School News Roundup Highlights and Student Achievements
Reports show January Citizen of the Month at Eugene Field Phil Gilbert. Spelling Bee winners at McMillan include Marty Ogden Mildred Blue Kevin Tiller Diane Willis and Dennis Henderson. Garfield visits feature Robert Collins pastor of First Presbyterian Church recounting a trip to Africa. Names from St Louis article include Becky Gage Dee Dee Duckworth and Carol Kallenbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Danser
McMillan School
Marty Ogden
Mildred Blue
Kevin Tiller
Diane Willis
Dennis Henderson
Robert Collins
First Presbyterian Church
Garfield
Africa
Suzi Barnes
Carol Nelson
Kim Reeder
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Marilyn Preas
Hawthorne
Earth Patrol
St. Louis
Becky Gage
Dee Dee Duckworth
Carol Kallenbach
Library aides named at Hawthorne and McMillan schools
New library assistants named for second semester at Hawthorne and McMillan. McMillan picks Greg Collens Debra Fugate Melody Azdell Sandra Pipes Terry Evans Danny Beamer Betty Adams Mildred Blue W C Lamberson Sandy Schneider Don Rummans Lois McGruder Marcie Davis Steve Hobbs Tommy Wyatt. Hawthorne lists Mike George Mike Jenkins Ken DuBus Alan Kimbel Karen Terry Lisa Holtkamp Glenda Long Jeff Potts Judy Schroeder Aeron Howerton Eldon Benus Jean Rice Regan Fuhrer Barbara Given Cheryl Bailey Carol Kallenbach Tonya Cockrill Andy Mitchell Larry Rice Donald Eckman Karen Loyd Karen Holtkamp Kevin Cash Cheryl McGaughey Debra Duckworth Keith Davenport Teresa Higbee. Lisa Broemser elected president in Garfield class with James Johnson as vice president Brenda Snell secretary Lilly Duncan treasurer. Four grade students earned perfect spellers in Eugene Field fourth grade: Marjorie Henderson Andy Ekern Janice Morgan Rhonda Gay Davis Greg Maximovitch Teresa Hall Donald Smith Nancy Fetterhoff Rich Arnold Carol Duty. Lori Johnson named January Good Citizen at The Hardin Junior High. Basketball tourney opens Feb 8 at Mexico High School gym with seventh and eighth grade teams from St Brendans Centrall Fulton Hardin. McMillan patrols: Steve Hobbs captain Jeff Martin Roscoe Jackson Kevin Tiller Dennis Henderson Chris Polacek John Boyce Laura Collins COG reps Eugene Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawthorne
McMillan
Greg Collens
Debra Fugate
Melody Azdell
Sandra Pipes
Terry Evans
Danny Beamer
Betty Adams
Mildred Blue
W. C. Lamberson
Sandy Schneider
Don Rummans
Lois McGruder
Marcie Davis
Steve Hobbs
Tommy Wyatt
Mike George
Mike Jenkins
Ken DuBus
Alan Kimbel
Karen Terry
Lisa Holtkamp
Glenda
Originals By Individuals
Poems by Brenda Gullion and Donna Duckworth share simple themes of modest living and family love. Read as a student yearbook style feature from Hardin Junior High and Hawthorne Elementary with child author credits and drawings.
If I Had a Tail Cerebral Palsy School
A school notebook records first semester attendance with three pupils Jeffrey Allison Garrell Gullion and Robbie Harlow achieving perfect attendance. It notes birthdays and parties, activities like ceramics, staff training, and new chairs, plus student poems and class reflections on trees tails and monkeys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffrey Allison
Garrell Gullion
Robbie Harlow
Randy Cash
Mike Jackson
Garrell Guilion
Margaret Story
May
Mental Health Center
Mothers’ Club
Kevin Vanlandingham
Hawthorne
Missouri schools seek extra revenue to cover rising costs
Superintendent reports Missouri school districts face a financial crisis with rising costs and borrowing to pay bills. State receipts from state sources trail national averages, and many districts levy higher taxes. Mexico district cites a current levy of 3.69 dollars. a proposed seventy million dollar state school fund boost awaits legislative action endorsed by the Governor to fund supplies services and teacher salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Mexico
Meet Carl Sumpter Head Custodian at Hardin Junior High
Carl Sumpter has served as Mexico Public School staff since January 1965. He moved to Mexico in 1926 from Moberly and is a World War II veteran and local American Legion Post commander. He and his wife live at 607 Quisenberry with two daughters and five grandchildren. He keeps a 500 plus student enrollment in tip top shape and enjoys hunting and fishing when time permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Sumpter
Hardin Junior High School
Sumpter
Mexico
Hardin
Moberly
American Legion
Carl
Quisenberry
Mr. Sumpter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phil Gilbert
Kay Valentik
Eugene Field
Marvyda Elliot
Rodney Davis
Ronda Smith
Doug Mirts
Jane Hotep
Lynn Johnson
Penny Unstattd
Jenna Sue Gander
Sarah Miller
Joyce Polston
Sally Robinson
Jane Hotop
Jenna Gander
Paul Janke
James Talbert
Jeff Toalson
Jeff Hotop
Jerry Jerichon
Emory Myers
Doug Arnall
Gary Biggers
Larry
Robinett
Bill Johnson
Steve Sublette
Marty Burkemper
Jeff Lewis
Eugene
Washington
United States Congress
Jeff Camp
Rusty Sheets
Patty Pollard
Darcy Nichols
Margaret Recob
Billy van Boening
Lisa Broemser
Irma Logan
James Johnson
Brenda Snell
Lilly Duncan
Edna DeVault
Marjorie Henderson
Andy Ekern
Janice Morgan
Rhonda Gay Davis
Greg Maximovitch
Teresa Hall
Donald Smith
Nancy Fetterhoff
Rich Arnold
Carol Duty
Sally Johnston
Lori Johnson
Josephine Simons
Mexico High School
St. Brendans
Centralia
Fulton
Jeff Martin
Roscoe Jackson
Chris Polacek
John Boyce
Laura Collins
Eugene Field School
Gary Porter
Rex Hein
Chris Toaison
Roger Curtis
David Fisher
Barry Fuller
Otis Thompson
Lester Gardner
Ronald Miller
Ronald Fountain
Ronnie Hoffman
Adram Bradshaw
Keith Batsell
Brian Perkins
Brad Brown
Dwayne Barnes
Roger Scott
James I Sgrig
Tim Wyatt
Jerry Kropf
Terry Woodruff
Wilbert Thomas
Casey Page
Randall Shaffer
Gary McKitterick
Thomas Chambers
Patrick Brundege
Chris Kramer
Michael McDonald
Harold Carter
Ryland Rodes
Brian Snell
Adolph Ogar
John Smallwood
Ronald Johnson
Ronald Toulson
Donnell Belcher
Ava Donovan
Jeff Toulson
Marsha Moore
Ricky Bailey
Larry Robinett
Laura Napier
Ricky Fox
Brenda Gullion
Hardin Junior High
Donna Duckworth
Cerebral Palsy School
Mike Jennings
Terri
Terri Schade
Sonja Harris
Sherri Allen
Mindy Marshall
Sherri
Patty
Barbara Hopkins
Robin Hunt
Lorie Meyer
UE Wu
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!