UNION COUNTY SCHOOLS
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EGYPT SCHOOL
The "Egypt" school is situated
near old "Peru" in a very fertile spot of Union County. The people in this district
believe in good schools and in regular attendance. They pay their teacher, Zenas Jenkins, $62.50 a month, which is above
the average for district schools and which they are abundantly able to pay,
their taxable property approximating $30,000.
The school directors are Charles A. Eddleman, a graduate of Dongola high
school; W.V. Meisenheimer, a
progressive young farmer; and Daniel Barkhauser. They keep the school house in good
repair, together with the aid of the pupils.
They have good blackboards, maps, library, wall pictures, a school organ,
and an excellent playground.
Old "Peru," in the southern part of this county, which was situated where
the Caledonia road intersected the old Cape Girardeau and Golconda road, is one
of the historic places to which little attention has been paid. The first store house was erected about the
year 1825, and town lots were laid out about a year later. The store building burned during the war and
has never been rebuilt. Mr. J.H. Eddleman, who lives there now and who
has always lived there, remembers distinctly the times before the war when there
was abundance of travel along the road east and west.
The new Smith's arithmetics which were placed in the school last fall
seem to be giving excellent satisfaction.
Pupils in schools which are using these arithmetics have a decided
advantage over those in which the old book is retained.
The district school pupils are certainly taking advantage of the snow
this week in coasting down the hills near their respective school houses. It makes one feel young again to watch
them.
The new iron bridge across Big Creek, on the road leading from Dongola to
Swan Pond school house, is a structure which will invite the attention of the
traveler. The road has been changed
there for a considerable distance which changes the appearance of the locality
wonderfully.
There are six girls and one boy in the eighth grade class in the Swan
Pond school.
Egypt district furnishes one student to the Dongola high school this
year. This student is Ora Eddleman, daughter of J.W. Eddleman. The Swan Pond district furnishes one student,
Miss Ora Conant, to the same
school.
Most of the teachers in this part of the county will attend the teachers'
meeting in Jonesboro Saturday.
(Jonesboro Gazette, Jonesboro, Illinois,
Friday, 15 Jan 1909)
Union
County Teachers 1920—1921
Transcribed and
submitted by Darrel Dexter
(Jonesboro Gazette, Jonesboro, Illinois, Friday, 1
Oct 1920)
| Teacher |
Dist. |
School |
Salary per month |
| Mamie
Goodman |
1 |
Red Bud School, Goreville |
$65 |
| R.
M. Damron |
2 |
Low Gap School, Makanda |
$80 |
| Lafavette
Dillow |
3 |
Progress School, Cobden |
$100 |
| Elvas
Hankln |
5 |
Brooks School, Makanda |
$80 |
| Roscoe
Dillow |
6 |
Lick Creek School |
|
| Hallie
Brooks |
7 |
Truelove School, Cobden |
$95 |
| Florence
McCreery |
8 |
Pleasant Ridge School, Cobden |
$100 |
| E.W.Newmann |
9 |
Fly School, Makanda |
$100 |
| Lee
Ferrill |
10 |
Toppinston School, Makanda |
$115 |
| Edna
Sheppard |
11 |
Limestone School, Cobden |
$130 |
| Owen
Hankla |
12 |
Sifford School, Cobden |
$70 |
| H.
J. Sitter |
13 |
Water Valley School, Cobden |
$80 |
| Everette
Ballard |
14 |
Tvffett School, Cobden |
$90 |
| Ray
Dillow |
15 |
Lence School, Cobden |
$83.50 |
| G.
E Goforth |
16 |
Rich School, Cobden |
$100 |
| Elizabeth
Vancel |
17 |
Cobden School, Cobden |
|
| Pearl
McPanieb |
17 |
Cobden School, Cobden |
$90 |
| Grace
Miller |
17 |
Cobden School, Cobden |
$90 |
| Mary
DuBois |
17 |
Cobden School,Cobden |
$90 |
| Ruth
Miller |
17 |
Cobden School, Cobden |
$50 |
| Edith
L. Greene |
17 |
Cobden School, Cobden |
$75 |
| G.
E Goforth |
17 |
Cobden School, Cobden |
$50 |
| Louisa
Pringle |
201 |
Cobden C. H. S., Cobden |
$208.33 |
| Pauline
Wisegarner |
201 |
Cobden C. H. S., Cobden |
$177.70 |
| Lula
McGregar |
201 |
Cobden C. H. S.. Cobden |
$166.66 |
| Gladys
Holloway |
18 |
Union Point School, Cobden |
$85 |
| William
Fitch |
19 |
Alto Pass School, Alto Pass |
$150 |
| Mamie
Ferrill |
19 |
Alto Pass School, Alto Pass |
$125 |
| Verna
Lewis |
19 |
Alto Pass School, Alto Pass |
$80 |
| Grace
Fowjey |
19 |
Alto Pass School, Alto Pass |
$80 |
| Hester
Arnold |
19 |
Alto Pass School, Alto Pass |
$80 |
| Lucille
Cauble |
19 |
Alto Pass School, Alto Pass |
|
| Lawrence
Sitter |
20 |
Hambric School, Alto Pass |
$125 |
| Edna
Ansell |
20 |
Hambric School, Alto Pass |
$50 |
| Homer
Bishop |
21 |
Lamer School, Cobden |
$100 |
| Eula
Bridgeman |
22 |
Rendleman School, Alto Pass |
$90 |
| Helen
Rhodes |
23 |
Gregory School, Alto Pass |
$70 |
| Flora
Rendleman |
24 |
Cauble School, Alto Pass |
$75 |
| Velma
Courtright |
25 |
Beech Grove School, Alto Pass |
$100 |
| E.
J. Dillow |
26 |
McGuire School, Wolf Lake |
$150 |
| Leona
Whitlock |
26 |
McGuire School, Wolf Lake |
$85 |
| Lucia
Springs |
26 |
McGuire School, Wolf Lake |
$75 |
| Ethel
Smith |
27 |
McGuire School, Wolf Lake |
|
| Hasel
Hankla |
28 |
Mt. Glenn School, Alto Pass |
$65 |
| Hollie
R. Sitter |
29 |
Davis School, Anna |
|
| Clebe
Bullock |
30 |
Newton School, Buncombe |
$90 |
| Arley
Ragsdale |
31 |
Mt. Pleasant School, Buncombe |
$100 |
| Bertha
Leach |
31 |
Mt. Pleasant School, Dongola |
$80 |
| O
J Penninger |
32 |
Sivia School, Anna |
$105 |
| R.
Guy Sitter |
33 |
Saratoga School, Anna |
$100 |
| Flora
Caruthers |
34 |
Barringer School, Anna |
$100 |
| Ed
Angell |
35 |
Mackey School, Cobden |
$90 |
| Ralph
Williams |
36 |
Ellis School, Anna |
$100 |
| E.
E. McLaughlin |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$208.30 |
| Minnie
Holloman |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Clora
Bishop |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Mary
Hammond |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Helen
Finly |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Juanita
Crowell |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Elizabeth
Anderson |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Fannie
Brooks |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Mildred
Gregory |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Deususta
Sanders |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Flossie
B. Hagler |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Vera
Bishop |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Nellie
McLaughlin |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Blanche
Britton |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Ruth
Crocker |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Loel
Hindman |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Edith
Stone |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$90 |
| Mabel
Ury |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$85 |
| Lois
Hindman |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Rev.
Phelps |
37 |
Anna School, Anna |
$100 |
| Fred
Krauss |
38 |
Nimmo School, Jonesboro |
$110 |
| Malby
Gordon |
39 |
Murphy School, Anna |
$100 |
| F.
L. Otrich |
40 |
Hess School, Dongola |
$115 |
| Crawford
Hall |
41 |
Friendship School, Anna |
$105 |
| Thressa
Horner |
42 |
Knupp School, Anna |
$65 |
| M
M Pickles |
43 |
Jonesboro School, Jonesboro |
$150 |
| Lena
Treece |
43 |
Jonesboro School, Jonesboro |
$100 |
| Elnoia
K.. Davie |
43 |
Jonesboro School, Jonesboro |
$90 |
| Lydia
Krauss |
43 |
Jonesboro School, Jonesboro |
$90 |
| Dimple
Gordon |
43 |
Jonesboro School, Anna |
$80 |
| Grace
Wiggs |
43 |
Jonesboro School, Anna |
$80 |
| Edith
Hunsaker |
43 |
Jonesboro School, Jonesboro |
$80 |
| Mrs.
W.A. Kelley |
43 |
Jonesboro School, Jonesboro |
$85 |
| Ida
Wallace |
44 |
Tunnel School, Cobden |
$110 |
| Alice
L Mesemore |
46 |
Tripp School, Jonesboro |
$115 |
| Sibyl
Gordon |
47 |
McClure School, Jonesboro |
$125 |
| Chas
Graham |
48 |
Morgan School, Jonesboro |
$115 |
| Claude
Rendleman |
49 |
Wolf Lake School, Wolf Lake |
$120 |
| Mrs.
Daisy Rendleman |
49 |
Wolf Lake School, Wolf Lake |
$80 |
| Chas
Boyce |
50 |
Sublette School, Jonesboro |
$95 |
| Grace
O.Lingle |
51 |
Ware School, Jonesboro |
$125 |
| Carl
Halterman |
52 |
Big Barn School, Jonesboro |
$125 |
| Lyell
Dotson |
53 |
Moscow School, Buncombe |
$75 |
| Ellis
Penrod |
54 |
Penrod School, Dongola |
$100 |
| Sadie
Lingle |
55 |
McLane School, Dongola |
$65 |
| Collin
Penninger |
56 |
Hoffner School, Anna |
$80 |
| Waher
Dillon |
57 |
Karraker School, Anna |
$70 |
| LesHe
Casey |
58 |
Johnson County School |
|
| Mark
E. Otrich |
60 |
Meisenheimer School, Dongola |
$95 |
| Samuel
Dillon |
61 |
Swan Pond School, Dongola |
$75 |
| Lester
Garrott |
62 |
Little Creek School, Anna |
$115 |
| Chas.
DeWttt |
63 |
Center Hill School, Anna |
$110 |
| Louie
M. Davis |
54 |
Miller School, Balcom |
$125 |
| Verda
Hoffner |
65 |
Union School, Dongola |
$100 |
| Elbert
Fulkerson |
66 |
Dongola School, Dongola |
$165 |
| Jessie
Stewart |
66 |
Dongola School, Dongola |
$120 |
| Ruth
Barringer |
66 |
Dongola School, Dongola |
$110 |
| Yuba
Whiteaker |
66 |
Dongola School, Dongola |
|
| Mabel
Townsend |
66 |
Dongola School, Dongola |
$70 |
| Emma
Worstman |
66 |
Dongola School, Dongola |
$70 |
| Edith
Carlock |
66 |
Dongola School, Dongola |
$60 |
| Ward
Burris |
66 |
Dongola School, Dongola |
$90 |
| Fred
Davis |
67 |
Egypt School, Dongola |
$115 |
| Pearl
Metsenheimer |
68 |
Holshouser School, Dongola |
$100 |
| Rolla
Treece |
69 |
Mill Creek School, Mill Creek |
$135 |
| Glenn
Eddleman |
70 |
Lake Hill School, Anna |
$90 |
| Mary
E Lingle |
72 |
Misenhimer School, Jonesboro |
$90 |
| Wm.
Kerr |
71 |
Brummitt School, Jonesboro |
$110 |
| Claude
Williams |
73 |
Lingle School, Anna |
$115 |
| Geo
A Bartruff |
74 |
Leyerla School, Jonesboro |
$125 |
| Florence
Aldridge |
75 |
Hamburg
School, Jonesboro |
$100 |
| Paul
H.Ellis |
76 |
Reynoldsville School,
Reynoldsville |
$130 |
| Edith
Ellis |
76 |
Reynoldsville School,
Reynoldsville |
$85 |
| Fred
Nimmo |
77 |
Balcom School, Balcom |
$106 |
| Berniece
Craig |
78 |
Bluff-Stokes School, Goreville |
$80 |
|
156 |
McCann School |
|
| O. M. Swank |
81 |
Anna C. H. S., Anna |
$225 |
| O. C. Cobb |
81 |
Anna C. H. S., Anna |
$166.67 |
| Russell Rendleman |
81 |
Anna C. H. S., Anna |
$131.25 |
| Clara
A Bartow |
81 |
Anna C. H. S., Anna |
$116.67 |
| Mary
Crawford |
81 |
Anna C. H. S., Jonesboro |
$105 |
| Elizabeth
Powell |
81 |
Anna C. H. S., Anna |
$105 |
| Aha
M Frost |
81 |
Anna C. H. S., Jonesboro |
$105 |
| Lillian
Knapp |
81 |
Anna C. H. S., Anna |
$105 |
| Ella
P. Sanders |
81 |
Anna C. H. S., Jonesboro |
$101.25 |
| Hazel
Leibke |
81 |
Anna C. H. S., Anna |
$93.75 |
| Miss
Sargeant |
81 |
Anna C. H. S., Anna |
|
List of School District Clerks
for 1921
Union County,
Illinois
Transcribed and submitted by
Darrel Dexter
Source: Jonesboro
Gazette, Jonesboro, Illinois, Friday, 29 Jul 1921
Chas. O. Otrich
County Superintendent of
Schools
Jonesboro, Illinois
|
Township 11, South 1
East
|
| District No. |
School |
Name of Clerk |
Address |
| 1 |
Red Bud |
Walter Moore |
Goreville |
| 2 |
Low Gap |
T. J. Escue |
Makanda |
| 3 |
Progress |
J. W. V. Fly |
Makanda |
| 5 |
Brooks |
Louie E. Brooks |
Makanda |
| 6 |
Lick Creek |
Lora Hogue |
Buncombe |
| 7 |
True Love |
Orley Menees |
Buncombe |
| 8 |
Pleasant Ridge |
M. E. Glascoe |
Cobden |
| 78 |
Bluff |
James R. Jolly |
Goreville |
|
Township 12, South 1
East
|
| District No |
School |
Name of Clerk |
Address |
| 32 |
Sivia |
Jeff Sitter |
Anna |
| 31 |
Mt. Pleasant |
Chas. Elam |
Dongola |
| 30 |
Newton |
Labold
Schlenker |
Buncombe |
| 29 |
Sitter |
Sylvester
Cerney |
Anna |
| 28 |
Davis |
S. J.
Calhoun |
Buncombe |
|
Township 13, South 1 East
|
| District No |
School |
Name of
Clerk |
Address |
| 53 |
Moscow |
Grant Cooley |
Dongola |
| 54 |
Penrod |
F. L. Boyd |
Dongola |
| 55 |
McLane |
Odin Lingle |
Dongola |
| 56 |
Hoffner |
F. L. Otrich |
Dongola |
| 57 |
Karraker |
E. H.
Karraker |
Dongola |
| 58 |
Johnson County |
A. M.
Troutman |
Cypress |
| 59 |
Johnson County |
A. J. Casper |
Cypress |
| 60 |
Meisenheimer |
Guy F.
Johnson |
Dongola |
| 61 |
Swan Pond |
John M.
Lingle |
Dongola |
|
Township 11, South 1 West
|
| District No |
School |
Name of
Clerk |
Address |
| 9 |
Fly |
R. K. Loomis |
Makanda |
| 10 |
Toppingtown |
M. I.
Dickerson |
Cobden |
| 11 |
Limestone |
H. H. Dean |
Cobden |
| 12 |
Sifford |
J. A.
Aldridge |
Cobden |
| 13 |
Water Valley |
Ray Guthrie |
Cobden |
| 14 |
Tygett |
Chas. Brasel |
Cobden |
| 15 |
Lence |
John
Moreland |
Cobden |
| 16 |
Rich |
Joe Basler |
Cobden |
| 17 |
Cobden Grade |
A. J.
Hardin, Secretary |
Cobden |
| 201 |
Cobden HS |
R. F.
Wallace, Sec'y |
Cobden |
|
Township 12, South 1
West
|
| District No |
School |
Name of
Clerk |
Address |
| 33 |
Saratoga |
J. S.
McCarty |
Anna |
| 34 |
Barringer |
Albert
Pirtle |
Anna |
| 35 |
Mackey |
Wm. Dillow |
Anna |
| 36 |
Ellis |
T. J.
Anderson |
Anna |
| 37 |
Anna |
R. L.
Shannon, Sec'y |
Anna |
| 38 |
Nimmo |
J. E. Brooks |
Anna |
| 39 |
Murphy |
T. J. Menees |
Anna |
| 40 |
Hess |
H. A. Menees |
Anna |
| 41 |
Friendship |
G. M.
Anderson |
Anna |
| 42 |
Knupp |
J. L.
Hartline |
Anna |
| 81 |
Anna C.H.S. |
Oliver
Alden, Sec'y |
Anna |
|
Township 13, South 1
West
|
| District No |
School |
Name of
Clerk |
Address |
| 62 |
Little Creek |
Geo. H.
Garrett |
Anna |
| 63 |
Center Hill |
Geo. D.
Jenkins |
Anna |
| 64 |
Miller |
Chas.
Eddleman |
Anna |
| 65 |
Union |
Chas. Lynn |
Dongola |
| 66 |
Don go la |
Fred Wright |
Dongola |
| 67 |
Egypt |
Turner L.
Miller |
Dongola |
| 68 |
Holshouser |
Will R. Fink |
Dongola |
| 69 |
Mill Creek |
Albert E.
Goodman |
Mill Creek |
| 77 |
Balcom |
Eugene
Leyerle |
Balcom |
|
Township 11, South 2 West
|
| District No |
School |
Name of
Clerk |
Address |
| 18 |
Union Point |
B. F. Tweedy |
Cobden |
| 19 |
Aho Pass |
F. H. Glasco |
Alto Pass |
| 2 |
Hambric |
Audy Minton |
Alto Pass |
| 22 |
Rendleman |
Jacob Penrod |
Cobden |
| 23 |
Gregory |
O. N. Myers |
Alto Pass |
| 27 |
Mt Glenn |
Crit
Rendleman |
Cobden |
| 21 |
Lamer |
C. W.
Messamore |
Cobden |
| 202 |
Alto Pass C H S |
Roy Wilkins |
Alto Pass |
|
Township 12, South 2
West
|
| District No |
School |
Name of
Clerk |
Address |
| 43 |
Jonesboro |
W. E.
Lemons, Sec'y |
Jonesboro |
| 44 |
Tunnel |
M. V. Angell |
Cobden |
| 46 |
Tripp |
C. F. Grear |
Jonesboro |
| 47 |
McClure |
A. W. Frick |
Jonesboro |
| 48 |
Morgan |
Wm.
Obermeier |
Jonesboro |
| 74 |
Miller Pond |
Arthur
Vincent |
Jonesboro |
|
Township 13, South 2
West
|
| District No |
School |
Name of
Clerk |
Address |
| 70 |
Lake Hill |
J. L.
Fulenwider |
Jonesboro |
| 71 |
Brummitt |
Cyrus Grace |
Jonesboro |
| 72 |
Meisenheimer |
Geo. W.
Morgan |
Jonesboro |
| 73 |
Lingle |
Ira Lingle |
Jonesboro |
| 74 |
Harrison |
Clarence
Walker |
Reynoldsville |
|
Township 11, South 3
West
|
| District No |
School |
Name of
Clerk |
Address |
| 24 |
Cauble |
John Fox |
Alto Pass |
| 25 |
Beech Grove |
Leora Smith |
Alto Pass |
| 26 |
McGuire |
James
Aldridge |
Alto Pass |
| 156 |
McCann |
Jordan Smith |
Wolf Lake |
|
Township 12, South 3
West
|
| District No |
School |
Name of
Clerk |
Address |
| 50 |
Sublette |
Harry Lilly |
Wolf Lake |
| 51 |
Ware |
W. E. Manees |
Jonesboro |
| 52 |
Big Barn |
W. J. Linson |
Jonesboro |
| 49 |
Wolf Lake |
Harry Verble |
Wolf Lake |
|
Township 13, South 3 West
|
| District No |
School |
Name of
Clerk |
Address |
| 75 |
Hamburg |
Curtis
Forrest |
Reynoldsville |
| 76 |
Reynoldsville |
H. A.
Meisenheimer |
Reynoldsville |

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