Union Valley School History

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="039c8193.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#336699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Union Valley School History<B>   </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Union Valley"><U><B>Union Valley School</B></U></A></div> <div> Union Valley school was originally called "Coon Creek School".  It </div> <div> opened east of Jasper about 1869.  </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="041620b0.jpg" border=0 width="610" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> "Coon Creek, Union Valley School, two miles east of Midway (later Jasper City), sub-district No. 1, Township 30, </div> <div> Range 30, John Weed teacher, wages $40.  Here I found a good school, good house, good desks, good blackboard, </div> <div> plenty of chalk and directors not afraid to have it used.  Appearance of pupils good, clean, springhtly and intelligent; </div> <div> recitations good.  Weed is a good teacher.  His pupils love him and the district appreciates his labors."  </div> <div> <I>1872 Jasper County School Report by U. B. Webster, Jasper County Superintendent</I></div> <div> <I>A History of Jasper County, Missouri and Its People, Volume 1, page 101, pub. 1912, by Joel Thomas Livingston.</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="041620b0.jpg" border=0 width="610" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Union Valley District</div> <bR> <div> W. H. Rhoads, George F. Bowers and Isaac Hendrlcks, directors; A. R. Haughawout, teacher. </div> <div> Term of four months began Oct. 28th. District enumeration 72, enrollment over fifteen years of </div> <div> age, total 46, present 43. Building and furniture second-class. Seating capacity 44. The policy </div> <div> of the directors has been to pay the best wages and employ the best teachers, and they have </div> <div> thereby given the district a school that in point of advancement and thoroughness, ranks with </div> <div> the first district schools of the county. Mr. Haughawout is teaching his fifth term, and is doing good </div> <div> work, especially with the "little ones" (who are too often neglected) in primary reading and mental </div> <div> arithmetic. Any teacher not in possession of good methods in primary work would do well to witness</div> <div> the exercises of this school.</div> <div> <I>1878 Jasper County School Report by S. A. Underwood</I></div> <div> <I>A History of Jasper County, Missouri and Its People, Volume 1, page 106, pub. 1912, </I></div> <div> <I>by Joel Thomas Livingston.</I></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="041620b0.jpg" border=0 width="610" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The proposition to issue $800 bonds for a new school house which was voted on in the Union Valley </div> <div> district 2 miles out of town was carried by a vote of 8 to 3.  The school house will probably be built </div> <div> during the summer.</div> <div> <I>The Jasper News, </I>April 9, 1903</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="041620b0.jpg" border=0 width="610" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The school board of the Union Valley school distric two miles east of this city have advertized for bids </div> <div> for the erection of their new school building which was voted on at the last election.  The building will</div> <div> be 24 x 36 feet and the bids will be opened Aug. 5.  They expect to have the new building ready for school </div> <div> by October.</div> <div> <I>The Jasper News, </I>July 30, 1903</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="041620b0.jpg" border=0 width="610" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The School Board of Union Valley, on District No. 1, Township 30 and Range 30, Jasper County, Mo., </div> <div> will sell the old school house to the highest bidder for cash at 2 o'clock p.m. Saturday, October 10, 1903.  </div> <div> Lon L. Fox, Clerk</div> <div> J. H. Harris, Pres.</div> <div> <I>The Jasper News, </I>October 8, 1903</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>