CHAPTER XVIII.
TOWNS AND VILLAGES. (CONT'D)
From History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915)
by H. F. Andrews
AUDUBON. (CONT'D)
SCHOOLS.
The school system of Audubon is very satisfactory and up-to-date. The first school house was a one-story, wooden building, built in 1878, and now owned by John Graham, on Tracy street. Robert Hunter was the first teacher, 1878-9. He was succeeded by Kate Cameron.
At a special election held at Audubon, at five o'clock in the afternoon of May 31, 1879, with Elisha Baxter, Elias W. Beghton and M. H. Marble, judges, and Emerson H. Kimball, clerk; it was voted to organize the independent school district of Audubon, embracing sections 20, 21, 28, 29, south half of section 16, south half of section 17, south west quarter of section 15, west half of section 22, and west half of section 27; all in township 80, range 35 west; by a vote of one hundred and seventeen to one.
At an election held at Audubon on July 5, 1879, the first board of directors of the independent district was elected, viz.: E. M. Funk, Thomas C. Lundy, Alex. H. Roberts, Noah Keller, Wilson Burnside and Frank H. Burr. The board met and organized on July 11, 1879, and selected Ethelbert J. Freeman, secretary, and Elias W. Beghtol, treasurer.
Late in 1879 or early the next year, the district completed a new wooden, two-story, four-room building, on the site of the present school house. George N. Funk was the next teacher, assisted by Sarah Dustin. George I. Miller was superintendent from 1882 to 1884, inclusive, probably. It is supposed that the school was graded under his superintendency. J. A. Hornberger was superintendent from about 1885 to 1887, inclusive. During his
term a brick addition was erected in the rear of the former wooden structure, and the wooden front of the house veneered with brick. The first high school class was graduated under him in 1886.
In the fall of 1887, Z. T. Hawk became superintendent, and served four years. There were then eight school rooms and four hundred and sixteen pupils enrolled. The subordinate teachers were: Ella M. Stearns, Lura Beason, DeEtta Foster, Oma S. Yaggy, Emma Hawk, Ada Funk, E. H. Hurd, Miss S. E. Turner and Cora Ott.
Frank P. Hocker succeeded Mr. Hawk, in the fall of 1891, and served fourteen years. His assistants were: Miss S. E. Turner, Ella M. Stearns, Lura Beason, DeEtta Smith, Mrs. E. J. Brown, Vesta Baxter, Cora Ott, Ada Funk, Effie Rogers, Harriet Bilharz, Jennie F. Riggs, C. K. Lancelot, Miss Green, Miss Norris, Miss Culver, Miss Musson, Mrs. Rosemond, Miss Shellenberger, Miss Detwiler, Mrs. Buthweg, Mrs. Fish, Miss Lundy, Alta Crow, Miss Morrissey, Miss Wilson, Belle Lancelot, Eva Luce, Beulah Soar, Helen Dickinson, Mary Davis, Miss Doak, Orpha Baxter, Ella Hurd, Bertha Ferguson, Lillian Ott, Dora Larson, Elizabeth Carmichel, Frances Burns, Ada Kuhn, Mildred Smith, Vera Miles, Mae McIlvain.
In 1893, a new brick building of two rooms for a primary department was erected. During Mr. Hocker's superintendence the school became an accredited high school in the state.
In 1903 a new brick building was erected in place of the old veneered part of the former structure. The school house as then constructed gave very general satisfaction.
Frank J. Mantz succeeded Mr. Hocker in the fall of 1905 and served four years. His assistants were: Ella M. Stearns, Avis Gordon, Nellie Wicker, Mable Keith, Anna Weaver, Ruby Patton, Elizabeth Harris, Fan Lilly, Nellie Tomkins, Miss Low, Miss Brown, Marie Wolff, Miss Yokum, Patience Ellett.
Harry P. Smith succeeded Mr. Mantz in the fall of 1909, and served until 1915. His corps of assistants have been: F. W. Johansen, Caroline Schictl, Isa Lighthall, Theo Vedder, Mable Keith, Mary Davis, Ella Hurd, Patience Ellett, Ethel Glass, Goldie Cozine, Marie Wolff, Sarah Edes, Maud McAllister, Jennie Cook, Mae McClure, Georgia Lloyd, Grace Hollway, Coleen Patterson, Helen Turner, C. E. Latterback, Bertha Ross, Carrie Berger, Lillian Stetzler, Lenore Buckner, Ella McGuire, Lura Preston, June Gray.
The kindergarten was added to the school system in 1909.
The high school was admitted to the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, in 1911. Fred W. Johansen is the present superintendent (1915) and the school now employs a corps of subordinate teachers. Beginning with the year 1886, the high school has subsequently, each year, graduated a class of students. The citizens of Audubon are now agitating the question of erecting a new high school building.
GRADUATES OF THE AUDUBON HIGH SCHOOL.
Class of 1886--Eva Freeman, Nellie Cole, James M. Graham.
Class of 1887--Bonnie Stotts, Mertie Gleason, Lena Rosenberg.
Class of 1888--Edwin Van Gorder, Edward Bilharz, Lillian Ott, Maggie Gleason.
Class of 1890--Vesta Baxter, William Oliver.
Class of 1891--Mary Davis, Mary DeMotte. Fred Gleason, Oscar Overholtzer, Pearl Roberts, Clara Blakeslee, Laura Musson.
Class of 1892--Samuel Yaggy, Agnes Wolf, Myrtle Wilson, Harriet Bilgarz, Frank Cross, Maggie DeMott, Mollie Delahoyde, Harry Dickinson, Laura Forbes, Roy Funk, Katie Overholtzer, India Poulson, Ralph Roberts, Myrtle Sharp, Lizzie Schreiber, Beulah Soar, Flettie Van Scoy.
Class of 1893--Mamie Baxter, May Bonwell, Gertrude Bonwell, Carrie Cooley, Irene Crocker, Will Cunningham, Sarah Holmes, Mabel Keith, Albert Mathias, Rosie Mendenhall, Jennie Oliver, Kittie Schrieber, Eva James.
Class of 1894--Jessie Andrews, Fred Blume, Orpha Baxter, Rena Carroll, Emma Culver, Patience Ellett, Ellis Harper, Earl Jump, Frank Mantz,
Ethel Reese, Charles Bradley, Rose Sharp, Julia Wilson.
Class of 1895--Lena Drury, Ollie Fergusen, Charles Huntsburger, Gus Keith, Eva Luse, Bertha Mussen, Woods Soar.
Class of 1896--Will Baylor, Grace Creveling, Mae Schreiber, Myrtle Stotts, Charles Tramp, Nellie Wicker.
Class of 1897--Nelson Cowles, Dora Detwiler, Maude Doak, Bertha Fergusen, Frank Green, Edith Harris, Lillian Hays, Louis Roberts, Clara Luse, Loween Van Gorder, Anna Wever, George Wever.
Class of 1898--Myrtle Brown, Maurice Carpenter, Walter Haynes, Auda Kelly, Nora Oelke, Bodo Oelke, Harry Sampson, Irma Tharnish.
Class of 1899--Disy Anderson, Charles Burnside, Hugh Delahoyde, Orren Eddy, Frank Drake, Ada Kuhn, Alice Moon, William McFarlane, Roy Smith.
Class of 1900--Harvey Delahoyde, Don Drake, Wren Graham, Mabel Hays, Nora Hunt, John Lohner, Jessie Luse, Capitola Mathias, Grace Miller, Susie Musson, Alma Oelke, Lovise Overholtzer, Clarence Shingledecker, Mary Smith, Teressa Stanton, Edna Webster.
Class of 1901--Ruth Anderson, May Hoover, May Hunt, Charles Johnson, Wiliner Kester, Ethel Kuhn, Earl Maharg, Russell Mott, George Oelke, Eleanor Ohm, Mildred Smith, Gay Thomas.
No 1902 class because the course was lengthened to four years.
Class of 1903--Ray Dryden, John Horning, Isabelle McFarlane, Elmer McKarahan, Mamie Michaels, Frank Mott, Nettie Pearson, Matt Rippey, Frank Sampson, Edith Townsend, Harry Watts, Marie Wolff.
Class of 1904--Grace Cameron, John Cameron, Ruby Currier, Jason Imes, John Krick, Murtle Ross, Cora Sampson, Louis Watson.
Class of 1905--Franc Anderson, Anna Artist, Annetta Earhart, Curtis Earhart, Oliver Gardner, William Kile, Veda Masterson, Clara Oelke, Drusa Ross, Helen Walburn.
Class of 1906--Lucile Brooks, Clifford Brooks, John Donaldson, Alice Eddy. Ray Green, Martha Hubbold, Marion Jones, Mae Layland, Mabel McKarahan, Lena Pound, Bessie Rippey, Ruth Watson.
Class of 1907--Mae Johnson, Charles Watts, Belle Donaldson, Miles Gardner, Charles Nelson, Earl Kile, Frank McFadden, Louis Bagley, Jessie Hoover, Ethel Eckles, Lula Doak, Minta Eddy, Bonna Sherman, Thressa Gaston, Marie Adams.
Class of 1908--Inez Gates, Frank Hays, Augista Hecker, Julius Hecker, Fred Jones, Grace Kibby, Bonna Jones, Wren Lane, Harry Laubender, Hazel Law, Agnes Lutwitze, Theo. Mantz, Fern Parnham, Garcia Swartz, Augusta Tennigkeit, Faye Titterington, Bessie Watson, Anna Wilson, Bessie Harris.
Class of 1909--Fannie Ditzenberger, Anna Henriksen, Glen Hunter, Glen Johnson, Hazel Kellogg, Clyde Keith, Warren Leonard, Edith Leighty, Clara Lutwitze, Florence Marriott, Elloween Phelps.
Class of 1910--Clark Arnold, Simon Foley, Hazel Gates, March Jones, James Law, George Laubender, Edith Phelps, Julia Preston, Lela Zaner.
Class of 1911--Harley Boyer, Eugene Christensen, Alice Gardner, Daniel Hecker, Edward Heuerman, Iola Johnson, Olive Kopp, Gibson Law, Oliver Lovelace, Ruth Preston, Lula Sheets, Hazel Steere, Hazel Weldy, Leona Wilson.
Class of 1912--Frank Bagley, Alma Christensen, Elvin Cole, Lucile Culver, Lillian Foley, Lorraine Graham, Alice Kraus, Lorena Marriott, Ila McFadden, Edwin Preston, Blair Rice, Genevieve Roth, Effie Skinner, Eva Smith, Helen Ward.
Class of 1913--Emma Boust, Thomas Blake, Tressa Brady, Lorenzo Brooks, Mildred Buck, Ava Buthweg, Helen Conway, Veire Cozine, Ambrose Foley, Marguerite Foley, Mabel Hood, Leonard Keese, John Kerwin, Alice Kester, Clarence Niklason, Freda Schwab.
Class of 1914--Escol Baker, Olga Christensen, Edith Culver, Ellen Graham, Carrie Herndon, Florence Hood, Leon Johnson, Cecil Keith, Esther Keith, Michael Kerwin, Laura Kraul, Marie Kraus, Florence McLeran, Louis McLeran, Reuben Musson, Eldo Potter, Esther Rasmussen, Pearl Reinemund, Myrtle Roth, Freda Ruhs, William Spilker, Helen Stearns,
Earnest Steere, Glenn Turner, Lucile Wright.
Class of 1915--Marion Bagley, Eloise Buck, Arthur Cole, Genevieve Foley, Jennie Hollenbeck, Esther Jacobsen, Roy Jensen, Holger Jensen, Walter Kester, Bessie Miller, Harry Nailor, Ella Petersen, John Rutherford, Vera Rutherford, Bessie Turner, Rose Weighton, Mabel Weldy.
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Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, November, 2018, from History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915), by H. F. Andrews, page 275-279.
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