Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-05-04
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES
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house. steve. &C. his year Miss
had a PO supper . stormy
nirAt and naae enough 70 bay some
bsSk& 4 library case. and . case Of
maps with ne help ~ the beard. They
win rrObsbly replaster tho house. and
build : barn this next year Miss
0Bricn and her sister. Anna. who has
ssen re-empioyed at Fennswald win
attend summer school at Cape Cir
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Miss Bessie Day closed her school
al Duly. Friday. She has had a very
successful term and has been re-em-
ployed with an increase Of salary.
This year an ante-rOom was suilt.
which adds much to the comfort Of
the building in many ways. The
plaster has been repaired. books have
been bought and a fine sectional
case added. When / arrived. I found
a beautiful flag flying from the top
Of a pole. May not more schools have
them2 This day was begun with some
good singing and the repetition Of
the Lords Prayer.
Sneed will close next Saturday.
Miss Culbertson had her work inter-
rupted by sickness. She had a very
successful box supper, making over
$50. She has bought more than 100
library books, a case of good maps
some fine pictures, and a suitable
chair and desk. Some new windows
have also been put in. Miss CIubert-
son will go with her parents soon to
another field of work.
Miss Mable Cook has completed an
other successful term at Moline. She
does not expect to teach next year.
Moline was not content TO quit after
becoming approved. This year they
have bought a globe, map, seats and
books. Miss Cook has secured an in
teresting exhibit of a cocoa manufac-
turer and also has subscribed for a
geographical magazine for the school
She finds this very helpful in her class
work.
Miss Nina Betz some time ago
finished up her first years work at
Maple Grove. This was her first ex-
~perience, but she was quite successful
in her school work. She was offered
the school again, and she proved her
self TO be quite a community leader.
She had a very profitable box supper.
also a leap year pie supper, but the
boys did not bring enough pies-be-
sides other entertainments. Maple
Grove is determined to have a first
class school in every respect. They
have new o~utbuildings bulk right, a
new fence, and a good one, a fine walk
new books, a good book case, good
pictures, suitable chair, and desk for
the teacher, and curtains for the win
dows. They expect to buy a heating
plant next year.
Miss Bessie Hickman had a basket
dinner, a splendid program, and a
large crowd of interested patrons.
She had an enrolment of twenty
this year, but a number dropped out
to help with the spring work. They
have an approved school and have
added a bQok-rack, a bubbling drink
ing fountain, and some books to their
equipment. Miss Hickman has been
employed by the board of the consoli-
dated district at Auxvasse.
Miss Lille Richards has closed a
successful term at jackson. She does
not expect to teach in the country
next year. She did some very inter-
esting work this year in clay model
ing, drawing, and with water colors.
The old paper was removed, and the
house was painted and vanished,
they have a new concrete doorstep,
some wire mats or foot scrapers, and
some interesting posters made by the
pupils.
We had a pleasant meeting at
Strother the 21st. Mrs. Minnie For
bis Of Friendship, Miss Kate Sievers
of Goodwater, Miss Bessie Johns
ton, a graduate Of the teacher train
ing school at Centralia, and Miss Ma
dine Sievers, Strother, besides a good
attendance Of parents and patrons,
were present. The pupils had pre-
pared a fine program, and besides the
interesting talks made by the teachers
present, a patron, Mrs. Ben Morris,
made a good talk on how patrons
should cooperate with teacher. Miss
Sievers closed her second successful |
term. She had one pupil, liza Munson
who has a record Of nine years at
tendance without being tardy or alb
sent.