Our public schools convened last Monday morning with an enrollment of 135 pupils; the highest in the history of the school. The following corps of teachers have charge of the work: Principal, Prof. Dow, High School; Mrs. Flora Hendrie, Grammar department; Miss Bertha Sisson, Intermediate; and Mrs. Myrtle V. Derr, the Primary department. The course of study at present consists of eleven grades, and they are in charge of departments as follows--
Primary department , first and second grades.
Intermediate department, third, fourth, and fifth grades.
Grammar department, sixth, seventh and eighth.
High School, ninth tenth and eleventh
The following is the roster of pupils:
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT
First Grade
Charley Jackson Clark Jordan
John Reed Walter Berkett
Bessie Sechrist Ralph Grigsby
Cloyd Cheney Irwin Yenter
Jimmie Mason Charlie Rider
Bessie McKee Myrtle Carl
Margaret Butts Flora Lewis
Erma Cox Emma Blust
Second Grade
Earl Carl Anna Armstrong
Leo Yenter Raymond Bowles
Lura Johnson Thaddeus Binat
Myron Dorman George Grigsby
Mildred Counter George Harmon
Royal Reed Edith Dorman
Victor Willis Jessie Lewis
Clyde Cox Harry Neal
Ruth Lapaam (sic - must be Ruth J. Lapham, daughter of Elmer and Mary
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT
Third Grade
Bussy Jennings Ella Lapham
Wray Vaughn Florence Jordan
Lewis Mason Ray Harmon
Philip Jackson Grace McKee
Frank Johnson Wellman Grigsby
Fay Sechrist Anna Reid
Norma Hendrick Carl Cumley
Fourth Grade
May Blust Maud Mitten
August Yenter Effie Armstrong
Wayne Mason Hazel Cox
Clarence Robison Don Neal
Milly Howard Nora Bullard
Fifth Grade
Jimmie Harmon Myrtle Armstrong
Dale Cumley Leonard Owings
Edna Bales Archie Cox
Delbert Johdson (sic - must be Delbert Johnson)
GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT
Sixth Grade
Grace Wise Wayne Bales
Mida Rush Ray Mason
Ida Clyd Cloyd Mercer
Marle Mitten Otto Finn
Jane McKee Nettie Cox
Martha Blust Roselia Cheney
Clara Bullard Jeff Grant
Pearl Pickett
Seventh Grade
Clara Hadlock Lee Keliar
Retta Stick Ellen Lepper
Clara Counter Anna Bancroft
Will Dias Fred Bullard
Elmer Courtney Avery Keliar
Blanche Cunningham
Eighth Grade
Anna Lawrence Jane McKee
Fearn Willis Katie Weaver
Ray Blust Rosa Howard
Orlo Sechrist Minnie Courtney
Victor Robison Ruby Cumley
Egbert Bullard Oscar Hadlock
Edgar Loyd Lily Howard
Clarence Mason Lizzie Cox
Essie Sechrist
HIGH SCHOOL
Ninth Grade
Alfred Wise Blanche Simpson
Eva Grant Victoria Finn
Beatrice Mitten Bessie Lepper
Myrtle Neal Nita Robison
Clyde Cunningham
Tenth Grade
Geneva Akey Grace Brown
Carrie Staininger Ida Hedrick
Vesta McKee Mattie Remington
Ben Counter
Eleventh Grade
Ora Elliott Jim Counter
Olin Simpson Zella Weaver
Mollie Finn Minnie Dorman
Winniie Doaman Elis Bullard
Pearl Jackson Rena Chapin
Perry Cunningham
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The 1900 census has Flo Hendrie, born 1870 in Illinois - Widowed. She's living with her sister Ora (Viola in 1910) Klugh and her husband Hubbard.
Bertha Sisson, born 1875 in Missouri, is boarding with the William and Rebeca Cunningham family - farmers, and their six children AND the David Loyd family of three.
Myrtle Vaughn, 29-year-old daughter of the Wray hardware dealer, had married Otto Derr of the Wray Rattler in August 1900. Otto also served as town clerk. They had a baby girl on December 18, 1901, sold all their household goods, four business lots, and eight residence lots in 1902 and moved to the San Francisco area. In 1909 Otto was publishing the Oakland Leader
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