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HACKBERRY SCHOOL No. 2
Tingley Township
Tingley Township was divided into nine school districts.
No. 2, known as the Ames School, was located 2 miles north of the town of Tingley.
The Hackberry School was closed by 1950 when the rural school system in Iowa was discontinued.
Hackberry School No. 2Back Row, left to right: Clara Mae GILES, Floyd GILES, and ____ HATHAWAY
BACK ROW, L-R: John GILES, Velma CASE, teacher Miss DeLONG, Verna KENDALL.
MIDDLE ROW, L-R: William KENDALL, George HATHAWAY, Leonard BORRUSCH, Beulah MARLER.
FRONT ROw, L-R: Mary BUTTERFIELD, Ernest HATHAWAY, Howard BORRUSCH, Floyd GILES.
Hackberry school was moved from its original location to a farm where it is used as a farm building. It is
located 1/2 mile east of Tingley, north one mile, east 1 mile, then north 1/4 of a mile.
SOURCES:
Mount Ayr Record-News, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, February 10, 2007
AVITT, Mike. Pages and Pictures from the Past. . .Ringgold County, Iowa 1855-2005 p. 17. Paragon Publications, Inc. Mount Ayr. 2009.
Tingley Centennial book, Pp. 128-29.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2009; updated May of 2010
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