Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-03-21
PROGRESSIVE PATRONS
SCHOOL MEETING AT PEDEE IS
WE'LL ATTENDED.
Schedule of Dates Arranged For
Remainder of Polk County
Series.

If the residents of every part of the
county took as much interest in school
affairs as the people of the Pedee
section, Polk County would win fame
far and wide as the center of progress
in the states rural educational system.
to be held there last Saturday had a
premonition as the date drew near,
that it would be a failure, for the
weather was superb and farm work
was being rushed, and it was scarce
expected that the plow and the drill
could be stopped long enough to allow
people to attend. All the way out
Superintendent Seymour was bewailing
his failure to take along a fishing out
fit to while away the idle moments
during a meeting that wouldn't meet,
but when he drew up at the school
house he was so astonished at the at
tendance that he had to rub his eyes
to make sure that he was not seeing
in multiples. Almost everybody in the
Whole five districts was there, and be-
sides there was a good representation
from Airlie and Ward, both of which
belong to another section.
Plenty of Lunch.
And the people not only came, but
they brought with them many and
divers lunch baskets filled to the brim
with enticing examples of delicious
and wholesome cookery, and there was
no lack thereof. When Superintend-
ent Seymour spoke in fond reminisc-
ence of that lunch yesterday, all of
his adjectives were in the superlative
degree, and if there is anyone who is
better qualified to pass judgment on
that subject his name is not among
the list of registered voters.
But the lunch, as good as it was,
was not all, for they had a rousing
meeting and many phases of school
were so many who wanted to hear
them that the pupils had to be dis
missed in order to make room. j. w.
Yost was chairman of the meeting,
and speeches were made by Hon. G. |
w Meyer, Superintendent Seymour
and others.
Next Meeting at Antioch.
The next sectional meeting in the
series will be held at Antioch, Satur-
day, March 25, at the usual hour of
1890 a. m, when the following schools
comprising the Mistletoe section, will
be represented: Mistletoe, Antioch,
Cochran and Elkins. L.
C1,o, ha,, Ioi fn
serve as chairman.
Owing to the demands of work dur
ing the busy spring season, it has been
deemed best to hold the remainder of
the meetings at night, so that as many
as possible may be enabled to attend.
in the following sections,
the sessions will begin at p. m, on
the dates mentioned. State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction L. r.
Alderman and County Superintendent
Seymour will be in attendance at each
of the meetings and will do all they
can to make them a success.
Night Sessions.
Salt Creek section-Salt Creek, Up
per Salt Creek, Concord, District No.
l5, Pioneer, North Dallas-meeting to
be held at Salt Creek, Monday night,
March 27; e. F. Aebi, chairman.
Buell. section-Buell, Harmony,
5ooseneck, Pleasant View, Butler,
Rogue River, Valley Junction-meet-
ng at Buell., Tuesday night, March 2S;
:. A. Harold, chairman.
Ballston decentralization, Enter
Prise. Scroggins and Red Prairie
Meeting at Ballston, Wednesday night,
March 20; o. e. Focht, chairman.
Bethel section-Bethel, Mccoy, Per-
at Perrydale Thurs
lay night, March 80; H, b. Flannery
hairman.
Rickreall section-Rickreall, Oak
Grove, Etna, Greenwood, Oak Point,
;mithield and Polk Station-meeting
It Rickreall, Friday night, March 81;
3. F. Lucas, chairman.
The series will conclude with a day
Meeting, to be held at Eola, Saturday,
april s, beginning at 1890 a. M, for
he benefit of the Eola section, which
5 composed of the following dis
riots: Eola, West Salem, Mountain
yiew, experimenting at Eoia; b. 1.
ferguson will be the chairman.