Show Tell It LIKE IT WAS for Teachers Ken Webb was sent a clipping clipping clipping clip clip- ping Like It Was by Dave Peyton Peyton- from a local Huntington Hunting- Hunting ton West Virginia paper He thought it would be of interest to our readers A A lot of discussion these days centers around how much public schoolteachers should d be paid Chester Webb brother of Park City's Ken found the following document in his family Bible It is a contract made in 1850 in Law Lawrence r e n c e County Kentucky Article of agreement made and entered into this of May 1850 between Stephen Trout of the one part and William William William Wil Wil- liam Pennington Elisha Pennington Pennington Pennington Pen- Pen and Henry Blankenship as Trustees of the common school in the 57 district in Lawrency Lawrency Lawrency Law- Law rency County Ky of the other part t that hat h a t the said Trout on his part agree and hereby binds himself to teach a common school in said district to the best of his skill and judgement for the term of six months for the sum of eighty dollars to be paid at the expiration expiration expiration tion of the school We the said William E. E Pennington E. E Pennington Pennington Pennington Pen Pen- and H. H Blankenship bind ourselves to furnish a good goodhouse goodhouse goodhouse house to teach in and to pay the tho said Trout the sum of dollars above named whereon we have set our hands and seal or caused the same to be set |