Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 271, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1912 — BANNER SCHOOLS IN ATTENDANCE [ARTICLE]

BANNER SCHOOLS IN ATTENDANCE

Miss Zelda Daugherty, of Unlon' ls First and Miss Jennie Eib, of Barkley, is Second. Superintendent Lamson has just finished tabulating the record of the first month’s attendance in the rural schools. This report shows the enrollment to be 1,844, as against 1,834 last year. The percent of attendance for, the county-is 95.8, as against 96.1 last year for the same month. The banner school of tne county js that of Zelda Daugherty, of Union township, with an attendance of 99 per cent. Several others are close competitors, Jennie Eib, of Barkley, 99.5 and Grace Houk, of Kankakee, 99.4, Louise Strantz, of Hanging Grove, 99.3, Nelly Knapp, of Marion, 99.3, and Jessie Williamson, of Carpenter, 99.2. The banner schools in the different townships are as follows: Barkley—Jennie Eib. Carpenter—Jessie Williamson.’f Gillam—Edith Martindale. Hanging Grove. —Louise Strantz. Jordan —Nellie Eck. Kankakee —Grace Houk. . \ Keener —Otto Schwanke. Marion—Nelly Knapp. Milroy—Earl Foulks. Newton —Dena Hanson. Union —Zelda Daugherty. Walker —Anna Jasperson. ' Wheatfleld—Forest Craig. Both the teachers and the patrons are to be commended for making sucli a record possible.