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Transcribed by Sharon Elijah, November 18, 2019
Map of Elm Grove Township
| 1. Elm Grove No. 1 |
| 2. Hoosier Bend |
| 3. Number 5 |
| 4. Pitchin No. 2 |
| 5. Swamp College No. 6 |
| 6. Young America |
This township is in the southwestern part of the county, and is bounded on the east by Marshall and Columbus City townships, on the north by Columbus City Township, on the south by Henry County, and on the west by Henry County. It is a fine township of prairie land, settled by a good class of people, those connected with the Covenator Church predominating. Among the early settlers of the township were S. K. Helmick and H. Marsden. The Burlington and Northwest Railroad runs through the northwestern part of this township, and on section 30 was laid out the village of Wyman, a small station which affords a good shipping point for the people of this neighborhood. There is but one general store in the place, and a large elevator for the storage of grain.
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Elm Grove was one half mile east of Wyman to road W66, one mile north on road W66 and then two miles east. The land was deeded by a Mr. Wooley in 1866.
The ground for Hoosier Bend was deeded by Elias Jackson.
Hoosier Bend was at the far southwestern corner of Elm Grove Township. It was one half mile east and a mile south of the town of Wyman.
The pupils included: Evey Humphrey and Fred Humphrey; Warren, Otto, Chester, Howard, Dory, Bertha and Lottie McConahay; Marion and Guy Huston; Billy Huston; Clyde and Matthew Brown; Francis and Mary Porter; and Harry Fletcher, who began school at Hoosier Bend in 1896.
Number Five was approximately one half mile east of the Winfield-Wyman crossroads on the north side of the road.
The pupils included George, Verne, Hilton and Ben Gipple; Joe and Annie Metzer, Dale, Orville and Lottie Darrow; Lottie Timmons, Russell and Mable Harrison; Harry and Pearl Fletcher; Margaret, Ada and Nellie Rubeson. The teachers were Edna Berkshire, Robert Black and Fannie Hall.
Pitchin was located three miles west and one quarter mile north of Cairo on the east side of the road. Pupils who …
Picture: PITCHIN.
Pitchin school was located three miles west and three fourths of a mile north of Cairo. Pitchin was sometimes called Spring Run.
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Pictures: PITCHIN.
Pitchin was built in 1905. Students standing in front of building; front row, left to right: Ruby and Fred Aringdale, sitting on step. Back row: Bessie Aringdale standing second from right
PITCHIN. The first Pitchin school building. (Students standing in front of building)
PITCHIN. Teacher, Miss E. Paisley (Group of students and Teacher)
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Picture: PITCHIN. Ella Mae Isom’s Souvenir of 1921-22 (image is very dark and hard to read)
District Number 1 Elm Grove Township, Louisa County, Iowa ELLA MAE ISON, Teacher PUPILS
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… attended Pitchin from 1911-21 included: Frank, Fred, Ruby and Roy Aringdale; Hazel Klopfenstein; Mildred Davis, Vera Hall, Harry and Ralph Hall; Sadie and Kate Hall; Taylor, Joe, Frank and Winnie Gipple; Boyd and Jeff Jennings; Harry, Nettie and Sarah Chamberlin; Lou and Floyd Hall, Ralph and Clyde Gabriel; and Kenneth, Gerald and Reid Buffington.
The following is a list of library books purchased by teacher Olive Humphrey on November 14, 1919 with $13 from box supper proceeds.
| Famous Adventures and Escapes |
| Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe |
| Hoosier School Boy |
| Hoosier School Master |
| Legends Every Child Should Know |
| In the Days of Giants |
| Swiss Family Robinson |
| The Brownie Primer |
| Panama and the Canal |
| Child’s Christ Tales |
| Lolami—The Little Cliff Dwellers |
| The Jatakas—Tales of India |
| Legends of the Indian Children |
| Uncle Wiggily’s Automobile |
| Uncle Wiggily’s Airship |
| Nannie and Billie Wagtail |
| Adventures of Uncle Billy Possum |
| Adventures of Jimmie Skunk |
| Adventures of Reddy Fox |
| Adventures of Peter Cottontail. |
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Picture: PITCHIN SCHOOL.
Front row: Clinton Buffington, Florence Buffington, Cora Chamberlin, Donald Jennings, Dewey Jones, Ruby Aringdale, Ralph Hall, ? Hall, Clarence Crosley.
Middle row: Laura Buffington, Hattie Edna Buffington, Hazel Jones, Verdie Buffington, ? Jones, Lois Buffington and Mildred, Amy Rowland, Lucy Metzger, Mrs. Bircher, Phonia Jones, Lucy Crosley.
Back row: Pearl Fletcher, Sarah Chamberlin, Bessie Gladys Patton, Nettie Chamberlin, Earl Bush, Francis Butcher, Elsie Aringdale, Blanche Butcher, Boyd Jennings, Fred Aringdale in front of Elsie.
| Years | Teacher | Months | Salary Per Month |
| 1918-19 | Marie Bridges | ||
| Lola Lewis | 8 | $60 | |
| 1919-20 | Olive Humphrey | 2.5 | $90 |
| Kathryn Letts | 5 | $75 | |
| 1920-21 | Ella M. Isom | $80 | |
| 1921-22 | Ella M. Isom | 8.5 | $90 |
| 1922-23 | M. Freeman | ||
| 1923-24 | Mary Daniels | 8.5 | $70 |
| 1924-25 | Marian Jamison | 8.5 | $80 |
| 1925-26 | Lela M. Shahan | 8.5 | $75 |
| 1926-27 | Mrs. Leland Perremond | 8.5 | $75 |
| 1927-28 | Mary Etna James | 9 | $80 |
| 1928-29 | Evelyn James Duncan | 9 | $80 |
| 1929-30 | Ruth Rickey | $75 | |
| 1930-31 | Hallie Lee | $85 | |
| 1921-32 | Hallie Lee | 9 | $85 |
| 1932-33 | Hallie Lee | 9 | $85 |
| 1933-34 | Hallie Lee | 9 | $50 |
| 1934-35 | Henrietta Wilson | 9 | $55 |
| 1935-36 | Martha Blankenhorn | ||
| 1936-37 | Margaret Williams (Quigley) | ||
| 1937-38 | |||
| 1938-41 | Kenneth Woodruff | ||
| 1941-43 | Jeanne Metzger | ||
| 1943-44 | Esther Wallace | 9 | $100 |
| 1944-45 | Verena Bittany | ||
| 1945-46 | C. H. Jones | 9 | $150 |
| 1946-47 | C. H. Jones | 3 | $160 |
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Picture: PITCHIN SCHOOL.
Front row: Clinton Buffington, Florence Buffington, Cora Chamberlin, Donald Jennings, Dewey Jones, Ruby Aringdale, Ralph Hall, ? Hall, Clarence Crosley.
Middle row: Laura Buffington, Hattie Edna Buffington, Hazel Jones, Verdie Buffington, ? Jones, Lois Buffington and Mildred, Amy Rowland, Lucy Metzger, Mrs. Bircher, Phonia Jones, Lucy Crosley.
Back row: Pearl Fletcher, Sarah Chamberlin, Bessie Gladys Patton, Nettie Chamberlin, Earl Bush, Francis Butcher, Elsie Aringdale, Blanche Butcher, Boyd Jennings, Fred Aringdale in front of Elsie.
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Pictures: PITCHEN.
Front row, left to right: Virgil Hall, Rex Hanft, Clifford Chamberlin.
Second row: Harold Hall, Billie Hanft, Gerald Buffington, Thomas Gipple.
Third row: Kenneth Buffington, Marjorie Hall, Floyd Chamberlin, Ruth Jones, Lyle Jones, Rex Buffington, Vera Hall.
PITCHIN, 1903-04. Front row, left to right: Jake Thomas, John Thomas, Jimmy Thomas, Taylor Gipple, Ruby Aringdale. Middle row: Sarah Chamberlin, Bessie Aringdale, Clyde Gabriel, Boyd Jennings, Donald Jennings. Back row: Nettie Chamberlin- Teacher, Amy Rowland, Winnie Gipple, Blanche Bush.
Land was deeded for Swamp College by Laura A. Burns and the school building was constructed in 1854.
Swamp College was on the Wapello to Winfield-Wyman road, approximately one mile east of the intersection of the Columbus Junction to Winfield road, one to two miles south of the Spring Run Church. The property is now owned by Mrs. Lester Gipple.
Behind the school house was a coal shed and two toilets. Inside was an oil stove, some kettles and other cookware, some dishes and silverware.
The children and I decided to have a “hot dish” at noon on Fridays. The children brought food from home; the menu consisted of vegetable soup, mashed potatoes or “maid-rites,” of which only one was served at a time. This was for only one month, but fun and nourishing. Good Friday we had an Easter Egg hunt and the last day of school we had a picnic and program.
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Pictures: SWAMP COLLEGE.
The schoolhouse was built in 1854.
SWAMP COLLEGE. Front row: Billie Holland, Francis Anderson, Teddy Anderson.
Second row: Dale Holland, Nellie Crosley, Velma Metzger Neece, Herman Anderson, Everett Feldman.
Third row: Tom Holland, Lee Holland, Charley Anderson, Clinton Anderson, Clarence Crossley.
Fourth row: Ethel Metzger Clark, Verda Zimmerman – teacher, Irene Anderson Hank, Ethel Metzger Greuver.
SWAMP COLLEGE. Front row, left to right: Evelyn Werner, ? Lukins, Bernice Garmoe, Robert Garmoe, Arnold Jennings, Raymond Werner, Lola Holmes, Carlton Holmes.
Second Row: Ruth Rickea Williams - Teacher, Harriet Wince Rodgers, Lucille Wince (Swailes), Keith Buffington, Virgie Feldman (Ross), Johnie Holmes, John Abel.
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Pupils enrolled at this time were: Verl Grover, Evelyn Darrell, Wansetah Feldman, Dean and Keith Buffington, Evelyn Werner, Harvey Jennings, William Wince, James and Marian Allen, Jessie, John and Albert Ament, Doris Wince and Vergie Feldman.
| Years | Teacher | Months | Salary Per Month |
| 1918-19 | Grace Lease | 8 | $58.23 |
| 1919-20 | Jessie McCulley | 6 | $65 |
| 1920-21 | Ruby Meyers | $90 | |
| 1921-22 | Ruby Meyers | 8.5 | $90 |
| 1922-23 | Marie Ochiltree | ||
| 1923-24 | Marie Ochiltree | ||
| Marie Webb | 3 | $80 | |
| Margaret Barker | 8.5 | $75 | |
| 1924-25 | Margaret Barker | 8.5 | $80 |
| 1925-26 | Velma Metzger | 3.75 | $75 |
| 1926-27 | Nellie C. Earnest | 8.5 | $75 |
| 1927-28 | Anna Mary Cottrell | 9 | $75 |
| 1928-29 | Evelyn Gibbs | 9 | $85 |
| 1929-30 | Frances L. May | $80 | |
| 1930-31 | Pearl Love | $80 | |
| 1931-32 | Pearl Love | $80 | |
| 1932-33 | Frances Letts | 9 | $75 |
| 1933-34 | Frances Letts | 9 | $50 |
| 1934-35 | Alice Walker | 9 | $55 |
| 1935-36 | Alice Walker | ||
| 1936-37 | Lucille Buffington | ||
| 1937-38 | |||
| 1938-39 | |||
| 1939-40 | |||
| 1941-42 | Izola Metzger | ||
| 1942-43 | Deven Partington | ||
| 1943-44 | Deven Partington | 9 | |
| 1944-45 | Deven Partington | 9 | $100 |
| 1945-46 | 9 | $150 | |
| 1946-47 | Lillian Jones | $160 |
Land for Young America was deeded by Thomas McKenry in 1876, and the school was located in Section 19, Elm Grove Township. This information was taken from records dating back to 1894. Young America was one half mile east and one mile north of W66 on the west side of the road.
The school closed when the pupils were sent to Wyman Consolidated School in 1911 or 1912. The Wyman school was a brick structure in Wyman. It accommodated the pupils from the districts of Elm Grove, Hoosier Bend, Young America, Lone Star and School No. 5.
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| Ellis, Omry and Winnie Peters | Margaret Hughes |
| Robbie and Dickie Thomas | Annie and Bruce Dill |
| Leah Evans | Edward Humphreys |
| John Hughes | Esbond Fields |
| Frances Porter | Robert Evans |
| Mary Evans | Ethel Rees |
| Edward Thomas | Richard and Tommy Peters |
| John Aitkin | Evan and Milton Evans |
| Everett Rees | Addie Dill |
| Della Price | James and Walla Black |
| John, Lewis and Richie Peters | Georgia Gookin |
| Mary and Martha Hughes | Myron A. Lyons |
| Ralph Rees | Selenia and Jarret Peters |
| Elizabeth and Hugh Thomas | Evan Rees |
| Mable Van Vleet | Sadie and Howell Davis |
| Terza Samson | Sarah Roberts |
| Bennette Peters | Isabelle Carrick |
| Evan Hughes | John, Latimer and Ada Davis |
| Katie Rees | Ada and Alice Davis |
| Merle Samson | Willard Dairs |
| Jennie Hughes | Dorothy Brossley |
| Roy Samson | Frank Carrick |
| Martha Dell | Willie Hughes |
| Frances Porter | Dewey Davis |
| Walter McCullough | Anna Richard |
| Esther Samson | Celia Richards |
| R. D. Dauerty | H. G. McCullough |
| Fannie L. Hill | Fred M. Cutkomp |
| Flora Schalulion | S. A. Carson |
| Marie Black | Martha Dill |
| Clara Whicker | Alma E. Lortz |
| Talma Sellers | Nettie Samson |