The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-02-06
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS

70 and Il were present. This schoo
has large eighth year class. They
have papered the walls and vanished
all the furniture and wood work and
as a result things are looking much
better. Miss Anna Bard is teacher.
Mulberry has an enrolment of 50
and % were present. Some have
moved from the district and this cuts
down the attendance some. They
have heating plant and are well
pleased with it. Miss Inez Beck is
teacher.
Liberty has an enrolment of %
and "a were present. They have put
in a new library case and teachers
desk. They are having a good school
and all the pupils are good workers.
Miss Nellie McChesney is teacher.
Center has an enrolment of IL and
9 were present. They have quite a
few tardy marks and the attendance
is not what it should be. This is a
weak district and it seems that it
would be better to disband and join
other districts around. Miss Yula
Bigler is teacher.
Forbes has an enrolment of 8 and
8 we're present. Miss Leila Gallatin
was teacher but secured an appoint
ment as assistant in the Amsterdam
post office. Miss Ethel Marmon is
teacher now. AS it was her first day
she had not become familiar with the
work but she was doing well.
Passaic has an enrolment of 34and
80 were present. They have good
attendance and not quite so many
tardy marks. They are talking of
organizing literary society and dis
cuss consolidation of schools. Mr..
f. w. TimmonS is teacher and is do
ing good work.
Rocky Point has an enrolment of
| 10 and 8 were present. They will
have but three after the first of March
unless some one should move in to
the district with children to send.
Mr.. Clark Smith is teacher and is
satisfying all concerned.
Wemot has an enrolment of 10 and
IL were present. They have recent
ly bought a new globe but unfortun-
ately they have it broken. They are
good workers and Miss Mary Wayland
their teacher, is one of the best in the
county.
Shelton has an enrolment of Al
and 20 were present. They have
quite few tardies and several abb
sents. Mr.. J. M. Shelton, the clerk,
informs me they have new district
record book the old one having
served them thirty-two years. If
Mr.. Shelton had not been an extra
good clerk they could not have kept
this SO long but as it is everything is
perfectly straight. He has been
clerk the thirty-two years without a
break. They are fortunate to have
him. Miss Orpha Hunt is teacher.
.Johnstown has an enrolment of %
and 20 were present. They have a
few who seem to not have much re-
gard for the compulsory attendance
law. They were taking part of the
examination. Mrs. Flora koontz is
teacher.
Fair Play has an enrolment of 80
and 10 were present. The light at
tendance is due to whooping cough
and scarlet fever. They have put in
a new organ and lamps. Their work
is in keeping with the course of study
and they find no trouble in keeping it
so. Miss Anna Twombly is teacher.
Miss Vesti Rice of Mt. Vernon
school reports the following as spell
ing all the words in two weeks con-
test: Eulale Park, Jessie Hart, Liz
zie Sims, May Proctor, Ruby Conard,
John Clapp, Lavilla Sims and Velma
Conard. Those who have been per-
'ect in attendance this year are: Jes-
sic Hart, May Proctor, Ruby Conard
md Lavilla Sims.
Miss Hattie Files of Wilcox school
'eports pie supper, the proceeds of
which were $3.50 They had a
mall attendance but they came for
he good of the school. They will
lse part of the money to put in a
lew teachers desk and the re-
will go to the library. These
'eople have every reason to feel
'roud of themselves. DeArmond