The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-02-09
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS

BY supt P. n. Allison.
The first school visited this weel
was Shady Dell in Mt. Pleasant town
ship. This was the first real work Ihav'
seen this school do, they having beef
otherwise engaged when visite,
them before. They are pleased witt
their new name and are doing goot
work. Miss Anna Shouse is teacher
and has her work well organized
Her pupils have done well on attend
ance and have some grade cards the,
are willing to compare with any
school. Clyde Whistler has not been
absent or tardy and Helen Garard,
Lola May Everett, Robt. Everett and
Flora Dalton have not been tardy. !
Prairie Rose is doing well with Miss
Vesti Rice as teacher. This school
will have some graduates and has
some of as good workers as there is
in the county. They are always
ready to take up any work suggested.
Mt. Vernon has light attendance,
due to sickness among the pupils.
Miss Winnie Largent is teacher and
is putting forth a good effort to make
her work a success. She expects to
attend summer school and thus bet
ter prepare herself for the work.
The pupils of this school are afraid of
another contest.
Pleasant Valley, in Elkhart, is pro-
crossing we'll with Miss Ella McCune
as teacher. They have added IS
volumes to the library, oiled the
floor and put up new window shades
as the result of a box supper. This
is one of our best schools and Miss
McCune has done much to make it
so, and especially is the sanitation
good in every respect, due entirely
to the efforts of the teacher.
Fair View is making good progress
under the direction of Miss Cora
Rush. This school has not so large
an enrolment as some but they at
tend exceptionally well. The follow
ing pupils spelled all the words in
the contest: Meredith Black, Homer
Fri, Ruth Rockhold and Lille Raglan.
These pupils take good interest
in school work, placing it above
everything else.
Down at Buckhorn they have an
extra good building and we are
pleased to note that they keep it so.
The walls and desks are as good as
good as when first used, and it is
hoped that they will keep them so for
several years or as long as good use
will permit. Miss Fanny Hook is
teacher and is one of our best in
structors.
Green Valley has light attendance
caused by sickness, but outside of
this they have a very good attend
lnce. This school house and fixtures
needs some repairing and | am quite
sure that it will be attended to an
other year, as these people are not in
he habit of neglecting thing long.
Miss Stella Pheasant is teacher and
has here school we'll graded and clas-
sified.
Dixie has the largest enrolment
'or several years and they are doing
better work than for a long while. {
They have contest of their own go !
ng and best of all, they are trying
heir best on this. They are willing :
o try anything that will make them )
better in their school work. !
Burdette has another teacher and
appears to be doing very we'll with 6
Miss Ethel julien to direct their eff !
orts. They have light attendance, |
lue to sickness. They will likely ,
AVE class of six to graduate this |
rear. The school board here is 60 I
ng to order a slate blackboard and l
I'M quite sure they will beSp1eased
With it.
Mcneil is doing well with Miss !
Gertrude Cole as teacher. The at I
enhance is being interfered with {
ome by sickness. They have adj {
led to their library and oiled the
loor, this being due to the efforts of G
he teacher. The pupils are taking
good interest and are exceptionally '
.ood workers. 6
Woodland is moving along well as
lsual under the directions of Miss e.
lie Park as teacher. They have add :