Mexico Missouri message., 1917-05-10
COUNTY SCHOOL NOTES
By W. CLYDE JOHNSON.
County School Supt.

The weather man has been against
me the last two weeks. The 9th of
April, Miss Erie Kirtley closed her
successful term of school. She ex-
pected to have a big dinner, an out
door program Of baseball and other
athletic sports, also Superintendent
Thomas and others from Vandalia to
make interesting talks. But the rain
spoiled the latter part, and so it was
all called off. However, she had four
girls to finish the eighth grade; Lii
lis House, Ruth Barnes, Iona Beedle
and Ruey Middleton. They are for
tunate enough to have a good high
school within six or seven miles of
them. But how much better it would
be if there were a consolidated rural
high school to which not only those
who are able to bay tuition and board
away from home might go, but also
those who cannot.
Miss Blanche Brooks closed her
school at Edwards Friday. She and
her pupils had prepared a very inter
esting program and had sent very
neat invitation to the friends and pat
rons. The good ladies of the district
no doubt carried out their plan to
have something good to eat, and en-
joyed a great day in spite of rain and
cold and mud. There was one grad
uate, boy this time-Albert Frey
er.
This leaves our nine month school at
New Michigan and the two spring
terms at Ellis and South Carter the
only schools now in session. Miss
Parker, at New Michigan, finishes
her work the 18th. AS Miss Kirtley
expects to go to school next year,
Pleasant Plains employed Miss Elsie
Brown, who taught her first term
three years ago at Chapel Grove.
They pay $65 for 8 months. Good
teachers are scarce, and good schools
are realizing the need of paying bet
ter salaries to get them.
Hazel has employed Miss Annie
Cowherd for months at S45. This
is a S. raise for them.
Miss Myrtle Roberts has been en-
ployed for the grammar grades at
Martinsburg. Two hav0 Joined the
ranks of the married already; Miss
Mabel Kilgore, who taught at Sims,
and Miss Gladys Beeby, who was at
Hail. will turn their attention to the
raising of chickens and garden truck,
and thus help their country to win the
war. A farmers life and farmers
wife for them.
A week ago we had very interest
ing meeting at Dye. Great inter
est was manifested in the Farmers
Club. j. C. Hagan has just re-
ported that o. f. Haffner came over
few nights ago, and they perfected
an organization of fourteen members
with the best prospects of more.
Last night they met for business, and
will soon place. an order for 1900 lbs.
of binder Irvine, 1000 bushels of coal,
and no doubht much other stuff at a
great saving to themselves. AS far
as possible they expect to buy thru
the local dealer. This is fine idea.
What are you going to do?
The Federal Defense Board will CO.
operate with our state organization,
and the state through our county will
assist the members Of the local organ
ization in the following particulars:
to secure labor which will especially
be needed at the harvest, to furnish q
market for all perishable products
and others, and thus prevent loss,
waste and the control of the market
by the trusts, and in canning the sur
plus both for home consumption and
for the market.
So those who are members of an or
ganization will receive first atten.
ton. Then if you think the govern,
ment will not be able to help you much
don't overlook the idea that the fel.
low who belongs to an organization
will receive much more help and with
less delay and trouble than the one
VINO acts independently. So let u:
get busy and organize clubs all ovel
the county. Call your people to-
gether. Talk it up. Get into a club
somewhere
Last Wednesday went to Sturgeon
to meet the people at Mt. Pisgah il
the interests of a club; but Jupiter
Pluvius saw to it that we should no
get together. We shall try again
l expect to go to Hall on May 10th
While away last Wednesday Mr.
Moulton of the College, of Agricul
ture came in to perfect the county or
ganization and arrange for a series
of meetings in the county to arous,