The list below indicates what has been added during

Aug 2008

to the Country School Pages

Click on previous months to see what history has been shared in 2008:

JAN -- FEB -- MAR -- APR -- MAY --JUN -- JUL

Click on the 2007 Index link to view the history which has been shared:
Year 2007 Additions

Teacher obituary: Edna Klingbeil Hinspeter. Taught at Garfield No. 1 & 4; Remsen No. 3, and Washington Dalton School.
Teacher obituary: Minnie Bonnes Hansen. Taught at Perry No. 2, 1931-1935.
Teacher obituary: Carol McElhaney Port. Taught: Johnson No. 3, Portland Searls, Preston No. 1, Portland Breezy Hill.
More county school news posted from the LeMars Globe-Post, March 19, 1956-- Final Rural Teachers' Meeting. Also, the LeMars Globe-Post, April 19, 1956, from the Merrill Record column.
Stanton No. 4 news posted: LeMars Globe-Post, April 19, 1956
Two wonderful photos for Hungerford No. 5 school were submitted by Gail Junck Burright. Don't miss these wonderful 1947-1948 and 1948-1949 school daze photos. Gail, thanks for identifying all of the people in the photos!
Thanks to volunteer, Judy Forgos, for her contribution! Judy scanned page images and submitted them for posting--1924 The Red And Black, LeMars High School yearbook. Check out the year book pgs from this index page. Awesome, Judy!
Two more news items have been posted for Elkhorn No. 4 & Elkhorn No. 7, both articles from the LeMars Globe-Post, Nov. 7, 1938.
Another MYSTERY school group photo has been submitted. Check out Mystery Photo #6. Maybe someone out there will recognize an ancestor in the early photo? That would be awesome!
Teacher obituary: Miss Agnes Johnson, taught Johnson No. 3, 1928-1930.
Early Pioneer Teacher Obituary: Miss Esther Crouch, who became Mrs. Harold Pew. "She graduated from LeMars High School and attended Western Union (Westmar) College. She taught country school until her marriage to Harold Pew in 1916."~from her obituary