MUSCATINE COUNTY, IOWA SCHOOL NEWS

Source: The Muscatine Journal and News Tribune, 20 August 1929, page 8
Submitted by Pyllis Hazen, June 4, 2019

Most of Last Year’s Rural Teachers Will Return to Old Posts
ONLY 5 SCHOOLS LACK TEACHERS
Rural Schools to Start Opening Next Week – Remainder
Open Sept. 2 or 3.

     The majority of teachers who taught in the rural schools of Muscatine county will be back in their respective positions when school sessions begin late this month or early in September. E. D. Bradley, county superintendent, reports in listing the assignment of teachers for the year. All positions but five have been filled according to reports received by Mr. Bradley from the individual school boards. Of the five schools, the boards are awaiting to determine the grades of two. The selection of the other three has not been officially reported.

     Opening dates of the rural schools will vary. Some will begin classes the last week in august, others will open Monday, Sept. 2 and the remainder on Sept. 3.

     Nine month terms have been arranged for practically all of the schools with the vacation dates scheduled as in former years.

     The assignment of teachers follows:

Bloomington Township.

     North Star, Mrs. Blanche Nietzel; Locust Grove, Beulah Miller; Kalorama, Mrs. Cora Brumwell; Shiloh, Hazel Walter; Fairview, Doris De Camp; Oak Grove, Guy Thomas; Park Place, Mrs. Nellie Eckhardt.

Cedar Township.

     Strawberry Hill, Hallie Lee; Sand Prairie, (not reported); Cranston school, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Schlistering.

Fruitland township.

     Lone Tree, June Steele; Corwin, Frances Cross; Mittman, Dora Bartenhagen; Olive Branch, Lura Plowman; Fruitland, Mildred Collins.

Fulton Township.

     Pleasant Prairie, Carl Hearst; Maple Grove, Ina Paul; Nolo, Alma Kretschmar; Nicholson, Mary Jenkins; Crabapple, Maxine Boettger.

Lake Township.

     Lucas Grove, Agnes Bjork; Clearview, Lester Bill; Bayfield, Alma King; Star, Alice Harbaugh; Union, Lucile Boiler; Hope, Edith Tomfeld; Prospect, Evyline Paul.

Moscow Township.

     Sand Hill, Mabel Milburn; Oak Hill, Arlo Hinkhouse; White Prairie, Dolores Grandjean; North Prairie, Leah Littrell; Cedar Valley, Elizabeth Satterthwaite; Champion Hill, Mary Willits; Moscow Independent, Mrs. Burdetta Lange.

Orono Township.

     Brockway, Lyle Goldsberry; Port Allen, Mrs. Helen Reynolds Leonard.

Pike Township.

     Adams, Felicitas Mills; Pike, (not reported); Lacey, Frances Smith; Wild Rose and Buffalo Bluff, (not reported); Poole, Gyneth Bigsby; Willow Grove, Margaret Kirchner.

Seventy-Six Township.

     Walnut, Mrs. Rose Pollock; High Prairie, Flora Green; Central, Mrs. Nellie Mahoney; Green Valley, Lucille McFadden; Burr Oak, Anna Tillard.

Wapsinonoc Township.

     Pleasant View, Fuchsia Harrington; Hazel Dell, Alberta Hemingway; Federal Hill, Alice Wolf; Plum Grove, (not reported); Union, Laura Schmitt; Athens, (not reported); Siloam, Eloise Metcalfe

Wilton Township.

     Yankee Hollow, Eleanore Ripson; Prospect Hill, Verda Peterson; Sunnyside, Aleta Singleton; Rainbow, Mary Raub; Osage, Cora Beard; Laurel Hill, Margaret McFadden.

Goshen Independents.

     Dickerson, Maurita Stahle; Goshen Valley, Mabel V. Smith; Penn Avenue, Mrs. Mary Stucker; Cedarville, Gladys Ingraham; Independence, Miss Ridenour; Union, Loletta Branson; Swamp, Marian McFadden.

Montpelier Independents

     Pine Mill, Augusta Schroeder; Glen Dale, Esther Marie McFate; Hazel Dell, Violet Shepard, Patterson, Pauline Leu.

Sweetland Independents.

     Fairport, room 2, Bernice Healey, room 1, Bessie Delzell; Geneva Dorothea DeCamp; Highland, Harriet Baker; Pine Bluff, Florence Sauer; Melpine, Maude Pace; Sweetland Center, Margaret Rodruck; Mt. Grove, Loraine McFadden; Union, Gertrude Knight; Sweetland Valley, Clara Hoag.

Stockton Consolidated

     Stockton, room 2, Besssie Gippert; room 1, Myrtle Mills; Center Grove, Fern Mills; Prairie, Hazel Colberg; Fairview, Luverna Koch.