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April 30, 1931
HARTINGTON — Twins carried off the highest honors in the Cedar County eighth grade examination held in the various towns of the county on Thursday and Friday, April 9 and 10.
Irma Reimers, a 13 year old girl in school district No. 107, was the highest ranking pupil in the examination with a grade of 93.1 and Dean and Dale Westadt, 13 year old twin brothers in district No. 49 near Belden, ranked second and third with respective grades of 93 and 92.1.
Velma, the twin sister of Irma Reimers, also an eighth grade pupil, was prevented from taking the examination by an attack of appendicitis. She was in the hospital while the other boys and girls were writing.
The three pupils who stood highest in the eighth grade test were very close. The highest grade was 93.1, the second highest 93 and the third 92.1, only a narrow margin of a tenth separating the highest from her nearest competitor.
A girl carried off first honors, but two boys were close at her heels in the race. There were several other pupils who also scored high, their grades being 90 or above.
The 10 highest ranking pupils and their grades are as follows: Irma Reimers, district No. 107, 93.1; Dean Westadt, district No. 49, 93; Dale Westadt, district No. 49, 92.1; Dorothy Collier, district No. 94, 92; Richard Wintz, district No. 45 (parochial), 91; Clarabelle Mackey, district No. 114, 90.6; Edna Hansen, district No. 22, 90.5; Irene Miller, district No. 7, 90; Bernadette Wintz, district No. 45 (parochial), 89.9 and Katherine Anderson, district No. 7, 89.3.
This was the second of the three eighth grade examinations to be held in 1931. The first was held in January and the third or fi nal one will be held on May 8.
