Section 8, Union City twp.

Rural School Notes 1935

Union School, Ruth Meyer, teacher

Virgil Haar and Newell Deters had perfect attendance the last six weeks period.

We have organized a Little Citizens' League. Virgil Haar is president, Martin Bisping, secretary and Ruby's Meiners, treasurer. We have a meeting every Friday afternoon for an hour, when a program is given.

Roger Haar won the reading race. He had more than fifty perfect lessons. Newell Deters was second.

For February decorations we made George and Martha Washington and stage coach silhouettes, snowflakes mounted on colored paper, and some penguins.

We made chairs for our reading table out of orange crates and covered them with bright cretonne.

Martin Bisping is reporter for the school notes this time.

The pupils wrote letters to others in Exeter, Neb., and Lamberton, Minn.

Miss Eyrlich of New Ulm, Minn., visited our school one day recently.

~Source: The Allamakee Journal And Lansing Mirror, Wednesday, February 27,1935, pg 7
~Transcribed by Cindy (Maust) Smith

Rural School Notes 1937

Union school, Lilah Frederick, teacher
Union School opened September 6th with an enrollment of six.

We have a newspaper again this year but we have changed the name to the Union Herald.

For citizenship our school organized a town called "Union City". We selected a mayor, Newell Deters; policeman, Chester Freuchte; and three street cleaners, Virgil, Roger and Elaine Haar. The town meeting is held every Friday afternoon, conducted by the mayor with the teacher acting as counselor.

In our spelling contest Elaine Haar is first and Newell Deters second.

In art we just finished a poster, "Apple Harvest"

Duane Deters visited us one afternoon.

~Source: The Allamakee Journal And Lansing Mirror, Wednesday, October 20,1937, pg 8
~Transcribed by S. Ferrall