The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-18
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS

s cShoofS anu Ine aftend3nt
was unusually good. The first scho
VISITED was Double Branch, in Plea
ant Gap township. The pupils of til
school are ready and willing to worI
The work given them was prompt
sent in and is all correct. They hay
most excellent teacher and are Ia,
ing a fine school. Miss Faulkner
teaching and is quite anxious for tn
time of the Prairie City teachers
meeting since Prof. Bass one of he
former teachers is to be with us OF
that occasion. The meeting will b
held next Saturday, Nov. 10th.
It is not really necessary to say tina
Happy Hill is doing good work, fol
they never do any other kind of work
Miss Laura Bolin is teaching the
school and giving the very best OF
satisfaction with both pupils and par,
ents. She will have some pupils in
the spelling contest and some county
graduates.
Seelinger and Slider each has light
attendance on account of the Paro-
chial schools in the community. The
Seelinger is under the care of Miss
Lizzie Fix and is moving very nicely.
Slider is being taught by Miss Bishop
OF Schell City and has some fine pu-
pills.
Down at Rockville rather a peculiar
condition exists. They have 1877 pu-
pills enrolled and about two thirds are
boys. The school is doing we'll with
Prot. 5. M. Gragg as principal and
Misses Finley, White and Adams and
Mrs. Lucy Melton as assistants. The
pupils in all the rooms seem to be
doing good work.
Up at Haynes school the pupils had |
become just a little jealous of the |
way | had spoken of the McDavitt |
school or rather about the comments
on what ! said by The Appleton City
journal. Now all that was said con-
corning McDavitt is true. The Journ-
al may have overdrawn the matter
some for all we know, but we must
say that Haynes school gave us the
most cordial reception of any school
in the county. They are doing good
work. Mrs. Olive MCGEE Leech is
teacher and has her school in the very .
best of condition and has no need to
feel jealous Of any one. /
Rich Valley with Miss Mamie Gull
yer as teacher and Bever with Miss !
Jessie Flickinger as teacher are each I
doing well. They will both have pu- {
pills in the spelling contest and likely '
some graduates. Both teachers are S
doing good work and especially for |
new beginners. y
AT Sellers school they employed .
Miss Juanita Reese one of the Rich \
Hill graduates and she is the only one {
that has shown her class colors. We
think the others are just as proud of l
them but had likely not thought of '
placing them in school. Miss Reese Z
is doing good work and Rich Hill can
well feel proud of her as well as
Misses Robinson, Sheppard, Barrows i
and others.
Pleasant Gap school is doing excel c
lent work under Miss Myrtle Burch :
as teacher. They will be in the SPELL
ing contest and county graduation.
Miss Burch is chairman of the read
ing circle in her township and is get
ting the best results from the work
that has ever been done in the town.
ship. D
Orchard Grove is the best supplied
school in the county in the way of L
good and appropriate pictures. This
Is due to the efforts of Prof. R. E. R
Lydn. In spelling they stand up and b
spell down in the good old way. =
Ihsy get good results which is the :
bestest of any method. Prof Lynn 2.
has been in this school for several
years and is good for several more. r
Marshall school in Pleasant Gap s.
'ownship has the distinction Of having
he least enrolment Of any school in II
he county. They have an enrolment 4
4 five at present but only one Of the
i've has been absent and that only :.
me day. The teacher Miss Pauline :
Porter would like to have more pu-
,ils. 10
Peru school has some Of as good =
vorkers AZ there is in the county.
hey are Always willing and anxious e