Clarissa Layton
A teacher at the Millwood colored school for the 1925-26 session, named on the Clarke Courier's appointments list of July 1925 after principal J. P. Rier and Louise Bannister.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier's list of teacher appointments for the 1925-26 session, printed July 9, 1925, names Clarissa Layton as a teacher at the Millwood colored school, after its principal, J. P. Rier, and Louise Bannister.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier's list of teacher appointments for the 1925-26 session, printed July 9, 1925, names Clarissa Layton as a teacher at the Millwood colored school, after its principal, J. P. Rier, and Louise Bannister.
What the source supports
That Clarissa Layton was named a teacher at the Millwood colored school for the 1925-26 session.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The list records appointments announced for the session, not who taught during it. No relationship to Alma Layton, named for the Boyce colored school in the same list, is assumed.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The entries for the colored schools 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, colored schools
Relevant passageStone Bridge colored -- Ella F. Carter. Boyce Colored -- Alma Layton and Matilda Herbert. Millwood Colored -- J. P Rier, Prin., Louise Bannister and Clarissa Layton. White Post Colored -- Estelle Mitchell and Margaretta Richarson. Josephine colored school -- E T. Johnson, Fannie Jenkins, Florine Johnson. Louisville colored -- Emma E. Alexander. Bristol colored -- George W. Carter.
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:
Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.
Open sourceSource family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.
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