Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1916 — Last Day of School Exercises Largely Attended. [ARTICLE]

Last Day of School Exercises Largely Attended.

The last day of school exercises for the Union and Reed schools in Jordan tp. held at the former school building Saturday was largely at-

tended, a good program * rendered and a fine dinner enjoyed by all. Former Sheriff John O’Connor of Rensselaer made a very nice talk in the afternoon on his experiences in Uncle Sam's navy in a trip around the world many years ago. Both the talk of Mr. O’Connor and the program rendered by the pupils were enjoyed very much by ?he patrons and pupils.. Miss Zona Dillon, who taught a very successful term at Union, left for her home at Richmond Monday. Trustee Kolhoff expects to add another room to the Union school this year making it a two-room school, and will do away with the Bullis, McCoy district and Reed schools and eventually make quite a saving in the expense to the taxpayers. He also expects in a year or two to build another two-room school building in the east part of the township, probably somewhere near the W. H. Wortley corner on the RensselaerRemington road, which will do away with all the other school houses in the east part of the township, all the pupils being hauled to the two schools from the abandoned districts. There are now six schools running in Jordan tp., but only two have the required number of pupils to be continued, the others running six and eight to the school and one has 10 pupils.