The list below indicates what has been added during

Feb 2008

to the Country School Pages

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

JAN --

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

Marion No. 5 photos have now been identified and a third photo was added in that grouping. "Thanks to Merlin Mohning for sharing the identity of the children in the photos!"
Old news posted: Hungerford Twp news, LeMars Sentinel 08 Dec 1891; Elgin No. 6 Seney school news, LeMars Globe-Post, 28 Nov 1938
Sioux No. 4 Photos--Irene Bellwood Smith teacher, 1942-1944, submitted by Irene's son, Joe Smith. Thanks, Joe, for sharing these wonderful photo finds that your Mother had saved!
Irene Bellwood Smith Teacher certificate and contract now posted. Submitted by her son, Joe Smith.
Also submitted by Joe Smith is an unidentified schoolhouse photo that he found among his mother's school items. Check out Mystery Photo #4 on the page link for Mystery Photos.
Preston No. 9, 1894 student group photo posted. This photo was submitted by Dennis Wilken---Thanks, Dennis.
More teacher obituaries posted, Genevieve Hughes taught Garfield No. 4, 1947-1953; Margaret A. Blum Henrich taught Westfield No. 2, 1931-1933; Minnie Smith taught Perry No. 6, 1919-1920, Washington No. 3, 1920-1921, & Grant No. 4, 1921-1922; Mrs. Ruth DeJong, 1934-1935, Fredonia No. 1; Rose Hoffman Welter, Westfield No. 2, 1927-1928; Ottillia Berner Freyman, Meadow No. 9 1916-1917, America No. 6 1917-1918 & Fredonia No. 5 1919-1920.
Added news articles: Liberty No. 5 "Liberty Consolidated School" news--LeMars Sentinel, 18 & 21 May 1920.
County-wide news article posted: LeMars Sentinel, April 7 1931, AKRON YOUTH BEST SPELLER
Early Pioneer teacher photo has been found: Minnie Lilly Does anyone have any additional information regarding this lovely lady? If so, email Linda Ziemann---thanks!
Plymouth No. 3 Teacher list.....just posted a photo of Ethel Kehrberg Tschampel
Plymouth No. 4 Photos--added teacher photo of Miss Elna Grimjes, taught 1925-1927.
First Struble Reunion photos were added to the Elgin No. 3 news page.
Johnson No. 1 Photo page--LeMars Globe-Post 18 May 1959, photo of the students, teacher and adults "Ready to Board the Train to Sioux City."
Posted more school news, LeMars Sentinel dated 01 Sep 1939 for: Seney school Elgin No. 6 and Fredonia No. 4; also LeMars Sentinel dated 08 Feb 1918 for Union Twp News page; LeMars Sentinel 20 Jul 1928, Seney School Elgin No. 6 news.
Posted Sept. 1910 LeMars Public School newspaper article--includes the list of those public school town teachers.
More teacher obituaries have been located. Thanks to Viv Reeves for volunteering to type up the obituaries for posting!! These additional teachers are: Dr. J. Thurlow Karr, taught Craig School Grant Twp; Mrs. Rose Nacke Kestel, taught Meadow No. 8; Mrs. Ina Knight Krekow, taught several years at Henry No. 1, and then Henry No. 6, Garfield No. 1; Mrs. Florence Bashaw Porsch, taught Lincoln No. 5 & Hungerford No. 6; Mrs. Elvera Hodapp Hansen, taught Lincoln No. 5, Perry No. 7, Plymouth No. 3 & 6, Remsen No. 1 and Washington No. 6; Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, taught Henry No. 2.
Early Teacher photo/s now posted for Miss Bessie Robertson, who became Mrs. Sylvan Locer in June of 1911. Thanks to Tim Tone, her grandson, for these lovely photos! Also, see the student group photo on the main page of the Plymouth County IA GenWeb site.
Tim Tone has given us some information/data on what may have happened to the Johnson No. 1 schoolbuilding. "What has happened to the Schoolhouses?"