The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-11-09
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS

Cortland has an enrolment of IL
and IS were present. The attendance
in this school has been very good al
the year and the light attendance was
due to the very bad weather. Mr.
Lewis w. Keele is teacher and re-
ceives a salary Of $50 per month.
Shady Dell has an enrolment of ID
and IL were present. This is one Of
our small schools but has some very
energetic pupils. Miss Anna Smiser
is teacher and receives a salary OF
$3.50 per month.
Miller has an enrolment of 16 and
II were present. This is another
small school but every one of them
are good workers. Miss Clellah
Grant is teacher and receives salary
of $47.5O per month.
Pleasant Gap has an enrolment of
AZ and SO were present. This school
recently held pie supper and cleared
about 1872 to be used in securing
equipment for their work. Ethel
Wolf spelled all of the words in the
spelling test. Mr.. Archie Biggerstaff
is teacher and receives a salary of $45
per month.
Scifers has an enrolment of "a and
10 were present. This school is do
ing some ninth grade work and have
about all of the grades, too. Miss
Opal Hereford of Rich Hill is teacher
and receives salary of $42.5O per
month.
Bever has an enrolment of 81 and
81 were present. This district needs
a new building and l am quite sure
they will have one. They need a
longer term of school, too. This is
the best enrolment they have had for
several years and their attendance is
good. Mr.. C. c. Crosswhite is teach
er and receives a salary Of $40 per
month. He expects to enter War
rensburg as soon as his term closes.
Rich Valley has an enrolment Of Is
and IA were present. This building
has been improved considerably. Mr..
Archie Finley is teacher and receives
a salary of $45 per month.
Double Branch has an enrolment
of 81 and "a were present. This
school has several out on account of
whooping cough. Miss Rosalie Wix
is teacher and receives salary of $45
per month.
Orchard Grove has an enrolment
of Is and IL were present. This
school is afflicted with whooping
cough too. They have a nice new
building here and it is too bad that
the pupils can not get the good Of it.
Mr.. B. M. Wix is teacher and receives
a salary Of $50 per month.
Marshall has an enrolment of Is
and Is were present. This building
has been repaired and they are put
ting in nice new library and set of
maps. Miss Bertha Craven is teacher
and receives a salary of $3.50 per
month:
Brackney has an enrolment of 80
and 20 were present. l saw some of
the best work here on spelling and
physiology that have seen this year.
Mr.. C. w. Ray is teacher and receives
a salary Of $40. rs per month. Vera
Ellington and Nettie Deems spelled
all the words in the test.
Peru has an enrolment of 81 and
10 were present. This building has
been put in!the best repair possible
without making new building of it.
Mr.. C. A, Carson is teacher and re-.
ceives a salary of SIS per month.
p, All the schools of the county have
been visited once and most of them
are doing well. Much improvement
has been made and much more needs
to be. Inblackboards l find we have
forty slate, thirty-six boards, twenty
seven plastering, twenty-three hylo-.
plate and three cloth stating.
sI expect to continue visiting as the
weather and roads permit and attend
reading circle and local. meetings -