Berryville High School
A Berryville public school whose staff for the 1925-26 session the Clarke Courier listed under principal D. G. Cooley, from high school teachers down to the first grade, and whose Junior League gave $10 to Shenandoah Valley, Inc. in January 1925.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier's list of teacher appointments for the 1925-26 school session, printed July 9, 1925, names D. G. Cooley as principal of Berryville High School and Frances Wolfe as assistant principal, with two high school teachers and teachers for the grades from the seventh down to the first.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier's list of teacher appointments for the 1925-26 school session, printed July 9, 1925, names D. G. Cooley as principal of Berryville High School and Frances Wolfe as assistant principal, with two high school teachers and teachers for the grades from the seventh down to the first.
What the source supports
That the appointment list placed high school teachers and teachers of the lower grades under the one heading Berryville High School, led by a principal and an assistant principal.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. One grade teacher's name and grade are garbled in the OCR and are left out of the quotation rather than guessed. The list records appointments announced in July, not who taught during the session, and it says nothing about the school's building, enrollment or history; none is inferred.
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.
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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.
AI-assisted source check (Claude Opus 5) · 2026-09-14. How this project checks its sources
The Clarke Courier of January 22, 1925 reported that the Junior League of Berryville High School had voluntarily contributed $10 to the work of Shenandoah Valley, Inc., after hearing D. G. Cooley report on a meeting held in the interest of the Valley organization, and that the gift entitled the league to membership.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of January 22, 1925 reported that the Junior League of Berryville High School had voluntarily contributed $10 to the work of Shenandoah Valley, Inc., after hearing D. G. Cooley report on a meeting held in the interest of the Valley organization, and that the gift entitled the league to membership.
What the source supports
That the school had a Junior League by January 1925, and that the league joined the movement to boost the Shenandoah Valley in its own name.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The item reports one contribution and the membership it brought; it does not say who belonged to the league or what else it did, and it does not state D. G. Cooley's position at the school.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The report of the Junior League's contribution.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., January 22, 1925
Clarke Courier · 1925-01-22 (publication)
Locator: Printed page 1, item headed School League Helps Valley
Relevant passageSCHOOL LEAGUE HELPS VALLEY. Berryville High Organization Volunteers Contribution of $10 to “Boost.” Believing heartily in the movement to boost the Shenandoah Valley and hearing a report from Mr. D. G. Cooley of the meeting held here last week in the interest of the Valley organization, the Junior League of Berryville High school led the way for other such organizations by voluntary contributing $10.00 to the work of the Shenandoah Valley, Inc. This entitles the league to membership along with many citizens of this section who have contributed ...
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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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