Edith Estep
Teacher of English at Berryville High School in 1924. The Clarke Courier lists her among the school's appointments in July 1923 and names her as accompanying Miss Frances Payne to the district oratorical contest in April 1924.
What the sources support
The Clarke Courier of July 19, 1923 lists Miss Edith Estep, printed "M'o Edith Estep," under Berryville High School among the teacher appointments already made for the county's schools, and its issue of April 3, 1924 names Miss Edith Estep, teacher of English at Berryville High School, as accompanying Miss Frances Payne to the district oratorical contest at Harrisonburg.
See the source and its limits
The Clarke Courier of July 19, 1923 lists Miss Edith Estep, printed "M'o Edith Estep," under Berryville High School among the teacher appointments already made for the county's schools, and its issue of April 3, 1924 names Miss Edith Estep, teacher of English at Berryville High School, as accompanying Miss Frances Payne to the district oratorical contest at Harrisonburg.
What the source supports
That Edith Estep, teacher of English at Berryville High School, appeared in the Clarke Courier in 1923 and 1924.
Uncertainty
Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The 1923 list gives no subject. Reading the two items as one woman rests on the matching name. She is not linked to S. D. Estep, whom neither item names.
Source
Evidence role: supports. The July 19, 1923 list of teacher appointments.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., July 19, 1923
Clarke Courier · 1923-07-19 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, list of teacher appointments for the county's schools
Relevant passageSeveral positions in the county's teaching ofrce [force] have not been filled as yet, so that the list given below is only partially complete. The list of appointments already made is: ... Berryville High School, Prin., Mr. Cooley; Miss Frances Wolfe; M'o [Miss] Edith Estep; Miss Ella Holland; Mrs. Winter Sowers; Miss Virginia Pierce; Miss Agnes Fenton; Miss Beatrice Kackley; Miss Cassie Pidgeon. ... Boyce High School Prin. (Not named yet.) Miss T. C. Cox; ... Miss Lille [Lillie] Garver;
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 April 3, 1924 item on the oratorical contest.
Clarke Courier, Berryville, Va., April 3, 1924
Clarke Courier · 1924-04-03 (publication)
Locator: Page 1, item on the district oratorical contest at Harrisonburg
Relevant passageMiss Frances Payne goes to Harrisonburg today to represent Clarke in the Distrct [District] oratorical contest. Miss Payne will be accompanied by Miss Edith Estep, teacher of English at Berryville High school, and Mr. D. G. Cooley, principal of the school will probably go.
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) · 2026-09-15. How this project checks its sources
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