Towns' Teachers ~ 1924 - 1929

Decatur County, Iowa

Abbreviations Key
Supt. = Superintendent Prin. = Principal Comm. = Commercial or Commerce, business class
Eng. = English H.Ec. = Home Economics Hist. = History
N.Tr. = Normal Training, for future teachers Soc. Sci. = Social Science Sci. = Science
Voc.Ag. = Vocational Agriculture

Eli Hutchinson
County Superintendent, Leon, Iowa
1924 - 1925
DAVIS CITY

H. D. McClaran Supt.
Anna Lissack H.S.
Jennie Nelson H.S.
Ruth Woods H.S.
Mrs. Lelah Kirk 7.8.
Miss Elizabeth Bolon 6.5.
Miss Mary Beavers 5.4.
Mrs. Nona Miller 3.2.
Mrs. Mabel Tharp 1st. & Pri.
DECATUR

A. F. Pottle Supt.
Mrs. Mable Robbins Prin.
Mrs. A. F. Pottle H.S.
Louva Hanner 7.8.
Ada Crees 4.5.& 6.
Teresa Tullis 1.2.& 3.
GARDEN GROVE

C. W. Stevenson Supt.
Vaughn Long Prin.
James Leebl N.T.
Aletha Veldhuizen Eng.
Muriel Orr Home Ec.
Frances Long Hist.
Cornelia Young Music.
George Leebl 8th.
Harriet Flint 7th.
Imogene Harding 6th.
Vera Bell 4.5.
Mrs. Mabel Arnold 3.4.
Lacey Lanning 2.
Zulma Lanning 1.
GRAND RIVER

H.M. McGuire Supt.
Alice Jones H.S. Math.
Martha McBlain H.S.Eng.
Alice Vandel D.S. S.S.
Helen Jones Scott 7.8.
Elsie Arnold 5.6.
Mary Overholtzer 3.4.
Ester Jones 1.2.
LAMONI

F.E. Ford Supt.
Opal Roark H.S. Prin.
Rose Shoemaker H.S.
Hazel Norris H.S.
Edna Johnson H.S.
D.B. Jensen H.S.
Lou Rissa Dillon H.S.
Verna Elefson H.S.
Clarice Crisman H.S.
Anna Sheldahl Supt. Music.
Emma Chasey 8th.
Lewis Jones 7th.
Maud Lasley 6th.
Mary E. Curtis 5th.
Martha Lester 4th.
Pearl Stafford 3rd.
Nellie Anderson 2nd.
Florence Thompason 1 & 2.
Marcells Schenck 1.
Sarah Butler Kgtn.
LEON

O. M. Gass Supt.
Frances Sullivan Prin. H.S.
Lulu Shields Eng. & Math.
Ida M. Fierce Eng.
Marion Piersol Math.
Fern Estes Hist.
T. H. Erickson Agr. & Man T.
Sadie Peters Nor.T.
Lyda Stephens Comcl.
Elner Martin Dom. Sci.
Mida Bradley Mus. & Pen.
Dilla Sullivan 7.
Esther Sears 6.
William Clifton 7.
Voe Farquhar 5.
Alva Wiley 4.
Susanna Cheney 2 & 3.
Ramona Judson 1 & 2.
Mildred Merwin 1.
SOUTH WARD

Ella Grogan 5 & 6
Freda Boies 3 & 4
Lyda Epperly 1 & 2.
Florence Williams 1.
LEROY

R.E. Peasley Supt.
O.P. Latimer Prin.
Wm Berkey H.S.
Jeanette Haas H.S.
Edna Bartlett 7.8.
Mrs. R.E. Peasley 5.6.
Mayme Ivy 3.4.
Twyla Mitchell 2.3.
Valera Faubion 1st.
PLEASANTON

Cecil S. Graham Prin.
Elsie M. Rowe H.S.
Florence Andersen 7.8.
Elizabeth Spencer 4.5.6.
Wilda B. Tye 1.2.3.
VAN WERT

Cecil Brayton Supt.
Vera Dunaway Prin.
Don Southard H.S.
Eithel Luce 7.8.
Mildred Ballington 5.6.
Carma Johnston 3.4.
Helen Ballantyne 1.2.
WELDON

Lowell E. Cockrill Supt.
Blanche Smith Prin.
Cecil Mitchell H.S.
Ruth Smith 7.8.
Alta Kimberlin 4.5.6.
Gretchen Hoadley 1.2.3. 

1925 - 1926
DAVIS CITY

H. D. McClaran Supt.
Anna J. L. Lissack H.S.
Blanche Jennings H.S.
Marguerite Jeffries H.S.
Lelah Kirk 7.8.
Elizabeth Bolon 5.6.
Margaret McClaran 4.5.
Nona Miller 2.3.
Mabel Tharp 1st. - Prim.
DECATUR

A. F. Pottle Supt.
Mable I. Robbins Prin.
Lyle W. Durham H.S.
Louva Hanner 7.8.
Florence Anderson 4.5.6.
Teresa Tullis 1.2.3.
GARDEN GROVE

C. W. Stevenson Supt.- N.T.
James Leebl Prin.
W. N. Williams Athl.
F. Jerrell Venable Soci.
Aletha Veldhuizen Eng.
Muriel Orr D.Sc.
Jeannette Burns Music-Art
George Leebl 8.
Harriet Flint 7.
Imogene Harding 6.
Vera Bell 5.
Mrs. George Leebl 4.
Mabel Arnold 3.
Gretchen Hoadley 2.
Zulma Lanning 1.
GRAND RIVER

H.M. McGuire Supt.
Floyd V. Campbell H.S.
Louise Barton Eng.
Alice Vandel D.Sc.
Marguerite V. Daughton 7.8.
Elsie Arnold 5.6.
Mary Overholtzer 3.4.
Ester Jones 1.2.
LAMONI

W. W. Hield Supt.-Agr.
Opal Roark Prin.-N.T.
Rose Shoemaker Alg.-A.Gov.
Grace Roark Eng.
Catherine Carpenter Eng.
Mary A. Selkirk Latin-Hist.
F. M. Jennings Sci. Math.
Lou R. Dillon D.Sc.
F. S. Parks Bio-M.T.
Lena Wella Voc. Music.
Joseph Anthony Instr.Music.
Emma Chasey 6.7.8.
Mary E. Curtis 6.7.8.
Harry A. Lorance 6.7.8.
Silvia A. Vandel 6.8.
Ramona Bennett 5
Martha Lester 4
Pearl M. Stafford 3
Nellie M. Anderson 2
Marcella Schenck 1.
Sarah Butler Kgtn.
LEON

O. M. Gass Supt.
Frances Sullivan Prin. -Lat.
Sadie Peters N.T.
Alma Hollman Eng.
Alice D. Clifton Math.
Theoria Cooper Eng.-Alg.
Ferne Estes Hist.
Wilfred D. Halden M.T.
Lyda Stephens Comcl.
Margaret Shields Eng.
Marie Wyatt D.Sc.
Mida E. Bradly Music - Pen.
H.H. Vanderflute 7.8.
Maude L. Golder 7.8.
Vee Farquhar 6.
Imogene Harden 5.
Alva Wiley 4.
Florence Davis 2.3.
Mildred Merwin 1A.2.
Georgian Young 1B.
SOUTH WARD

Ella Grogan Prin. - 6
Margaret Meek 4.5.
Lyda Epperly 2.3.
Mary Traupel 1A.1B. Prim.
LEROY

Forrest P. Hagan Supt.
O.P. Latimer Prin.
William E. Berkey H.S.
Nellie Lewis H.S.
Freda Bowman 7.8.
Marie Brewer 5.6.
Alice Downing 3.4.
Frances Louise Penniwell 2.
Valera Faubion 1.
PLEASANTON

Lauren D. Thomas Supt.
Elsie M. Rowe Prin.
Helen McGuire 7.8 - D.Sc.
Blanche Hagan 4.5.6.
Wilda Tye 1.2.3.
VAN WERT

Helen Esch Supt.
Queen Bell H.S.
R. B. Simpson H.S.
Eithel J. Luce 7.8.
Mildred Ballantyne 5.6.
Madge Saffell 3.4.
Odessa Bone 1.2.
WELDON

Lowell E. Cockrill Supt.
Cecil Mitchell M.T.
Blanche Smith D.Sc.
Ruth Smith 7.8.
Alta Kimberlin 4.5.6.
Vera Wilson 1.2.3.

1926-1927
DAVIS CITY
H. D. McClaran Supt.
Phillip Baltimore Prin.
Mrs. Alice Bolon Hist. & D.S.
Gertrude Connett Eng. & Lat.
Mrs. Lelah Kirk 7 & 8th
Elizabeth Bolon 5 & 6th
Louisa Teale 4th
Mrs. Nona Miller 2 & 3
Mrs. Mabel Tharp 1st.- Prim.
DECATUR
V. A. Niles Supt.
Mrs. Mable Robbins Prin.
Evelyn Erickson D.S.
Louva Hanner 8.
Florence Anderson Int.
Teresa Tullis Prim.
GARDEN GROVE
E. C. Mendenhall Supt.- N.T.
J. F. Leebl Prin.
J. Leo Pitts Phys. Coach.
Pearl Morgan Eng.
James Sheldon Soc.S.
Blodwen Johns D.S.
Jeanette Burns Music.
Geo. F. Leebl 8.
Harriet Flint 7.
Greta Bennett 6.
Marguerite Daughton 5.
Mrs. Geo. Leebl 4.
Mrs. Mabel Arnold 3.
Gretchen Hoadley 2.
Zulma Lanning 1.
GRAND RIVER
W. N. Williams Supt.
Floyd V. Campbell Prin.
Margaret McClaran H.S.
Helen Vandel D.S.
Mary Overholtzer 7.8.
Tressa Brammer 5.6.
Georgetta Snyder 3.4.
Mrs. Vera G. Brothers 1.2.
LAMONI
W. W. Hield Supt. Ag.
Opal Roark Prin. N.T.
Grace Roark Eng.
Rose Schoemaker Soc.Sc.
Helen Chapman Lat.Eng.
Harold J. White Math.
Floyd S. Parks Bi. M.T. Ag.
R. S. Underhill Coach-Eu.Hist.
Ruth Derry Gen.Sc.D.S.
Victoria Love Voc. Mc. Dr.
J. H. Anthony Inst.Music.
Mrs. Emma Chasey 6.7.8.
Harry A. Lorance 6.7.8.
Ida Mae Post 6.7.8.
Theresa Stemm 5.
Martha Lester 4.
Mrs. Pearl Stafford 3.
Nellie Anderson 2.
Marcella Schenck 1.
Juanita Haden Kgtn.
LEON
A. N. Smith Supt.
Frances M. Sullivan Prin.
H. H. Vanderflute Asst. Prin.
Sadie Peters N.T.
Dewey Halden Coach - M.T.
Mrs. Ida M. Fierce Eng.
Cora Anderson Eng.
Robert A. Bailey Sci. Phys.
Mrs. Lyda Slade Com'l.
Mrs. Esther Sears Eng.
Zoe Braucht So.Sci.
Mida E. Bradley Music-Pen.
Mrs. Lulu B. Swisher 7.8.
Maude Golder 7.8.
Vera Bell 6.
Imogene Harden 4A - 5.
Mrs. Alva Reed 3 - 4B.
Audrey Zeiger 2.
Mildred Merwin 1A.
Mrs. Lina Fisher Dudney Pri.
SOUTH WARD
Ella Grogan 6.
Esther Garber 3.4.
Lyda Epperly 2.3.
Mary Traupele 1A.1B.
LEROY
Forrest P. Hagan Supt.
Thomas Terrell Prin.
Nellie Lewis H.S.
Carroll Curie Music.
Marie Brewer 7.8.
Dorotha Hagan 5.6.
Alice Downing 3.4.
Frances L. Penniwell 2.
Mildred Hastie 1.
PLEASANTON
Dave C. Davies Supt.
Edith Freburg H.S.
John Molleston 7.8.
Blanche Hagan 4.5.6.
Mrs. Wilda Tye 1.2.3.
VAN WERT
Henry Esch Supt.
Vera Dunaway Prin.
Roland Simpson Coach.
Willa Fisher H.S.
Mildred Ballantyne 5.6.
Madge Saffell 3.4.
Odessa Bone 1.2.
WELDON
Lowell E. Cockrill Supt.
Mrs. Anna J. Cockrill Prin.
Bernice Mitchell H.S.
Ruth Smith Grammer Room.
Mrs. Alta Kimberlin Int. Room
Leota Cochran Prim. 

1927-1928
DAVIS CITY

H. H. Vanderflute Supt.
R. Phillip Baltimore Prin.
Mrs. Alice Bolon H.Ec-Hist.
Bernice Mitchell Eng.-Lat.
Mrs. Lelah J. Kirk 7-8
Harriet Bolon 5-6
Louisa Teale 4-5
Mrs. Nona A. Miller 2-3
Mrs. Mabel Tharp Prim.
DECATUR

V. A. Niles Supt.
Anna J. Niles H. Ec.
Emil Overland H.S.
Louva Hanner 7.8
Wilma Phillips 4.5.6
Teresa Tullis 1.2.3
GARDEN GROVE

A. R. Metier Supt.
J. A. Sheldon Prin.
Sadie Peters N.Tr.
Grace McClelland Eng.
H. P. Weatherly Coach
Blodwen Johns H.Ec.
Erma Smith Music-Drawing
Fay Dorsey 8
Mrs. F. J. Schmidt 7
Greta Bennett 6
Louise Sherman 5
Dorothy Stiles 4
Mrs. Mabel Arnold 3
Gretchen Hoadley 2
Ocho Traupel 1
GRAND RIVER

W. N. Williams Supt.
Floyd V. Campbell Prin.
Edith F. Freburg Eng.
Virgene Griffin H.Ec.
Mary E. Overholtzer 7.8.
Tressa Brammer 5.6.
Georgetta Snyder 3.4.
Vera Brothers 1.2.
LAMONI

Opal E. Roark Supt.
Rose Shoemaker Prin.
Grace Roark N.Tr.
Ruth Derry H.Ec.
Harold J. White H.S.
Malcolm Barrows H.S.
Edmund G. Kelley Coach
Helen Chapman H.S.
Floyd S. Parks Smith-Hughes
Gertrude White Music
Amy Jane Griffin Eng.Hist.
J. H. Anthony Band-Orch.
Emma Chasey Jr.High
Harry Lorance Jr. High
Mrs. Lulu B. Swisher Jr. High
Theressa Stemm Jr. High
Velma Derenzy Opportunity
Martha Lester 4
Pearl M. Stafford 3
Nellie Anderson 2
Marcella Schenck Primary
Juanita Haden Ktn.
LEON

A. N. Smith Supt.
Mrs. Frances Sullivan Prin.
Robert A. Bailey Asst. Prin.
Mary A. Fenninger N.T.
M. R. Lazenby A .
Burton C. Holmes -Alg.
Mrs. Esther Sears Eng.
Mrs. Ida M. Fierce Eng.
Mrs. Lyda Stephens-Slade Com'l
Virginia Parish H.Ec.
Zoe Braucht Hist-Econ
Mida E. Bradley Music-Pen.
Maude Golder 7.8.
Vera Bell 7.8.
Pearle Baker 7.8
Esther F. Garber 6
Imogene Harden 5
Margaret Meek 3.4
Audrey Zeiger 2
Mildred Merwin Primary
SOUTH WARD

Ella Grogan 4.5
Lyda Epperly 2.3.
Lucy E. Evans 1
LEROY

Forrest P. Hagan Supt.
Vera A. Mitchell H.Ec.
Ray M. Nichols Coach
Carroll Curie Music.
Vera Mackey 7.8.
Doratha Hagan 5-6
Catherine Casey 3-4
Dolores Laughlin 2
Mildred Hastie 1
PLEASANTON

Dave C. Davies Supt.
Mildred Stratton H.S.
J. W. Molleston 7.8.
Mildred Putnam 4.5.6.
Mrs. Wilda Tye 1.2.3.
VAN WERT

Herbert Faust Supt.
Vera Dunaway Prin.
M. N. Wilson Coach.
Dorothea Dunaway 7.8
Mildred Ballantyne 5.6
Ada Crees 3.4
Odessa Bone Primary
WELDON

Laurence H. Brandt Supt.
Twyla Mitchell Prin.
Edith M. Garris H.S.
Ruth Smith 7.8
Mrs. Alta Kimberlin 4.5.6
Ina A. Garton 1.2.3 

1928-1929
DAVIS CITY

H. H. Vanderflute Supt.
C. J. Madden Prin.
Mrs. Alice Bolon H.Ec
Eunice Butts Eng.
Mrs. Lelah J. Kirk 7-8
Harriet Bolon 5-6
Glaydis Bowman 4-5
Mrs. Nona A. Miller 2-3
Lois Laughead 1
DECATUR

Joe D. Myers Supt.
Catherine French Prin
Louis Fisher H.S.
Louva Hanner 6-7-8
Marguerite Dickey 3-4-5
Teresa Tullis 1-2
GARDEN GROVE

A. R. Metier Supt.
J. A. Sheldon Prin.
H. P. Weatherly Coach
Sadie Peters N.Tr.
Blodwen Johns H.Ec.
Elizabeth Hansen Eng.
Erma Smith Music
Fayette Dorsey 6-7-8
Julia E. Metier 6-7-8
Greta Bennett 6-7-8
Mildred Joy Vail 5
Dorothy Stiles 4
Mrs. Mabel Arnold 3
Gretchen Hoadley 2
Mary O. Trauple 1
GRAND RIVER

Floyd V. Campbell Supt.
Harold P. Warrington H.S.
Virgene Griffin H.Ec.
Amy Myers H.S.
Dorothy Morgan H.S.
Alice Culver 7-8
Geneveive Gilreath 5-6
Georgetta Snyder 3-4
Mrs. Vera C. Brothers 1-2
LAMONI

Opal Roark Supt.
Rose Shoemaker Prin.
Grace Roark N.Tr.
Helen Chapman Latin-Eng.
Ruth Derry H.Ec.
Malcolm Barrows Math
Arthur Mills Bio-Hist.
Edmund Kelley Coach
Floyd S. Parks Smith-Hughes
Thelma Lane Music
J. H. Anthony Band-Orch.
Mrs. Emma Chasey Prin. Jr.High
Harry Lorance Jr. High
Mrs. Lulu B. Swisher Jr. High
Theresa E. Stemm 5.
Martha Lester 4.
Velma A. Derenzy 3.
Mrs. Pearl Stafford 3
Nellie Anderson 2
Marcella Schenck 1.
Juanita Haden Ktg.
LEON

Clarence E. Rising Supt.
Mrs. Frances Sullivan Prin.
William Williams Coach
Eva G. Curry N.Tr.
Mrs. Lyda S. Slade Com'l
Mrs. Esther W. Sears Eng.
Mida E. Bradley Pen.-Music
Burton C. Holmes Agr.-Math.
Virginia Parish H.Ec.
Mrs. Ida M. Fierce Eng.-Civ.
Maude L. Golder 6-7-8
Vera A. Bell 6-7-8
Esther F. Garber 6-7-8
Verdo Barnhouse 6-7-8
Katherine K. Rising 6-7-8
L. Imogene Harden 4-5
Margaret Meek 3-4
Louisa C. Teale 2
Arvilla C. Lorance 1
Mrs. Lina F. Dudney Primary
SOUTH WARD

Ella V. Grogan 4-5
Lyda Epperly 2-3
Lucy E. Evans 1
LEROY

Forrest P. Hagan Supt.
Vera A. Mitchell Prin.
C. W. Bootman H.S.
Margaret A. Meier H.S.
John W. Molleston 7-8
Doratha Hagan 5-6
Catherine Casey 3-4
Dolores D. Laughlin 2
Mildred E. Hastie 1
PLEASANTON

C. J. Peirce Supt.
Nellie M. Bolon Prin.
Mrs. Hephzibah Peirce 7-8
Mildred Putnam 4-5-6
Mrs. Wilda Tye 1-2-3
VAN WERT

Ron Howard Supt.
G. D. Stiles Prin.
Evadeane Vanderburg H.Ec.
Michael Crees 7-8
Thelma Bartlett 5-6
Ada Crees 3-4
Berdena Watson 1-2
WELDON

L. H. Brandt Supt.
Edith M. Garris Prin.
Glennys L. Murdy H.Ec.
Ruth Smith Upper-Grds.
Mrs. Alta Kimberlin Intermed.
Mrs. Merle W. Wilson Primary

 
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