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1. 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.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
2. 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
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
3. 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
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
4. 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
- Format:
- Newsletters
5. Thomson Township Spotlight, Volume 2, Number 2, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Thomson Township High School
- Date Created:
- 1935-09-27
- Description:
- A former member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Arctic explorer, Sydney R. Montague, was scheduled to speak at the Lincoln School. Constitution Day was observed by the social problems class giving a program with student speeches as well as an address by Superintendent A. L. Winterquist. There was an article about the reorganization of the Spotlight and the beginning of a commercial department at the school. Also included were high school news items, which included news about the senior class rings as well as the agriculture class and an FFA field trip centered around potatoes. The school bought Keystone Stereographs and stereograph pictures to use as study helps. It was noted that many boys were out of school to harvest potatoes. The 4-H Club made plans to give a musical. The FFA grew to 68 members. The Girls Athletic Association held a meeting a wiener roast at their outing to Jay Cooke Park. A letter of appreciation to Mr. L. B. Olson and the band for the performance at the Labor Day activities was printed. In community news, a Farmers' Club meeting was set. A rural electrical committee meeting was to be held at Washington School.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
6. Thomson Township Spotlight, Volume 2, Number 5, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Thomson Township High School
- Date Created:
- 1935-11-08
- Description:
- Contributing factors to scholastic success were written about by Superintendent A. L. Winterquist. The concert program of the Thomson High Orchestra was promoted. Senior high news mentioned an Armistice Day Program at Lincoln School. Boys who entered exhibits of potatoes at the Spalding Hotel in Duluth were named. Speedy typists who typed the most words per minute in typing class were listed. Rehearsals were announced for the junior class play. Faculty changes were announced, and included naming Mr. Grant as a temporary agriculture teacher, and having Mrs. Isaac Esko filling in for the ill ninth grade teacher, Miss Hilma Kihlgren. Fifth grade class students visited a dentist. Mr. H. Knuti detailed his experiences canoeing on northern streams. The Thomson 4-H Club would be serving a hot lunch to students who stayed in the school during the supper hour. Three people would attend a meeting at Cloquet High School to assist in the formation of a Girls' 4-H Club. A speculative article about a forthcoming basketball game of Thomson against Duluth Central High School was included.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
7. Thomson Township Spotlight, Volume 2, Number 3, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Thomson Township High School
- Date Created:
- 1935-10-11
- Description:
- The lead article about report cards was written Superintendent A. L. Winterquist and directed to the parents of school children. Also featured was a variety program to be sponsored at the Lincoln School by the Girls' Athletic Association. There GAA girls held a contest, organized by class, to see who could sell the most tickets to their variety show. There were four students in Latin I Class. A dietitian from a Girl Scout camp in Louisville, Kentucky, spoke to sophomore girls in home economics class. The agriculture II boys class made a trip to the junior livestock show in Duluth and also visited Goldfine's Horse Farm. There was a humorous article about a bat visiting the superintendent. The high school band sponsored Gordon's Educated Pets Animal Circus at Lincoln School. There was an assembly program for Fire Prevention Week. An adult agricultural evening class was organized for men and women, to be held at Lincoln School. Mr. L. B. Olson spoke at the Carlton County Teachers' Convention held at Carlton on how to develop an interest in music by students, using a Teeny-Weeny Band and a Melody Band. A music appreciation club known as the Better Music League for junior high school students was organized in the Lincoln School. Girls' fall baseball was in session, with interclass games being played. A senior 4-H Club meeting was held at Lincoln School, as well as a junior 4-H Club meeting held at Washington School. The FFA meeting and program was held at Lincoln School. An executive council to plan the activities for the Thomson 4-H Club was organized. There was a humorous column about mice in the school's classrooms.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
8. Thomson Township Spotlight, Volume 2, Number 7,Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Thomson Township High School
- Date Created:
- 1935-12-06
- Description:
- Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote the lead article about curricular versus extra curricular activities. An unattributed article asked whether or not high school was worth while. The inter class competition in the sale of Christmas Seals was noted, as was the designation of December as being Better Health Month by the Thomson 4-H Club. Cheerleaders and a pep band under the direction of L. B. Olson were to raise school spirit at the upcoming Cromwell and Lincoln basketball game. The Spotlight sponsored a story writing contest. The second part of H. Knutti's article about canoeing on northern streams was given. Only six GAA girls showed up for a hike the day after Thanksgiving from Harney's Corner to Cloquet to see a movie at the Leb Theatre, even though admission was only a broken toy. Morgan Park's basketball team beat Thomson. The O'Brian Oilers basketball team of Superior Wisconsin beat the Thomson Future Farmer's team at the Washington School gymnasium. The P.T.A. Chorus, directed by L. B. Olson, presented a Christmas program at Lincoln School. The Forbay Schoolhouse was sold to Mr. Ed Kinnunen, who intended to use the materials in the construction of a new home.Thomson Township held its second annual Farmers' and Businessmen's Good Will Banquet at the Washington School.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
9. Thomson Township Spotlight, Volume 2, Number 9, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Thomson Township High School
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-17
- Description:
- The name of Thomson Tommies was chosen for the boys basketball team. The High School band, with director Mr. L. B. Olson, motored to attend the Duluth Civic Symphony Concert. The Spotlight was entered in the National Mimeograph Exchange, an organization of mimeographed school papers covering thirty two states. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist wrote a one page editorial about educational obligations and opportunities. The Better Music League of the ninth grade elected new officers. The third part of H. Knutti's story of canoeing on northern streams was given. The Thomson basketball team beat Meadowlands in the Little Seven Conference. Additionally, Thomson beat Floodwood and Alborn. The Boston Brownskins, a colored traveling basketball team, beat the FFA team. The Thomson Township PTA planned a keno party to raise funds for the health program. News of comings and goings of residents was given.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
10. Thomson Township Spotlight, Volume 2, Number 10, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Thomson Township High School
- Date Created:
- 1936-01-31
- Description:
- Staff were named to publish the third Lincoln Log yearbook. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist editorialized about educational fallacies. In basketball, Thomson beat McGregor. The Community Girls' basketball team played their initial game against the Meadowlands High School Girls. The Thomson 4-H Club executive committee met, and both the junior and senior 4-H clubs held planning sessions, as did the 4-H Club sewing club. The community orchestra was reorganized by Mr. A. B. Basso. His musical prodigy son, Robert Basso, also known as Bobby, appeared on a program at the Hotel Duluth playing solo violin.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
11. Thomson Township Spotlight, Volume 2, Number 8, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Thomson Township High School
- Date Created:
- 1935-12-02
- Description:
- This Christmas edition began with a large editorial about the Christmas Spirit, noting that many children of unemployed parents would not be visited by Santa Claus. The sophomore class planned a skating party at Pinehurst Park in Cloquet. A Christmas Assembly included the presentation of a cantata by the PTA Chorus, as well as a talk by Superintendent A. L. Winterquist. Members of the stenography II class took instructions in making mimeographs, using a mimeoscope to make their own Christmas cards. There was a large article detailing the Christmas program to be given in the Washington auditorium, consisting of a cantata and a pantomime with various nations represented and performers listed. Articles by several students about Christmas were included. The agriculture class went on a field trip to the Land O-Lakes cold storage plant with the eighth grade. In basketball, Thomson won their second conference victory by beating Cromwell High School. Both the junior and senior Thomson basketball teams beat Wrenshall; Thomson beat Carlton.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
12. Thomson Township Spotlight, Volume 2, Number 13, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Thomson Township High School
- Date Created:
- 1936-03-31
- Description:
- The Girls Athletic Association planned another hike to Cloquet. Volleyball practices were set. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist editorialized about long term educational objectives. Desirable personal qualities were listed by social science students in female as well as male friends. A lengthy citation of basketball statistics and averages was presented.
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
13. Thomson Township Spotlight, Volume 2, Number 16, Thomson High School, Esko, Minnesota
- Creator:
- Thomson Township High School
- Date Created:
- 1936-05-22
- Description:
- Articles about Commencement exercises and Baccalaureate services were highlighted. Winners of the Carlton County 4-H Club Achievement Day were listed. Superintendent A. L. Winterquist had an editorial titled, "As a Man Thinketh So Is He." The Thomson Township High School Automobile Drivers' Safety Club held its first meeting, with forty boys in attendance. The sophomore class held their final outing at Fond du Lac. Ninth and tenth grade girls wrote about their hike along the Carlton Road to view the washout in the road on May 5th. The seventh grade classes put a presentation about Franz Schubert under the direction of Miss Kihlgren. The fourth annual Teeny-Weeny Band concert was given. The GAA girls made plans for a cabin party to held after school at Caribou Lake. In a section summarizing library news, the addition of books to the libraries of both the Lincoln and Washington Schools from the closing of the Forbay School were noted. A request was made to have students return overdue library books. Community news of the comings and goings of residents was given. The annual FFA and Parents' Banquet was held at the Lincoln Gymnasium. Thomson took second place in a three school track meet held at the Cloquet Bowl. An entire page was devoted to the PTA meeting Creed. Also included was a senior class index, with the nicknames, favorite pastimes, and future occupations of students listed. A humorous page was given to a fictional "State Bored [sic] Exam."
- Contributing Institution:
- Esko Historical Society
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- Newsletters
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