The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-12-28
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS

AND TEACHERS
BY supt P. M. Allison.
Mound Valley has very LIGHT, en-
rollment but very good attend9pce..
George Wolfe has been present EVERY
day. They have had only two tardies
this year. They keep an exceptional
ly clean house. Miss Edith Black Iis
teacher. -F$
Hess has light enrolment too but
very good attendance. Mary and
Sadie Bale and Lawrence Hass have.
not been absent. This school needs
some equipment. Miss Cora Rush is
teacher.
Liberty has better enrolment than
usual and fair attendance. Lucille
Otto and Glada Showalter have not
been absent. They have but few
tardy marks. Miss Ruth Rush is
teacher.
Green Valley has light enrolment.
None have been present every day
and several have been tardy. They
are spoilers and have spelled against
some of the surrounding schools and
have won each time. Kittie Trow-
bridge has not missed a word this
year. Waneta Kiefer spelled all the
words in the spelling test Miss.
Verna Chapman is teacher.
Clay Hill has very good enroll
ment and good attendance. Maude
Norman, Ruth, Lester and Robert
McClarnon have not missed a day
from school yet. Maude Norman,
Verne Melton, Pearle Sullins and
Georgia Stevenson have not missed a
wordin spelling. Miss Jennie Steven
son is teacher.
Crescent Hill was taking examina-
ton. Charles and Daley Kinion,
Gerald Hammontree and Della Drew
have not been absent. They have not
had many tardies. Miss Hazel Nc
Roberts is teacher.
Victory has fair enrolment and
attendance. None have been present
every day but very few have been
absent many days. They have had
but five tardies this year. Miss
Marie Lincoln is teacher.
Little Deer Creek has the best en-
rollment for several years and very
good attendance. Orville and Neva
Moles and Halle Nichols have not
missed a day from school. Neva
Moles and Ona Timmons have not
missed word in spelling. Miss Min
ME Howell is teacher.
Dillon has very good enrolment
and fair attendance. Beatrice
Tabor, Floyd Brant and Edna Cum
mings have not missed day. Claude
Holden and Blondena Rose have not
missed word in spelling. Miss Etha
Lincoln is teacher. They have had
four tardies this year.
Mt. Zion is doing fine with Mrs.
Bette Crowder as teacher. Gertrude
Wright, Drucy and Herman Moles
and Minnie Ellis have not been abb
sent. They recently held pie sup
per and have added to their library,
have new globe and a new chair as
a result.
Farmers meetings will be held in
Amsterdam, Hume, Butler and Adrian
next week. These meetings should
be we'll attended for the success of
these will decide whether we are to
have others later on. The men on
the program are experts without
question on their subjects and any
and all of us can learn something
from them worth while if we only
try.
Mr.. John Braden will have charge
of the meeting at Amsterdam and
III. u. IL. llllIlttll al IluIIlC, SOlllC
farmer will be selected for Butler and
Prof. Miller will be in charge at
Adrian.
Next week expect to give the par
ticulars concerning the state spelling
contest to be held in Jefferson City in
May. will also give some rulings
of the State Superintendent concern
ing attendance to be counted in draw
ing public funds. Supt. Evans seems
to want to enforce the law on this
and we are going to stay with him.
COwherd Nomination Urged.
Sedalia, Dec. 23.-The Democrat
Sentinel, in an editorial ask all pros
pective Democratic gubernatorial