Mexico weekly ledger., 1918-02-21
RURAL SCHOOL NOTES
By W. Clyde johnson

The Thrift Stamps are finding
their way into every rural district |
recently have visited nine schools
and found two or nor pupils in each
school but one we're stockholders in
Uncle Sans great Thrift Bank.
Miss May Hofriehter, teacher at
NJ PisEah. wrote two weeks ago that
one bad night their township CON-
%mitteeman. Mr.. Pollard, called a
meeting to explain the matter and or
ganlze a Thrift Club Only six pa
irons were present, but they bought
almost 800 worth OF Thrift STAMPS.
They expect to try again.
Miss Merle James at Edwards at
the same time wrote that the school
had bought in one week SIT of Thrift
Stamps and would buy more. The
children also had a small collection
for the Y. NJ. c. A and were doing
their best to dispose of some Smile
age Books. They arc taking much
interest in doing their bit
Miss Mary Hatcher at Bryan has
reported a new Red Cross member
and ". F. Clark at Jackson, eight.
This week l mailed out " the diff
ferent teachers literature on the
Junior Red Cross. A drive is being
made 10y to organize each school
district q Junior Red Cross. The
boys and girls are always eager to
do what the can when the idea is
explained and the opportunity af-
forded.
Thompson has some good live Red
Cross workers. They served lunch
at a safe recently, realizing a good
sum of money which they have turn
ed vel to the treasurer, Mr.. Buck
ner.
As it Is not long now until time to
hold the annual school meetings and
especially to make plans for them, ]
think that we should call the school
board members together as the law
requires. As a scarcity of teachers
confronts us another year, and as
their salaries are r~idiculously low
1t seems to me that teachers salaries
should come in for a big share Of the
discussion. I hoped TO have the
meeting on Saturday so that a mum,
Der Of teachers might also meet with
us. Mr.. Lamkin has written that
the only date he can give us Is
March s. so I have decided to cal
our School Board Convention at thai
time, Friday, March s., I hope tina
each district will have two Tepresen.
~tatives here, or better still, all Of the
board, and that many OF the teach.
ers will make it possible to be with
us. Another very interesting matter
that we shall take up at that time
will be the newly assessed valuation
and the levy, We shall know the
valuation at that time. Come ani
hear Mr.. Lamkin. Bring your ques.
tions with you.
Recently I visited the following
schools: Liberty, Miss Blanche
White, teacher; Lawder, Miss Zells
Brown; Stauffor, Mrs. f. c. Nieman
Chapel Grove, Miss Anna Lee Reid
South Liberty, Miss Elizabeth Der
mody; Crane, Miss sallie Crane
Martinsburg, Miss Maggie Torrey.
son, Myrtle Roberts and Dorothy
Seeker; Sims, Miss Nina Cooper
and Daniel, Miss Edna Cooper. Law.
der looks well, clean and sanitary
in a coat Of new paint. The floor was
oiled, the well has a new pump and
concrete top, and two pictures and q
flag have been added to the equip.
ment
Chapel Grove has a new $40 libra.
ry Of six books, a flag and the plas,
ter has been repaired. South City
has a new stove and Jacket, some
new seats and a pencil s~harpener.
They have only a few pupils whom
'they are supplying with free text