Sioux County Herald, Orange City, (Sioux), Iowa, April 25, 1878,
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The school house at Seney suffered somewhat by the late storm, and the coal
house attached was moved several feet.

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Sioux County Herald
September 9, 1880

SENEY ITEMS.

The fall term of school began today with Miss Carrie Murphy, of LeMars, as
teacher.

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LeMars Daily Sentinel
Le Mars, Iowa, Tuesday Evening, March 4, 1884.

Seney, March 3:The closing exercises of the winter term of school were on Friday
evening, and consisted of a spelling match and recitations in which the
community in general took part.

At the spelling school Friday night a disgraceful row occurred, in
which one Wm. Randolph with his fists disfigured the head and face of Wm. Burgess.
A warrant was sworn out for the arrest of Randolph, and Deputy Sheriff
Fuller was in town Saturday to arrest him. While on the way to the house where
Randolph was staying, some one gave him notice of the approach of the
officer, and he mounted a horse and skipped leaving the deputy to return alone. Before
returning to LeMars the sheriff arrested a man for aiding the prisoner to
escape, and took him before 'Squire Morrisy, but concluded for some reason
that he would not prosecute, and let the man go. It is hinted that there is fun
ahead on this case.

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LeMars Sentinel, Friday, February 21, 1890, Page 3, Column 5:

     Seney--Platt Thomas of Hinton was in town Friday and delivered the new bell for the school house to the committee.  The bell was put in the school house cupola Tuesday, and is very satisfactory.

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LeMars Sentinel
October 8, 1890

SENEY:  (Special Correspondence)
Our school is progressing finely under the able management of Miss
Frankie Allen, of Le Mars.  Take advantage of the opportunity you now
have boys to get an education and you will never have cause to regret
it.  Although it has been said that "a little learning is dangerous" it
is far more preferable to be dangerous in this manner than to be simply
a wart on the face of nature.

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LeMars Sentinel
November 18, 1890

Seney: Miss Agnes Alline, of LeMars, commenced her winter term of school here
on Monday last.

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LeMars Sentinel, November 28, 1890

Seney: Our popular lady teacher becoming annoyed with the noisy slates of the
scholars suggested a remedy to cover them with strips of boy's old
pants.  Every young man in town now is ready to sacrifice his best
pants.  A number are willing to go with them.

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LeMars Sentinel, April 17, 1893

Seney: Seney school has an enrollment of about twenty-five, and is running
smoothly.

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LeMars Sentinel, May 1, 1893

Seney: Arbor day is being observed by the Seney school.  The children are in high
spirits over it.

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LeMars Sentinel, Thursday, May 10, 1894, Page 4, Column 3:

TRIED TO BURN A SCHOOLHOUSE.
An Old Man Caught in the act of Setting the Fire at Seney.

     J. L. Britton, of Seney, was brought to LeMars
yesterday morning on the charge of incendiaryism in setting fire to the
schoolhouse in the village of Seney.  Monday night near midnight W. H.
Kennedy, who lives near, saw a bright blaze suddenly start up at the
school house and he ran over there and put the fire out for it had only
started under one corner of the building.  He heard some person running
away in the darkness, but did not try to ascertain who it was as he
thought the most important thing to do was to save the building.  On
Tuesday night Kennedy and Jonathan Alderson kept watch.  Another attempt
was made to burn the building, but this time the man did not get away.
They caught him and put out the fire afterwards.  A large cloth soaked
in kerosene had been stuck in under one corner where some bricks were
out of the foundation and then set on fire.  It was quite a surprise to
the community when it was learned who had been caught.  There have been
a great many fires of doubtful origin in that neighborhood in the past
year or two.  Alderson and Kennedy guarded their prisoner until morning
and then turned him over to Sheriff Boyle.

Sioux County Herald, Orange City, (Sioux), Iowa, May 23, 1894, Page 2:

Firebug Caught at Work.

J. L. Britton, of Seney, was brought to LeMars and turned over to Sheriff
Boyle for attempting to burn the school-house at Seney. Monday night a fire
was discovered under one corner of the house and was put out. Some one was
seen running away at the time, but was not recognized, and no attempt was
made to capture him. A watch was kept with the result of capturing Britton
in the act of setting fire to the building. A cloth soaked in kerosene was
stuck under the building and set on fire.

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LeMars Sentinel
Monday, March 1, 1897

Seney: Miss Alice Belau, our efficient teacher, is making preparations to close
her school with an exhibition Friday evening, March 12. A good program is
being arranged which will be well worth hearing. A small admission fee of ten
cents will be charged. Proceeds to be devoted towards purchasing a school
library. Everyone who is interested in the school should attend, and
every citizen should interested in our public schools.

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LeMars Sentinel
March 15, 1897

Seney: The entertainment given by the pupils of the Seney school Friday evening
drew a good audience. About six dollars were raised for the library fund.

The Seney school closed Friday, Miss Belau has been retained to teach the
Spring term to begin April 1.

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LeMars Sentinel, Mon. December 27, 1897

SENEY: (Special Correspondence)

Our school here will take a vacation of the week between Christmas and New
Year. The teacher, Miss Brown, having gone to Sioux City, Thursday to visit
at home over the holidays.

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LeMars Sentinel, January 10, 1898

SENEY: Miss Anna Brown, of Morningside, returned Monday morning to resume her school work.

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LeMars Sentinel, March 16, 1899

SENEY: The Misses Ida Alderson and Ethel Nelson closed their winter term of
school last week and will spend their vacation at home.

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SENEY: (Special Correspondent)

Miss Jennie Levins and Miss Carol Haviland, of LeMars, have been engaged as teachers here next year.

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LeMars Sentinel, Friday, July 20, 1928

SENEY: The eighth grade scholars of our school went to LeMars for their diplomas on
Thursday afternoon. Goldie Moore, Margie Riter, Ethel Britton, and Donald
Reeves of this locality were amongst those that received diplomas.

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LeMars Sentinel, Aug. 28, 1928

SENEY: The school board are having the school house fixed up new; chimney on the
north and both rooms plastered.

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LeMars Globe-Post, May 13, 1935

Seney--The school board had a meeting on Friday night and re-elected Jennie Levins and
Vera Reeves.

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LeMars Globe-Post, Monday, Sept. 7, 1936

Seney: (By Special Correspondent)

Our school opened here on last Monday with Miss Vera Reeves and Miss
Margaret Love, of LeMars, as teachers.

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The LeMars Sentinel, July 9, 1937

SENEY--The Seney school board met in regular session on Thursday, July 1. The
books of the secretary were read and approved. A tax levy was agreed upon
for the coming year and July 15 was set for the date of the tax hearing.
Vincent Lancaster was elected secretary-treasurer for the coming year.

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LeMars Globe-Post, Nov. 17, 1938

SENEY: (By Special Correspondent)

The pupils of the Seney School will give a program in the community hall
Tuesday evening, Nov. 22. All are cordially invited.

Parents and friends were invited to be guests of the Seney school Friday
afternoon as a part of the program for national education week. The grammar
room held open house from 1 o'clock until 4 o'clock during which time each
room held regular classes and presented an exhibit of art work. Of
particular interest to parents was the meeting of the Citizenship Club. This
club is a new organization for the purpose of training the pupils for
further citizenship and has for its duties the care of the school building
and grounds, obedience to school laws and projects for civic betterment.

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LeMars Globe-Post, Nov. 28, 1938

SENEY: (By Special Correspondent)

The school program sponsored by the pupils of the Seney school, Tuesday
evening, was largely attended and much enjoyed by all present. After the
program a cafeteria lunch was served, the sale of pop corn balls and candy,
also a fish pond netted the school a nice sum of money.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Buss, Miss Elaine Buss, Miss Rose Penning, and the Misses
Leone and Lillian Gabel, all of LeMars, attended the school program held in
the hall, Tuesday evening.

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LeMars Globe-Post, Dec. 19, 1938

SENEY: Several children from the Seney school are confined to their homes on
account of an epidemic of chicken pox breaking out in the school.

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LeMars Sentinel, Sept. 1, 1939

SENEY: (Special Correspondence)

The Seney school with Miss Arlene Boysen of LeMars as primary teacher and
Miss Nina Forbes of Kingsley as teacher of the grammar room, will open
Monday, September 4. Miss Boysen and Miss Forbes have rented the John
Osborne residence and will lived there during the school year.

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LeMars Sentinel
September 8, 1939

SENEY SCHOOL GAINS PUPILS AT THIS TERM

The Seney school opened Monday morning with Miss Nina Forbes of Kingsley as
grammar room teacher with an enrollment of fourteen pupils and Miss Arlene
Boysen of LeMars as primary teacher with sixteen pupils enrolled. Norman,
Edith and Gene Berkenpas entered the grammar room as the school they
attended is closed this year for lack of pupils. Donna Rees, Francis Hartog
and Dennis Kennedy are new kindergarten pupils and Doris Kennedy is a new
second grade pupil coming from Hawarden. School was closed in Seney Tuesday
as the teachers attended a teachers meeting held at Central building in
LeMars.

SENEY: (Special Correspondence)

Miss Nina Forbes of Kingsley and Miss Arlene Boysen of LeMars moved into the
John Osborne residence Thursday.

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LeMars Globe-Post, January 9, 1939

SENEY: (By Special Correspondent)

Miss Nina Forbes returned on Sunday evening to resume her work as grammar
teacher in our school after spending a week's vacation with relatives near
Kingsley.

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LeMars Sentinel
Friday, Jan. 30, 1942

SENEY: (Special Correspondence)
Pupils of the grammar room and their teacher, Miss Nina Forbes, held a farewell party at the school Wednesday afternoon in honor of Duane Swanson, who moved with his family to a farm near Cherokee last week.  After an hour of games the pupils presented Duane with a gift and Miss Forbes served refreshments.

The Seney school will present the following program at the Seney hall on Friday evening, January 30: 
Song, “America” by the school:
Song,, “Whistle Your Cares Away,” grammar pupils:
Play, “Belling The Cat,” primary pupils:
Music, Alfred and Fred Janssen:
Song, “My Rheumatiz,” by Leona Janssen, Bobby Becker, Bobby Lancaster, Jean Berkenpas, Maxine Green, Calmer Olson and Junior Connor;
Song, “God Bless America,” school.

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, January 2, 1951

SENEY--Miss Evelyn Hoyting and the primary room of Seney entertained their parents at a Christmas program Friday afternoon. An exchange of gifts and lunch brought the afternoon with exchanges of Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. They will enjoy a little over a week's vacation, returning Jan. 2.

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, January 26, 1951

The Seney W.S.C.S. will meet in the church parlors Wednesday, Jan. 31, at noon. Dinner will be served to school children, members and friends. Please note the change of date.

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, February 20, 1951

SENEY--The Seney school held a Valentine party Wednesday afternoon.

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, March 2, 1951

SENEY--All the schools in the county were dismissed at noon Wednesday. Free tickets were given the school children and teachers to attend the Shrine circus in Sioux City.

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, March 6, 1951

Seney, March 3: A Soil Conservation program will be held in Seney Public school for pupils, grades 4 to 8 and teachers from Elgin No. 1 and No. 5, Fredonia No. 1 and No. 4 and Seney at 2:45 p.m., March 6. Elgin No. 2 and No. 4 will go to Struble Public school March 6 at 9 a.m. Motion pictures and short talks will be given. There will be field days for rural teachers, where teacher and pupils will visit the farms.

School closed at noon Tuesday in Seney. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Reindeers, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Berkenpas, Mr. and Mrs. Glen Detloff, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kreykes took the teacher, Miss Evelyn Hoyting and the children of the school to the Shrine circus in Sioux City Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Hollis Wills, Mrs. Ervin Criswell and Mrs. Esther Criswell took some of the LeMars students to the circus Monday afternoon. They said a lot of children as well as adults were turned away. They let in the children they took but the women didn't get in.

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, March 6, 1951

The Seney W.S.C.S. will meet Wednesday, March 7, at the church parlor. Dinner will be served at noon to school children, members and friends.

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, March 16, 1951

SENEY--Seney did not have school Monday but students resumed work again Tuesday. The streets of Seney have not yet been opened. Different persons have been getting stuck with their cars, but with some pushing and shoving manage to get to the highway.

A number of students are enjoying a vacation from LeMars Central high school as the busses are not traveling because of badly drifted roads.

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, March 30, 1951

SENEY--Miss Hoyting reports she has been having very irregular attendance at school the past two weeks because of road conditions.

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, April 3, 1951

Seney, March 29: The school election of the Seney Independent district, postponed earlier, was held March 26. In a very light vote, the three board members were re-elected: Jake Mulder, Joe Kreykes, and Glen Hinde as president of the board. Gerald Reindeers is secretary.

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, April 13, 1951

SENEY--A large number of Seney tuition students and their parents attended the Annual Rural Reception Friday evening at the Central school in LeMars. Miss Doris Reeves sang a solo, and a play, "Say Uncle" was given. Earl Albert was among the production staff. Marilyn Kloster, Erla Beth Schoep, Merry Chapman and Arloa Korver were on the make-up staff. Myrna Kloster was a member of the cast.

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Sept. 2, 1952

SENEY: (Special Correspondence)

Seney school will open Monday, Sept. 1. Miss Evelyn Hoyting will teach again this year.

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LeMars Globe-Post, February 5, 1953

POLIO (Seney Special)

Pupils of the Seney school joined in contributing $5.25 to the polio fund this week.

Miss Clara Faber, Plymouth county nurse visited the Seney school recently and asked parents of the pupils to fill out communicable disease information blanks that she distributed.

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LeMars Globe-Post, May 21, 1953

SENEY--The parents of Seney school children had a nice picnic together the last day of school, May 8th.

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LeMars Globe-Post
January 25, 1954

SENEY:
The following pupils in the Seney Public School had perfect attendance the first semester of school: Henrietta Teunissen, Bonnie Lou Berkenpas, Joyce Ann Mulder, Dean Zoerink, and June Mulder.

The pupils who have brought back their dental cards are: Ronald Reinders, Bonnie Berkenpas, Jane Detloff, Gary Berkenpas, Kathy Mower, Claude Rees, and Victoria Dommer.

The Seney W.S.C.S. will hold their February meeting, Feb. 3, in the church. School children will be served dinner.  Everybody is invited. Devotions leader, Mrs. Joe Matthews. Program leader, Mrs. Clarence Albert.

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LeMars Globe-Post
March 25, 1954

SENEY:
Quite a number of the Seney school children enjoyed a nice trip to Sioux City to the free show last week on Thursday.

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LeMars Globe-Post
June 17, 1954

SENEY:
The Seney school board are having an entry-way built on the Seney school building in Seney, making it more convenient for the children when entering.  It also improves the appearance of the building.

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LeMars Globe-Post, August 19, 1954

NOTICE!

The Seney Public School will reopen on Monday, August 30th for the fall term.

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