The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-04-03
BATES COUNTY SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS

schools will help some of our villag
schools that have been strugglin
along with a shortage of funds. Thi
and the new consolidation law wi
undoubtedly bring some rural hig
schools. 1t is not uncommon for on
half of the graduates from our tow
high schools to be from the countr
and were it not for the expense an
the danger of having them ava
from their parents care there woul
and should be many more than Their
are from the country.
In order to get the benefit of thi!
state aid these village schools mus
levy lOOc on the 500. This must bt
done by May 18th. If they fail to dt
this at the annual meeting they mus
hold special election and vote this
amount.
The spelling contests will be held
in the townships April 18th. The
following persons have been appoint
ed chairmen and will call the other
teachers and set a place for the con-
test: Mingo, Miss Emma Burgess;
Spruce, Miss Elsie McClenny; Deep
water, j. C. Maxey; Hudson, Miss
Della Pierce; Rockville, c. M. Leedy;
Prairie, Miss NJ. Kate Pharis; Pleas
ant Gap, Miss Fannie Moreland; Sum-
nit, Miss Jennie Donovan, Shawnee,
l.. w. keele; Grand River, Miss Min
ME Howell; Deer Creek, B. E. Par
ker; Mound, f. w. Timmons; Mt.
Pleasant, Miss May Timnons; Lone
Oak, Miss Maude Morgan; Usage,
Jessie More!and; New Home, JAS.
Wheatley; Charlotte, Miss Grace Darr
Elkhart, Miss Alvena Maddy; East
Boone, Miss Flossie McRoberts; West
Boone, Miss nellie Moore; West Point
Miss Blanch Smith; Homer, T. W.
Stevens; Walnut, John McCollom;
Howard, Ethel Herrell.
The charmen should in each case
confer with other teachers and let
them know what time the contest
will begin. The teachers in each
school should select three pupils to
the school in the township
contest and then in the township
contest three are selected to go to the
contest and at the county con-
test one will be selected to attend the
State Contest to be held in jefferson
City, May 18th.
The words will not be taken from
any particular part of the book in
spelling or any particular text. Any
one who is not a high school pupil
and has been regularly enrolled in a
public school of the county this year
is eligible.
The first prize in the county con-
test is Sl5 and this will be sufficient
to pay the expenses OF the winner to
attend the State Contest. The Farm
ers' Bank Of Bates County offers the
first prize. We appreciate their in
Icrest in the matter and we are pleas
ed to say they never have refused us
on anything that tended to make bet
ter work. The teaching force through
out the county consider the managers
Of this bank their friend.
The second prize of $40 is again
offered by the Walker ckibben
Mercantile Co. They have given
his prize ever since the contest was
started. That they are friends to the
work goes without saying. All peo-
Die Interested in education are pleas
I'd with the way they help us and it
S not uncommon to hear them say
hey are going to show their appre-
,iation in a substantial manner and
hey are.
Contestants coming to town on the
9th will please report at this office
md shall be pleased to have chair
nen send in the names and address
IS to this office as soon as they are
made up.
Quite few of our schools are clos
ng and one of the best reports on
interest of parents comes from En-
erprise school in Charlotte township.
Hiss McCann reports every patron
,ut one as visiting the school this
rear.
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