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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
August 23, 1945

RURAL SCHOOLS OPEN MONDAY, AUGUST 27th

Teachers Engaged for Nearly
All Rural Schools of the County.

Approximately 57 rural schools of Ringgold county will open next Monday, August 27 [1945]. Twelve districts are without teachers at the present time, but it is expected that several of the vacancies will be filled by the opening day of school.

There will be a meeting Friday morning, August 24, at nine o'clock at the court house assembly room for all teachers who are teaching for the first time in Ringgold county, and for those who have not taught for several years. A meeting for all rural teachers will be held Saturday, August 25, at one-thirty o'clock in the assembly room. Supplies will be given out by Miss Vera F. DICKENS, county superintendent of schools, and plans for the year will be discussed.

If VJ-Day should be August 25, the meeting for beginning teachers will be held at nine o'clock Saturday morning, September 1. If VJ-Day should be August 25, the meeting for all teachers will be held at one-thirty o'clock, Saturday, September 1.

The list of schools and their teachers are as follows:

Union Twp. No. 2 Mt Vernon or Dickson Mrs. Edna BURGHER	Union Twp. No. 3 Ellston (Mogul) to be supplied	Tingley Twp. No. 1 Ames School Lois BRAND, Mt. Ayr

Tingley Twp. No. 2 Hackberry School Mrs. Clara Mae BIRD	Tingley Twp. No. 4 Bridge Academy Lois HANSEN, Blockton	Tingley Twp. No. 7 Mariner School Naomi WEEDA, Mt. Ayr

Tingley Twp. No. 8 Pleasant View Mrs. Mildred SMITH Mt. Ayr	Jefferson Twp. No. 2 Concord School to be supplied	Jefferson Twp. No. 3 Mortimer School Mrs. Edith BANTOCK, Diagonal

Jefferson Twp. No. 5 to be supplied	Jefferson Twp. No. 6 Hiawatha School Mrs. Cora PRITCHARD Mt. Ayr	Jefferson Twp. No. 7 Cottonwood School Mrs. Marian MOTSINGER, Benton

Jefferson Twp. No. 8 Brush Center (Cornith) Mrs. Bessee EGLY, Diagonal	Knowlton Indep. Mrs. Agnes TEPLY, Diagonal	Lincoln Twp. No. 1 Bliss School Martena VANDERPLUYM, Diagonal

Lincoln Twp. No. 2 Baumann School Mrs. Barbara GORDON, Diagonal	Lincoln Twp. No. 3 Mrs. Dorothy INGRAHAM, Lenox	Lincoln Twp. No. 4 Carlton School to be supplied

Lincoln Twp. No. 6 Carroll School Mrs. Sarah TINDLE, Diagonal	Lincoln Twp. No. 7 Grace (Woodbine) to be supplied	Lincoln Twp. No. 8 Mrs. Mary Belle REYNOLDS, Clearfield

Grant Twp. No. 1 Bethel School Mrs. Emma MINNICK, Clearfield	Grant Twp. No. 5 Grant Center School Mrs. Opal BARNETT, Diagonal	Grant Twp. No. 6 Harmony School Mrs. Joe RYCHNOVSKY, Diagonal

Grant Twp. No. 7 West Point School to be supplied	Grant Twp. No. 9 Pleasant Valley School Adra MOREY, Diagonal	Washington No. 2 Fairview School? Ms. Lillie RUSK, Mt. Ayr

Washington No. 4 Lincoln School Mrs. Rhoda SOBOTKA, Diagonal	Washington No. 5 Star Center School Mrs. Frances I. SHUMAN Mt. Ayr	Washington No. 6 Edgewood School Mrs. Lois HAMMOND, Diagonal

Washington No. 7 Walnut Valley School to be supplied	Washington No. 8 Hazel Glen School to be supplied	Washington No. 9 Siloam School Thelma STOTTLEMYER, Benton

Liberty Twp. No. 1 Sunny Side School June GRADY, Kellerton	Liberty Twp. No. 3 Eureka School Mrs. Ruth LORIMOR Mt. Ayr	Liberty Twp. No. 4 Side Hill School to be supplied

Liberty Twp. No. 5 Center School Betty Michelson, Mt. Ayr	Liberty Twp. No. 6 Oak Grove School Fern CORLL, Mt. Ayr	Liberty Twp. No. 7 Mountain Brush School Fama GRADY, Kellerton

Liberty Twp. No. 8 Prairie Gem School to be supplied	Liberty Twp. No. 9 Flowery Glenn School Mrs. Alice MILLER, Mt. Ayr	Monroe Twp. No. 3 Lena ROBERTS, Kellerton

Monroe Twp. No. 5 Center School to be supplied	Monroe Twp. No. 9 Woodland School Mrs. Helen ALLEN, Kellerton	Athens Twp. No. 2 Grace JACKSON, Kellerton

Athens Twp. No. 3 Merritt School Mrs. Margaret EGLY, Kellerton	Athens Twp. No. 4 Salem School Mrs. Hazel STANLEY, Kellerton	Athens Twp. No. 5 Highland School Cleola BURCHETT, Kellerton

Athens Twp. No. 6 Corn Stalk School Neoma FEURING, Kellerton	Athens Twp. No. 7 to be supplied	Poe Twp. No. 1 Lesanville School Jessie PINE, Mt. Ayr

Poe Twp. No. 6 Saltzman School Betty BURCHETT, Kellerton	Poe Twp. No. 7 Pleasant Hill School Mrs. Darlene MILLER, Mt. Ayr	Poe Twp. No. 8 Pleasant Valley School Thelma CAMPBELL, Diagonal

Poe Twp. No. 9 Urbana School Theola HIGHTSHOE Mt. Ayr	Clinton Twp. No. 5 Miller School Mrs. Wanda McNUTT, Blockton	Clinton Twp. No. 6 Fairview School Rev. J. E. M. CHAMBERS, Redding

Middle Fork No. 2 Gill or Rose Hill School Mrs. Howard JOHNSTON, Mt. Ayr	Middle Fork No. 5 Hickory Grove School Mrs. Jessie TRULLINGER, Mt. Ayr	Lotts Creek Twp. No. 2 Caledonia School Retha MAY, Mt. Ayr

Lotts Creek. No. 3 Pleasant Valley School Velma WILMER, Mt. Ayr	Lotts Creek No. 4 Stansberry School Mrs. Elgin BISBEY Mt. Ayr	Lotts Creek Twp. No. 5 Oak Ridge School Mrs. Nellie STEWART, Mt. Ayr

Lotts Creek No. 6 Ringgold School Mrs. Lois BOOTH Mt. Ayr	Lotts Creek No. 7 Shady Grove School Mrs. Pearl ZINN, Lamoni	Riley Twp. No. 1 Thompson School Mrs. Corinne E. MURRAY, Lamoni

Riley Twp. No. 3 Wolf Valley School to be supplied	Riley Twp. No. 4 Lee School Mrs. Ethelene SCOTT, Lamoni

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2010

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