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STAR CENTER SCHOOL No. 5
Washington Township
Star Center School No. 5, Washington Township, was located in the center of the township near the Star Center United
Brethren Church.
Star Center School, year unknown
BACK ROW, left to right: Sadie KIMBALL, Anna JEZEK SKROH, teacher - Floy McLAUGHLIN, Ed SOBOTKA, Dave JEZEK, Fred SOBOTKA
3rd ROW, left to right: Frances FINGER, Bernice JONES, Ed FINGER, Andrew SOBOTKA
2nd ROW, left to right: Matailda SOBOTKA JEZEK, Verna LANGER, Pauline KOKESH BURDETTE, Paul KIMBALL, Joe PRIHODA
FRONT ROW, left to right: Marshal PRIHODA, Ted RICKER, Opal JONES, Anna FINGER, Floy KIMBALL, George PRIHODA, Carl KIMBALL
Star Center School, 1949
Elbert SOBOTKA, Marlin RICKER, Carrol SOBOTKA, Wilfred DOLECHECK, Sheryl SOBOTKA, Darrell RILEY, Colleen RILEY,
Shirley BLAUER, Carolyn DOLECHECK, Marion GARDNER, Norma Jean BLAUER, Gene CULVER, John CAMPBELL, Barbara RICKER
The Star Center School was moved from its original site in 1956 to the Diagonal School grounds where it was used as a
Kindergarten classroom during the 1980-1981 school year. Since then it has been used for
storage.
STAR CENTER SCHOOL in its 3rd Location, Section 21, Washington Township
Photograph Courtesy of Mike Avitt
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.
Diagonal, Iowa: Centennial History p. 225. 1998
Compilation by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2009; updated April of 2010
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