The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-11-07
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The Honor Roll or the Public
School for the Month of Octo-
Der, Just Past.

caused them to keep their children
out of school few days, or longer,
which has the effect of considerably
decreasing the number of names on
the list although it is still a pretty
good size list.
The general condition of the
schools is very satisfactory The en-
rollment is altogether considerably
over anything that we have had be-
fore, it being nearly seven hundred.
Quite a number of alterations and
the old building Several of the
rooms have been 8remodeled, calci-
mined, and vanished, making them
very attractive looking rooms on the
inside, although the building does
not present a very good appearance
from the outside.
1t is hoped that the Board of Edu-
cation will be able to get an early
start next spring on building the
large addition to the main building,
because they will need it by the
time they can get it.
All departments of the school are
running in full, and the many visi-
tors such as travelling book men and
others, have all expressed themselves
as greatly interested and surprised
at what they have seen.
Among the improvements in the
course of study of special Importance
is that of stenography. # any of the
Williamson boys or girls want to be-
come bookkeeDers or stenographers,
they can secure good course in
either in their own High School with
out going elsewhere for instruction
in these things. A small class in
shorthand and typeWriting was or
ganized recently under the instruc-
ton of Miss Marian Burton, who al
so does the general work Of the Of
fee
The High School pupils are mani
Testing quite an interest in the po-
litical meetings which are now be-
ing held so ,quently. Many of the
pupils have gotAen excuses to attend
these meetings and it is thought that
they will derive great good from the
opportunity to hear the subjects OF
y
It is hoped that the school, SO aus
piciously begun, will have the oppor-
tunity to finish without any Interrupt
ton
Grade IA Miss Barnes.
Eunice Aruthus. Pansy Brown,
Lucille Rutherford, Martha Rnther-
ford, Easter Rutherford, Emma
bStra5on, Homer Farrar, Hugh Hutch
1son, Walter Lambert, Homer Neal,
Charles spaulding Victoria Preeee.
Meta Marie Riley, Tommia Roberts,
Margaret spaulding,. Frances ste
venson, Mary Edna Stew art, Jack
~Sampselle, Penn SHARP
Grade lib. Miss Davis.
Cornelia Brown, Willie Austin,
Elmer Blackburn, Morrison Brown,
John Bee, Carl Helyety, Willie Hell
vey, Russell Essman
Grade 2. Miss Graham.
Leonard Bradshaw, William Wise,
Earnest Hornbarger Preston Will
son, Willie Chain, Neighbert STRAIT
I on, John Charles Wiles, William Jor-
dan, Pearl Morrison. Kathryn Nc
Namara, Marie Perry, May johnson
Sadie Winsted, Lulu ". Alley, Flora
Adkins
Grade 3. Miss Robinson.
Trixie Stevenson. Frankie Horn
barger, Alice May Slater, Viola Carl
ton, May Randolph iol1ies Arthur
George Wiles, Bud Blackburn, Ben
nett Bias, Ralph Foulkes, Louis
fluff, Pat Warwick.
Grade 4. Miss Stratou.
Katherine Preece, Adelaide Sanp-
selle, Frank Cantees, Clarence Chris
ty, Basil Murphy, Arthur Persinger
Tom stepp, Lyle Wlite.
Grade 5. Miss I1aHsford
Madge Alley, Fife Black burn, Ger.
trude Hartsock C1M Nanenlaker
Ethel O'Neil, Easter Stepp, Annie
Sharp, Pearl Wallace Irene War
nick, Goebel Ball, Cecil Cousins
John Irwin Aubrey Stewart Homer
Vaughan.
Grade 6. Miss Dixon.
Almer Cousins. Charles Cousins
Aubrey Dickinson, Wayne Hatfield
Lee Lawson, Dennie Mccoy, Rober'
Stevenson.
Ruby Gilmore Minnie Mccoy, Hell
en- Wayman, Florence Nnnemaker
Ruby Rosser, Fannie Williamson
Fay Workman.
Grades and 8. Mrs. Ward.
Elias Willard, Edgar Peters, Lei
Lewis, Clyde Spaulding, Wilson
Sampselle, Mildred Barrow Lena
Lawson, Lucille Lawson, Maud Moore
Helen Persinger, Barbara Thomn
son, Florence Boggs.
Ungraded Room. Miss Mohler.
Lucian Jordan Charles Lambert
Richard Terrell, Edward Morton
Ethel Trent.
High School Mr. Davis, Mis-
Wiles.
Merle Stevenson, Earl Goode, Clio
thilde Elswick, Evelyn Vaughan
Mary Lillian McEyoy, Reford Walk
er, Trimble Hunt, Gray Golf, Ii
Sampselle, Maude Dickinson, Nett
Dickinson, Emma Price, Gayl
Hutchinson Ethel Halsey, Ebert Mil
lard, Oscar Philpott, LATE Chain
Mathew Chain. Landon Williamson
Condesta Stamper, Matte Bruce
Rosa Brown, Matte Musick.
East Williamson Miss Robinson.
Cynthia Rutherford, Annis Felix
Etta Scott Garnet Gilmore Iyinni