The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-10-06
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS.

County Superintendent P n. Allison.
Our first Teachers and Patrons
Meeting was held at Prairie City last
Wednesday night. 1t was planned
and conducted by Miss Pearl Kemper,
the teacher at that place. II was a
success in every PAL particular and had
the best attendance of any meeting of
the kind held since have been in the
work. The people of this place take
an active interest in education and
Prairie township has as enthusiastic
a lot of teachers as one will find any,
where.
lam just in receipt of a letter from
c. B. Hutchinson concerning the
Frisco Corn Show. He requests that
all corn for this show be entered not
later than October 26th. will be in
the office on that day in order to
make all entries. Those living a dis
lance can send their corn by express
provided they pay the express. This
is for scholarship in the Agri-
cultural College at Columbia worth
500. 1t is open to any one over six
teen years of age. All entries in the
Farmers Bank and Duvall-Percival
Trust Co. must be entered by one
O'Clock the 27th.
Miss Grace Darr has just furnished
a list of fifteen girls names who
want to enter the Domestic Science
contest, This is the largest enroll
ment from any school SO far. Miss
Darr is teaching Virginia school in
Charlotte township. We are very
much in hopes that this is going to
be very fine contest
The first school visited this week
was Herrell in Summit township.
They have an enrolment of six and
two were present, The light atten-
dance was due to the bad weather.
Miss Ella Aims is teacher and is well
pleased with her work.
Wemot, in Shawnee township, has
an enrolment of 10 with 8 present.
The light attendance here was due to
the rain and mumpS. Miss Ida Dill
lon is teacher and has her work well
classified. Little Deer Greek has an
enrolment of 2S with Is present.
This school house has been painted
inside and outside and everything put
in good condition for work. Miss
Ruby Ricketts, is teacher and this
being her second year is evidence
that her work is satisfactory.
Altoona has an enrolment of q
with 10 present. Miss Eva Buckles is
teacher and is doing fine work for
her pupils and patrons. This is her
first school but if the patrons do their
part there is no question about the
school being a success and we are
sure they will.
Edwards has an enrolment of As
and 43 were present. This is one of
the new school houses and one of the
best though some mistakes were
made and especially in the size of the
windows. The teacher and pupils
had to do all the cleaning up but they
have made a complete success of it
and oiled the floor besides. Miss
Mile Cole is teacher and since she
has taught here before it is unneces-
sary to say her work is satisfactory.
Fair View, in Spruce township, has
an enrolment of 46 and % were pres
ent. These people need new house
and will no doubt get together and
build one next year. Miss Verna
Chapman is teacher and is well pleas
ed with her place. She feels the
need of few library books to make
her work more interesting and
thorough.
Fair Play has an enrolment of %
with Is present. Jesse Umstattdt is
teacher and has his work well CLASH
fled and in such a way as to have
fifteen minute study period. Most
teachers are having trouble to get all
of their classes in.
Fry school has an enrolment of 10
and IL were present This building
has been refurnished with desks and
is much improved as a result. Miss
Mary Fry is teacher and all are well
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