The list below indicates what has been added during

Aug 2007

to the Country School Pages

Click on previous months to see what history has been shared:
FEB -- MAR -- APR -- MAY -- JUN -- JUL

Township Map catagory has been added to Fredonia Twp. Check each twp for the section map indicating the location of the school houses. The maps are scans from the 1921 Plymouth County Atlas. Fantastic history!! This is a "work in progress." Watch for additional twp maps to post in the weeks and months ahead. Contact Plymouth Co. Coordinator if you do not see maps posted yet for the township you are interested in.
Added two more photos: Fredonia No. 2 Teacher Photo, Evelyn Baldwin & 1933 Practice school group, Teacher, Evelyn Baldwin. These photos were submitted by Janice Albert. Thanks for sharing!
Early teacher added, Miss Margaret Struble--also added this same teacher to the Honored Teacher list; her obit is also now posted.
Additional teacher obituaries have been found & posted: Dorothea Becker, Grant No. 6, Hungerford 1 & 6, Lincoln No. 3, & Plymouth No. 4; Lena C. Boever, Elgin Nos. 2 & 3, Henry No. 2, Marion No. 4, Meadow 4 & 8, Remsen Johnson & Kelly schools, & Washington No. 6; Ella Welch Claassen , Grant No. 8, Preston No. 6, & Westfield Nos. 4, 5, 6; Nellie Donlin Kehrberg, Henry No. 9, Meadow Twp, & Stanton No. 9; Mrs. Lucille Kluckhohn, Elgin No. 3 Struble school; Edna Ideker Lau, Stanton No. 9, Hungerford No. 1, Perry No. 4 & Lincoln Nos. 1,2, & 6. ~Thanks to volunteer, Viv Reeves, for tracking down these obituaries for us all at the LeMars Public library!
More teacher obituaries~Grace Nanninga Albert Dunn, Grant No. 9; Elsie Pavlik Berger, Johnson No.6, Portland Riverview, & Sioux No. 6; Opal Fischer Weidauer, Stanton No. 4; Wilma Saunders Zimmerman, Washington Brunsville school.
Updated the Perry No. 1 Photo page with another newspaper clipping photo of the class and their teacher, Roberta Albrecht. She taught Perry No. 1, 1940-1942. Thanks to Maureen Timblin for this contribution!
Teacher, Shirley Mandelkow; Liberty No.1 1943-1946 linked to her marriage newspaper article
More early teacher information posted: with obituary link, Margaret Moir Jackson; also Miss Laura Muffett, certificate dated 1893; and Miss Emma Plumb teaching near Seney Sept. 1891.
Added Preston No. 5 school building history. Contributed by Jeanette VanGrootheest and Jennie DenBesten, of Sioux County. Thanks, ladies!
Added a photo contributed by Frances Berkenpas Leonard of a group of students taught by Mrs. Dorothy McArthur. Dorothy Darville McArthur taught at Elgin No. 1, 1916-1919.Thanks, Frances!
Two more teacher certificate and contract photos have been submitted--Miss Laura Muffett, certificate dated July 1, 1893 and Miss Dorothy Darville, later Mrs. Roy McArthur, early certificate dated June 1, 1916. Thanks so much to Mrs. Ruth Gower, daughter and granddaughter to these ladies for submitting copies of these fabulous pieces of history!!
Another teacher obituary: Lois Eilks Utesch, Johnson No. 5.
More teacher obituaries now linked--"Thanks to volunteer researcher, Mrs. Viv Reeves, for her work effort and diligence to find and transcribe these obits!!" Alta Vehe DeRocher, Liberty Nos. 3, 4, 9, Hancock Nos. 2 & 4, Plymouth No. 5 and Perry No. 3; Celeste Kipp Frank, Elgin No. 2, Henry No. 5, Meadow Nos. 2 & 5, Remsen No. 5, Fredonia Nos. 8 & 9, and Hungerford No. 3; Miss Nina Forbes, Elgin Nos. 5 & 6; Elkhorn No. 3, Garfield Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 4; Hungerford No. 7, Plymouth No. 1 & 5, and Sioux No. 5; Fern Meister Hamil, Elkhorn Nos. 1 & 4; Mabel Warren Griffith, Garfield Nos. 1 & 2; Rose Bergin Wiebersch, Grant No. 6, and Stanton 1, 2, 3, 7 & 8; Dora Krekow Wilkens, Fredonia No. 9 and Remsen No. 6; Miss Georgia Schnepf, America No. 3, Marion No. 1 and Stanton No. 2; Opal Bliss Hummel, Westfield No. 4; Miss Alma Haack, Meadow No. 1 and Stanton Nos. 7 & 8; Margaret Barthole Holton, Henry No. 3, Fredonia Nos. 3 & 9; Dorothy Bogh Cassidy, Fredonia No. 4, Remsen No. 2, and Meadow Nos. 4 & 7.
Ruth Harris Esbeck has shared some memories with us from her daze at the Portland Jones School. Thanks, Ruth, for sharing!