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Rural Teachers - 1927


BENTON COUNTY NEWS

According to information received today at the office of the county superintendent here,
121 rural schools of Benton county have secured teachers for the coming school year.

Following is the list of Benton's rural teachers, whose names have been reported to County Superintendent Ella Mehlhaus.
Reports from several of the schools1 have not yet been received here. These schools are listed as having secured teachers, but the names are not included in this list.
                             

List of Benton County Rural School Teachers

           Benton
No. 5—Hazel Van Dyke, Shellsburg. 
No. 6—Laura Franlclin, Vinton.

           Big Grove
No. 1—Laura Heathman, Vinton.
No. 2—Alverta Fox Merchant, Garrison.
No. 3—Gladys Neve, Garrison.
No. 5—Leona Mussman, Vinton.
No. 6—Hester Stone, Vinton.
No. 7—Bernice Fitzgerald, Vinton.
No. 8—Keitha McLeod, Vinton.
No. 9—Aurora Davis, Keystone.

           Bruce
No. 2—Irene Johnson, La Porte City.
No. 5—Orma Burrows, La Porte City.
No. 7—Inez Miller, La Porte, City.

          Canton
No. 9—Martha Spitler, Shellsburg.

          Cedar
No. 1-Luella Schlotfelt, Mt. Auburn.
No. 2—Clara Hazeltine, Mt. Auburn. 
No. 3-Dolores Hall, Vinton.
No. 4-Geraldine Ronk, La Porte.
No. 5-Mabel Webb, Vinton.
No. 6-Mary Cole, Mt. Auburn.
No. lO-Waneta McElroy, La Porte City.

          Eden
No. 1—Helen Maynard, Vinton.
No. 2-Irene Coleman, Vlnton.
No. 4—Lois Leimberer, Vinton.
No. 5—Hazel McAndrews, Vinton.
No. 7—Stplla Molzen, Shellsburg.
No. 9—Svea Johnson, Van Horne.

          Eldorado
No. 3—Opal Ehlers, Van Horne.
No. 4—Catherine Hickey, Van Horne.	
No. 9—Mary Parry, Van Horne.

          Fremont
No. 2—Hazel Maxwell, Atkins

          Harrison
No. 1—Marte Robeson, Brandon.
No. 4—Cecile Keller, Vinton.
No. 5—Ida Harper Hoon, Vinton.

          Homer
No. 5—Eve Lurhenns, Dysart.
No. 7—Florence Tanck, Keystone 
No. 8—Stella Holst, Keystone.

          Iowa
No. 1—Helen Meyer, Belle Plaine.
No. 7—Nancy Bruhn, Marengo.
No. 8—Esther K. Palmer, Belle Plaine.

          Jackson
No. 1—Rosa Horak. Vinton.
No. 2—Ralph Schlotfelt, Mt. Auburn.
No. 3—Gertrude Cook, Vinton.
No. 5—Emma Stewart, Vinton.
No. 6-Gladys Detrick, Vinton.
No. 7—Dorothy Franklin, Vinton.

          Kane
No. 1—Marie England, Keystone.
No. 3—Ella Herejk, Elberon.
No. 4—Frances Weise, Elberon.
No. 5-Irene Kinner, Keystone.
No. 8—Lolita Stoner, Belle Plaine.
No. 9—Iona Norton, Elberon.

          Leroy
No. 2-Irene Lahn, Belle Plaine. 
No. 4—Hazel Kernback, Luzerne. 
No. 9—Margaret Kern, Luzerne. 
Luzerne—Ramona Smith, Luzerne.

          Monroe
No. 1—Cora Krebs, Garrison.
No. 6-Zelda Axtell, Garrison. 
No. 7—Meana Ehlers, Belle Plaine.

          Polk
No. 2-Mina Wayson, Center Point.
No. 4—Lucile Zelzer, Walker.
No. 5—Ruth Haines, Walker. 
No. 6—E. E. Osborne, Walker. 
No. 7—Leila Williams, Vinton.
No. 9—Velma Craft, Rowley.
No. 10—Hilda Pinch, Center Point. 
No. 11—Violet Wiison, Vinton.
No. 12—Gertrude Happel, Vinton.
No, 13—Gertrude Nellist, Urbana.

          Taylor
No. 2—Marian Peterson, Vinton.
No. 3—Ruth Wilson, Vinton.
No. 3—Mamie Flyod, Vinton.
No. 4—Clara Whipple, Vinton. 
No. 5—Jean Colston, Vinton. 
No. 6—Gladys Ellingson, Vinton. 
No. 8—Leah Oppelt, Vinton.
No. 10—Martha Gordon, Vinton.

          Union
No. 2—Helen Cantwell, Van Horne. 
No. 3—Hattie Ackerman, Keystone. 
No. 4—Edna Ohde, Keystone.
No. 5—Olive Van Deuson, Van Horne.
No. 6—Velma Tierman, Van Horne.
No. 7—Maurice Dinley, Van Horne.
No. 8—Bernice Duncalf, Van Horne.

          St. Clair
No. 1—Elma Pease, Norway.
No. 2—Mae Fitzgerald, Watkins.
No. 3—Luella Neibur, Blairstown.
No. 4—Edna Tozier, Blairstown.
No. 5—Wilma Doerzman, Blairstown.
No. 7—Agnes Boddicker, Watkins.
No. 8—Hilda Smith, Marengo.
No. 10-Bernard Brecht, Watkins.
Printed in the Cedar Valley Times
August 25, 1927


Transcribed by John Shuck.
September 2025



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