History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II
first field meet was held in the second week of May and was a grand success. It consisted of baseball, basket ball, tennis, novelty events, and all track events. Garden county high school won the meet with a lead of 96 points, with Lewellen second. The champion athletes were Ivan Hartman, Lewellen, first ; David Curtis, of Garden county high school, second; Rex Proper of Garden county high school, third. Girls : Pearl Kingery, first ; Helen Naslund, second; Opal Plummer, third; all of Garden county high school.
The present teachers of the Garden county high school are: Arthur Douglas, Superintendent, Miss Helen McComas. Miss Pearl Calvert and Miss Edith Anderson, Assistants. The present Board of Regents are. County Superintendent. Miss Tohnson, County Treasurer, Ed. Woods, F. A. Dutton of Oshkosh. D. F. Morris of Lewellen and Geo. Sampson of Lisco.
On November 22. 1919, a spelling contest was held at Oshkosh between the grades and rural schools. The following schools sent contestants : Lisco, Oshkosh, District 56, District 5, District 50 and District 62. Anna Carpenter of District 50 won the first prize, Lisco second and Oshkosh third.
Garden county schools have taken prizes on exhibits at the State Fair at Lincoln. In 1918 the rural schools of districts 40 and 56 won first prize on drawing and district 40 on penmanship.
In 1919 Oshkosh won first in the four best drawing cards, district 56. district 19 sent a collection of work that took' first prize. A rural school took second prize on two drawings. Oshkosh took third on booklets on Nebraska and Geography.