Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 June 1916 — A NET LOSS OF 121 [ARTICLE]

A NET LOSS OF 121

Shown in School Enumeration of County Over Last Year. The reports just made by the various township and school trustees of the enumeration of children of school age in Jasper county, shows a net loss in the total for the pounty of 121 over last year’s enumeration. Every township except Marion, Newton and Walker shows a loss. Marion shows a gain of 2, Newton 15 and Walker 4. £ll the towns show a gain—Remington 5, Rensselaer 39, and Wheatfield 15. There is a grand total of 4,20 6 children between the ages of six and 21 years residing in the county, of which 2,186 are males and 2,017 are females. Rensselaer is the only corporation reporting any colored children. Here there are two males and one female. In Carpenter, Kankakee, Newton, Remington and Rensselaer the girls outnumber the boys—five in Carpenter, two in Kankakee, nine in Newton, 31 in Remington and 36 in Rensselaer. In all the rest of the corporations there are more boys than girls—ls in Barkley, 19 in Gillam, 24 in Hanging Grove, eight in Jordan, 50 in Keener, 62 in Marion, 10 in Milroy, nine in Union, 15 in Walker and 21 in Wheatfield. The township and town school corporations show the following reports: Males Females Total Barkley 213 198 41 1 Carpenterl4l 146 287 Gillam 128 109 237 Hanging Grove .. 79 55 134 Jordan 80 72 152 Kankakee 67 69 136 Keener ...156 106 262 Marion 186 124 310 Milroy 64 54 11 8 Newton 95 104 199 Union 191 182 373 Walker 166 151 317 Wheatfield ......1 00 79 179 Remington ......139 170 309 Rensselaer 312 347 659 Wheatfield 71 52 123 Totals .2,188 2,018 4,206