Photo of old Newport School house ca. 1908-09. Teacher was Miss Emma Glaser. Back Row, left to right: Dana McDonald, Alice Berfeldt, Leon Woods, Grace Chapelle, Clayton Smith, Marjarie Rode. Front Row, left to right: Hester Pinter, Florence Schabaker, Lyle Roberts, Margaret Berfeldt, Cecil Wygant, Helen Rode, Carinne Simmons
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| DISTRICT FORMED | 1860 |
| YEARS SCHOOLS BUILT | 1888, 1890 |
| GENERAL LOCATION | Newport |
| MODERN ADDRESS | Located in Newport Township. |
| DISTRICT BOUNDARIES | Original district consisted of the northern half of Newport: a strip of land three miles long and a mile and a half wide along the Mississippi River. |
| DISPOSITION | Now razed. |
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| MEMORIES: | “The population had increased so fast in the south end of the district that another schoolhouse was needed; but owing to the rivalry exisiting between the old town and the new, the school board saw the necessity of building two schoolhouses, instead of one.” –Stillwater Gazette, Dec. 1898. |
Known Teachers:
| 1890-1: Julia Sauntry, Mary Cowell, Marian Sloan, Mrs. Stone 1891-2: M. Ruby, Julia Sauntry, Mary Cowell, Marian Sloan, Mrs. Stone 1898-9: Isabella Bailey, Mary Cowell, Della Miller, Harriet Schofield 1908-9: Emma Glaser |
| Other teachers: (before 1898): Kate Black, Mabel Gray, J.M. Selover, Tillie Schleuter, Katie Shure, Lillie Shure, Flora Babcock, Elsie Whiting, Etta Butterfield, Mattie Elliot, Bessie Atwater, Helen Whitman, Augustus Vaux, George Butler, Jas. Carr, A.W. Uhl, John Galbraith, W.M. Mossel |