MUSCATINE COUNTY IOWA

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Atalissa School

       William Lundy donated three acres of land to have a school built on it. The next two school houses were erected on the land owned by Sadie Baldwin and Walter White. Later these two buildings were moved and a two-story building was erected in 1863 at the present location. In 1897 Frank Jackson dug a well at the schoolhouse. The well was 122 feet deep and had 86 feet of water in it. The old building was torn down in 1911 and the new building was erected. In 1938 a gymnasium was erected at the cost of $20,000.00.

        In the beginning the school was a Select School where only students who paid tuition could attend. There were students from Muscatine and Cedar counties attending. There were no graduating classes until 1899 when the school became a graded one.

        The school only went to tenth grade until around 1901 when eleventh and twelfth grades were added. Mr. Croxen was in the ninth grade in 1901 and there were 23 students, by the time he was in eleventh grade only five were left. During twelfth grade another student quit making his graduating class four in number. They were Anna Gatzke, Vearl Fiderlin, Fred Watters and himself. The Board of Education let the Principal and others dictate what courses to study. The choice was geometry and Latin which had very little use in a country high school which resulted in many quitting. If there had been more practical courses a lot more children would have stayed in school.

        There was no gymnasium back then and all sports were played in the schoolyard and across the fence in the Ady Pasture. Even though conditions were so primitive there were only two accidents, Fred could recall. One was when Fred Watters was pitching when the batter hit a fly. Fred should have been the one to catch it but the catcher also tried. They collided putting a hole in Fred’s nose. Then Jamie Ady, with his arm in a sling, went for a kicked football and collided with another boy breaking his arm all over again.

        The first football games was played in 1901 with Wilton Junction High School. Atalissa won with the score being in the high twenties. It was the first time Atalissa had played against another school. The game was held in the pasture at the West Side of town.

        Baseball was the most popular game. A baseball diamond was laid out in the east part of the school grounds and “Work-up” was played there at recess. It was the size of a normal softball diamond but hard ball was played there just the same. There was a town team as well as the school team. Fred said there were some really good players but most were average. Ernest Lambert, Myril Doyle and Charlie Overman were good catchers, Walter McAntosh, Arthur McAntosh, Charlie Overman, Alexander McAntosh and Will Hayes were all good pitchers. Charles Overman was offered a contract with the big leagues but was persuaded not to accept the offer. However he did pitch for other towns such as Washington, Iowa and was paid for it.

        Around 1901-1902 Literary Entertainment was held with Atalissa High School as the center. They were at the different schools throughout the county. Penn Avenue School, Cedar Valley, Union Valley and Cedar Hill were participants in the venture.

        The last graduating class was in 1957 and those graduating were Nevin Roberts, President, Larry Whitmer, Vice-president, Darlene Bender, Secretary-Treasurer, Beverly Cale, Reporter, Richard Carlisle, Donald Dickey, Delvin Lindhorst and Karen Arnold. The Iowa State Education Department was re-districting the school systems and Atalissa became part of the West Liberty School System. However the school remained open and was a grade school for Wilton, Iowa until they could finish their new building.

        The school was given to the city of Atalissa and has been rented out to the Henry Turkey Service as a home for men with handicaps. These men worked for Louis Rich Turkey Processing and now West Liberty Foods to support them…

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… selves and the home. They have really become an asset to the community and are always helping clean up the streets and ditches in town. When the school caught on fire in the 1980’s, the men pitched in and helped clean it up and after the rebuilding painted the rooms.

        The fire bell was lost and no one remembered what had happened to it. One of the employees found it and alerted Dwain Hepker, class of 1952. He contacted the Alumni group and at the 1993 Alumni Banquet they received contributions to give the bell a proper home. They received $1614.76 plus they used $404.00 from a community Flower Fund no longer being used and they had it placed on a brick pedestal on the west side of the Fire Station. It was dedicated on April 2, 1994 by President Donald Dickey, class of 1957, Vice-President Dwain Hepker, class of 1957, Secretary Gloria Dickey, class of W.L.H.S. 1958, Treasurer Arlene Keith, class of 1948.

        According to Fred Croxen’s memories of Atalissa, school was held in the upper story of the bank building. His Aunt Alice Moore and Quartus Cornwall attended there. He didn’t know how long it was held there.

        In 1930 there was a girls baseball team consisting of Naomi (Rusty) Federlin pitcher and coach, Pearl Sterner Aye was catcher, Vera Erick was first base, Oomi Federlin a pitcher. Dorothy Chapman Carlisle, Betty Chapman, Ester Erick, Martha Federlin, Margaret Sterner, Ethel Collison Conley, Clella Federlin Walton, Elsie Erick, Verda Erick and Berta Erick made up the rest of the team. They played in the pasture across from the Mini-Mart on Highway Six.

Picture: A group of schoolgirls taken in the 1880’s with their teacher. Upper row left to right first unknown, second Overman girl, third unknown, fourth unknown. Lower row left to right first Isabell Moore, second Belle Tobis, third an Overman girl and fourth Amanda Moore.

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Picture: Atalissa School around 1897 or 1898. Their teacher was Laura Bowie. Lower row left to right Ward Rowe, Lula Stucker, Zella Lamb, A DeVore boy, Otto Pollischeck, Paul Pollischeck. Row two Charlie Barkalow, R. Neubaur, Frank Brown, Dessie Heaton, A DeVore boy and Frank DeVore. Row three Delmer Heston, Don Hargrave, Pansy Vauble, G. Newbaur, Billy DeVore, Leila Gladstone, Leo Hohnke, Eva B. Turkle and Lela Barne. Fourth row Charlie Oberman, Carl Berry, Fred W. Croxsen, Clarence Henry, Jammie Ady and Fred Whitehead.

Picture: Atalissa School in 1911.

Picture: Graduating class of 1903. Seated left to right Lora Lamb, Richard Watters, Supt. Buckles, Pansy Vauble and Ray See. Standing left to right Fred Whitehead, John VanHorn and Lester Stucker.

Picture: Graduating class of 1905. left to right seated Anna Gatzke and Supt. G. R. Buckles, standing left to right Vearl Federlein, Fred Croxsen and Fred Watters.

Picture: Graduating class of 1907. seated left to right Zella Lamb, Vera Miller, Lillian Weise, Vesta Croxsen and Emma Federlein. Standing left to right Hattie Arnold, Della Marticke, Bert Smith and Jessie VanHorn. Inserted are principal Daisy Ansiey and Supt. Vorig.

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Picture: Graduating class of 1908. Seated Florence McDonald and standing Grace Carney.

Picture:Graduating class of 1917 of two boys and three girls . The names were unavailable.

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Picture: Graduating class of 1918. Left to right Theresa Stales, Bertha King, Margaret White and Bert Schafnit.

Picture: Graduating class of 1924. Top left to right Wilma White, Delbert Arnold and Marie Gatzke, bottom left to right Leroy Sindt, Agnes Lowenberg and Clarence Sindt.

Picture:Graduating class of 1925. Left to right Margaret Lane, Russell Schmidt, Ray Oepping and Red McGowan.

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Picture: Graduating class of 1926. Top row left to right Ivan Schmidt, next two unknown one may be Hubert Lindblad, and John Garvin. Bottom row Elsa Lindblad, Gladys Morrison and Evelyn Stiles.

Picture:Graduating class of 1927. Left to right Virgil Arnold, Marie Lowenberg, Margaret Robertson-Lee, Leola Staley and Dale Ellsworth.

Picture: Graduating class of 1929. Left to right Ethel Collison, Cecil Carlisle and Naomi Federlien.

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Picture: Graduating class of 1930. Left to right Robert Watters, Eleanor Hargrave, Francis Carlisle, Stewart Arnold, Margaret Watters and Bill McGowan.

Picture: Graduating class of 1931. Top row left to right Leonard McFadden, Dorothy Smull, Calvin Watters, principal Ruth Wilcox, Supt. A. N. Hopperstead and Thomas Carlisle. Bottom row Lillian Garvin and Dwight Federlein.

Picture: Graduating class of 1932. Margaret Sterner, Betty Chapman, Supt. A. N. Hopperstead, Edward McFadden and Mabel Carlisle.

Picture: Graduating class of 1933. Left to right Dorothy Chapman, Clella Federlein, Helen Smith, Supt. A. N. Hopperstead, Margaret Arnold, Edwin Garvin and Lucile Spilger.

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Picture: Graduating class of 1934. Wilma Hargrave, Spt. A. N. Hopperstead and Elsie King.

Picture: We have the 1934. Senior Class Play cast left to right Lucille Essex, Wilma Hargrave Carlisle, Elma Oepping Binggeli, Yvonne Martin, Fern Staley Thomasson, Elsie King Adams and Jessie Arnold Stewart.

Picture: Graduating class of 1935. Left to right Elma Oepping, Garth Federlien, Martha Watters, Yvonne Martin, A. N. Hopperstead and Jessie Pearl Arnold.

Picture: Graduating class of 1936. Left to right Marjorie Smith, Lucille Essex, Fern Staley, Merlyne Spilger, Supt. A. N. Hopperstead, Kenneth McKillip and Herbert Gatske.

Picture: Graduating class of 1937. Left to right Geraldine White, Elizabeth Federlein, Chester Zimmerman, Gretchen Arnold and Mary Zimmerman.

Picture: Graduating class of 1939. Left to right Ruth Phillips, Evelyn Baldwin, Beverly Barkalow, Louis Fiderlein, Vivian Schmidt, Wayne Spilger and Francis Lindle.

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Picture: Graduating class of 1940. Bernice Smith, Doris Burns and Ronald Martin.

Picture: Graduating class of 1941. Top left to right Fred Evans, Frances DeVore, Dalton Phillips, Leota Wathan, second row left to right Supt. R. A. McBlain, Dorothy Rochau, Lucille Gerdts, Harold Spilger and Marie Passmore.

Picture: Graduating class of 1942. Robert Staley, June Nell, Ardis Ellsworth and Supt. Ralph Crawford.

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Picture: Graduating class of 1943. Charles Evans, Helen Sterner, Ronald Schafnit, Eileen White, Donald DeVore, Supt. Mr. Jordan and Marilyn Foster, bottom row Dorothy Wolf, Leland Spilger, Phyllis Rochau and George Chapman.

Picture: Graduating class of 1944. Jake Ellsworth, Dean Sterner, Robert Ervin, principal F. M. Hartung, Ray Sterner, Twila VanHorn, Geneva Foster and Genevieve McKillip.

Picture: Graduating class of 1945. Marilyn Wolf, Shirley Miller, Donald Passmore, Raymond Oepping, Rodney Hadley and Calvin Schmidt.

Picture: Graduating class of 1946. Eleanor Lindhorst, Erma Sterner, Ronald Bridgford and Dolores Hercher.

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Picture: Graduating class of 1947. Delbert Phillips, Shirley Schmidt, Laurine Burns and Joyce Garvin.

Picture: Graduating class of 1948. Orlen Stark, Richard Morrison, Lavern Landhorst, Betty Sterner, Donald Babock and Arlene Roberts, bottom row Eugene Hinkhouse, Richard Wieskamp and Hal McKillip.

Picture: Graduating class of 1950. LaRoy Ness, Darel Sterner, Mary Jones and Eugene Blick.

Picture: Graduating class of 1951. Left to right Lorene Lindhorst, Lois Goodale, Ruthie Phelps, Juanita Hinkhouse, Bill Babcock, Gerald Besick, Dwight Passmore and Supt. Mr. Green.

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Picture: Graduating class of 1952. Top row left to right Bill McKillip, Duane Essex, Duane Sharpless, Guy Hinkhouse, Bob Reiland, and Lois Burns. Second row left to right Dwain Hepker, Richard Garvin, Joe Simon and Duane DeVore.

Picture: Graduating class of 1953. Top row left to right Jerry Burns, Joyce Petersen, Maryella Reiland, Ronnie Sterner and Darlene Essex. Second row left to right Jerry Carlisle, Shirley Babcock, Bill Goodale, Patty Lenker and Wesley Phelps.

Picture: Graduating class of 1954. Hilbert Nebergall, Doris Morrison, Ed Showalter, Lulu Blick, Larry Jensen, and Evalina Babcock.

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Picture: Graduating class of 1955: Marvin Hinrichs.

Picture: Graduating class of 1956. Top row left to right Betty Arnold, Beverly Beh and Janice Coss, second row left to right Herbert DeVore, Gene Garvin, Mary Goodale. Third row Marilyn Hinrichs, Loren Lindhorst, Janice Morrison and Carol Stewart.

Picture: Graduating class of 1957. Top row Karen Arnold, Delvin Lindhorst, Beverly Cale, Nevin Roberts, and Darlene Bender. Bottom row Donald Dickey, Larry Witmer and Richard Carlisle.

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Picture: Children attending town school in 1908. We have the names but are unable to place the name with the child, Minnie Lamb, Miss Morris, Francis White, Mary Millick, Margaret Chesebrough, Erma VanHorn, Emma Grensing, Marie Watters, Mary Lamb, Hazel Coss, Jennie Phillips, Vera Auth, Rosa Klien, Esther Stucker, Iva See, Edna Embree, Pearl Wallingford, Clella Federlein, Belle Holmes, Hazel Hiatt, Wilma Croxsen, George Oepping, Arthur Ireland, Carl Phillips, Lloyd Stucker, Ernest VanHorn, Barkley Embree, John Hayes, Emmett Coss, Paul Gatzke, Lyle Holmes, Hilbert Stucker, Clifford Smith, Bob Stucker, Oliver Stucker, Earl Wallingford, Fritz Grensing, Arthur Black, Albert Scott, Walter White, Harold Hiatt, George Holmes, Bert Oepping, Frank Coss, Preston Kephart, Eddie Hayes, Earl Coss, George Oepping and Dick Embree.

Picture: Photo of 1940-41 town school teacher Anna Kline, left to right Billy Sinkler, Arlene Ellsworh, Joan Stewart, Francis Morgan, Hilbert Nebergall, Francene Morgan, Kay Lamp, Evalena Babcock, and Loren Lindhorst.

Picture: Children attending the town school taken May 10, 1937. Front row left To right Ralph Arnold, Bethanne Monigan, Shirley Langhorn, Marvin Snider, Betty Sterner, Gale Coss, Ledred Koventer, Richard Wiescamp, Arlene Roberts and Allen Dieter. Back row left to right Joyce Garvin, Helen Coss, Shirley Smith, Dick Ervin, Allen Smith, Delbert Phillips, Junior Coss, Richard Evaney, teacher Miss Mildred Smith, Jennie Besick and Laura Burns absent.

Picture: Photos of 1908 town school back row left to right Bert Kline, Paul Gatzke, Clifford Smith, Verl Barkalow and a Shumen boy. Middle row left to right Dick Embree, Arthur Black, Tony Oostendorp, Walter White, Harold Hiatt, Ernest VanHorn, and John Hayes. Front row left to right Pearl Wallingford, Erma VanHorn, Jenny Phillips, Edith Walters, Hazel Hiatt and Mary Lamb.

Picture: 1910 town school children we have the names, but are unable to place name with the child. Miss Fryermouth, Miss Ansley, Mr. Vorhis, Clifford Smith, Lloyd Stucker, Alfred Shumann, Bert Kline, Verl Barkalow, Robert Chesebrough, Bill Hohnke, Walter Smith, Paul Gatzke, Hilbert Kephart, Tony Oostendorp, Bert Oepping, Grace Cruse, Florence McDonald, Alma Shumann, Clella Kline, Mary Watters, Ruth Watters, Viola Worrell, Edna Embree, Wilma Irwin, Elsie Gatzke, Miss Garnes, Jennie Phillips, Edith Watters, Mary Lamb, Fern McDonald, Preston Kephart, Erma VanHorn, Elma Barkalow, Margaret Chesebrough, Rosa Klien, Hazel Hiatt, Pearl Wallingford, Irene Rick, Agnes Cruse, Laura Smith, Ruby Barkalow, Della Barkalow, Olive Watters, Erle Wallingford, Margaret White, Jean Stucker, Victoria Oostendorp, Elsa Kline, George Holmes, an Embree child, Benny Klien, Robert Heberling, Mary Embree, Violet Wallingford, Charles Davis, John Hayes, Evelyn Watters, Betsy McClure, Lorena Turkle, Eddie Hayes, Harry Overman and Louis Coss.

Picture: Children attending the town school in 1941-42 front row left to right Lorraine Garvin, Eunice Schemp and Elda Oepping. Middle row left to right Donna Phillips, Arlene Roberts, Darel Sterner, Marvin Lindhorst, Jackie Garvin, Shirley Morrison, Richard Morrison, Gloria Cartwright, Kenneth Bridgeford and Donald Rochau. Back row left to right Ralph Arnold, Orlan Stark, Bud Cartwright and Lillian Schemp.

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Wear Atalissa Colors on Diamond

Picture: Baseball team in 1938-39
Ronald Martin, Maurice Martin, Verle Miller, Richard Hoverter, Wayne Spilger, Vern Miller, Back row: Robert Freese, Francis Lindle, Louis Federlein, John Ervin, Leslie McKillip, Dalton Phillips, Coach Dale Smith.

Picture: Baseball team in 1952
J. Covert, D. Essex, B. Goodale, M. Hinrichs, L. Jensen, J. Carlisle, J. Burns, H. Nebergall, J. Burns, G. Hinkhouse, B. McKillip, R. Sterner, W. Phelps, D. Garvin, D. Sharpless, Coach Williams.

Picture: Football team in 1906-07 standing Prof. D. D. Dunlevy, back row left to right Charles Barkalow, Carl Phillips, Hilbert Stucker, Lloyd Stucker, Vinton Lundy and Robert Chesebrough. Front row left to right Bert Kline, Shorty Oostendorp, Arthur Ireland, Walter Smith and Leo Oostendorp.

Picture: Junior High Girls basketball team in 1952
Front row: Linda Carlisle, Mickie Stewart, Janice Morrison, Bonnie Garvin. Back row: Margaret Coinor, Judy Vail, Karen Arnold, Mary Goodale, Bev. Cale, Coach Williams.

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Picture: Girls basketball team 1948. Front row: Lorene Lindhorst, Donna Phillips, Betty Sterner, Shirley Morrison, Arlene Roberts, and Lois Burns. Back row: Coach Ruth Phillips, Shirley Babcock, Daphne England, Joyce Peterson, Juanita Hinkhouse, Mary Jones, and Betty Wieskamp.

No Picture: Boys basketball team, 1948. Front row: Lavern Lindhorst, Ralph Arnold, Hal McKillip, Eugene Hinkhouse, James Besick, Darel Sterner. Back row: Coach V.D. Collins, LeRoy Ness, Jack Garvin, Order Stark, Donald Babcock, Richard Morrison, and Alfred Arnold.

No Picture: 1949 Girls Basketball team front row left to right Betty Wieskamp, Mary Ellen Jones, Donna Phillips, Lorraine Garvin, Lorena Lindhorst and Shirley Babcock. Row two left to right Joyce Petersen, Daphne England, Juanita Hinkhouse, Shirley Morrison, Kathleen Morgan and Lois Burns. Row three left to right Doris Morrison, Ruth Phelps, Ruth Madsen, Evalena Babcock, Joan Stewart and Ruth Phillips.

No Baseball – Atalissa Students Go on Strike
(newspaper clipping)

Atalissa – Thirteen Atalissa high school boys were reported to be on “strike” today as the result of the board of education’s ruling that no baseball game should be played by the high school team this season.

Taking no heed of the ice-coated roads and inclement weather the boys traveled on foot in groups to the homes of all the school board members Thursday afternoon and Friday in an effect to secure a reversal of the ruling. Several of the directors live on farms at some distance from town.

No decision was reported to have been reached today, although definite details of the situation were not available because of disrupted telephone service between Muscatine and the Atalissa exchange.

Picture: Boys basketball team, 1955. Front row: Wendell Essex, Delvin Lindhorst, Calvin Flater, Carlos Schmidt, Don Stucker, Jim Gerdts, Paul Bender. Back row: Richard Carlise, Nevin Roberts, Marvin Hinrichs, and Loren Lindhorst. Far Left; Don Dickey, Team manager. Far right: Bob Small, Coach.

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Picture: Girls Basketball team 1939-40 left to right Marie Passmore, Frances DeVore, Ardyce Ellsworth, Phyllis Rochau, Dorothy Rochau and Lucille Gerdts.

Picture: 1940 Orchestra 1940-41 standing left to right S. Hobbs, G. Oepping, K. Bridgeford, H. Spilger, R. Staley, F. Evans, R. Oepping, R. Bridgeford and Dir. Mr. Starck. Seated M. Passmore, M. Foster, G. McKillip, E. White and D. Wolf.

Picture: 1955 Band members who played at barn dances. Back row left to right Melvin Roberts, Beverly Beh and Richard Carlisle. Front row left to right Beverly Cale, Wendell Essex and Micky Stewart.

Cedarville School # 5

        Was located on Kelly Avenue on what is now the David Schmidt farm. It is in Goshen Township, Muscatine County. Picture: Cedarville School # 5 1997

Picture: Cedarville School in the early 1900’s. Names of children not available.

Picture: Cedarville School in approx. 1919. The names are Freda Hovernagle, Thelma Corriell, teacher, Harol Hovernagle, Vada Corriell, Merle Corriell, Ivey Corriell and Ellsworth McGowan, Alma Hovernagle, Marie Burch, Lloyd Hovernagle, Ethel Lindle, Hershal Flater, John Flater, Carl McGowan and Gladys Swain and Lester Corriell.

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Picture: Cedarville School date unknown. Top row left to right Larry Digney, Donald Schmidt, Carlos Schmidt, Stanley Spilger, Nancy Corriell, Donna Digney, Nancy Spilger, Beverly Hormel, Joan Lane and Karen Bloomer. Row two left to right Clinton Lane, Carey Wilkins, Gary Daufeldt, Wayne Corriell, Gary Spilger, Barbara Schmidt, Ann Fountain, Joyce Hormel and Virginia Flater. Row three left to right Jackie Lane, Jim Schield and Jerry Digney. Bottom row left to right a Schmidt boy, Don Daufeldt, Tom Shield, Arnie Wilkins and Gloria Daufeldt.

Cedar Hill School # 13

       Was located in Iowa Township Cedar County on the Quarry Rd. It was located by Glen Dotson’s farm. Carl Nissen tore it down for the lumber.

Picture: Cedar Hill students the teacher is Marge Smith and two of the boys are John Garvin and Edwin Garvin. They are 5 and 8 in line no other names are known.

Champion Hill School

       Was located off Highway 6 going east toward the Cedar River. It was built in 1866 and the first director was William Miller. In 1942 the director was Harold Hinkhouse. Betty Gatzke went there and she recalls in 1930 three girls became very ill and it was determined that the water was contaminated. Two of the girls got well but her sister Evelyn died from it. After that the well was capped and water was hauled in milk cans from the farm of Verle Miller.

       They held the first reunion in 1942 on the school grounds. Following a basket dinner several people related some of their memories. Mrs. Myrtle LaFrentz was in charge. Mrs. Dora Watters, the oldest teacher, gave a review of her school days and the weather conditions of her first term of teaching in Iowa. Ed Oepping, the oldest pupil present, gave a short talk and then several teachers related their experiences also. At the time of the reunion there were 7 boys who attended this school to the service, six in the Army and one in the Medical Division. The school is now a cabin at Sandy Hook.

Picture: Champion Hill School date unknown back row from left to right Alvin Marine, Vern Miller, Verle Miller, Earl DeVore, Mabel DeVore, Cleo Leggins, Lucille Marine, Beverlyn Barkalow, Gerald Leggins and Carl DeVore. Front row left to right Hugh’s child, Lyle Barkalow, Dorothy Marine, Hughes child, Betty DeVore, Richard Miller, Shirley Miller, Hugh child and Hugh’s child.

Picture: Champion Hill School date unknown back row left to right Betty DeVore and Lyle Barkalow. Front tow left to right Shirley Miller, Dorothy Marine, Gene Hinkhouse Don DeVore and Dick Miller.

Picture: An inside view of Champion Hill School names that are available are left back to front Don DeVore, Betty DeVore and Gene Hinkhouse front right Dorothy Marine.

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Dickerson Goshen Township School

       Was located near what is now the Dwain Hepker farm and was later moved to West Liberty, Iowa and made into a home. It is at 207 E. Maxon St. the home of Duane Collison. It was a One-Room school and was closed in 1934. One of the teachers Ruth Long Webb went on to teach school in the West Liberty school system.

Picture: Dickerson School photo no date

Picture: Ten children attending Dickerson School in 1934. Front row left to right Lester Walker, Audry Walker, Rose Marie Walther, Richard Weiss and Leonard Weiss. Back row left to right Lyle Walker, Alfred Walther, Lois Walker and Albert Walther.

Picture: Five people from the class of 1934 taken in 1979 when they honored their teacher Ruth Long Webb. Center Ruth Long Webb. Left to right Jim Walker, Audrey Walker VeDepo, Lois Walker, Richard Weiss and Leonard Weiss.

Independence School

       Was located just south of the Cedar Valley United Methodist church on the Leo Adams farm.

Picture: An inside view of Independence School row one front to back Darryl Mills, Nancy Lanker and Don Oberman. Row two front to back Mary Foster, Gaylord Mills, Gene Dutton and Darlene Foster, row three front to back Melvin Hepker, Beverly Mills, Ron Foster and George Meyers.

Oak Hill School

       Was in Iowa Township, Cedar County. The school was located on Atalissa Road where Ed Barklow now lives.

Picture: Oak Hill School No. 1 in January 1956

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Picture: Oak Hill School students of 1928-29. Charles Daufeldt, Jake Petersen, Don Burnet, Bill Barkhurst, Evelyn Murry, Inez Crees, Maxine Murry, Raymond Paul, Hilbert Snider, Art Daufeldt, Lemoyne Murry, Gertrude Simpson and Buzz Daufeldt.

Picture: Students of Oak Hill School 1953. Back row left to right. Betty Werling, Sandra Ahrens, Barbara Isabel and teacher Mary Schroeder. Front row left to right. Donald Schroeder, Judy Dickey, Joe Dickey, Carol Dallege, Bill Isabell, Susan Dickey, Donald Dickey and Daisy Schroeder.

Pen Avenue School

        Was in Goshen Township, Muscatine County Iowa. The schoolhouse is still located on Penn Ave. and is now the home of Bill and Barbara Rock.

Picture: Penn Avenue School taken July 1991.

Picture: Penn Avenue Grade School in about 1903. The only names we have are tall boy in rear is Walter Oepping, tall boy in front is Fred Oepping and Lulu Oepping standing by the piano.

Picture: Penn Avenue School students in 1935-36. Back row left to right Charles Smith, Verlee Arnold-Williams, Louise Rummells, teacher, Bruce Morrison, Rodney Hadley and Twyla VanHorn-Jenkins. Front row left to right Stanley Phelps, Jean Smith-Burns, Marietta Hepker-Smith, Leslie Hines, Junior Hines, Grace Phelps-Stucker and Hubert Hepker Jr.

Picture: Penn Avenue School 1951-52. Back row left to right. Loren Lindhorst, June Phelps, Gloria Jensen, Betty Arnold, Judy Arnold, Anna Mae Phelps and Delvin Lindhorst. Front row left to right. Lila Phelps, Nancy Spilger and Ruth Ann Arnold.

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Timberlake-Goshen Valley No. 3

        Was in Goshen Township, Muscatine County Iowa. The schoolhouse is now a part of the Clarence March farm. And was used as Clarence home for several years. In 1942 Philip Freyermuth was director and some of the students attending in 1942 were John, Junior and James Newman, Lee Chad James, Dale and Marian Freyermuth, Louis Shetler; Catherine, George and Mary Lewis, Alfred Arnold, Vernon and Herbert Parry, Richard Reiland and Karen Ann Hintermaster.

Picture: Clella Federlein’s report card dated May 1911 from Atalissa High School.

Picture: Jessie Pearl Arnold’s diploma dated May 16, 1935 from Atalissa High School.

Picture: Richard Watters’ diploma dated June 5, 1903 from Atalissa High School.

Picture: Albert Weiss record of attendance dated December 2, 1900 from Dickerson School.

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Picture: An announcement for Teresa Staley’s graduation from Atalissa High School at the Opera House May 23, 1918.

Picture: Souvenir from Penn Avenue School 1898-1899.

Picture: Some of the men putting roof on new schoolhouse, top left Elmer Coss, one of the other men is Ernest Federlein.

Picture: The Drama Club at Atalissa High School. Left to right Lorene Lindhorst, Daphne Fuhrmeister, Lorraine Garvin, Donna Phillips, Alfred Arnold, Lee Morgan, Stanley Phelps, Hubert Hepker, Shirley Morrison, Jack Garvin, Jim Besick, Ralph Arnold and Coach Don Johnson.

Picture: Children in 1922Atalissa School Primary Grades 1-3. Top row left to right Thomas Carlisle, Raymond DeVore, Merle Ellsworth, Clare Sterner and Wilma Hargrave. Second row left to right Robert Gertz, Margaret Sterner, Lucille Lane, Lowell Horn, Beulah Horn, Clella Fiderlein, Mabel Carlisle, Edward McFadden. Third row Dwight Fiderlein, Lester DeVore, Leslie Sterner, Lina Hayes and Margaret Arnold.