Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1920 — COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES [ARTICLE]

COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES

(By Co. Supt Sterrett) The Parr schools gave a box social wherein they made S3O last Friday night. The school put on an interesting program before the boxes were sold. Mrs. Rardin and Miss Ruby Gunyon, two teachers in the Parr schools, directed the school program. Mr. Blue, the upper room teacher, gave a very interesting talk on the educational topics sent out by Supt. L. N. Hines. The teachers have decided to purchase Y. P. R. C. books with the proceeds of the evening. The Fair Oaks schools will put on an educational betterment program one afternoon or night of next week. Miss Mildred Gifford, the teacher at Surrey in Newton township, will put on a similar program/on next Friday a week. Miss Ruth Watkins, teacher at Blue Grass In Newton, will also put on an afternoon program * Nov. 19. Word Is coming In from all angles from teachers who are giving educational programs to stimulate the people of Jasper county. Miss Elsie Zellers will put on an educational program in connection with the box social she Is advertising for the school at Virgie. Trustee Grant Davisson of Barkley township met with his advisory board at the office of the county superintendent last week and decided upon a definite line of action to get the two four-roomed school buildings constructed In time for use next fall. The members of the advisory board are Ralph Johnson, John Rusk and Mr. Gratner. This board and trustee deferred the building of new school houses when they met last year on account of the high cost of building material and labor. Since then Mr. Davisson has been making a diligent search for buildings that would best serve the two angles of Barkley tbwnship. He has been in Parke county upon numerous occasions and County Supt. Jolelff was kind enough to spend an entire day with Mr. Davisson taking him over Parke county to his best four-roomed buildings. Mr. Davisson is very much Interested in giving the people of Barkley township a substantial, efficient, practical school building In each place that he will build. He has offered to take the advisory board and county superintendent down to Parise county to show them a building that he thinks will meet the Barkley needs. He will do this at his own expense as he did last fall when he took these men all over northern Newton and Lake counties.