Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1922-08-01
SCHOOL TEACHERS APPOINTED

leacueFS IOT all Cne ScnOOlS OF
Charles Town District were appoint
ed at recent meeting of the Board
of Education after the appointments
for one-room schools had been de-
ferred at the regular meeting July
3. Appointments that were left I'M
decided for the Charles Town Grad
ed and High School were completed
by reappointing Miss Bette Beller,
librarian, and Mr.. Russell Tewalt,
janitor, and by the selection of Miss
Anna Moore Link to teach in the
grades.
No action was taken in appoint
ing teacher for the Wiltshire
school, the attendance there being
below the lawful number. Later
when the prospects for better at
tendance improves, the Board may
reconsider the opening of the school.
M. George w. Heare, of the
vicinity of Shepherdstown, will be
principal of the Shenandoah Junction
graded school. His assistants will
be Misses Anna McGarry, of Bar
dane and Ruth Clipp, of near Shop
herdstown.
In the Eagle Avenue colored
school, Charles Town, Philip Jack
son viii hold the position of princi-
pal, with the following assistants
c. B. L. Jackson, Irma Snowden,
Edward L. Braxton and C. N. p.
Craven.
Miss Catherine Boxwell will be
principal of the Mt. Hope school at
MechaDicstown. Miss Nina Ramey,
who taught there last year as as
sisteat was reappointed.
Miss Ella Bready will teach again
1T Manning's; Miss Meta B. Shirley
at Ramey's; Miss Ollie Blessing, in
Ransom; Miss Elsie Hummer at Zoar.
The only new teacher in the one
room schools of the District will be
Miss Audrey Blackboard, who has
been appointed at Bardane.
One surprising fact was developed
this summer in connection with the
Riverside school, The school from
the time the school house was built
has been under the jurisdiction of
the Charles Town District Board of
Education. While number of
children from Harpers Ferry Dis
trict attended school there, they
always attended under transfers
from that District. To ascertain
just what is the boundary between
the two districts near the river, the
District line has been resurveyed,
with the astounding result that the
school is found to be in Harpers
Ferry District. One outcome of the
discovery is that no school will be
taught there this year, unless Har-
pers Ferry District Board orders it.
Twenty-one bonds of the par
value of $500 each, issued when the
High School building was erected in
1912, have been bought in and can
celed. The sinking fund for this
purpose has been kept on time de-
post in one Of the local banks,
paying four per cent on it. The
interest on the fund at the time
the bonds were cancelled amounted
to $1,332.S5, enough to retire two
of them with balnce of $332.S5.
Shepherdstown District Board of
Education has appointed VIM. D. |
Hines principal of the new high
school to be established in Shep- |
herdstown. Geo. T. Kanode will |
be assistant principal. Teachers in
eAS 6AooCo diC IAOISICe NTuDDSl
9Th grade; Miss Bessie M. Bell, 7th !
grade; Miss Ella NJ Kelsey. 9Th
grade; Miss Julia Hill, 9Th grade
Miss Louise Rightstine, 4th grade
Miss Abbie Banks, 3rd grade; Miss
Bessie Henkle, End grade; Miss Ruth
Taylor, LIST grade; Miss Mabel
Thompson, assistant LIST grade.
Teachers in other schools of the |
district are: Moler's, Walter E. |
FuT, principal, Miss Mary Donley,
assistant Uvilla, E. D. Turner;
Edgewood, Miss Lille v. Stanley.
Shepherdstown colored school, L. L. |
Taylor, principal, Mrs. Mary w. /
Page, assistant.
Miss Louise Kable will teach in
the junior high school at Great |
Capon and Miss Louise Gardner will
teach in the graded school of the |
same place.
The teachers institute for Jeffer-
son County will be held this year in |
Charles Town, August 21st to 26th.