The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-04-11
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS
BY Supt p. N. Allison.

AND IEACHERS
By Supt P. n. Allison.
The spelling contest was not sc
we'll attended on account of baC
roads. Those attending did gooo
work. Herbert Stoltenberger wor
first prize and will get to 90 to JET
ferson City to spell in the State Con-
test. The second prize was won by
Mary Ethel Lewis. Both Of these
pupils are from Willow Branch
school in West Point township and
were under Prof. F. J. WheeieT as
teaeher: The Missouri State Bank
and Walton Trust Company gave the
first prize, The Walker-McKibben
Mercantile Co. gave second. J. F.
Ludwick gave third. These are all
appreciated and we are glad that we
have such men in our town. They
all take an active interest in such
work and are ever ready to help the
cause of education. The third prize
was won by Ola Ayres Of Grand
View school in Charlotte township.
Miss Bonnie Wolfe is teacher.
: Clerks are calling for enumeration
lists and estimates. These will be
sent out this month and will reach
them in due time for the reports to
be gotten in by the first of May.
With these will be sent the report to
be made by the clerk to the County
Clerk in June. This will be the first
time this report has been sent in and
is one of our most important ones.
The state funds will be distributed on
this report and clerks should be very
careful to get it correct.
Clerks in some instances issued the
last month"; wages without receipt
from this office. This throws them
in rather bad position should any
one care to test it. l am sure they
should be careful about the matter.
The collectors have in some in
stances made mistakes in distributing
the funds to the various districts in
their townships. One to the amount
of about $500 on one district. An
other collector has slight errors in all
the districts of their townships.
They have not held back any money
but just over-paid some and under
paid others. am sure district clerks
and boards should look after this
some.
1t seems that some trustees have
been charging commission on money
turned over to them by the collector
for other trustees. This cannot be
done as this makes two commissions
on this money and the law contem-
plates but one and that when paid out
on warrants properly drawn.
Several clerks have sent in the
organization of their boards. This
is an important matter, having the
board organized on time. l am
sure we can get many things that will
be worth while from the meeting to
be held July 18th. This is to be a
meeting of clerks and school boards
called by the clerks of the county.
VIM. N. Hardinger, clerk of district
No. 70 is president and B. M. Wix,
clerk at district No. "a is secretary of
this meeting and will issue their call
in due time.
County graduation examination will
be held next Thursday and Friday at
various places designated in the coun-
ty. The graduating exercises will be
held in Butler May 18th in the Circuit
Court room beginning at 2:3O p. m.
Districts throughout the county
have made arrangements improve the
school building in some way. Some
are going to make rather extensive
repairs and will have things much
better for next year.
Missouri State Business College
has offered free scholarship to the
pupil making the highest average in
the county. This prize is worth $50
to the one winning it.
The flag will be offered again this
year to the pupil making the highest
average; the flag going to the school
the pupil attends.
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