Pleasant Valley School No. 8
Poe Township

Ringgold County Rural School Notes
From the Mount Ayr Record News, October 10, 1929
The following schools won certificates of award in the National Tuberculosis Association Modern Health Crusade work for the school year 1928-29:
Pleasant Valley, Monroe No. 7, Gladys FOLTZ, teacher; South Creek, Athens No. 2, Nita MOSBARGER, teacher; Woodbine, Lincoln No. 7, Helen SKARDA, teacher; Highland, Athens No. 5, Louise BASSETT, teacher; Crown Point, Rice No. 3, Ruth SCHLAPIA, teacher; Shady Grove, Lotts Creek No. 7, Elizabeth GERMAN, teacher.
Edgewood, Washington No. 6, Velma WIMER, teacher; and Flowery Glen, Liberty No. 9, Elsie KELLEY, teacher, won blue seals to be attached to the Certificates of Award which indicate second year health crusade work.
Schools winning prizes in the School News contest for the last year are as follows:
First, Lee, Riley No. 4 - Lena D. SAVILLE, teacher, nine months’ subscription to the Record-News. Second, Pleasant Valley, Poe No. 8 - Edith C. HUNTSMAN, teacher, six months’ subscription to the Record News. Third, Eureka, Liberty No. 8 - Naomi PRICE, teacher, one subscription to Current Events.

Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Thursday, December 21, 1939
POE -- The Christmas program of the Poe No. five [Center] and eight [Pleasant Valley] schools will be held December 21. Those who will take part are Millicent and Carolyn WELLS, Eileen STANLEY, Opal JONES, LaVaughn and Billie LOVITT, Ann, Louise and Julia MAGGARD, Franklin MOSIER and Bill REYNOLDS.
Mrs. Nellie STEWART was the teacher for the school year of 1954-55.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2015

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