Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1907 — MOVEMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL AT PARR. [ARTICLE]

MOVEMENT FOR HIGH SCHOOL AT PARR.

An educational meeting will be held at the F. W. Baptist church in Parr, Saturday, Feb. 16, at 7.-00 p. m., for the purpose of discussing the matter of establishing a high school in Parr. County Supt. Hamilton will be present and give a talk, a short musical program will be rendered, and it is desired that as many of the school patrons of the township as can be present be there and give expression to their ideas in the matter. A preliminary meeting was held last week and W. L. Wood was elected president and L. L. McCurtain secretary, and committees appointed to represent each school district adjacent to Parr at a meeting to be held Feb. 16. It is thought that by establishing a high school a few of the district schools that now have but few pupils can be closed, lessening the expense there, and the township will be able to take care of its own township graduates.