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DISTRICT FORMED | 1855 |
YEARS SCHOOLS BUILT | 1860, 1883 |
GENERAL LOCATION | Near Woodbury |
MODERN ADDRESS | Located on Military Road and Sunny Hill |
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES | Southwestern corner of Woodbury and northwestern portion of Cottage Grove |
DISPOSITION | Burned in 1985 (some also say 1974), now a residence |
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MEMORIES: | “John Dillinger created much excitement one day when he drove through the school road with the police in chase almost running into a farmer driving four horses abreast.”-Woodbury: A Past to Remember “At one time the number of students was down to five and at another time students had to share several desks for lack of room.” -Woodbury: A Past to Remember Students “tell of a teacher dismissing school so the students could watch an airplane flying over and then returning to their classes when the airplane passed out of sight.” – Woodbury: A Past to Remember |
Known Teachers:
1855-6: Miss Belden 1857: Eliza Green 1858: May Ewing and W.P. Dale 1864: Lucine Kelsey 1866: Emma Gage 1867: Isabelle Munn 1868: Maggie Witherspoon 1869: Walter Ayers 1870: Miss Bennett 1871: Sarah Howard 1872: Ella Everett, (?) Walbridge 1873: D.L. Hone, (?) Thompson 1874: F. Mosher 1876: John Howard 1898-9: Winnifred Lyon 1932-3: Alice Howard 1933-4: Alice Howard 1934-5: Alice Howard 1939-40: Flossie Nelson |
Other teachers: Alva McKee, Tessie Doyle, FLora Campell, Annie McHattie, Ana Arny, Eunice Mars, Emma Whitaker, Harriet Scofield. |