Watterson School No. 5

Also known as Oak Ridge School

Lotts Creek Township

Ringgold County Rural School Notes
From the Mount Ayr Record News, December 25, 1930

Laveta J. MURPHY, teacher

Oak Ridge No. 5 opened school with an enrollment of seven pupils. There are as follows: Marvin Dean SHIELDS and Sylvia SCOTT, first grade; Lavina WEDDLE, second grade; Ione V. THOMPSON and Darlene M. SCOTT, third grade; John SHIELDS, fifth grade; Mildred SHIELDS, sixth grade.

Ione V. THOMPSON has neither been absent nor tardy since school started.

We are working on the Christmas seal campaign. We have sold 80 stamps so far. We hope to sell many more.

We made Christmas posters and window decorations.

Our school house has been repainted and a new wood house has been built. We also have new window curtains.

We had a box supper November 8th. We made twelve dollars and thirteen cents and have ordered a water cooler with part of the money.

Our next township meeting will be December 31 at the Ringgold school house. We would like to have every teacher of Lotts Creek township present.

WATTERSON SCHOOL, RINGGOLD COUNTY, IOWA, 1938
Wilbur Lee LAY, teacher

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, September 02, 1954

School began this morning (Monday) with Mrs. Evelyn JAMES teaching at the Watterson School.

Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, September 15, 1960

Three rural schools in the Mount Ayr Community school district were sold Saturday at public auction for $697. Lotts Creek No. 2 (Caledonia) was sold to Orville Van WINKLE for $147; Lotts Creek No. 5 (Watterson) was purchased by Ted HIGHTSHOE for $200, and Poe No. 6 (Saltzman) went to Sam ADAMS for $350.00. Dennis OWENS was the auctioneer and Kermit MILLER served as clerk.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2012

 

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