Grundy Co. Teachers
Co. Schools Now Nearly All In SessionAverage Salary of Teachers Over $50 Monthly
The country schools of the county are now nearly all in session. There has been some advance in teachers salaries within the past year. The lowest pay now given to any teacher in a country school is $42 a month. The highest is $65. The average salary per month is above $50.
Below is published a list of the rural school teachers of the county as reported to County Superintendent Earl and also postoffice address and salary per month which each teacher receives.
| Fairfield | ||
| Dist. No. | Salary | |
| 1 | Ethel M. Wilson, New Hartford | 50.00 |
| 2 | Marie Rassmussen, New Hartford | 50.00 |
| 3 | Julia E. Schrage, Cedar Falls | 55.00 |
| 4 | Marie Paulsen, Cedar Falls | 55.00 |
| 5 | Lulu M. Hoffman, Cedar Falls | 46.75 |
| 6 | Zella Isley, Stout | 55.00 |
| 7 | Maud A. Emery, Dike | 50.00 |
| 8 | Stena Jensen, Dike | 55.00 |
| 9 | Alina M. Larsen, Cedar Falls | 55.00 |
| Beaver | ||
| Dist. No. | Salary | |
| 1 | Mabel C. Peterson, Stout | 50.00 |
| 2 | Cora B. Cowell, New Hartford | 55.00 |
| 3 | Gutman, Haveson, Parkersburg | 45.00 |
| 4 | Gertrude DeNeui, Stout | 52.00 |
| 5 | Hazel Mutch, Stout | 55.00 |
| 6 | Emely Kreig, Stout | |
| 7 | Laura K. Strauss, Dike | |
| 8 | Kathelin McGraw, Dike | 50.00 |
| 9 | Wilma Williamson, Stout | 55.00 |
| Pleasant Valley | ||
| Dist. No. | Salary | |
| 1 | Lena Trey, Parkersburg | 50.00 |
| 2 | Ella Johnson, Parkersburg | 55.00 |
| 3 | Lena Spieker, Aplington | 47.00 |
| 4 | No School | |
| 5 | Ella V. Haren, Holland | 55.00 |
| 6 | Anna Anderson, Parkersburg | 50.00 |
| 7 | Jennie Mahanke, Parkersburg | 52.50 |
| 8 | E. E. Spangler, Wellsburg | 60.00 |
| 9 | Ruth Sawyer, Wellsburg | 50.00 |
| German | ||
| Dist. No. | Salary | |
| 1 | Bertha Koester, Aplington | 50.00 |
| 2 | Edith Boleander, Ackley | 50.00 |
| 3 | Hannah Band, Ackley | 48.00 |
| 4 | Anna Rabe, Ackley | 48.00 |
| 5 | Mabel Trepp, Ackley | 50.00 |
| 6 | No School | |
| 7 | Margaret Beving | 50.00 |
| 8 | Anna Wessels | 55.00 |
| 9 | Vera E. Trepp | 48.00 |
| Shiloh | ||
| Dist. No. | Salary | |
| 1 | Mary Donohoe, Wellsburg | 54.00 |
| 2 | Ethel Lamb, Wellsburg | 56.40 |
| 3 | Alphretta Lanch, Wellsburg | 45.00 |
| 4 | No School | |
| 5 | Wellsburg | |
| 6 | Anna White | |
| 7 | Hazel Manton, Wellsburg | 50.00 |
| 8 | Flora DeNeui, Wellsburg | |
| 9 | A. Deederich, Steamboat Rock | |
| Colfax | ||
| Dist. No. | Salary | |
| 1 | Otto Haren, Holland | 55.00 |
| 2 | Hannah Smit, Holland | 47.50 |
| 3 | Henrietta Haroldsen | 50.00 |
| 4 | Nellie Farrow, Wellsburg | |
| 5 | June Glass, Holland | 50.00 |
| 6 | Millie Bethka, Holland | |
| 7 | Grace Connell, Holland | 55.00 |
| 8 | No school | |
| 9 | Dena Boldt, Wellsburg | 50.00 |
| Lincoln | ||
| Dist. No. | Salary | |
| 1 | Elizabeth Deadrick, Dike | 47.50 |
| 2 | Viola Lundy, Dike | 47.50 |
| 3 | Esther Lusted, Grundy Center | 50.00 |
| 4 | Nita Palmer | 45.00 |
| 5 | Martha Becker, Dike | 50.00 |
| 6 | Carrie Horstman, Dike | |
| 7 | G. D. Berg, Grundy Center | |
| 8 | Ruth Davis | 50.00 |
| Grant | ||
| Dist. No. | Salary | |
| 1 | Anna Nielson, Hudson | 45.10 |
| 2 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 4 | Margaret Tallman, Dike | |
| 5 | Kathryn Murphy, Dike | 51.00 |
| 6 | Christena Berchedi, Hudson | 48.00 |
| 7 | Viola Stanton, Hudson | 45.65 |
| 8 | Melvina Trasher, Reinbeck | 58.50 |
| 9 | Kelly V. Connor, Reinbeck | 42.40 |
| Black Hawk | ||
| Dist. No. | Salary | |
| 1 | Edna Grantwith, Reinbeck | 46.25 |
| 2 | Orva Taylor, Reinbeck | |
| 3 | Mary Rhode, Reinbeck | 45.00 |
| 4 | ||
| 5 | Maud Schermerhorn, Reinbeck | |
| 6 | ||
| 7 | Mae Murphy, Reinbeck | 42.50 |
| 8 | Mary W. Keiser, Reinbeck | |
| 9 | Emma Wilmes, Reinbeck | 42.50 |
| Fairfield | ||
| Washington | ||
| Dist. No. | Salary | |
| 1 | Grace Stout, Morrison | |
| 2 | Roy Fricken, Grundy Center | |
| 3 | ||
| 4 | Merle Steffen, Grundy Center | 48.00 |
| 5 | Janette Dew, Grundy Center | |
| 6 | Jeanette Stoss, Grundy Center | 60.00 |
| 7 | Florence Kretchman, Morrison | 50.00 |
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| 9 | ||
| Palermo | ||
| Dist. No. | Salary | |
| 1 | ||
| 2 | Louise Cullinan, Grundy Center | |
| 3 | Nellie Gilbert, Grundy Center | 57.00 |
| 4 | Gertrude White, Grundy Center | |
| 5 | Lora M. Drake, Grundy Center | 46.75 |
| 6 | Nora A. Connell, Grundy Center | 45.00 |
| 7 | Gerturde Louis, Grundy Center | 52.80 |
| 8 | Iona Meyers, Grundy Center | |
| 9 | Shirley Dilly, Grundy Center | 52.80 |
| Melrose | ||
| Dist. No. | Salary | |
| 1 | Margaret Keiter, Grundy Center | 50.00 |
| 2 | Martha Whittney, Eldora | 65.00 |
| 3 | Ruby Martin, Eldora | 65.00 |
| 4 | Elizabeth Gilbert, Eldora | 65.00 |
| 5 | Emma Dinnes, Eldora | 65.00 |
| 6 | Vera Woodworth, Grundy Center | 50.00 |
| 7 | Vera M. Prescott, Grundy Center | 65.00 |
| 8 | Eva White, Conrad | 65.00 |
| 9 | Florence Schwarck | 50.00 |
| Felix | ||
| Dist. No. | Salary | |
| 1 | Florence Stell, Whitten | 54.60 |
| 2 | Flossie Baker, Whitten | 50.00 |
| 3 | Gladys Doty, Union | 46.75 |
| 4 | Jessie Cody, Conrad | 46.75 |
| 5 | Norma Eggleston, Whitten | 50.00 |
| 6 | Genevive Dillon, Conrad | 50.00 |
| 7 | Adele Rogers, Conrad | 50.00 |
| 8 | Jennie Patten, Conrad | |
| 9 | Adella Morton, Conrad | 50.00 |
| Clay | ||
| Dist. No. | Salary | |
| 1 | Leila Stevens, Grundy Center | 60.00 |
| 2 | Lucile Gier, Beaman | 40.00 |
| 3 | Ruth Bristley, Conrad | 60.00 |
| 4 | Mabel White, Conrad | 50.00 |
| 5 | Bina Stewart, Beaman | 55.00 |
| 6 | Orra Kirkham, Beaman | 51.60 |
| 7 | Lucile Cole, Beaman | 60.00 |
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--The Grundy Democrat (Grundy Center, Iowa), 15 October 1914, pg 1