MISS IRENE A BURNS (excerpts)

. . .one who has made such an honorable record along educational lines, should hold the position of superintendent of schools for Placer County; and that Miss Burns is holding it well, is evidenced by the fact that in her last two elections she has had no opponents. Born in Auburn, . . the daughter of Robert N. And Eliza (Conklin) Burns, . . .natives of Phil. . . . completing her elementary courses she obtained a certificate to teach.. . .she supplemented her studies by courses at Curtiss and Patchett’s private normal school in San Francisco as well as course at the University of California.
 
Her first experience . . .was obtained at the school at Deadwood, in the mountains of Placer Co. with and attendance of seven pupils. This school was located seven miles over a mountain trail from the family home at Michigan Bluff and the young “schoolma’m” rode horseback to and from her school across the mountain trail at each week’s end. She also taught at the school at Foresthill, Lone Star, and Blue Canyon and then taught for sixteen years in various grades in Auburn schools.
 
She is now serving her third term as county superintendent of schools. She was the first woman elected to the position in Placer County, in fact, the first woman to be elected to county office in Placer Co. . . .