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Burnt School Roll of Honor – Feb 1883

Burnt School [Switzerland County, Indiana] roll of honor appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 1 Mar 1883 – Page 1, Column 3

Roll of Honor of Burnt School District No. 11, for the month ending Feb. 8, 1883:

Fifth Grade

  • Class A—Newton Manser, Julia Edmonson
  • Class B—Harry Walker, Harvey Walker, George Dibble, Edith Walker

Fourth Grade—Minnie Green, Minnie Walker, Susie Walker

Third Grade—Frances Green

Second Grade—Edith Keeney

 

FANNIE HARRIS, Teacher.

Markland School Roll of Honor – 1883

Markland School [Switzerland County, Indiana] roll of honor appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 22 Feb 1883 – Page 4, Column 6

Roll of Honor of Markland School for the month ending Feb. 7, 1883:

  • Grade 5—Ida Bonedict, Jesse Daily
  • Grade 4—Leona Van Briggle, Frank Bowden
  • Grade 3—Kate Orr, Ollie Satchwell
  • Grade 2—Girley McClannaham, Anna Satchwell
  • Grade 1—Charles Simpson, Anna Bosaw

LIZZIE DIERMILLER, Teacher

Bethel School Report – Feb 1883

Bethel School [Switzerland County, Indiana] report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 8 Feb 1883 – Page 5, Column 2

Report of Bethel School, District No. 6, for the term beginning Oct. 2, 1882, and closing Feb. 2, 1883:

  • Length of term, 85 days.
  • Whole number enrolled, 38 pupils.
  • General average attendance for the term, 23.

Number of pupils not absent within the term, 3—Ida Bliss, Eva Bliss, Della Bliss.

Number of visits received from patrons of school, 6, viz: Wm. Houston, Alex Scudder, Daniel Boyd, Mrs. Worden Bliss. Other visits from friends of education numerous.

Best mathematician in the school, O. H. Wiley.

The following are the names of pupils who received the highest percent in their grade, by examination held Dec. 22, 1882:

Fifth Grade

  • A Class—Omer Wiley
  • B Class—E. Boyd, Eugene Sander

Fourth Grade—Cora Stoops, Norris Boyd

Third Grade—Emer Scudder, Daniel Boyd

Second Grade—Mattie Scudder, Bell Kinman, Alvin Stoops

First Grade—Della Bliss

 

The following is a special report of the lessons recited in orthography, and the names of the pupils who received the highest percent:

Number of lessons signed in written spelling, 80; twenty words comprised a lesson. Number of lessons in oral spelling, 158; number of lessons in phonetic spelling, 27. Joseph Wiley, Mattie Cole, Omer Wiley, Sophia Scudder.

MAYBEL FOX, Teacher.

Switzerland County Juries – Feb 1883

The Switzerland County, Indiana Circuit Court report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 8 Feb 1883 – Page 4, Column 1

Legal News.

Court will commence next Monday, J. Y. Allison presiding. We are informed that but few new cases have been placed on the docket.

Last Saturday Jury Commissioners Alfred Shaw and Robert A. Knox drew juries, resulting as follows:

GRAND JURY—James Rutherford, Charles Finch, James Cowan, Joshua D. Griffith, Sr., John Dunning, William J. Dickson.

PETIT JURY—Theodore Pickett, Lewis Cole, Byard A. Beagle, J. C. Kirkpatrick, John Malcomson, William P. Lock, David Allen Jr., A. N. Buck, David S. Culbertson, David McCormic, Enoch Protsman, William A. Shadday.

Jefferson Township District No. 7 School Roll of Honor – Jan 1883

Jefferson Township, District No. 7 School [Switzerland County, Indiana] roll of honor appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 1 Feb 1883 – Page 5, Column 3

Roll of Honor of School District No. 7, Jefferson Township, for the term ending Jan. 27th, 1883:

  • Grade 6—Clarinda Froman, Frank Tague
  • Grade 5—Isaac Brown, Lizzie Bright
  • Grade 4—Maggie Banta, George Waltz, Edward Heady
  • Grade 3—Theodore Picket, Frankie Banta
  • Grade 2—Joseph Fox, Harry Cotton
  • Grade 1—Effie Marble, Teanie Protsman

D. W. TRAFELET, Teacher

Independence School Roll of Honor – Jan 1883

Independence School [Switzerland County, Indiana] roll of honor appeared in:

Vevay Reveille – 1 Feb 1883 – Page 5, Column 3

Roll of Honor of Independence District No. 1, Posey Township, for month ending Jan. 19th, 1883:

  • Grade 6—Allie Nave, Maggie Huston, Nettie Snyder
  • Grade 5—Katie Swady, Alfred Wade, Hiram VanDorin
  • Grade 4—Eliza Starker, Herman Bodey
  • Grade 3—Billie VanDorin, Minnie Minor, George Bodey
  • Grade 2—John Huston, Willie Spencer
  • Grade 1—John Starker, Dora Horstman, Lucious Wade

There are 65 pupils enrolled for the year, making the largest school in the county taught by one teacher.

MOLLIE HULLEY, Teacher.

Vevay Reveille – 29 Mar 1883 – Page 8, Column 1

Roll of Honor of Independence School, Posey Township, for the term ending March 15th, 1883:

  • Grade 7—Allice Nave, Nettie Snyder
  • Grade 6—Maggie Houston, Stella VanDorin
  • Grade 5—Alfred Wade, Hiram VanDorin
  • Grade 4—Lemuel Bradley, Herman Bodley
  • Grade 3—Minnie Minor, Billie VanDorin
  • Grade 2—John Huston, “Cush” Hickman
  • Grade 1—Bertha Hickman, Dora Horstman

MOLLIE HULLEY, Teacher.

Jefferson Township District No. 12 School Roll of Honor – Jan 1883

Jefferson Township, District No. 12 School [Switzerland County, Indiana] roll of honor appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 1 Feb 1883 – Page 5, Column 1

Roll of Honor of District No. 12, Jefferson Township for the month ending January 26, 1883:

Grade 5—Sallie Reeves, Lenos Muret

Grade 4—Clara Ricketts, Frank Muret

Grade 3—Effie Bliss, Johnny Scudder

Grade 2—Fletcher Hewitt, Johnny Knouse

Grade 1—Willie Reeves, Ollie Peak, Willie Riely

 

EMOGENE E. SHADDAY, Teacher

Switzerland County Real Estate Transfers – Feb 1883

Switzerland County, Indiana real estate transfers for February 1883 appeared in:

Vevay Reveille – 1 Feb 1883 – Page 4, Column 4

Land Sales.

Transfers of real estate since our last report:
[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • Robert N. Lamb (Trustee) to John Andrew
  • Nancy A. Rous to John Andrew
  • J. W. Zaleggi and wife to Nancy A. Rous
  • Wm. S. Tower (Sheriff) to W. and B. A. Stevenson

Vevay Reveille – 15 Feb 1883 – Page 2, Column 5

Land Sales.

Transfers of Real Estate since our last report:

  • Eva Wainscott to Mariah Tucker
  • Emily J. and John A. Smith to David Brownfield
  • David Armstrong and wife to John D. Works
  • John D. Works and wife to Clara Worstell
  • Erudice Downey to Mortimer S. Mendell
  • Powell & McIntire to John Wesley Powell

Vevay Reveille – 22 Feb 1883 – Page 5, Column 3

Land Sales.

Transfers of Real Estate since our last report:
[See newspaper and deed books for details.]

  • Henry Weales, Jr., and wife to Dillard R. Drake
  • Wm. J. Gibbs and wife to Newton J. Adams
  • Joseph M. Smith and wife to Isaac M. Smith
  • Margaret Harrison to Trustees Palmetto Presbyterian Church

Vevay List of Letters – 15 Jan 1883

The following article about Vevay, Switzerland County, Indiana appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 18 Jan 1883 – Page 4, Column 1

List of letters uncalled for at the Post Office, at Vevay, Switzerland Co., Ind., Jan. 15, 1883:

  • Garrel Barnett
  • John W. Brown
  • Magy Crawl
  • Mr. A. Clark
  • O. C. Francis
  • E. Gary
  • James Gow
  • Sarah G. Henry
  • Mrs. Minervia Johnes
  • Mr. T. Kimbel
  • Jozop Kummel
  • John Meeks
  • Lorenzo May
  • Miss Lula Plew
  • Mrs. Elizabeth Pangburn
  • Miss A. S. Peeters
  • Mrs. Nannie Stoops
  • Mrs. Hannie Summerfruit
  • Mrs. Addie Scott
  • Mrs. William Sage
  • Mrs. Celia Tapp
  • Geo. P. Tinker

Please call for advertised letters.

ALFRED SHAW, P. M.

Posey Township District No. 3 School Roll of Honor – 1883

Posey Township, District No. 3 School [Switzerland County, Indiana] roll of honor appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 18 Jan 1883 – Page 1, Column 5

Roll of Honor of School District No. 3, Posey Township, for the seven weeks ending December 22d, 1882:

Grade 6—Inda Humphrey, Harvey Searcy

Grade 5—Dilver Bradford, Hattie Searcy

Grade 4—Fannie Vauter, Temple Searcy, Charley Searcy

Grade 3—George Fisher, Bennie Searcy

Grade 2—Emma Eliot, May Searcy

Grade 1—George Gurley, Henderson Gurley

 

FRANKIE ANDERSON, Teacher.