The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-01-12

Carl Martin, Cora Martin, Elsi
Ewing, Glenn Ewing, May Ewing
Leta and Veda Hendrickson. Tn
following have not missed word i
spelling this year: Claude, Car
Albert and Eunice Hendrickson an
Frank Garrett. Miss Lydia Rexroa
is teacher and satisfying all her pa
irons.
Edwards has the third largest en-
rollment of rural schools, being sur
passed by Harmony in Shawnee an,
Concord in Elkhart. This is anothe
one of our good school buildings, ant
they are going to put in new slat'
blackboard with a part of the pro
ceeds of a box supper. This is thu
third school to be approved by the
state superintendent. Miss Mile
Cole is teacher as is doing fine work
for them as she always does.
Smoky Row has not quite so fine a
building as some but they make up
for this shortage ingood work. They
are going to have a better building
next year and of course will continue
to work we'll then too. Mr.. w. F.
Cox is teacher and is one of the best
in the county.
Mckinley has light attendance due
to sickness. This is good building
and a good school too. Miss Iva Dale
is teacher and was last year. Her
work is very satisfactory to all con-
cerned. This is the only school that
burns wood, all the others using coal.
Crawford is another good building
and they are getting it we'll equipped
with the proceeds of box supper
These pupils made a good showing
on the test and are very willing work
ers. They will likely have several
graduates. Mrs. C. C. Woods is
teacher and is doing fine work for
them as usual. These pupils are
going to do some special work in
grammar for me.
Tygard is one of our wideawake
schools and the pupils are ready for
spelling contest or anything along the
line of school work. They are going
to do special work in grammar, too.
This school will have several grad
yates. Mr. Lewis Keele is teacher
and has up very strong interest in
spelling and will spell 'any school
around.
Trip is getting ready for another
pie supper and they are expecting to
make more money than ever. They
have done much for their school along
this line SURPRISING any in the county
think. Mr.. j. V. Bell is teacher
and takes great pride in having some
thing to work with. These pupils
are industrious and all like to work.
Cortland has a light attendance due
to sickness and cold weather. This
is one of the good working schools
ard they are going to try the Tygard
pupils on spelling match next Fri
day night. Miss Lottie Young is
teacher and is satisfying her patrons
we'll enough that they are going to
keep her for another term. She does
fine work for them. Elizabeth and
Ray Morrison made 100 on the test.
Miss Stella Harshaw of Happy Hill
school just east of Rich Hill reports
the following pupils as having made
100 in department in a special test
asked for by me, and department
means something in this school:
Homer Douglas, Bruce Wilson,
Blanche Willis, Eva Kamm, Stella
Bartz, Victor Delhi, Martha Morgan,
Mary Lane, Fay Lee, John Hender-
son, Beulah Bartz, Leona Wilson,
Olivia Martz, Florence Keinberger,
Leslie Wilson, Charley Stocklaufer,
Vera Lane, Ray Morgan, Velma
Verna Wilson, Arthur KEN
berger, George Delhi, Fay Morgan,
Mabel Douglas, Winifred Willis, Del
bert Bartz, Clifford Delhi, Goldie
Booth, Bessie Booth, Homer Morgan
and Allie Beshore. Now why not
hold this record the remainder of the
school. They can and l believe they
will.
Miss Lou Adams of Rockville school
reports the following as having won
in the spelling contest in her school:
Lera Kenady, Joe Turner, Leslie
Henderson, Cora Porter, Alma
Bridges, Lytton Melton. Cren Archer,