141. Ruth Allen's school teaching in Enterprise and Santa Clara before her marriage, St. George after. (Some one-room schools, up to 8 grades)
School Teaching (from her journal) September 1928 found me in Enterprise (about 35 miles north of St. George -- small town) teaching 4th grade for $80 a month--8 months a year , $640 a year. I found to my surprise there was a lot I didn't know. That year was presidential election year. School was dismissed ½ day for the teachers to go vote. I was 20. The age for voting then was 21, so I had to stay at school and teach--the only teacher in the building. That didn't help my popularity with the kids that day. It was an extremely cold winter that year. Roads in and out of Enterprise were closed. Phone lines were down and mail didn't get through for 3 weeks. That was during the great depression. Some children came to school that year with shoes, shirt and pants on, no socks, no underwear, no coat. The next 2 years I taught a combination of 5-6 grades. I learned to love Enterprise and Enterprise people. The next 3 years were spent in Santa