Education Division 8.
Educational Division Eight is composed of five district schools, McMahone, Greenwood, Boston, Flour Creek, Mt. Hope, and one graded school, Butler.
Butler Graded High School
The Butler Graded High School is situated in the northern part of the County on the L. & N. R. R. 28 miles south of Cincinnati. It employes five teachers, three in grades and two in the High School. The town is conveniently located, there being several good pikes leading to it. The people are noted for their kindness and hospitality. The school is now managed by M. H. G. DeLong, of the Richmond Normal. He is ably assisted by Misses Ada Treat, Clair Yelton, Edna Jolly and Bessie Mitchell. The five directors are Chas. Peoples, Chairman; J. M. Thomasson, Secretary; Dr. Blades, Jno. Smith, Wm. Ryder.
The boundary of the district is that of recent date given by the secretary, Mr. Thomasson:
Beginning at the Licking River at mouth of Sandy Branch north to include the farm of H. N. Rouse; thence north-east to and including Wm. Rardin, W. F. Gosney, Jackson Dunaway and Henry Dunaway's farms; thence east and including Elijah Yelton, crossing Willow Creek, excluding B. E. Yelton's farm and upper tenant of J. T. Edwards; thence south to include J. T. Edward's home farm; thence east to and include the lower faarm of J. M. Thomasson; thence across and following Licking river to and including the farms of W. W. Holmes Sr., W. W. Holmes Jr., Sallie Kirby, J. S. Shoemaker, O. P. Yelton, J. G. Beckett, Mathew Wright; thence sough-west to and including Alonso Kirby's farm; thence west and including Joe Norton, Harry Ducker, A. R. Woodard and Nat Brownfield's farm, to the Butler and Greenwood pike; thence up same so as to include the Henry Huff farm; thence north to and including Ed Yelton's farm; thence with new line of additional shown in petition of 1910, west to include E. Yelton and R. E. Huff; thence north to include farms of Joe Kidwell, Wall heirs, Jno. Briddell, Dennis Murphy, Geo. Youngman, J. C. Kidwell, and Ed. Kidwell to the old boundary at the L. H. Armstrong corner; thence with the old boundary to and across the Licking River, to the beginning, including all property within the described boundary.
"When a man is dead to the sense of right, he is lost forever." --McCree?
McMahone, Ed. 8. Sub. 1.
The McMahone school house is on the pike leading from Butler to Foster. The teacher is Miss Mabel Beckett.? The trustee is Mr. Bennett Record, ? who is also Chairman of this Educational Division. The boundary is that given by the trustee:
Beginning at H. E. ______; thence in a south-east direction to ____including H. M. Owens' tenant house; thence to E. C. Johnson; thence east to L. B. Cummins; thence north-east to W. H. Fossett's tenant house; thence west to Geo. VanLandingham; thence south-west to Mr. Tucker's tenant house; thence to the beginning, including all parties mentioned and all parties within this circle.
The census of 1914 numbered 34 pupils from the following families:
| Howard Ducker Mike Gabrial George Eckert Frank Scott George Bray Thomas W. Yo____an Adam Eckert Earl C. Johnson |
Edward Davis Mrs. Maria Gosney Leslie B. Cummins Emit Record A. P. Sparks D. B. Fossett Mrs. Belle Yelton |
"Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm." __Bulwer
Greenwood, Ed. 8. Sub. 2.
The Greenwood school is on the main highway leading from Falmouth to "Butler. It has a beautiful site surrounded by well kept farms. The teacher is Miss Maude Downing. The trustee is Mr. Jno. Brandt. The following boundary is that given by the trustee:
Beginning at a dirt road, where it joins the Butler and Greenwood pike; thence up said road to the Will Campbell place; thence to the Peter Campbell place, excluding him; thence to the Clark house; thence south to the Wm. Rardin place; thence to T. K. Bradford house; thence with the Alex Caldwell line to the Dr. Dougherty place; thence down the road to Samuel Bryan's house; thence down the road to Thomas Sullivan, excluding him; thence with Grassy Creek to the John Belew place; thence along the east side of same to a house on the south end of C. A. Oeder's place; thence east to D. H. Campbell's house; thence down dirt road to the beginning.
The census of 1914 gave 34 pupils from following families:
| J. W. Brandt Jno. Bobb W. H. Bush J. N. Belew Benj. Brownfield Samuel Brownfield D. H. Campbell | Mrs. W. Cowles Hart Caldwell J. W. Kelly T. J. Kelly William Lawson C. A. Oeder C. L. Sewell |
"Enthusiasm is the fundamental quality of strong souls." --Carlyle
Boston, Ed. 8. Sub. 3.
The Boston school is on the L. N. R. R. eight miles north of Falmouth. The teacher is Miss Levia Henry. The trustee is Mr. J. G. Beckett. The boundary is as follows:
Beginning at the mouth of Kennedy Branch; thence with said Branch to the "Gap"; thence in a straight line to Licking river including Jesse Colbert and J. C. Kirby; thence with Licking river to the beginning, including all the points herein named. Boundary by Supt. H. S. Orr, 1901.
The census of 1914 gave 71 pupils from the following families: Boston, Ed. 8. Sub. 3.
The Boston school is on the L. N. R. R. eight miles north of Falmouth. The teacher is Miss Levia Henry. The trustee is Mr. J. G. Beckett. The boundary is as follows:
Beginning at the mouth of Kennedy Branch; thence with said Branch to the "Gap"; thence in a straight line to Licking river including Jesse Colbert and J. C. Kirby; thence with Licking river to the beginning, including all the points herein named. Boundary by Supt. H. S. Orr, 1901.
The census of 1914 gave 71 pupils from the following families:
| J. G. Beckett J. W. Beckett J. L. Kirby F. C. Mulloy Thomas Sullivan J. B. Skinner Mark Lyttle Joe Terman A. D. Burlew Harry Burlew John Taylor Wm. Sharpe Loyd Kirby Will Wallage Will Jacobs |
Thomas Keller Thomas Bradford Annie Fields Bettie Hammons Wallace Dawson Jacob Hornsberry Omar Sargent E. R. Colbert Buck Robison Will Cockryne J. C. Kirby Mrs. A. R. Taylor H. S. Abercrombie Ben Segal |
"Enthusiasm is life lit up and shining."
Flour Creek, Ed. 8. Sub. 4.
The Flour Creek school house is one-half mile from the Butler and Foster turnpike on the dirt road known as the Lock Road. The teacher is Mr. John Garrard, of Boyd, Ky. The trustee is Mr. Hope Taylor. The boundary is that made by Supt. H. S. Orr, 1901
Beginning at the mouth of Dry Branch; thence to the tenant house on Moreland's place; thence to Frank Scott, excluding him; thence to Ben Tucker; thence to Millard Tucker; thence to John Yelton, near the Campbell County line and with said line to Robt. Hammonds, excluding him; thence with the line of the Butler Graded district and up Licking river to James Thomasson (The old Mat Thomasson place), including tenant house recently occupied by Franchres; thence to the beginning.
The census of 1914 gave 55 pupils from the following families:
| Jennie Belew Mrs. M. L. Bonar B. F. Daley Mrs. Lizzie Ducker Mrs. Mary J. Dunaway Elmer Dunaway Albert Elliott Sylvia Ellott Mrs. Eugene Flarity Mrs. L. J. Fryer C. Fryer Charlie Greene Wm. Kidwell |
Jake Kinzle Mrs. Horace Lancaster Mrs. Tom Moreland Charles Reeves Richard Reeves William Reeves Mrs. Hope Taylor Charles T. Taylor Clarence Taylor Millard Tucker George Utz Mrs. Lizzie Yelton |
"A brave man hazards life but not his conscience." --Schiller
Mt. Hope, Ed. 8. Sub. 5
The Mt. Hope school is located on the pike leading from Butler to Concord. The teacher is Miss Edna Allender. The trustee is Mr. Howard Kavanaugh. The boundary is that given by Supt. Orr, 1901
Beginning at the mouth of Dry Branch; thence up licking River to the mouth of Steer Creek, including Johnson Hill, Mrs. W. Cruger; thence to Joseph Norton; thence in a straight line to the junction of the Mosby line and Gibson Creek; thence to the east corner of C. A. Wanderlohr; thence to J. L. Johnson; thence to the beginning.
The census of 1914 gave the following families, numbering 58 pupils:
| Carl Adams John J. Burlew Warren Burlew Edwin Beach J. R. Burlew Carston Craig L. H. David Howard Kavanaugh Willie Newkirk Mrs. Bertha Owen W. S. Pribble Harry Pribble | George Pribble J. V. Pribble Elijah Plummer John C. Rainey Jo Sharon Grace Smith Geo. Shoemaker Annie M. Voirs T. J. Wilson L. Wilson Ed. F. Yelton Henry Fancher |
"Every man has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives himself." --Gibbon
"That which we love most in others is faithfulness."
This concludes the Educational Divisions
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