Agnes Fenton
The fourth-grade teacher at Berryville High School for the 1925-26 session, named on the Clarke Courier's appointments list of July 1925, whom the Courier reported in September 1925 had been put in charge of the school's old building on Academy Street.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier's list of teacher appointments for the 1925-26 session, printed July 9, 1925, names Miss Agnes Fenton as the fourth-grade teacher at Berryville High School, and the Courier of September 17, 1925 reports that she, as teacher of the fourth grade in the old school building on Academy Street, had been put in charge of that building, listing her there as teacher of the fourth grade and assistant principal in charge.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier's list of teacher appointments for the 1925-26 session, printed July 9, 1925, names Miss Agnes Fenton as the fourth-grade teacher at Berryville High School, and the Courier of September 17, 1925 reports that she, as teacher of the fourth grade in the old school building on Academy Street, had been put in charge of that building, listing her there as teacher of the fourth grade and assistant principal in charge.
What the source supports
That Agnes Fenton was named the fourth-grade teacher at Berryville High School for the 1925-26 session, and was put in charge of its old building on Academy Street in September 1925.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The September OCR prints "it" for "in" in "assistant principal in charge". The July list records appointments announced for the session, not who taught during it. The September notice speaks of the principal of the high school and of two buildings without naming the school; it is read as Berryville High School because its principal and teachers match the July list.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The Berryville High School entry in the July 9, 1925 list.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., 9 July 1925
Clarke Courier · 1925-07-09 (publication)
Locator: Printed page 1, teacher assignment list, Berryville High School
Relevant passageBerryville High School -- Mr. D. G. Cooley, principal, Miss Frances Wolfe, assistant principal, Mrs. Louise Kerfoot and Miss Willie M. Snouffer, high school; Miss Ella Holland, 7th grade, Mrs. Mary D. Sowers, 6th, Miss Beatrice Kackley, 5th, Mrs. Wilbur Price, 4th and 5th, Miss Agnes Fenton, 4th, ... Mrs. Ella Hughes, 1st.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: contextualizes. The headline and opening of the same list: the School Board's appointments for the 1925-26 session.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., 9 July 1925
Clarke Courier · 1925-07-09 (publication)
Locator: Printed page 1, teacher assignment list, headline and opening
Relevant passageFILL POSITIONS COUNTY SCHOOLS. Teachers Named for All Schools and Grades -- New Boyce Principal. Appointments of teachers for the various schols [schools] of the County for the session of 1925-26 have been announced by Dr. C. O. Dearmont, chairman of the School Board, as listed by the Division Superintendent, Mr. Leslie D. Kline. The places are to be filled as follows:
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Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The September 17, 1925 notice of the old building, the high school principal and his assistants.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., September 17, 1925
Clarke Courier · 1925-09-17 (publication)
Locator: Page 5, item headed Miss Fenton In Charge: the old building, the principal and his assistants
Relevant passageMiss Fenton In Charge. Miss Agnes Fenton, teacher of the fourth grade in the old school building on Academy street, has been put in charge of the building. Mr D. G. Cooley, principal of the high school, is in charge at the new building, ... and his assistants in that department are the same. They are Miss Frances Wolfe, assistant principal, Mrs. Louise Kerfoot and Miss Willie Morris Snouffer.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
Evidence role: supports. The September 17, 1925 notice of the grade teachers in each building.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., September 17, 1925
Clarke Courier · 1925-09-17 (publication)
Locator: Page 5, item headed Miss Fenton In Charge: the grade teachers in each building
Relevant passageThe intermediate grade teachers are: Miss Ella Holland, seventh, Mrs. Mary D. Sowers, sixth, Miss Beatrice Kackley, fifth, Mrs. Wilbur Price, fourth and fifth, all in the new building on Main street. The teachers in the other building are: Miss Agnes Fenton, fourth and assistant principal it [in] charge; Miss Helen Chrisman, of Winchester, third, Miss O. Ward, second, and Mrs. Ella Hughes, first.
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-14. How this project checks its sources
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