The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-01-27
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS.
By County Superintendent P. NJ. Allison.

by ounty SUPERINTENDENT I. NJ. Alisoh.
No. I in Mt. Pleasant township was
the first school visited this week.
This is one of the best schools in the
county in the way of attendance and
good work. The pupils are willing
workers and have sent in all the work
left for them to do. Miss Anna Shouse
is teacher and is one of our best in
structorS and is doing excellent work
for her patrons.
At Prairie Rose, in Mound town.
ship, the attendance is holding up
we'll and all pupils are doing good
work. Their winter term will soon
close but they intend to keep the
same teacher, Miss NeSti Rice, for
the spring term. She is following
the course of study very nicely and
expects to leave her pupils so they
can take up next years work without
loss.
Up ut Pleasant Valley, in Elkhart
township, is another school where the
attendance is extra good, All pupils
attended very regularly except two
first grade children and they live
quite 4 distance away. Miss Ella Nc
Cmc is teacher and expects to have
some pupils in the next spelling con-
test ard several graduates. She is
doing good work for her patrons.
Over at Lone Star the teacher and
pupils have purchased set OF maps
and three collegiate dictionaries. The
dictionaries are alright but the maps
are not satisfactory. This is one OF
the many districts in the county that
has no we'll and the pupils do without
water most of the time. The attend
ancc is not very good but those at
tending are doing good work. Miss
| Nola Ellis, of Joplin, is teacher.
Silver Dale is moving very wei
) with Miss Mary McRoberts as teach
| en- The school board employed he
| for the winter term and promised he
: the spring term provided she gay,
: satisfaction and they have given he
the spring term so we presume TIT
, work is satisfactory. The pupils arr
very quiet and orderly about thei
: work and are as willing workers a
| one need want to find. The schoo
board here would do we'll to buy
few good library books for supple
mentary work.
Over at Willow Branch, in Yves
Point township, they are good work
ers and spoilers too. Ethel Julier
: Jennie Lewis, Deva Holloway, Lila
IsaacSon and Alma Sundquist Spelle
e all the words used in the test. The
! will be heard from in the Spellin
-contest in March. They are going t
try to win the flag offered on count
graduation this year. They carrie
a off this prize last year and are yer
: proud of it. Prof. T. }. Wheeler i
: teacher.
Edgewood is moving along yer
g nicely with Miss Luly Judy as teach
err. This school has a very mic
library for supplementary work an
they use it. The pupils are very vii
. ing workers and took up the wor
: given with a good will.
!, Up at Merwin every thing is goin
Y along nicely under the direction {
; Prof. S. f. Smith and Miss Elsie Wi
: liams. They have a very fair enrol
. ment and fine attendance. The
!, work is very satisfactory to all inte
: ested. The pupils respond well
q any test given and are not only vii
:. ing to work but anxious for tn
opportunity. Prof. Smith expects
enter Warrensburg Normal as 500
as his term closes in April. The Pro
is one of our most progressive teacl
ers.
Maple Grove is the school whic
we spoke of before as being so o.
!. derby and we'll behaved and we al
6 pleased to say that it is yet keepin
9 its reputation. Every pupil in scho'
seems to take pride in keeping Il
their good standing and make the
. school the best possible. Miss Blanch
s Smith is teacher and expects TO spen
next year in Warrensburg Norma
: The one thing to fear about this
that she may want to quit our cour
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