Person

Ruth Berlin

The teacher of the third and fourth grades at Boyce High School for the 1925-26 session, as named on the Clarke Courier's appointments list of July 1925.

What the sources support

The Clarke Courier's list of teacher appointments for the 1925-26 session, printed July 9, 1925, names Miss Ruth Berlin as the teacher of the third and fourth grades at Boyce High School.

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✓ Supported by a sourceAn account exists

The Clarke Courier's list of teacher appointments for the 1925-26 session, printed July 9, 1925, names Miss Ruth Berlin as the teacher of the third and fourth grades at Boyce High School.

What the source supports

That Ruth Berlin was named the teacher of the third and fourth grades at Boyce High School for the 1925-26 session.

Uncertainty

Read from uncorrected OCR, not from the page image. The July list records appointments announced for the session, not who taught during it.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The Boyce 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, Boyce High school

Relevant passage

Boyce High school -- Mr. E. W. Roller, agriculture, Mr. Winter Rovston [Royston], principal, Miss Ruth Royston and Miss Bettie Teel Miller, high school. Miss Katharine Jones, home economics, Miss Grace Johnston, 7th grade, Miss Audrey Fritts, 5th and 6th, Miss Ruth Berlin, 3rd and 4th. Miss Mary Thompson, 1st and 2nd.

Checked: Existing OCR reviewed. Original image not independently inspected.

Open source

Source family: clarke-courier. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

Reporting

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 passage

FILL 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 source

Source 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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