The list below indicates what has been added during

July 2007

to the Country School Pages

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

Preston No. 5 Teacher list--added teacher photo of Genevieve Phipps, who taught 1928-1929.
Washington Twp, Dalton School Teacher Recognition --Dalton Days from October 2002 festivities
Added to Interview Bio Index--Josephine Winslow, Woman of Achievement
Teacher Obits linked: Eleanor Carlton Harker, Union Consolidated School; Miss Mavis Hanno, Elgin No. 9 & Henry No. 6; Florence Deegan Topf, Elgin No. 1; Miss Annie Kieffer, Elgin No. 6 & 9, Marion No. 1, Meadow Nos. 4 & 5, Portland Pleasant Hill & Remsen No. 2; Miss Violet Fry, Liberty Consolidated, Sioux Nos. 1, 4, 5 & 6, Hancock No. 2, Hungerford No. 7, Westfield Nos. 4 & 6; Miss Peryle Hathaway, Elkhorn Nos. 7 & 8, Garfield Nos. 1 & 4; Vira Brown Nitzschke, Henry Nos. 5 & 7.
Western Union College link added--interesting information from 1901
Added the link to the rural teacher school index provided on the Computer Genies genealogy society site
America No. 1 News article added: 16 March 1899.
Plymouth No. 4 Arbor Day Celebrations
Liberty Consolidated School Bus Photos
Adaville School 1908 Photo
Added two post-1943 photos to the Plymouth No. 4 photos page.
Added a 1940 photo to the Stanton No. 4 photo page.
Added two photos dated Christmas 1947, Elgin No. 4 Photos page.
Teacher obit linked: Dorothy Schuttpelz Luken, Lincoln No. 2, Perry Nos. 4 & 9, Sioux No. 1 & Washington No 3.
Added Myrna Detloff Bogh news article quotes to Interview Bios pages
Teacher obituary linked: Lois Zimmerman Rees, America No. 1, Elgin No. 5, Johnson No. 2, Meadow No. 4, Plymouth No. 5, Sioux No. 6 & Washington Brunsville; Blase' Bogenrief Dennison, Liberty Nos. 1,3,4, Sioux Nos. 1 & 3, and Westfied No. 6; Miss Lillian Juzek, Hungerford No. 6, Johnson No. 4, Lincoln No. 1, Perry No. 5 & Sioux No. 2; Dorothea Taylor Lorensen, Washington Brunsville, Westfield No. 6, & Johnson No. 5; Magdaline Kundert Ross, Hancock No. 4;
Added the Early Pioneer Teacher list--this is just a start, other teacher names will be added as they are located in the old news and old documents.
Added teacher photo, Lois Zimmerman, Sioux No. 6 teacher list.
Added Seney School House photos "through the years."
Check out the new Mystery School House Photos--help us identify the school, pupils and teacher. Thanks!
Additional news item Grant Twp News, 19 Mar 1934 and Stanton No 1, 6 Mar 1899.
Added another Seney School Memory story, written by Loren Sowers--a former student.
Teacher obits linked: Catherine Hall, Elkhorn No. 1; Vivian Pattison Neumayer, Grant No. 8
Added circa 1945 photo of teacher, Miss Florence Timmins, to the Stanton No. 8 Teacher list. This photo was generously donated by researcher, Maureen Timblin. "Thanks, Maureen!"
Margaret Pecks, Retirement End of Year 1983-1984
Northwestern Normal Institute, LeMars, Iowa ~late 1800's added history
Additional teacher obituaries linked: Jewel Godwin Nielsen, Fredonia No. 1; Martha Gabel Philips, Johnson No. 3 & 5, Westfield No. 5; Ruth F. James Paulin, Elkhorn No. 6; Laura Bixby Stokes, America No. 3, Elkhorn No. 2, & Marion No. 1.
More photos added to Washington No. 3 Photos--Teacher, Dorothy Locer, 1937-1938. Also photo added Teacher, Marjorie Norton Braun, 1947-1948. Also photo added for Grant No. 9 photos, Teacher, Dorothy Locer, 1938-1939. ~these photos contributed by Timothy Tone, son of Dorothy Locer Tone. Thanks, Tim!
Additional Seney School, Elgin No. 6 Memories were submitted by Frances Berkenpas Leonard about her "favorite teacher" Miss Martha Janssen. Really special stories about a great lady! Thanks, Frances, for sharing!
Several additional teacher names/history have been added to the Early Pioneer Teacher list.