The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-02

REBUILD SCHOOL
RAzEO BY FLAMES
Handsomest Institution on North
ern Neck Replacing Burn
ed Structure.
TEACHERS ARE ACTIVE
Heathville Raises its Largest Corn
Crop--Poor House In
mate Dies.
TEACHERS ARE ACTIVE

HEATHSNILLE, VA, Sept q
There is great activity among school
teachers and trustees in Northumber-
land county preparatory to the OPEN
ing OF che large number of schools
in the county. fhe session proper
VIII open about the first of October,
although some of the schools will
open prior to that time.
The new Reedville High School
which is being built at ReedviIe to
take the place OF the old one which
was burned in June is modern
structure In every particular, being
the handsomest school building in the
Northern Neck The faculty this sea-
son will be composed of five expert
enced teachers. The building will be
completed in time for the fall term.
The various district school boards
have met and teachers have been
appointed To most of the schools in
the county. The appointments are as
follows;
Heathsville District - Heathsville
High school, Bruce Anderson, of
Chatham, Va, principal: Miss Flora
Brown, of Wytheville, Va, and Miss
NJ C. Maddox, of Clifton Forge, Va,
assistants; Coan Hall, Mrs. Branton
Sewell; Corinth, Miss Estelle Belts;
Coan, Mr.. Roebriek: Lara, Miss Helen
Swami; Providence, Miss Gertrude
Christopher; Gulick's Corner, Miss
Lula Downing.
PARTICLES District-Reedville High
school, Walter w. Barnhart. of New
Hope. Va, principal; Eugene Hall. as
sistant. Miss Grace G. Pinckard, third
grammar grade; Miss Ruth Barnhart,
first and SECOND grammar grades; Miss
Verna K. Morton, primary grades;
Oak Grove, Miss Ruby Edwards: Lii
ian, Miss Agnes w Palmer, Fairport
graded school, Miss Ethelyn Brown,
principal; Miss Enid Kelley, assistant !:
Burgess Store, Page Fry. principal;
Miss Lottie NJ. Hinton, assistant;
| Hacks Neck, Miss Eva Butler prin-
| cipal assistant to be supplied; Horse
| Head, Miss Ameda Crowther; Hack s
! Neck, to be supplied.
/ Lottsburg District--Stately Oak,
! Mrs. Eva Burgess, principal; Miss
| Edith Swami, assistant; Mundy Neck.
| Miss Francis Hatch: Pea Neck, Miss
I Eva Rock; Hendersons chapel, Miss
| Alice DUNCAN; Bethany, Miss Lulie
| Winstead; swans, Miss Hilton Hud-
nall: Piedmont. Miss Lizzie Ander-
son: Cherry Point. Miss Mary Kemp;
Lewisetta. Miss Mabel Long; Lake,
Miss Annie DUNCAN.
The school electoral board, COM
posed OF Hon. c. S. Towles, Or. f.
| w. Lewis and A. Is. Garner, met here
| yesterday and elected the following
| trustees to succeed themselves for a
| term of three years each, beginning
September /. 1910: j. q. Rice. O, w
| Douglass, NJ. w. Thrift. T. b. Hurst
DR.. +. w. Lewis, division superin-
| tendent of schools for the counties oil
| Northum bertrand and Lancaster, for
| merly we'll known in political circles
| having at one time headed the Lewis
| faction" in Lancaster county. has re-
| tired from the political arena, Az
| superintendent of schools. he has
/ made himself popular by his efficiency
/ and the active part he takes in all
! educational matters. All of his time
/ is devoted to the betterment of the
/ schools in his division, and under his
supervision educational advantages
! have been greatly multiplied.
/ He was also present at meeting
/ OF the Lottsburg district school board
at 1.ottsbnrg, this county. yesterday
| afternoon.
Much Corn Raised.
The largest crop or corn raised ir
the Northern Neck in many years Ii
now assured. as the growth is large
! and the corn has cared well, which
farmers have had during the sum
mer. The acreage, too, is larger thi.
year than usual. the farmers having
| realized the need of more progender
owing TO the high prices paid for corr
| and hay last spring. The yield Of
| late tomatoes has exceeded the expec.
tations of all farmers and the can
ming factories are now running at full
blast. This source of income to ths
farmers at this season Is no small
matter. as canneries are located con
veniently to them in every part oi
! the Neck. where they sell their fruit
( This is our farmers busy season
Mr. Edwin Walker. an aged inmate
of the poorhouse, near here, died thu,
week. His remains were buried al
/ that institution, Mr.. James NJ. Booth
treasurer of northumberland county
! conducting the burial service in this
| absence OF minister. Mr.. Booth
! who is noted for his piety. some time
ago voluntarily began the holding OF
religious services at the poorhouse a.
often as he could arrange to do so
| visiting the paupers and giving then
such religious instruction and help a:
he could Others have now joined
| him In the work and great apprecia
ton of his efforts is expressed by the
inmates Of the instiIstion. When the
death of Mr.. Walker occurred. Mr.
Boath. knowing that it was not the
custom for these paupers to have the
services OF minister at their buria
attended the interment and perform
ed the burial rites.
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