Mexico Missouri message., 1917-10-18
RURAL SCHOOLS
BY w. CLYDE JOHNSON.

The committee whlCn mas IN ChaTBe |
the sale of the Liberty Bonds desire !
to have Liberty Bond Rally |
throughout the County on Friday,
October 19 The purpose is to reach |
as many of the country people as !
possible, to explain the proposition /
ully and to interest them i'm the mat |
ter. Audrain's proportionate part OF |
the bonds is four times the amount |
we subscribed to in the first issue |
several months ago.
l know that you are no Stacker I,
and that there are none in your J
district So | am counting on you |
and your patrons to do your part |
to make our plans a success to the
end that the loan may be enormously |
over-subscribed and that we may |
thus do much to quickly win this
war.
Our plan is to have in a number of |
centrally located districts a joint |
meeting of four or five districts. |
Speakers from town in automobiles
accompanied by the Mcmillan or the
Military Cadet Band will entertain
them for 80 or 40 minutes with mu-
sic and short speeches. The rest of
the half day should be given over
to appropriate exercises. The com
mittee has suggested these two
The reading of the Declaration OF
independence and of Wilson's reply
TO the Pope's Peace Proposal. To
this | should add an impressive read
ing of Lincoln's Gettysburg speech.
To this add whatever you wish
short patriotic speeches, history rec
itations or special recitations of any
sort. II you have flag, or can get
one in some way, you could well
have a flag raising, and the reading
of the flag rules.
l have planned the following
trips: There are two parties-one
from the High School and the other
from the Military Academy. At 9
a. nj. we will be at Liberty, the other
at Simms.
1000 a. m, Chapel Grove and His
ey.
1900 a. m, Erisman and High Hill.
100 p. m, Cornett and Naylor.
200 p. M, Elm Bend and Excel
sior.
500 D. M, Bolts and Sneed.
If possible make all necessary ar
rangements to meet us at one of
these places at the hour appointed.
Get .ur advanced classes to write
each family in your district a note
informing them of the time and
place and earnestly requesting them
to be present. If not then have
program of your own and get your
people interested. l wish that we
could visit each school in the coun
| ty. But this is the best we can do. 1t
will be a little hard to meet with us
at 800 a. m. But if the interest
is great enough we should have a
dozen rousing meetings in the
country Friday. Let us see who can
have the biggest delegation present.
| Have you. received and read care
fully the County outline? Then why
have l not received copy of your
program? Only three or four have
as yet sent theirs in. Let me have
yours soon.
wish also to call your attention
to the fact that the United States
Department of Agriculture will send
man here next week to demon
strate the most practical and profit
allie way to select seed corn. Get
your older boys interested. Urge
them to attend Come yourself. Adj
vertise it so that your patrons may
not miss the opportunity, l expect
to be with him. We shall be at
j W Gorman's farm, Lawson dis
trict, October 25, 900 p. m
IT Cant School House, 1880 p. m.
On the 26th at 10 a. m. We shall
be at Mr.. Carpenters farm, Gate
wood district.
At 2 p. m. at Platte Brothers
farm, Duly district.
At p. M, Beagles School House.
October 27 we shall be at w. E
Thompson's farm, Cauthorn district
10 a. m.
At p. m. at d. P. Daniel and
Sons farm, Michigan district.
At 1880 p. m, Crow School House
May 1 have your earnest co-opera-
tion.
w. Clyde JOHNSON,
Supt. Rural Schools.