, essays, and stories for their Christmas issue. Representatives of the Coco Cola Company came to school and gave pencils, rulers, tablets, and Coca Cola to students. The senior enjoyed their social science class study of their own community, which was described as partly urban. At that time it was noted that there were two schools, one being the only state accredited rural high school, two post offices, nine service stations, two garages, three grocery stores, a creamery, a sewage disposal system, a highway department weighing station, rural electrification, and two larger cities within the radius of fifteen miles. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote an editorial about the Farmers' Club and high school agriculture departments' Goodwill Banquet. Cheerleaders were chosen at the first Pep meeting. The PTA presented a play. Janitor Mr. Palkie was interviewed. A column gave information about what some alumni were doing: Ralph Peterson earned an appointment to West Point Military Academy. Robert Tan was employed by an airplane factory in Maryland. Lauri Hatinen was working in an airplane factory in Hartford, Connecticut. Ethel Palkie and Bertha Ropponen were preparing to take a Civil Service Examination. A chart showed the progress of Christmas Seal sales by ninth graders, as well as seventh graders. A film on tuberculosis and how to avoid it was shown to junior high school students. The FFA sold subscriptions for the Poultry Tribune magazine, as well as garden seeds.
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

162. The Spotlight, Volume 7, Number 8, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1941-01-17
Description:
A citizenship class was organized at the high school, with classes taught at night. A toboggan party to be held at Fond Du Lac was planned by the seniors. A radio was brought into the school assembly so that students could hear President Roosevelt's message to Congress and the people. An article urging students to protect their health, especially from tuberculosis, was written. Isaac Esko organized a mixed boys and girls glee club. The Boys' Glee Club made their first public performance at Washington School. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote an editorial about high school education and opportunities it afforded. The Maki Roller skating rink closed. Agriculture students completed form practice and summaries on farm practice work about either livestock or crops. The Thomson Tommies lost the third conference game in basketball to McGregor. Student Roy Wiljanen wrote an article about World War II and England.
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Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

163. The Spotlight, Volume 7, Number 10, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1941-02-14
Description:
The attention grabbing headline announced the offering of defense classes at Esko in motor mechanics, basic electricity, and metalwork at night. Members of the senior class received invitations to attend College Days at the Duluth Junior College. A magician and ventriloquist, Loring Campbell, put on a show at the school. An article with guidelines for taking care of influenza was written. The sophomore class went tobogganing at Nopeming. The Gideon's put a Bible in every classroom. A music festival was planned for Cloquet, with Mr. Esko, Superintendent Winterquist, and Mr. Hauge attending planning sessions. A mixed chorus was organized with all the members of the girls' glee club and seventeen of the boys' glee club. Senior Verna Tan won a recipe contest sponsored by the Duluth Herald and Duluth News Tribune with her recipe for Chef's Casserole, which was also printed in the Spotlight. The PTA observed Founders' Day. Superintendent A L. Winterquist promoted defense education for those from ages 17 to 25, to prepare them for employment in the national defense industries. High school principal Herbert Knuti was interviewed. Pointers for taking good photographs were listed. Moonshiner's Hill was a favorite spot for winter sports. Many junior high students were absent with influenza, including a teacher. The Industrial Arts department bought new equipment to be used in the national defense and industrial arts classes. The Thomson Tommies beat Cromwell in basketball, but were beaten by Wrenshall. The eighth district AAA basketball tournament was held at the Lincoln gymnasium and hosted by the Esko FFA. A table with free throw averages for players was given.
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Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

164. The Spotlight, Volume 7, Number 7, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1940-12-30
Description:
The Christmas operetta, directed by Mr. Isaac Esko and accompanied by Mrs. Isaac Esko, was performed by the grade school. The PTA had a Christmas party. The Spotlight won praise from the National Scholastic Press Association in Cleveland, Ohio, at their convention, as an example of excellent workmanship. An editorial about the Christmas spirit of peace on earth being lacking as the war raged on over Europe and Asia was penned. Lincoln School faculty members, wives, and friends were entertained at a Christmas party given by the residents of the Lincoln Teacherage. An article quoted from a 1931 edition of the Spotlight told of night classes at Forbay School given to assist with employment at Minnesota Power and Light, with the instruction being given by Superintendent A. L. Winterquist. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote a Christmas message. An interview of Kenneth Hallback, alumni and University of Minnesota student, was written. Small pox vaccinations were given to students. The Thomson Tommies basketball team beat Grand Marais but lost to both Carlton and Wrenshall.
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

165. The Spotlight, Volume 6, Number 16, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1940-05-24
Description:
Commencement was scheduled and the program detailed, as was the Baccalaureate service. The annual spring concert was given at the Washington School. The seniors gave their class history, nicknames and descriptions, last will and testament, prophecy, and ambitions, as well as a section in graphic form about the class of 1940. A Who's Who was given for the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grade students. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote about summer vacation. Students who received awards enjoyed the activities banquet given for them at the Medical Arts dining room in Duluth. The Boy Scouts enjoyed an overnight camping trip up the North Shore, to Two Island River and Lax Lake. The senior class was entertained by Superintendent and Mrs. Winterquist at their home. The junior and senior banquet was held at the Cascade Hotel in Duluth. The physics class took a field trip to the power plant of the Minnesota Power and Light Company at Forbay and Fon Du Lac, and rode the gas car to the lower dam and its plant with another large generator. Sophomores wrote histories of Finland in modern history class. The GAA planned a roller skating party at Maki's Rink. The baseball season began as soon as school was out, and the Esko Yankees resumed play. Esko took fourth place in the district track meet.
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Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

166. The Spotlight, Volume 8, Number 5, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1941-12-19
Description:
A Nativity pageant was presented by the Washington School pupils. Parents and teachers frolicked at the PTA Christmas party, chaired by Mrs. Isaac Esko. A campaign to sell Lincoln Logs by subscription was begun. Two editorials were included about World War II, urging patriotism. Sears Roebuck & Company sent an exhibit to display in the home economics room of all types of stockings. The sophomore class collected waste paper as a part of a patriotic paper drive. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote an editorial about Christmas, 1941, as the world was at war. Other news reported on a former student who joined the Marines as well as people sailing on the frozen Thomson Lake in ice boats. Activities and projects in the industrial class and shop class were given. The full Esko band was set to play at all home games. Part of the band played at the Farmers' Banquet. The band played on radio station KDAL, and Isaac Esko, Leslie Knutti, and cheerleader Alice Sunnarborg were interviewed on the air. Comings and goings of residents were given as well as a letter from Army Private Melvin Hiukka. Over 350 attended the eighth annual Thomson Township Farmers' Banquet. Former Esko student Mildred Bergstedt wrote a letter about working for the Labor Department in Washington D.C. Twenty five seventh graders joined the American Junior Red Cross. The junior high classes were selling Christmas Seals. In FFA news, many agriculture students completed their farm practices summaries in preparation for the Agricultural Farm Practice Contest. Students selected their agricultural related topics to compete in the District FFA Public Speaking Contest to be held at Meadowlands. Charles Johnson won a radio raffled by the Esko FFA at the Cromwell Esko basketball game. Esko FFA placed second in the chapter meeting conducting contest. Despite plans to organize an FFA basketball team composed of active FFA members, it was not possible because of a lack of players. In 4-H Club news, Christmas baskets were prepared. Former 4-H President, Ainie Maki, won a trip to the National Livestock Convention in Chicago. The Esko-mos beat Floodwood in basketball, as well as the Carlton Bulldogs and the Grand Marais Northmen and McGregor. Lauri Kortesmaki was the first to organize a physical fitness program in Carlton County, and was the county supervisor of it. The program was nation-wide in scope, since half of draftees were rejected because of poor physical fitness. The Pep Club adopted the name of the Esko-Mos.
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Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

167. The Spotlight, Volume 2, Number 6, Thomson Township, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1935-11-22
Description:
This Thanksgiving edition included an extensive article by Superintendent A. L. Winterquist about tuberculosis prevention and detection by having either a Mantoux test, chest x-ray, or else a sputum test to detect the disease. Cheer leaders were elected by the junior and senior high school students. The serving of hot lunches by the 4-H Club was deemed to be a success and was continued. Myra Ropponen, a second year post graduate student at Lincoln High, got a temporary position as a stenographer to Attorney Leibermann at Carlton. Two new students enrolled in the first year post graduate class, and both took a commercial course. Rehearsals began for a three part high school girls' glee club cantata to be presented for Christmas at the Washington School. The basketball game against Duluth Central High School was cancelled, due to the ineligibility of Lincoln boys with their failing grades to play basketball. A bunco party, and a meeting by the G.A.A., and a planning session to sponsor a school pep rally were listed. The FFA elected officers in their meeting. Mr. L. B. Olson organized a vocal octet. The Thomson boys' basketball team played against Morgan Parks boys' basketball team. News of the community was given, including the purchase of a ten ton Walters four wheel drive truck and a ton and a half snowplow. A lengthy article was devoted to the young violin prodigy, Robert Basso. Following it was an article noting the singing of Mr. L. B. Olson in a large choir directed by Dr. F. Melius Christianson of St. Olaf's College Choir at the Duluth Armory.
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Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

168. The Spotlight, Volume 3, Number 6, Thomson Township, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1936-12-18
Description:
Superintendent A. L. Winterquist editorialized about Christmas in this Christmas edition. Next was a review of the Christmas cantata about Christmas around the world as it was presented by the PTA chorus. Washington pupils entertained a capacity audience for a Christmas operetta. E.H. Ellison, Supervisor of the Industrial Arts Department, wrote about projects in the department. Band director Mr. L. B. Olson surprised the band with a party at the Washington School. The Lincoln students had a Christmas program in the gymnasium. Two 4-H leaders from Thomson Township attended the 4-H leaders meeting in Carlton. The offering of evening and part-time day courses after the holidays was announced. The Cloquet Chief of Police addressed the safety club. Three pages were devoted to a Christmas story from 1917 by Jean Carlson. A page of Christmas recipes was given. In sports, Thomson beat Floodwood in basketball, but McGregor and Carlton defeated the Thomson basketball team.
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

169. Thomson Dam, Thomson Township, Carlton County, Minnesota

Creator:
Olson, Edgar F.
Date Created:
1935
Description:
Local artist and resident Edgar F. Olson (July 25, 1896, to August 18, 1974) painted, in oils, the Thomson Dam along the St. Louis River.
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
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Still Image
Format:
Paintings (visual works)

170. Thomson Road near the village of Thomson, Thomson Township, Carlton County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1920
Description:
This is a photograph of Thomson Road in its early days, near the village of Thomson, with Henry Ruikka's fields and hay shed in the background. Note the fence posts, rocks piled along the fence line, and the horse's tracks in the middle of the wagon's tracks in the road. This was the first road linking the then Village of Thomson to what would become known as "Esko's Corner," and was a challenge for both man and horse in the early days.
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
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Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

171. Thomson Road, Thomson Township, Carlton County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1940
Description:
This shows the Thomson Road just south of present day Interstate 35, lined with fence posts and stones removed from the field. There is a small shed in the background, and piles of stones and branches. This was located near the John Fredrickson's farm - formerly known as John Alatalo. John Alatalo homesteaded this farm in 1873, one year after he came to America from Finland. He died in 1876, and his was the first death among the early settlers in the area. John Alatalo's brother, Peter, took over the operation of the farm after John's death. In 1935 the owner of the farm was Peter Fredrickson Jr., who was born on the farm on March 2, 1889.
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
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Still Image
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Black-and-white photographs

172. Thomson Township Community Band, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Olson, Edgar F.
Date Created:
1929 - 1930
Description:
Shown in the photo are adults who participated in the Thomson Community Band in 1930. It was directed by Mrs. A.L. Winterquist, wife of Thomson Township School superintendent, A.L. Winterquist.
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
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Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

173. Thomson Township Spotlight, Volume 2, Number 13 [sic.], Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1936-03-25
Description:
Students who won awards for speed and accuracy typing were named, including Vera Mattinen winning her Competent Typist pin, which was the highest typing award given by the Gregg Writer Credentials Department. The Girls' Glee Club presented an operetta. A three act comedy was presented by the senior class. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote an editorial promoting a positive vote to a proposed addition to the Lincoln School. Baking and sewing group meetings of the 4-H Club were well attended. A page was dedicated to Bunco Party Highlights from the Girls' Athletic Association party.
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

174. Thomson Township Spotlight, Volume 2, Number 1, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1935-09-13
Description:
In addition to naming school police force, Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote about the school police program. A P.T.A. Meeting was held at Washington School along with a teachers' reception. A picnic at Jay Cooke Park for the senior class was announced. Virginia Anderson wrote about her trip to the State Fair. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist welcomed sixteen post-graduate students back to school and wrote about the post graduate program. The school library and its resources was described. In addition to junior high school news, Washington School news, activities news items, such as 4-H news from the junior and senior clubs, and the FFA Club, summer band activities were given. Also included was a section on faculty news which told of the summer activities of the staff, including the rehearsals of the Teenie Weenie Band. Another article spoke of community events, such as an upcoming rehearsal for the community orchestra and the FFA boys motoring to Minneapolis for their annual outing. .
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
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Text
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Newsletters

175. Thomson Township Spotlight, Volume 2, Number 4, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota

Creator:
Thomson Township High School
Date Created:
1935-10-25
Description:
Sydney R. Montague, Arctic explorer and adventurer, spoke at Lincoln School. The state 4-H Club leader asked the Thomson High School band to perform on the nation-wide radio network of the National Farm and Home Hour. Mr. H. L. Lawrenz, teacher and leader of FFA, Farmers' Club, as well as 4-H Club, took a job as county agent for Dakota County. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote about the Red Cross and promoted it. Quiet was urged in the library, and library helpers, called pages, were named. The senior class motored to Carlton to attend an actual court trial. The honor roll was announced by Principal L. B. Olson. On October 21st the school had perfect attendance, for the first time during the school year. The GAA had interclass baseball tournaments. Twenty six girls walked to Cloquet to see a show, via the paper mill dam. Millard Olson went to the national FFA Convention at Kansas City representing Minnesota. Basketball practice began. The first potato show was given by the Thomson Chapter of the FFA in the Lincoln School gymnasium, to commemorate Minnesota Potato Week. An amateur variety program was given at the Co-Op Auditorium in Cloquet. Former high school student George Kivisto played string bass in the Duluth symphony orchestra. Registration for evening cooking and sewing classes at Lincoln School was held. News of the comings and goings of residents was mentioned.
Contributing Institution:
Esko Historical Society
Type:
Text
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Newsletters
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