The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-06-01
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS
By Supt. =. NJ. Allison.

AND TEACHERS
By Supt. p. NJ. Allison.
| The greater part of this week was
spent in visiting district clerks. Most
of them haye kept their books in the
best of condition but several are need
ing new book. All but six have in
their estimates and they have been
requested to send theirs in but so far
they have refused. believe boards
should get some one who will attend
to this promptly as they are running
quite risk in neglecting this.
Mingo township is going to have
two new school buildings this fall and
then they will be the best township
in the county on this line of school
work as the other buildings are new
and up to date. One of the new
buildings is to be a concrete, the first
in the county.
Happy Hill school board is a little
disappointed in not getting Miss Stella
Harshaw to teach their school again.
Miss Harshaw is one very best teach
ers and because she was not promptly
notified of her election she accepted
another school and will leave the
state. We regret this and | am sure
that every patron in the districtwould
have been pleased to have had her
back.
Papinville has employed Miss Mary
R. Davis of Rich Hill again for next
year and | am sure they did the right
thing. Miss Davis is one Of our most
successful teachers and we are pleased
to know the Papinville board so
recognized her. This district is one
of the best in the county financially
and they keep it so all the time and
are not afraid to vote levy sufficient
to meet every possible demand, hav-
ing voted the limit this year. They
pay their teacher good wages and
employ the best teachers to be had.
Pleasant Gap school board has done
some repairing about their building
and are getting ready for work this
fall rather than waiting until time for
school to begin and then put the
school off to do the work that is nee
essary. This will permit them to be-
gin school the first Monday in
September, the time that every school
should begin and the time that our
best schools do begin.
Trip school board are getting
ready to do quite lot Of improving
on their building having voted to is
sue $500 in bonds for this purpose.
They have fine site and with their
building in good repair they will have
one Of the best in the county
Orchard Grove has decided to build
a new house and will have much
better school as a result and they will
all feel that they have done better
part by their children by furnishing
them better house to spend the
greater part of their time III.
| Prof. P. G. Buckles, of the Butler
schools, is the first teacher in the
county to start a real school garden.
This will be watched with much in
terest by all who are interested i'll
school work and school betterment.
am sure that Mr.. Buckles has made
a good beginning and the school
board made wise choice when they
selected him as one of their principals.
This is worth the time of teachers,
who can, to visit this garden and see
what they are doing along this line.
Particulars concerning the Boys
Corn Contest will be announced next
week. We are not going to ask the
boys to raise corn, but to Judge. 1t
is hoped that the boys will take good
interest in this as there is nothing to
lose, but much to be gained Mr..
Jordan is quite anxious to know
about how we are getting along as he
is counting on good time this fall
when he comes to Bates.
Old sofas, cloth-covered chairs
and all cloth-covered furniture
can be made to look like new by
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