Switzerland & Ohio County Fair School Work Awards – 1883

Exhibition of  Switzerland County, Indiana school work at the Switzerland and Ohio County [Indiana] Fair appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 11 Oct 1883 – Page 1, Column 6

Exhibition of School Work at the Fair.

First and second premiums were awarded to the schools having the best papers, and said papers were examined as to neatness, businesslike appearance and penmanship. Our limited time would not permit of examining the papers as to correctness of answers, but when it was difficult to decide, then we looked at the nature of the questions and correctness of answers. We made the following rules: No paper with more than one blot, erasure, or scratch, is worthy of consideration for first premium. We also looked closely at headings and margins.

We awarded the premiums as follows:

  • Jefferson Township, school district number 9. The best paper belonging to Miss Fannie Hagerman; Miss Gullie H. Rous, teacher.
  • Second premium: Posey Township, district number 4. The best paper belonging to Miss Eva Warwick; Miss Mildred Perkins, teacher.

We also noticed many papers worthy of special commendations, viz:

Posey Township.

  • District number 1—Miss Mollie Hullie, teacher. Pupils, Stella Vandorin, Alice Nave, Nettie Snyder and Maggie Huston.
  • District number 3—Miss Francis Anderson, teacher. Pupils, Dilver H. Bradford, Minnie Searcy.
  • District number 4—Miss Mildred Perkins, teacher. Pupils, Gertie Harris, Lulie Bodkin, Martha Brown, Kate Staffen.

Pleasant Township.

  • District number 9—Miss Hanna B. Crandell, teacher—Mary Briggs.
  • District number 10—L. E. Smith, teacher—Jennie Archer and Anna Archer.
  • District number 12—Miss Carrie Culbertson, teacher—Anna B. Lanham.
  • District number 8—Henry E. Carnine, teacher—Rosa Carnine.
  • District number 13—W. S. Danner, teacher—Emma Rittenour and Emma Larue.

Cotton Township.

  • District number 6—Miss Alice Smith, teacher—Femie Likely and Mary Benjamin.

York Township.

  • District number 2—J. H. Daubenheyer, teacher—Willie Woodruff, Stella Bettens, Anna Bonnell, Mary G. Daubenheyer and Molly Bonnell.

Craig Township.

  • District number 14—Miss Emma Vernon, teacher—Hellen Gordon.
  • District number 11—Merit S. McKay, teacher. Pearl Malcomson and Della Malcomson.
  • District number 1—Frank Walters, teacher—Lizzie C. Stewart, Mary Turner.
  • District number 5—Miss Amelia B. Cole, teacher—Nettie Oakley.
  • District number 4—Miss Carrie Griffith, teacher—Ella M. Lewis.
  • District number 13—Miss Emma Stewart, teacher—Ella Sharp.