Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 September 1920 — MISSING SCHOOL TEACHER FOUND [ARTICLE]

MISSING SCHOOL TEACHER FOUND

' MISS BLANCHE GRAFTON DISAPPEARED AFTER ATTENDING INSTITUTE HERE. Monday’s Chicago Tribune carried an account of the mysterious disappearance of Miss Blanche Grafton, a young lady of Francesville, Indiana, who' had attended the teachers’ institute in this city four days, last week and whose disappearance dated from the close of the institute. When she failed to return to her home or to notify her parents of her whereabouts, George Eqt, an uncle, started in search of her, his quest leading him to Chicago where he sought the aid of the police of that city. The relatives of the missing girl held the belief that she was either the victim* of foul play or had elopfed. The girl had been keeping company with Paul Detamore, a yofing druggist of Francesville, but told - him only recently that “the past was past,” but she wanted him to continue to be her friend.

The young lady was found Monday night in a small Illinois town to which she had fled that she might not be compelled to teach school by her parents during the coming term. It is understood that a reconciliation has been brought about between the -girl and her parents and that the latter have consented to her giving up the teaching profession. — County Superintendent Morgan L. Sterrett of this county had made arrangements for the young lady to teach a school' in Gillam township during the coming term, hut when the mysterious disappearance of Miss Grafton was brought to his attention he secured another teacher and the school opened on scheduled time Monday morning.