The list below indicates what has been added during

April 2007

to the Country School Pages

Marion No. 4, teacher, Louella Doud Delperdang obituary linked
Marion No. 5, Photo: Pupils pictured outside, abt 1930
Marion No. 5, Photo: Pupils pictured outside, 1933-1934 Year
Three more teacher obituaries linked to their names: Frances Julian Haley; Elkhorn No. 2 & 5 & Lincoln Nos. 1, 2, 4--she lived to be 100 years old. Mildred Jones Tindall; Fredonia No. 1--died at 95 yrs of age. Elaine Homan (daughter of another earlier teacher, Rose Wenner Homan). Elaine taught Henry No. 1 & Remsen No. 2--died at age 92.
Meadow No. 3 photos: Souvenir program from teacher Annie S. Kieffer, Sept. 2, 1895-Feb. 24, 1899, includes lovely photo of teacher on cover [also posted this same souvenir item on the End of the Year Souvenir pages.
Nona Banks, Teacher, Obituary linked Hancock Nos. 2 & 4, Westfield No. 6
Washington Dalton & West LeMars School Memories--interview and memories by former teacher, Mildred nee' Tindall Hunter
Added two news articles: Elgin Twp Schools--01 Jan 1937 and Sioux Twp No. 3--01 Jan 1937
Three more teacher obituaries linked: Inez E. Sheehan Myers, Marion No. 1; Shirley Lilly Mansfield, Fredonia No. 4, Perry No. 3 & 8, Sioux No. 2; Myrtle Adams McCorkell, Portland Breezy Hill & Portland Tucker schools.
News articles added: Perry No. 6, 21 Jan 1954; Henry No. 9, 15 Feb 1954; Johnson No. 3, 28 May 1953.
County-Wide Country School News & Memories Just added: Do Patrons Visit Rural Schools article, dated 17 Dec 1953....great memories shared!!
Two more teacher obits linked: Vivian E. Root Nason, Sioux No. 4; and Hazel VanBuskirk Newman, Preston No. 2 & No. 4.
Added: 1954 -Annual Fun Festival For The Teachers news article.
New information: Rural Twp School Histories --wonderful history, contributed by Linda Mohning.
News Articles: Perry No. 8, 11 Mar 1954; Elgin No. 6--Seney school, 25 Jan & 17 Jun 1954; Hungerford Twp School News, 13 Mar 1888 & 09 Dec 1890; Plymouth No. 4, 18 Mar 1897; Sioux Twp News, 01 May 1893; Stanton No. 4, 08 Mar 1896; Preston No. 4, 15 Mar 1897.
Portland Twp News articles: AKRON column: 30 Sep 1890, 18 Mar 1895, 01 Apr 1895 and 10 May 1897.
Irene E. Oleson Perry, obituary posted and linked; Henry No. 8 Teacher list.
Added: Interviews & Bios With Teachers & Administration
Helen B. Remer, obituaries posted and linked; Stanton No 4 & 7, Lincoln No 2, Washington Dalton, Washington No 4 & 5. Mrs. Johanna Harwig Johnson, Westfield Nos 1, 2, & 4. Lola Jones Lockard, Stanton No. 3. Julia Welch Taylor, Westfield No. 2 & 5.
More teacher obits linked: Agnes Pletschette Swain, Stanton No. 2; Marian Brunken Schmidt, Elgin No. 6 Seney school; Mildred Gabel Stoel, Grant No. 4, Johnson No. 3 & 4, Preston No. 1 & 6, Sioux No. 6; Mildred Pletschette Binder, Henry No. 9; Cecelia Pletschette Pick, Henry No. 4, Meadow No. 3 & Washington Dalton school; Cecilia Beaulieu Vondrak, Sioux No. 1; Ethel Kehrberg Tschampel, Liberty No. 1, Garfield No. 2, Henry No. 9, Plymouth No. 3 & 4, Stanton No. 4, & Union Consolidated; Jeanette Gysbertsen Brinkman, Elgin No. 3 Struble, Elgin No. 1 & 2; Bertha Ahrendt Waldum, Washington No. 3 & Grant No. 6; Evelyn E. Roths Winter, Elgin No. 6, Plymouth Nos 3, 4, & 6, Johnson No. 3; Agnes Diers Burke, Elgin No. 5 & Fredonia No. 1; Irene Rohlfs Bohlken, Preston No. 2 & Washington No. 4.
Added a teacher photo: Elizabeth Schlesser, Elgin Nos. 8 & 5. Isn't this a great photo of a sweet young woman ready for her day of teaching in the rural school of Plymouth County?
Plymouth No. 4 Memories, Teacher Register 1907-1908 added page scans.
Plymouth No. 4 Memories, Teacher Register 1912-1917 added page scans.
News articles: Elgin No. 3, 29 Oct 1936; Fredonia No. 1, 28 Dec 1936; Meadow No. 5, 19 Apr 1907.
Remsen Twp School News -- 3 Apr 1947
Teacher obits: Mabelle Witt Juhl, Elgin No. 6, Fredonia No. 4, Meadow Nos. 2, 7, & 8; Miss Alma Becker, Hungerford No. 4, Plymouth Nos. 1 & 3, Stanton No. 4 & 9, & Washington No. 6; Audrey Lilly Crouch, Sioux No. 1; Frances "Marion" Wormley Dougherty, Garfield Nos. 2 & 4, Henry No. 6; Ellen Erickson Dorr, Remsen No. 3; Blanche Hasbrook Knapp, Sioux Twp--Sunnyside School.
Eighth Grade Promotion Program, July 12, 1928, contributed by Doris Bernhardt (a daughter of one of the graduates.) This also includes a scan of her mother's Certificate of Admission to High School. Thanks, Doris!!
Liberty No. 1 Photos, teacher Blase' Bogenrief quite likely the 1921-1922 year. Fabulous photo contributed by Doris Bernhardt. Doris' mother, Eva Harding is in the front row, 2nd child from the right.
Liberty No. 1 Memories.....story as told by Eva Harding to her daughter, Doris Bernhardt.
Teacher obits: Ann E. Mahaney Bogenrief, Perry Nos. 1 & 2; Doris Campbell, Westfield No. 3; Viola Peck Moffatt, Portland Riverview, Sioux No. 6, & Westfield No. 4; Dorothy Calhoon Utesch, Washington Dalton, Plymouth No. 5, Stanton No. 8 & Westfield No. 5.