The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-15
CONSOLIDATION
OF SCHOOLS
Districts Of Peaksvile, Revere and
Mccabe in Clark County, Mo-,
are to be Merged Into
One.

KAHOKA. Mo-, March 15.--Miss
Vivian Daggs has entered Gem City
Business college at Quincy.
| The proposition to consolidate the
school districts OF Revere, Peaks
vile and McCabe was submitted to
the voters at a meeting held in Re.
we're Saturday. The vote was III
for consolidation to rs against. The
next matter of procedure will be to
submit to the voters a proposition to
build a central school building at
Revere. The schools of Missouri
and Of the country, are reaching a
crisis in the way Of teachers and
financially. Many districts of the
state are without teachers and many
have been compelled to shorten the
school term by reason of the fact
that the law does not permit the levy
of a sufficient tax to take care Of the
increased cost of operation. Teach
ers are quitting the game and taking
up more remunerative positions.
These are problems which must be
solved this year by the people.
The farmers clubs met at the court
house in kahoka Saturday afternoon
for the purpose of further considera-
ton of the matter of cold storage
pants at Medill. The three counties
adjoining Clark are interested in the
project. 1t Is the plan to raise or sell
stock to the amount of $4,000 for
the erection of a suitable building. We
are informed that one-half of this
amount has been subscribed.
Application has been made for the
organization of a post of the Ameri-
can Legion in Clark county to be
known as Clark post. The charter
will probably be granted in few
days, and post of several hundred
members should be easily obtained
in this county.
The "fiu" has about subsidized IN
Clark county. The doctors and every
body else are enjoying a breathing
spell.
Mrs. VIM. Painter of Hutchinson,
Kansas, formerly of Clark county,
died at her home In that city March
3, 1920, aged g.. The body was laid
to rest in Revere cemetery March g..
Mrs. Painter is survived by her hus.
band, two sons and one daughter.
Also one sister, Miss Addie Edwards,
and one brother, J. p. Edwards, Of
Revere.
- Murray Sisson, a former Kahoka
young man, son of DR.. w. B. Sisson,
has recently received a promotion in
the railroad world, being made as
sistant superintendent of the Chero.
kee subdivision of the Frisco system,
with headquarters at Sapulpa, Okla.
The sale of the Clark county $103,.
944.04 funding bonds is advertised
for Monday, April -, by sealed bids.
This is Clark county's only indebted
ness.
Colonel James Fulton was observed
stirring the dirt in his garden on
last Saturday. A pretty sure sign
that spring is. not far away,
News of the marriage of Miss
Vivian Keester Of Los Angeles, Call
fornia, formerly of Kahoka, reaches
this city. The lucky groom was Mr..
Sabart Leidy. The wedding took
place on Tuesday, March 2.
The X. II. s. girls basketball team
was defeated in their games at Kinks
vile and Unionville last week Never
mind the scores. 80
Horace Dawson and Edward Worm
houdt, students at Missouri univer-
sity, Columbia Mo-, spent the week
end with home folks in Kahoka.
County court will be in session
March 20. The board of equalization
will convene on Monday, April 5. o