Badger (a.k.a. Orchard Hill) School

ADAIR, DILLEN, BAIRD, NORRIS, COMBS, MILLER, HOFFMAN, ARNETT, ROTHWELL, HILLHOUSE, PARKER, POTTER, ANDREWS, SHEWYOD, ABARR, BRYAN, HASS, SPRINGSTEEN, VARNER, LESAN, NEWTON, HARRISON, LOUDER, LOUTZENHIZER, GAINES

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 9/4/2011 at 04:01:39

The Redding Herald
Redding, Ringgold County, Iowa
December 10, 1931

Badger School

Some History of Rural schools
of Many Years Ago

In writing about the school in the Badger district I will go back to the time the school house was situated near the present [1931] home of George W. ADAIR and was taught by Isaac DILLEN, the father of the Mr. DILLEN who was formerly the editor of the Grant City Star. My father and mother both went to school to him, my father staying at the home of Samuel BAIRD Sr. near where the home of S. P. BAIRD is at this time.

The next place of having school in this district was when the school house was on the hill east of the Ida NORRIS home on what is now the farm of Chas. COMBS. I remember of Geo. W. NORRIS teaching school at this place, also remember of being to a spelling school there when I was a small boy and the word that they all missed was (Hallelujah) spelled three ways in the old spelling book -- Hallelujah, Halleluiah, and Halleluyah. I did not make an effort to spell the word but sat down. I think that George W. NORRIS was about the last teacher that taughter there, and the new school house was built at the corner one half mile east of the L. D. NORRIS corner, this must have been about 1878 or 79. This school house burned down and a new house built about one fourth mile south of the old school house and was called Orchard Hill.

Some of the teachers I can remember are Geo. W. NORRIS, Sophie H. MILLER, Valeria MILLER, Etta MILLER, Dr. B. H. MILLER, Addie MILLER, Katie MILLER, Sadie MILLER, Silas HOFFMAN, John N. HOFFMAN, Nan ARNETT, J. T. ROTHWELL, Jas. NORRIS, Rosa HILLHOUSE, J. L. PARKER, Lizzie PARKER, A. F. PARKER, Sarah PARKER, Mr. POTTER, Laura ANDREWS, R. F. SHEWYOD, Florence HOFFMAN, Grace BRYAN, Besie BRYAN, Maud HASS, Anna ABARR, Maud SPRINGSTEEN, Mrs. O. H. WARMAN, Rose VARNER, Cora MILLER, Jennie LESAN, Miss NEWTON, Bessie ARNEAL, Elmer LOUDER, Retta HARRISON, Claudia ARNETT, Mamie MALTBY, Laura LOUTZENHIZER, Mr. GAINES. This list is not in rotation, but as the names came to my mind, and no doubt I have left some out, but not intentionly.

The names of the pupils I can remember are: Burt AMICK, Kittie AMICK, Harlie AMICK, Charley AMICK, Ed AMICK, Laurence AMICK, Otis AMICK, Harvey BRYAN, Alwilda BRYAN, Elmer BRYAN, Roy BRYAN, Grace BRYAN, Bessie BRYAN, Tell BAISER, Geo. DERICKSON, Fanny DERICKSON, Bessie DERICKSON, Art DERICKSON, Mollie DERICKSON, Tom DRAPER, Perry DRAPER, Mary DRAPER, Willie DRAPER, Will HADLEY, Sam HADLEY, Clarance HADLEY, Charley HADLEY, Florence HADLEY, Wayne JARMAN, Guy JARMAN, Nellie KIOUS, Belle KIOUS, Silas KIOUS, Lizzie GILLAND, Maggie GILLAND, Ruth HOFFMAN, Sherman GALLOWAY, Enola MEDARIS, Belle MEDARIS, Della MEDARIS, Daisie MEDARIUS, Edd MEDARIS, Curtis MEDARIS, Edd MOLER, Ida MOLER, Carrie MOLER, Selma MOLER, Clara MOLER, Lily MOLER, Geo. MOLER, Blanche MOLER, Maude MOLER, Will MOLER, Will SCOTT, Fred SCOTT, Harry ARNETT, Oscar HUDSON, Stanley HUDSON, Sim HUDSON, Frank HUDSON, Ellsworth HIATT, Fred HIATT, Rothmer HIATT, Zola HIATT, Marjorie HIATT, Edwin NORRIS, Burt NORRIS, Bettie NORRIS, Howard HIATT, Joseph NORRIS, Albert NORRIS, Jess NORRIS, Guy NORRIS, Angie NORRIS, Cleo NORRIS, Dolan NORRIS, Delbert PRICE and two brothers, I do not remember their names; Lizzier (Lizzie?) PARKER, Frank PARKER, Jerry PARKER, Lawrence PARKER, Guy PARKER, Estella PARKER, Inez PARKER, James PARKER, Ralph PARKER, Sarah PARKER, Burt MILLS, Frona MILLS, Alta MILLS, Oscar NICHOLS and brothers, Tom MAULDING and sister, Lillie POORE, Anna POORE, Edith POORE, Emma CROUCH, Roy ADAIR, Jim ARNEAL, Arthur ARNEAL, John ARNEAL, John SHAFER, Ray SHAFER, Maud SHAFER, Mabel SHAFER, Abe WEATHERWAX, Vina WEATHERWAX, Cecil SILVERS, Dave SHONK, Hattie SHAW, Ettie SHAW, George SHAW, Emma SHAW, Hugh SHAW, Dora MILLER, HARTLEY children, Alva THOMAS, Albert CASTOR, Gene CASTOR, Alma CASTER, John CROUCH.

~ A. F. PARKER

Submission courtesy of Friends of Old Redding

September of 2011

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