Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1917-03-15
Harrison School
District Notes
Visit With The School-The Old
Pool Neighborhood - Organized
First Farm Club in The County.

A representative of The Message in
company with Profs. W. Clyde John
son and /. H. strunk visited Harri-
son School last Friday, three miles
east of Centralia.
1t was the last day of school," Ed.
G. Offutt, teacher. A number of pa
irons came in. We listenred to exer-
cises in Arithmetic just before the
dinner hour.
Then came the eats. All, It was
great. Nobody out that way worry
ing about the high price of food
stuffs We all ate and ate. Prof.
Strurk wanted to camp out there, at
least till greens" should come again.
The Harrison District ladies gave us
of the fat of the land.
After dinner Prof, Strunk address
ed the school. Then followed the
newspaper man, Prof. Johnson clos
ing.
1t was Mr.. Offutt's second term in
the district. He accomplished good
work. Next week he goes to Cana
da district to finish out an unfiinish-
ed term. He will move his family to
Mexico for the summer. Mr.. Offutt
is one of the foremost teachers of the
county and any district is fortunate
to get his services.
Harrison School District was or
ganized in 1884. s. A. Pool has
been clerk of the district since 1901.
1t has always ranked high with the
other districts Of the county. Seven
Harrison pupils are now in the High
School at Centralia. The present di-
rectors are: F. H.. Marsh, ]. A.
Shuck and S. A. Pool.
The following were among the pu-
pills enrolled during the present
term: Homer and James Pool, Geor-
gle and Matte Pool, Lee and Bessie
Shuck, Emabel and Jim Offutt, Marie
Glen and Arnold Jones, Lucy Wig
ham, and Lorene and Virgil Shuck.
The following persons have taught
in the district, beginning with its Or
ganization:
J. B. Gass, brother of the late State
superintendent of Schools, Howard
A. Gass.
R. j. Hodge.
]. M. Frost.
]. w. Edwards. -,
Cant Creason.
Matte Pool.
Mitchell Fox.
Harry Gray.
/. ]. Head.
Nellie Mckenzie.
Mary harrington.
Arthur Jennings.
Oscar Stephens.
Nellie Proctor.
Ed. C. Offutt.
The district is called the Old Pool
Neighborhood. 1t was also the home
of the Harrison and Woodward Set
ties families for long time. The
people are wide-awake and progress
ive The Farm Club in Harrison
District. organized in February, 1916,
was the first organized in the coun-
ty. The officers were: N. S. Schmit,
president; Donald Libby, vice-presi-
dent S. A. Pool, secretary.
Most every school district in the
west part of the county now boasts of
q flourishing farmers club.
The present officers of the Harri-
son club are: II. l.. Libby, presi-
dent; ]. H. Pool, vice-president; Ell
cry Pool secretary.
"They do things" was an observa-
tion made to us concerning the work
of the farm clubs.
Harrison is one of the best farm
ing and live stock centers in the
county.
Among those who own fine farms
and operate them are:
c. B. Mackey.
]. M Boyle.
Brown Akeman.
E. P. Pool.
Turner Robinson.
Isaac Reed.
H. L. Libby
]. p. Edwards.
A. d. Creasey.
Homer Weekly.
e. M. Anderson.
Clarence Coleman.
Charles Duff.
B. B. Daniel.
A list of prominent farmers in tn,
district or just outside are:
Frank Marsh. Raises stock, A
present is looking after a fine flock o