Continued account of the 1922 from the November 16, 1922 Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), page 1: The list of the winners in each school with the special prizes, are as follows: Union ValleyFirst prizes.Best yellow corn in class A, $2;… Read more1922 School Fair, Union Valley Prizes

More results from the 1922 Skidmore, Missouri area school fair, as reported in the November 16, 1922 Skidmore News, page 5: Town GradesFirst PrizeTool box, $1.50 — Donald Logan.Food poster, $1 — Fifth grade.Dark cake, $1; R. B. Foster, hair… Read more1922 School Fair Results – Skidmore

More 1922 school fair results from the November 16, 1922 Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), page 5: Goodwill.Third prizes.Magazine rack, .50 — Glen Murphy.Dress, $1.50 — Glorena Barber. Eureka.First Prize.White corn in class A, $2; pocket knife, $1.50, by L. D…. Read more1922 School Fair Results, Rural Schools

Continued from the November 16, 1922 Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), page 1: Burr Oak.First Prizes.Poster on working, drawing and bill of material in making wash bench, $1 — School.Clover seed, $1 — Raymond Hayes.First on essay contest, Bank of Skidmore,… Read more1922 School Fair, Burr Oak Prizes

From the November 16, 1922 Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), page 1: School Fair Big Success Each School Represented.About 800 Entries — Union Valley Won 28 Prizes and Mount Vernon 25. The school fair last Saturday was a big success in… Read more1922 School Fair

From the November 16, 1922 Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), page 1: School Bus Here.The school bus for hauling the pupils of Union Star school into town arrived last week and was put into use immediately. Oto Riley, who was the… Read moreSchool Bus Arrives, 1922

Does your Sunday School class have this much fun? Early 20th century Skidmore, Missouri knew how to party, as we see in this report from the Skidmore News, October 19, 1922, page 1: S. S. Class Meeting. The Comrad class… Read moreSunday School Class Parties, October 1922

We’re trying to picture a “Speedway truck” as a school bus. Here’s the report from the Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), page 1: Will Transport Pupils. Patrons of the Union Star school have prepared and submitted to the board of directors… Read moreNew School Bus, 1922

We’re wishing we could see the movie pictures of the floats! From the Skidmore News (Skidmore, Missouri), October 5, 1922, page 5: Text of ad reads: “Nodaway County School Day, Wednesday, Oct. 11. Nodaway County’s Biggest Day. Largest parade of… Read moreSchool Day Parade, 1922