Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-09-26

have now visited all the town
schools except Mexico. The prospect
for THIN 10 beat all former records IS
very nattering. All have made a
very promising start. NandaliA, Far
Der and LAddonia each have n new
man for superintendent Each one Is
an excellent school man and Is max
ipg a new record for his school. A. NJ.
Fourt is at Vandalia. N. r. England
at Farber, and L. Z. Lcyer at Laddo-
MIA. At each place all the means
available have been spent in'papering.
painting, oiling the floors, and in max
ing things comfortable and pleasant,
also in purchasing necessary equip
ment. Most of the school boards have
learned that such as these are very
profitable Investments.
Vandalia is growing because Of the
million dollar BRICK plant. The school
il also growing and a new teacher was
added in the grades. They 10Y have
seven, almost one for each grade. Far
Der is also growing on account Of their
new brick plant and had to add a
teacher in the grades. They now have
three in the grades, two in the high
school, and three in the rural districts
that form a part of the consolidated
district. Miss Alice Harrison is Mr..
! EngIand's assistant. Mrs. England
has the primary grades Miss Merle
Alexander the intermediate, and Hiss
Katie Sievers the advanced. In the
| rural districts are Miss Emma Sutton
at Prairie Hill, Miss Ethel Cantwell at
East Lick and Miss Grace Abingdon at
Prairie Mound.
At Laddonia, Miss Goldie Quinn is
principal, Miss Hermie Gibbs assist
ant, Miss Lydia Hatton primary, Miss
/ Eethel Smith in the Second Room, Miss
Mary Harrington in the Third, and
Miss Della Talbot in the Fourth.
Miss Nola Hanna is again principal
at Rush Hill and Miss Anna Miller
primary teacher. Here also things
have been made clean and sanitary
and comfortable. They have fifty pu-
pills the most of whom are now being
furnished free text books, the rest will
be in another year. This matter Of free
text books is working out well in all
cases, Miss Hannasis organizing a
Grain-judging Club with all her pu-
pills in it, and a Sewing Club with all
the girls. They have a service flag Of
honor to those who have gone from the
school, 1t has fourteen stars on Il. The
school is working. for a flag for the
school and will soon have enough for
this and q few other things that they
need.
Miss Margaret T~orreyson last year
raised M~artinshurg to an approved
school of the Third Class. She is
again at the head. Miss Dorothy Seek
Ter also remained as primary and Miss
Mary Hatcher has the upper grades.
A fine start has been made. They have
65 pupils. All has been made ready
for the best years work in their his
tory.
Benton City also has a new princi-
pal, Mrs. f. C. Niemann. Miss Myr-
tie Roberts is her capable Primary
Teacher. Only a part Of their im-
%provements have been made. The 9TH
ers will be made as soon as theycan get
some n to do them. They have fifty
pupils. Mrs. Niemann and her eu-
pills are doing the work known as
Vitalized Agriculture. All are much
interested in the work and have al
ready begun to do things. They have
made themselves a work bench and a
nail box each. They also have made a
note book, a thing of beauty, in which
to keep a story of what they do. They
too have organized clubs and we MAY
expect great things to be accomplish
ed by them.
| have a letter from G. E. Strayer.
Division of Education, National War
Savings Committee. He writes: Poi.
son gas was one of the first fruits of
Kultur . 1t stings, blinds and kills.
Charcoal or carbon made from fruit
PITS and nut shells is used to neutral
ize 1t. The Government needs carbon.
1t asks the boys and girls Of America
to save peach, plum, prune, apricot
and cherry pits, hickory nuts, walnuts.
butternuts and the shells of these
nuts. Method: Select a leader or
leaders, give publicity to the cam
paign, dry pits thoroughly in the sun.
bring them to a central collecting sta
ton, notify Chemical Warfare Sery-
ice, Washington, D. c., and bills Of
lading and shipping instructions will
be sent. Two hundred peach pits or
pounds Of nuts produce enough
carbon for n gas respirator. Car
shells.
I'M sure hat the schools will do
their part in this matter as in all 9TH
ers. No doubt you will find a collecting
place in each town.
W. CLYDE JOHNSON