The list below indicates what has been added during

Nov 2007

to the Country School Pages

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

Teacher Obit posted: Ida Robertson Frerichs, Preston Nos 5, 7 & 8.
News items have been retrieved by Bruce Atkinson. Posted per school news: Sioux No. 6 news, 06 Sep 1907; Elgin No. 3 news, 31 Dec 1909; Grant No. 6 news, 06 Sep 1918; Elgin No. 9, 06 Sep 1918; Sioux No. 4 news, 06 Sep 1918; Sioux No. 5 news, 06 Sep 1918; Sioux Sunnyside School news, 6 & 27 Sep 1918.
More Early Teacher sitings per the above news items: Miss Cora Havens, Miss Anna Keiffer, May Atkinson, Miss Leora Laughton, Miss Genevieve Phillips, Miss Mayme McCoy, Miss Anna Robertson, Mrs. Wilson, Miss Lottie Sweet. "Thanks, Bruce!" Another teacher spotted is Miss Hazel Parker.
More NEWS items: Elgin No. 6, 4 Apr 1919; Elgin No. 6, 28 Jun 1907; Elgin No. 6, 08 & 22 Mar 1907; Elgin No. 5, 08 Mar 1907; Washington No. 5, 11 Mar 1910; Union Nos. 2 & 5, 11 Mar 1910.
On 11-4-2007 began adding all "known" Early Pioneer Teachers to the Country School Teacher Index. Check back often to find mention of all the teachers, including the early ones prior to 1915.
Created another page housing the index for School-Related News items.
Added: 1910 Plymouth County School Institute article
Added another MYSTERY photo--a group of student photos, teacher is Margaretta Kilker
Added Meadow No. 8 Christmas group photo
Added Remsen No. 6 early photo of the school with children standing next to the building
Added a scan of the Teachers Certificate & Contract of Caroline Lang
Added the scan of the June 1937 Eighth Grade Graduation program
Added the scan of the Iowa Common School Graduation diploma belonging to Elizabeth Lang. What a nice image this is. "Thanks to her daughter, Lois Harnack Allen, for sharing this with us!"
More early news items have been added to these following twp schools: Sioux, Westfield, Grant, Meadow, Union, Johnson, Perry, Lincoln, Preston, Washington, Elgin, Stanton, Hungerford & Perry.
More news items added: Perry No. 8, Nov. 28, 1938 and Perry No. 9, Nov. 28, 1938 and Plymouth No. 1, Nov. 28, 1938. For the date of May 22, 1917 added: Elgin Nos. 4, 5, & 9; Grant No. 6, & Westfield Town school. Also added: Elgin Seney school news, May 22, 1917.
Work In Progress--check out the new database What Happened to the School Buildings? ~Thanks to Linda Mohning for transcribing this list. Watch for the list to complete over the next few days. The list transcription now uploaded, 17 Nov. 2007. Anyone having any knowledge of what happened to any of the 203 school buildings of Plymouth County, please do not hesitate to email and let us know. THANKS!
News items: Perry Nos. 5 & 6, May 14, 1953.
What happened to these school buildings? Check the link for added photos of Stanton No. 8, Hungerford No. 4. Also check out: Johnson No. 2, Ruble School.
Added a news item to the Elgin Twp School news page, "Teachers Meeting" dated 5 Oct 1896
Teacher obituary posted: Regina Garding, Elgin No. 3 Struble & Elgin No. 4.