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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. 2

Back 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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