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Newspaper
Rockport Democrat
Location
Rockport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
7
O A Reller of G F PA Evanaville Indiana handles express service at low rates with shipments via a merchandise freight car leaving Rockport daily at five except Sunday. Agent George Ranes represents Rockport Indiana freight operations.
The Junior and Senior classes hosted a party for Sophomores and Freshmen with about sixty five students in attendance. Miss Amy Ferguson resigns as senior class president and the Farmers Institute met at the high school with many farmers in attendance. Former graduate Marguerite Axton and Madge Miller visited, while the Senior physiology class runs the Christmas Seals sale.
Richland Farmers Institute attendees heard county agents and educators discuss better schools homemaking and drainage in farm life. The meeting featured talks by Mrs. Lindley and Mr. Douglass plus demonstrations on corn canning and potato club work.
Forty six teachers from Luce and Ohio townships met in Rockport with lively questions on rural school issues. Sessions covered compulsory law revisions and one room school houses improvements. Resolutions praised officers and state speakers while pledging to address local youth misconduct and wage issues in Hammond township.
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