The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-06-07
MISS HoUeHToMs SCHOOL WINS
School Improvement Contest First and
Second Honors go to Arlington.


Second Honors go 10 Arlington.
over $4,000 earned by the different
schools.
The reports are all in and prizes
have been awarded in the Bennington
County Improvement association
school contest which closed May S1st.
$4,000 has been earned in various
ways by the pupils of the rural schools
in the county. The prize money was
won as follows:-
Schools under Supt. John d. Whit
tier, Shaftsbury, $1,000; Arlington,
$1,000; Sandgate, $11.00: Sunderland,
$500; schools under Supt. Nathaniel
N. Love, Rupert, $4,000 Dorset, $1,000;
schools under Supt., Albert w. Var
ney Pownal, $500, Bennington,
$500; schools under Supt. F. E. Saw
yer, Readsboro, $1,000; Stamford,
$500; Landgroye school under Supt.
Clarence e. Michaels, $1O0.
Miss Dorothy Houghton's school,
District No. l in Arlington headed the
list, having brought about improve
ments to the total of $4,000 during
the year. The school of Miss Margar-
ct Thompson in Arlington was second
and the school of Miss Bessie Amidon
in Shaftsbury center was third. These
schools brought about improvements
to the total of $6473 and $6S.S1 re-
spectively in the two schools. Twen-
ty-two schools qualified for the maxi
mum prize of $5 each; the following is
the list with the order in which they
rank.
Arlington District No. / Dorothy
Houghton, teacher.
Arlington District No. ?, Margaret
Thompson, teacher.
SALISBURY Center, Bessie NJ. Ami
don teacher.
Sandgate District No.N7, Stella A.
Ogert, teacher
Shaftsbuy. Niles District, Margaret
A. Hyde teacher.
Readsboro, South School. Ellen N.
Shippee, teacher.
East Dorset, Grammar, Jennie V.
| Leary, teacher
Sunderland District No. 8, Era Grout
teacher.
Rupert District No 4, Ruth L. New
| man, teacher.
Pownal, Oak Hill, Dorothy Field,
Oliver Barber teachers.
Stamford Primary. Mrs. Angie Wick
cry teacher.
Rupert District, No. c, Helen E. Bee.
be, teacher.
So. SALISBURY, Grammar, Helen NJ.
Cashmere, teacher.
Rupert District, No. g. NJ. Naomi
Sheldon teacher.
Rupert District, No 2, Maude Alex
| ander, teacher.
North Pownal Primary, Regina A.
Dean, teacher.
South Shaftsbury. intermediate,
Clara NJ. Tanner, teacher.
South SALISBURY, Primary, Bessie
| NJ. Niles, teacher.
Bennington District, No. Z, Fannie E.
Rice. teacher.
| Pownal intermediate, Elizabeth j..
Burlington. teacher.
| Dorset, Grammar, Clarissa l. Coo
ledge, teacher
| Sandgate, District NO. ., Molly ~.
Pierce. teacher.
| Other schools securing smaller
Iprizes are as follows:
Dorset, North District, Ruth NJ.
| Griggs. teacher.
| South SALISBURY Hollow, Theresa
| Mcclure, teacher.
| Readsboro Line School, Mrs. Tnez
Davis, teacher.
Arlington. District No. s, Harry l..
| Toomey, teacher
Pownal Grammar, Ralph Walter
Ray, teacher.
Readsboro North Hill, Isabel B.
Hicks, teacher
Bennington District No. 8, Mrs. Eva
| Hunter, teacher.
Stamford Grammar, Estella E. But
terfield, teacher.
= Sandgate, District No. /, Florence
NJ. Hill, teacher.
+ Bennington, District No. ., Helen u
: | Beecher
e Landgrove.C Clarksville, Lucy +
Waite teacher
Dorset Hollow Jennie T.. Tully teach
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