Currituck, Aug. 31—With an enrollment which by Monday of next week, when a Notts Island school opens, expected to reach or pass the 1,200 mark, Currituck schools at all points except Knotts Island open today under the most favorable auspices in the history of the county.
With the schools at Harbinger, Jarvisburg and Powells Point consolidated at Powells Point, Currituck’s program of consolidation, inaugurated when Miss Maud Newbery became identified with the school system of the county became practically complete. Miss Annie Lee Howard, graduate of the two years’ course at the East Carolina Teachers College for Women, is principal of the new consolidated school. Miss Howard was at Poplar Branch last year and did very satisfactory work. Miss Mildred Mattocks, also a graduate of the East Carolina Teachers College for Women, who had signed a contract to teach at Poplar Branch, was released from her contract at the request of Miss Newbury and is teaching in the Powells Point school. Miss Beatrice Williams, who did skilled work at Jarvisburg last year serving as principal of the two teacher school at that place, has third and fourth grades at Powell Point. Miss Esther Albritton, formerly primary teacher at Powell Point, who took a course this summer at East Carolina Teachers College for Women, will have the first grade at Powells Point consolidated school.
Moyock High School opened today with C.N. Baughn entering upon his third year as principal. Mr. Baughn has spent the summer at Columbia University in study under specialists in education. Moynock is also fortunate in having again as teacher of agriculture T. B. Elliott, who has been at Moyock for the last four years and who during that time has won a recognized place among the best teachers of agriculture in the State.
Other teachers returning to Moyock are Miss Isabel lacy, Mrs. W. W. Smith and Mrs. C. N. Baughn. New teachers include Miss Alla Meredith of Tarboro, graduate of the North Carolina College for Women, who will teach home economics; Miss Mildred McDearmen of Appomattox, Virginia, a graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, who will teach English and Latin; Miss Sally Cheek of Ocracoke, a graduate of the degree course at East Carolina Teachers College for Women, who will teach history and civics; and Miss Ada Belle Sessoms of Ahoskie, a graduate of the two years course at the East Carolina Teachers College for Women, who will teach the primary grades.
Mrs. Carl Brumsey, who has served as primary teacher for three years at Currituck, entered upon her fourth years in that school today, after having spent the summer at Columbia University in the study of problems of primary education under specialists in this field. Besides teaching the first grade, Mrs. Brumsey wlll also serve as principal at Currituck and as demonstration first grade teacher for the county. Other teachers at Currituck are Miss Eleanor Lane of Elizabeth City, who will teach fifth and sixth grades, Miss Irene Simmons of Pollockville, who will teach fourth grade; and Miss Frances Barringer of Salisbury, who will teach second and third grades. All three of these teachers are graduates of a two years’ course at East Carolina Teachers College for Women.
Poplar Branch has a new principal this year in B. Willard DeShaze of Danville, Viriginia, a graduate of Wake Forest College, who has been doing graduate work at the University of Virigina. Mr. Deshaze has had a number of years’ experience as principal in schools in Virginia and Florida and has been abroad. [DeShaze or Deshaze?]
Other teachers at Poplar Branch are miss Minnie Gurr, who returns to her work at Poplar Branch after having spent two summers in study at Columbia University; Mr. and Mrs. Emory Smith; Miss Stinette of Lynchburg, Virginia, a graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, who will teach English and Latin; Miss Bertha Piland, a graduate of the degree course of East Carolina Teachers College, who will teach history and civics; Miss Prebble of Lynchburg, Virginia, a graduate of State College for Teachers at Fredericksburg, who will handle commercial work; Mrs. W. H. Walker, who returned to the principalship of the elementary school for her eighth hear; Mrs. W T. Forbes, Mrs. Norman Gregory, Mrs. Roscoe Baum and Miss Julia Tyler of Roxobel. Miss Tyler is a graduate of the two year course of the East Carolina Teachers College and will teach first grade. Emory Sith’s work at Poplar Branch in agriculture has won him equal distinction with that of Mr. Elliott of Moyock.
Mrs. Katherine Steele, a graduate of Teachers College at Columbia University, will serve as principal at the school at Knotts Island. As assistants she will have Miss Ruby Oldham and Miss Pearl Taylor, both of whom took a summer course at East Carolina Teachers’ College, and have had several years of successful experience. The home demonstration agent will teach home economics in the Knotts Island school.
The Gibbs and Corolla have Mr. D. E. Forbes and Mrs. S. J. Walker returning for another year.
As supervisor of music and industrial arts in the schools of Currituck County, Miss Hilda Jennette will serve. Miss Rachel Everette, who holds a master’s degree from the University of Chicago, continues home demonstration work in the county, working both through the schools and through women’s clubs.
Arrangements have also been made for the employment of a school nurse in Currituck County this year.
From the front page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N. C., Aug. 31, 1926
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