Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1918 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES.

The records in the office of the county superintendent shows that the following applicants on the March and April examinations have made grades entitling them to diplomas:— Barkley township, Erma Adams; Mary E. Ahern; Elva Adams; Frank Britt; Mary E. Callender; Gladys Elliott; Garfield Fogle; Inez Flesher; Henry I. George; Ethel Hilton; Elsie Haniford; Geneva Myers; Anna Morganegg; Leota Obenchain; Ellsworth Price; Rachael Peregrine; Alice Digman; Mabie Scott; Elvin Schroer; William Snedeker; Roy D._ Williams; Mary Williams. Carpenter township, Edna Beier; Lea Beckley; Gladys Carlile; Hazel Culp; Marian ‘Meadal; Viola Owen; Grace Porter; Mabel Roberts; Eleanor Sickinger; Edward Sticknoth. Gillam township, Clara Guild; Clarence Hansen. Hanging Grove township, Scott Cook; Orville Hague; Katherine Hobson; Josephine Johnson; Naomi Swing; Helen Tyler. Jordan township, Irene Iliff; Martha Maxwell; Bessie Reed; Ralph Shafer; Ver Nell Woodruff; Bernice Wortley. Kankakee, Lura Asher; Lloyd Asher; Catherine Cullen; How-ard Duggleby; Alfred Duggleby; Mamie Fitzgerald; Janice Neirer; Wade Peregrine; Pearl Schrader. . Keener township, Lawrence Bol; Martin R. Bronkhart; Ida DeVries; Edwin Erwin; Walter Enz; Corneil Evers; George Girard; Jacob Knipper; Edward Leighley; Werner Steinke; John White; Ruby Yeagley. Marion township, George Bachman; Chester Webster Bachman; Edward Gowland; David Horsewood; Helen Hopper; Velma Ruth Kennedy; Herman Kolhoff; Gladys Lambert; Edward McKinney; Addie McGlynn; Lawrence Miller; Fred Spangle; Edwina Spangle; Edna Schleman; Francis Zimmer; Helen Lucile Horsewood. Milroy township, Lula Anderson; Juno Beughter; Iva Blankenship; Ivan Blankenship; Carl Beaver; Marian Garvin; Ray Lytle; Thomas McAleer; Elmer McAleer; Arnold Sayers; Okal Spencer. Newton township, George Battleday; Winfred Bierly; Dewey Cox; Everet Greenlee; Edna Mauck; Walter Mayhew; Ray Mayhew; Ella Mauck; Russel Paulus; Delbert Stigman; Vern Strain; Alva Weiss; Everet Watson; Nellie Whited. Union township, Ethel Burroughs; Doracs Carr; Donald Lakin; Leo Longsreth; Bertha Porter; Mildred Rude; Cloycie B. Shaffer; Alvin Swain; Leslie Wood; Harold Zellers. Walker township, Ralph Brooks; Gladys Hershman; Esther Hershman; Pearl Hartley; Ruby Pettit; Ray Pettit; Fairy Salrin. ’ Wheatfield township, Margaret Aitchison; Bessie Cooper; Irene E. Drenth; William Williams; Marie Wesner. Aside from the above list a number of seventh grade pupils took the examination in physiology and geography on the April examination. They were as follows: Della Amsler; Gladys Bill; Golda Fiddler; Mildred Griffin; Mary Iliff; Edna Lafoon; Mildred Macy; Wallace McKeever; Mary Prohosky; Clarence Redgate; Martha Rush; Mabel Yeoman; Mary Zickmund.

The commencements have already taken place at Tefft for Kankakee; at Wheatfield for Wheatfield; and at DeMotte for Keener. The MilroyHanging Grove joint towmship commencement will be held at Milroy church in Milroy township on Saturday, June 29th. The Barkley-Gillam commencement will be held at Barkley church in Barkley towmship on Friday night, June 28th. The Jordan township commencement will be held at Union school on Thursday night, June 27th. The Marion township commencement will be held at the Consolidated school south of Rensselaer some time near the 10th of June. Date not definitely set as yet. The following teachers who took state examination in April have been reported as successful: Grace Warnock; G. H. Clevenger; Bert Llewellen; Gertrude Jackson; Lottie Porter; Winona H. Welch; Lural Anderson; Edna Christenson; Dott Porter. The trustees have taken the enumeration for this year. Last year the reports show that there were 4004 pupils enumerated. This year there are 3925 or a county loss of 79 pupils. The heaviest singular loss to a corporation falls to Wheatfield town where the loss was 29, and to Newton township where there was a loss of 29, also. Barkley made a gain of 36; Carpenter loss of 9; Gillam gain of 7; Hanging Grove neither gain nor loss; Jordan loss of 18; Kankakee a loss of 6; Keener a gain of 36; Marion a loss of 13; Milroy a gain of 4; Newton a loss of 29; Union a loss of 16; Walker a loss of 16; Wheatfield township a loss of 7; Remington loss of 2; Rensselaer a gain of 6. Total number of boys in the county enumerated 2056. Total number of girls in the county enumerated 1866. Chas. M. Sands of Rensselaer was appointed county truancy officer to succeed Chas. B. Stewart the coming year. All pupils between the ages of 6 and 14 are required to be in school the coming year. Pupils between the ages of 14 and 16 are required to attend school also unless they have procured a work permit from the president of the school board if in a town or city or from the township trustee if in the country. A doctor’s certificate will excuse pupils of any age from school. The mere fact that a pupil has graduated from the common branches does not excuse him other. The graduation is a privilege of attending a high school if the pupil so desires. All work excuses will be in writing signed by the trustee or president of school board the coming year. Herbert Powers who taught at McCoysbuTg last winter has recently enlisted in the marine corps at Chicago. William May, who taught at Fair Oaks last year, is reported in Chicago for the same purpose. Helen Porter, who taught at Queen City in Milroy township, is in school at

Bloomington. Miss Zona Dillon, who taught at Union school in Jordan township, has retained to her home near Richmond. Miss Laura Warnock, of Remington, who taught in Carpenter township, is finishing a term end at Richmond. Mae Robertson, who taught at Tefft, has returned to her home at Seymour.