The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1919-08-14
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SCHOOL NEWS.
1ror week ending August 81

(For week ending August 81
Miss Hazel Mckee reports the addi-
ton of improvements at Old rotter
which makes them Class B school
now.
Amos Musgrave makes remark
able monthly report of the work al
Iwo-Mile. His per cent of attendance
shows that the girls are perfect ana
the bows s9es. His enrolment is 49,
The County Library Association IS
growing rapidly and the books are be-
mo used to excellent advantage. The
following persons have become mem
hers during the past week; Emmett
E. Harrison, Ode Mcmillan H. ~
Blan. Mabel Anderson, John Harper
Fern Mckee Parr, and 7. Delod Null
Inns.
Old Cove was the first school visited
last week. Misses Georgia ana
Blanche Handy are handling this
school nicely. The district has built
an addition to the main building, pro
viding two rooms. They have some
excellent equipment but need light
colored paint inside. They also need
blaekboards.
Emmett Lindsey is teaching his
first term at Overturf His school IS
not large but they are all interested.
This is the first school which has
made 1000 in all grades in the spell
ing tests. The school house is new but
they need desks and small equipment
Holly Grove has had very little
school during the past two years. MISS
Regina Barnes has thirty pupils en-
rolled in her first grade and one in
the seventh. She has 54 pupils en-
rolled. The school is without equip
ment of any kind The benches are
very poor. 1t is to be hoped that this
district will remodel and furnish its
school building. IF,
Miss Annie Billue is doing well with
her first school at Center. She is
systematic in her work and very thoro.
The greatest need of this school is
desks. The district plans to remove
the school building and remodel it.
Sunfower is a new consolidated
school. Transportation of pupils was
impossible so the people placed the
new house in the geographical center
of the district for the convenience of
the pupils. The building is almost
hidden away from the world. They
have a neat house but the walls are
entirely too dark on the interior. They
need a well and some desks. Miss
Eunice Sargent, a member of the
fifth grade of this school made the
best record in the arithmetic tests
yet made in the couny. Miss Belle
Billue has charge of this school.
Womac Spur is taught by Miss Ella
Felts this term. This school has the
advantage of plenty of equipment and
Miss Felts knows how to use it. Her
school is doing good work. They will
have a creditable display at the coun-
ty fair. Miss Elsie Mcdonald exceed
ed the standard in the arithmetic tests
for the eighth grade.
Prof. E. w. Handy is teaching the
Mt Pleasant school. He has twelve
first grade pupils which is proof of
the fact that this school has not been
in session for some time. The paint
on the interior of the house is slate
for the walls and green for the cell
ing. 1t would be a good investment
for this district to change that paint,
buy desks and blackboards.
Bunch is another well equipt little
school hidden away in the hills. The
house is quite modern 1t has a neat
eloakroon1, patent desks, good black
boards and sufficient small equipment.
They need fence around the grounds
and light paint on the interior. Miss
Ruth Handy has good school.
}. M. Sapp is a new teacher in Polk
county and he is making good at Bog
Springs. His enrolment is not large
but the grades are all represented. He
has ordered number of aids for his
school work and will have pie suppers
to raise additional funds with which
to purchase equipment.
Hatton is to be congratulated for
getting the services of Emmett r.
Harrison Of Sewer county for their
principal this term. He and Miss
Madge Bonner are both doing splen-
did work in this school. The directors
are doing their part also. They have
recently painted the house inside and
out, putting white where dark blue
was before, built new outhouses. and
repaired the main building. Hatton
IS taking real interest in her school
this year.
Oscar Wilkins, Miss Leila Nichols
and Miss Mae Miller are in charge of
tne Vandervoort schools this year
They are all interested in building IN
the standard of their school. The su-
perintendent is expecting a creditable
display from this school at the county
1ar. This school needs new desks
lighter paint, some dictionaries. globes
ana blackboards, and the directors
seem inclined to provide the things
necessary for their school this wear
TOM ]. WILBANKS.
County Superintendent
BLOOD POISONING is FATAt