The list below indicates what has been added during

Sep 2007

to the Country School Pages

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

Check out the newspaper article announcing the forthcoming Country School Reunion, Sat. Sept. 22, 2007. Thanks to Linda Mohning for her writing of the article and efforts to get it into the local newspapers.
One additional Early Pioneer Teacher, Mary J. Brown, information & obituary was contributed by family member, Nancy Yoder.
Additional photos have been added: Elgin No. 2 Photos ~thanks to Wilma Vande Berg for sharing this group photo 1946-1947. Also added are Remsen No. 2 1935, 1938 and Remsen No. 5 1946-1947 photos ~contributed by Linda Mohning, daughter of teacher, Helen Maas Bottjen.
Additional twp photos added: Elgin No. 1; Elgin No. 2; Johnson No. 4, Johnson No. 6 and Johnson No. 2--Ruble School.
Added Elgin Twp--what happened to the school building history?
Grant No. 8 Memories--contributed by former student and teacher Edna Lubben Johnson. Also added her memories to the Interviews & Bio pages~Edna Lubben taught No. 8, 1946-1949
Blanche Singer (Teacher) memories have been added to the Interviews & Bio pages and also to the memories pages for Elkhorn No. 4 and Henry No. 9. Thanks, Blanche, for sharing your school memories!
Township School News: added for Remsen No. 5, Dec. 1932; Garfield Twp News, 21 Aug 1891; Hungerford Twp News, 28 Aug 1891, and Fredonia Twp News, 29 Sep 1891.
Added new feature to the Early Teacher List--Early News Items, 28 Aug 1891 and 29 Sep 1891.
County Wide Country School News & Memories--added the news article about Christine Petersen, Superintendent, dated 16 Dec 1932
Added a news item to Remsen Twp News, 12 Mar 1908; Meadow No 4 News, 26 Mar 1908
Added another teacher bio to Interviews & Bios Index: Lorraine Nugent McDermott taught in Elkhorn and Henry Twps. This is also posted under Henry No. 8 Memories.
Your Plymouth County Coordinator for this website has just returned on Sept. 24th from a 2-week visit in the LeMars, IA, vicinity. The Country School Reunion of former teachers & their family members and former students was a HUGE success!! Watch for some new pages on this site to post in the future regarding that afternoon of fun. The site coordinator, Linda Ziemann and her counterpart locally, Linda Mohning, were delighted to share in the MC responsibilities for the reunion program.
More teacher obituaries have been located, transcribed and linked: Mr. Veryl Hamil, Garfield No. 3 & Westfield No. 6; Maidie Marie Johnson, Johnson Nos. 2 & 6, Preston No. 2, & Sioux No. 4.
Posted another county-wide early news item: LeMars Sentinel, June 27, 1895.
Henry No. 1 Memories--Contributed by Vivianne (Gehrens) Erichsen.  She taught Henry Twp # 1, 1944-1945
The former teacher list is now completely indexed on this website. Browse and enjoy the Country School Teacher Index! As more information is contributed and as more obituaries are found and transcribed, the index will continue to be updated. Check back often!
Added Future Teacher's of America Club, 1941-1942; contributed by former student and then teacher, Mrs. Gladys Molzen Thoma. Added Normal Training 1940 photo, 1940 Bark.
Added more "news" items: Remsen Kelly School from 1908; Hancock No. 1 news, 6 Feb 1934.
Added another memories item: Remsen No. 3, by Paul Homan
Added teacher, Esther Winterfeld Oloff bio page and added Craig School, Grant No. 3 photos by Esther Oloff.
Added a page of Plymouth No. 1 photos, contributed by former teacher, Margaret Spies. Added "what happened to the school buildings" for Plymouth Twp. Also added Plymouth No. 1 Memories page.
Plymouth Twp School History page was uploaded. History & facts was written and contributed by former teacher, Margaret Pierce Spies.
Added Eighth Grade Graduation, June 6, 1940
Added Rose A. Kennaley…..teacher contract/certificate
and Dora May Smith………teacher contract.
Added Eighth Grade Graduation, Thursday, June 6, 1940
More Memories submitted: Marion No. 2, by student Margaret Aird Lloyd.