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BRIDGE ACADEMY SCHOOL No. 4
Tingley Township
Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, February 26, 2015, Page 11
From "Snapshots of History" by Mike Avitt:
"When rural schoolhouses were first built in Ringgold County, they were built where the need was
the greatest. But eventually districts were formed and education became organized. It was decided to place a rural school every two miles
so a pupil would never have to walk more than a mile to school. My notes say
[July 1890. . . ] is the time frame when the schools were placed about every two miles. . . ."
Tingley Township was divided into nine school districts.
Bridge Academy School No. 4 was located west of Tingley along Highway 169.
Hazel NICHOLS JENKINS, the teacher at Bridge
Academy, related an incident when Francis SMITH arrived at school early one day. Francis said he was at school early because
he had gotten a ride. Hazel asked him if he had he had gotten a ride from Henrietta CARR. Francis replied, "I don't know
what kind of car it was."
Bridge Academy School No. 4BACK ROW, left to right: Mary McGRATH, Doris ENGLAND, Margaret TROXELL, Roberta REYNOLDS
FRONT ROW, left to right: Marjorie PUTNEY, Doris JOHNSON, Ann ANDERSON, Jim ENGLAND, Alvin SELSOR,
Deloris SELSOR
Tingley Vindicator, Tingley, Ringgold County, Iowa
October 26, 1911
Cozy Corner 5; Bridge Academy 3.
On Friday, Sept. 20, a game of baseball was played between the schools of Bridge Academy and Cozy Corner, resulting in
a score of 5 to 3 in favor of Cozy Corner. The following is the line-up:
| Bridge Academy | | Cozy Corner |
| Elton GILES | pitcher | H. ASHENHURST |
| Howard GILES | catcher | Wyatt HANKINS |
| John ENGLAND | 1st base | Floy HANKINS |
| Dorothy MILLER | 2nd base | Archie McCAHON |
| Grace ENGLAND | 3rd base | Fay HANKINS |
| Ray GROUT | short stop | Mae McCAHON |
| Glenn GROUT | right field | Cecil McDOWELL |
| Floyd MILLER | center field | David HANKINS |
| Oscar McKEE | left field | Edith HANKINS |
Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, Thursday, March 27, 1941
A reading contest was held at Bridge Academy Friday afternoon. Four schools were represented and Robert England received first place and will represent Tingley township in the contest in Mount Ayr.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker
Bridge Academy was closed by 1950.
SOURCE: Tingley Centennial book, Pp. 128-29, 169.
Continuing with Mike Avitt's article:
"As gravel roads and school buses made rural
schools obsolete, they were sold. . . .The ones that were sold were sold one at a time until October 22, 1951 when
Cozy Corner [Tingley Twp. No. 3],
Eighme School [Tingley Twp. No 9], and
Bridge Academy [Tingley Twp. No. 4] all sold at public auction for around $600 each. Sales were common during the 1950s."
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Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, December 07, 1995
FROM FILES OF MOUNT AYR-RECORD NEWS: The Bridge Academy schoolhouse, one mile west of Tingley, was sold Saturday at public auction to Vernon BOWEN of
Jefferson township, for $315. The schoolhouse was owned by Kilroy Post No. 8881, V.F.W. Dennis OWENS served as auctioneer.
Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker May of 2010; updated September of 2011; updated September of 2012; updated September of 2015
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