Mills County, Iowa

Teachers in the Eight Town Schools
1922

(Glenwood, Malvern, Hastings, Emerson, Silver City, Henderson, Pacific Junction, Strahan)
Vacation time for our boys and girls has ended for this year except the Thanksgiving and Christmas times. Every town school and most of the country districts begin this week. Seven of our former rural schools have lost their identity by reason of consolidated schools. Three because of lack of pupils and one because the burned down building has not been rebuilt. One school reports no teacher as yet. A good number of the rural schools will have teachers who are beginners in the work.

One noticeable thing among the rural teachers is that 13 have the title, Mrs. There will be one male teacher in the rural schools. Last year the average pay of rural teachers in the county was $93.71 per month. In the town schools the average compensation for females was $129.64 per month and for males $221.36 per month.

The following are the rural teachers for the fall term of 1922.

Glenwood
Name
Position
School
John H. Jessup Superintendent High School
Lloyd H. Spencer Principal -
Geraldine E. Mars Teacher High School
Althea McGrath Teacher High School
Bernice Million Teacher High School
Maurice Phelps Teacher High School
Winifred Cook Teacher High School
Blanche Warriner Teacher High School
Ella Geneva Teacher High School
Mary Belle Dean Teacher Grade School
Edna Borene Teacher Grade School
Mabel Walling Teacher Grade School
Elsie Evans Teacher Grade School
Naomi Thompson Teacher Grade School
Kittie Geil Teacher Grade School
Mary Tolles Teacher Grade School
Verda Wheeler Teacher Grade School
Ruth Mead Teacher Grade School
Lora Duckett Teacher Grade School
Gretchen Reasoner Teacher Grade School
Malvern
Name
Position
School
A. F. Pottle Superintendent High School
Lillian Lerum Principal -
Eves Whitfield Teacher High School
Nellie Cline Teacher High School
Faith Richardson Teacher High School
Mable Rasmussen Teacher High School
Cleo Nichols Teacher High School
Ruth Bingaman Teacher Grade School
Leah Jackson Teacher Grade School
Olive Kundel Teacher Grade School
Mary Kilpatrick Teacher Grade School
Catherine Thomas Teacher Grade School
Ruth Ware Teacher Grade School
Hazel Adams Teacher Grade School
Sara Bobbitt Teacher Grade School
Hastings
Name
Position
School
W. M. Maloney Superintendent High School
Bessie Barnett Teacher High School
Gertrude Smith Teacher High School
Velma Husband Teacher Grade School
Mrs. Flora Reynolds Teacher Grade School
Carrie Luther Teacher Grade School
Emerson
Name
Position
School
Name Position School
H. H. Traschel Superintendent High School
Zada Porterfield Principal -
Faith Dunn Teacher High School
Frances Zimmerman Teacher High School
Harold Stout Teacher Grade School
Hazel Grayson Teacher Grade School
Mary Arneal Teacher Grade School
Mary Stickel Teacher Grade School
Silver City
Name
Position
School
Name Position School
E. K. Hasty Superintendent High School
Margaret Lower Teacher High School
Mrs. Hulda Prien Teacher Grade School
Vivian Clipson Teacher Grade School
Gladys Downey Teacher Grade School
Evelyn Anderson Teacher Grade School
Henderson
Name
Position
School
L. R. Taylor Superintendent High School
Luella Cook Teacher High School
Onta Satterlee Teacher High School
Rhea Heberlee Teacher Grade School
Margaret Piper Teacher Grade School
Juanita Evans Teacher Grade School
Anna Elson Teacher Grade School
Pacific Junction
Name
Position
School
George B. Maloney Superintendent High School
Gladys M. Hill Teacher High School
Edna VanHorne Teacher High School
Chattie Foster Teacher Grade School
Marie Korn Teacher Grade School
Viva Evans Teacher Grade School
Clara Dean Teacher Grade School
Maybelle Hiatt Teacher Grade School
Strahan
Name
Position
School
W. W. Molsberry Superintendent High School
Gladys Bradley Principal -
Bernice M. Aves Teacher High School
David M. Hand Teacher High School
Nora Huddy Teacher Grade School
Nellie Johnson Teacher Grade School
Coy Southard Teacher Grade School
Frances Gue Teacher Grade School
Source: ~ Source: "Mills County Tribune newspaper", September 6, 1922. Copied, with permission, from the Mills County Genealogical Society Newsletter, April, May, June 2003.
~ contributed and transcribed by Cay Merryman

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