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Nebraska Counties and Towns

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The following list shows the COUNTY with the towns in each county listed.  All of the towns listed may not be in existence today.  The county seated is in CAPITAL letters.

ADAMS Co.     Ayr     Brickton     Hansen     HASTINGS     Holstein     Ingleside   Juniata  Kenesaw     Pauline    Prosser      Roseland

ANTELOPE Co.    Brunswick    Burnett    Clearwater     Copenhagen     Elgin   Frenchtown     Glenalpine      Hord Siding     Jessup     NELIGH     Oakdale   Orchard  Royal     Saint Clair     Tilden      Vim

ARTHUR Co.    ARTHUR    Braden   Carman   Collins   Cullinan   Lena   Read   Rice

BANNER Co.  Ashford   Bighorn    Epworth    Flowerfield    Freeport     Gary HARRISBURG     Heath    Hillside    Hull     Kirk       Loraine     Van

BLAINE Co.    BREWSTER     Cooper    Dunning    Edith   Lucy   Purdum   Scheding

BOONE Co.    ALBION    Boone      Bradish     Cedar Rapids    Loretto             Petersburg          Primrose          Raeville          Saint Edward

BOX BUTTE Co.     ALLIANCE    Berea    Birdsell     Burbank     Burns    Carpenter           Girard     Hashman   Hemingford     Letan     Nonpareil     Nye      Willey   Yale

BOYD Co.     Alford    Anoka    Baker    Bristow     BUTTE     Gross   Lynch    Mankat  Marple     Monowi       Naper     Rosedale      Spencer

BROWN Co.    AINSWORTH    Alkali    Altai    Beardwell    Enderslake    Giles   Huffman    Johnstown     Lakewood      Long Pine      Mary   Midvale     Pike      Raven     Sunnyside   Spragg     Winfield

BUFFALO Co.     Amherst     Buda     Denman    Elm Creek     Gibbon                  Glenwood Park      KEARNEY    Luce     Majors    Miller     Nantasket    Odessa       Optic     Peak     Pleasanton    Poole     Ravenna     Riverdale     Saint Michael     Sartoria       Shelton     Sweetwater     Watertown

BURT Co.      Argo    Basford    Bertha   Craig   Decatur      Golden Spring       Lyons  Oakland      Peak     TEKAMAH      Zion

BUTLER Co.    Abie    Bellwood    Brainard     Bruno     DAVID CITY     Dwight     Garrison      Linwood     Loma     Millerton      Octavia     Rising City      Surprise    Ulysses

CASS Co.     Alvo     Avoca     Cedar Creek     Eagle     Elmwood    Greenwood    Louisville      Manley    Murdock     Murray    Mynard    Nehawka    PLATTSMOUTH   Rockbluff      South Bend     Union      Wabash     Weeping Water

CEDAR Co.        Aten       Belden       Bow Valley      Coleridge      Constance  Fordyce         HARTINGTON       Laurel        Magnet       Menominee      Obert          Randolph      Saint James          Saint Peter           St. Helena          Wareham            Wynot

CHASE Co.     Best      Champion     Chase    Enders   IMPERIAL    Lamar    Wauneta

CHERRY Co.       Arabia       Banner       Big Creek       Brownlee       Burge                  Calf Creek        Capwell         Cascade       Cashswan       Cherry        Chesterfield      Cody        Crookston        Curlew       Eli         Elsmere        Elizabeth      Enlow      Erik         Ethel        Fern         Gilaspie       Harmony     Hire      Irwin     Kennedy      Kilgore      King        Kinneyville      Lackey       Lake       Lavaca       Lewanna     Lund        Martindale        Merriman        Middle Prong        Nenzel        Newton       Oasis       Prentice       Pullman       Reeves      Riege         Rita Park        Rolf       Roxby      Simeon        Soudan     Sparks     Survey      Thatcher      Trouble      VALENTINE     Vian         Wood Lake       Wells

CHEYENNE Co.     Brownson     Clara     Colton     Dalton     Dye      Henry     Herndon  Higgins   Ickes    Leafdale     Lodgepole    Lorenzo    Margate   Potter     Sextorp  SIDNEY  Sunol     Weyerts

CLAY Co.     CLAY CENTER     Deweese      Edgar     Eldorado     Fairfield        Glenvil     Harvard     Inland      Ong      Saronville     Springranch     Sutton   Trumbull      Verona

COLFAX Co.   Clarkson   Howell     Leigh    Praha    Richland    Rogers   SCHUYLER

CUMING Co.    Aloys    Bancroft    Beemer     Bismarck    Cuming     Germanville  Monterey     WEST POINT     Wisner

CUSTER Co.     Anselmo      Ansley     Arnold      Berwyn     BROKEN BOW        Callaway      Climax     Comstock       Cumro       Dale      Elton     Etna       Gates     Huxley      Lillian      Lodi     Lomax     Mason City      Merna     Milburn     Milldale     Oconto     Ortello      Sargent    Walworth     Weissert      Westerville      Yucahill

DAKOTA Co.        Covington     DAKOTA CITY     Goodwin     Homer       Hubbard    Jackson       Nacora        Sioux

DAWES Co.     Antelope     Belmont     Bordeaux    CHADRON     Crawford          Dakota Junction        Dunlap        Esther      Fort Robinson      Hough      Ida      Manchester      Marsland      Pine Ridge      Vista      Wayside       Whitney

DAWSON Co.      Buffalo      Buzzards Roost        Cozad       Darr     Doss       Eddyville      Farnam      Gothenburg      Josselyn     LEXINGTON      Overton     Simonds     Sumner      Willow Island

DEUEL Co.     Barton      Bigspring    CHAPPELL     Day     Froid     Perdu      Ralton

DIXON Co.       Allen       Concord         Dixon      Emerson       Ionia        Limegrove        Martinsburg      Maskell        Newcastle        PONCA        Wakefield        Waterbury

DODGE Co.       Ames        Crowell       Dodge        Everett      FREMONT       Hooper      Ihno        Leavitt        Mapleville        Nickerson        North Bend                  Pleasant Valley     Rawhide        Ridgeley      Scribner        Snyder         Uehling              Winslow

DOUGLAS Co.        Bennington        Benson       Dodge        Elk City         Elkhorn      Florence           Irvington          Lane         Mercer         Millard        OMAHA       Ralston       Sarpy          Seymour        Valley         Waterloo

DUNDY Co.    BENKELMAN     Calvert    Haigler    Hiawatha     Max     Parks    Sanborn

FILLMORE Co.    Burress     Carlisle    Exeter     Fairmont      GENEVA      Grafton  Milligan     Ohiowa      Sawyer      Schickley      Strang

FRANKLIN Co.     Bloomington     Campbell      FRANKLIN     Hildreth     Macon  Naponee     Riverton     Upland

FRONTIER Co.    Centerpoint       Colebank      Curtis     Earl      Eustis      Freedom  Havana      Hunt      Maywood       Moorefield       Orafino     Osborn     Quick     Saint Ann    Stevens     STOCKVILLE

FURNAS Co.     Arapahoe     BEAVER CITY     Cambridge      Edison     Hendley Holbrook      Hollinger       Oxford        Wilsonville

GAGE Co.        Adams       Barneston       BEATRICE       Blue Springs     Clatonia    Cortland      Cropsey       Ellis       Filley         Freeman       Grandview       Hanover      Hoag       Holmesville         Kinney       Krider        Lanham      Liberty      Odell      Pickrell      Rockford      Townsend       Virginia       Wymore

GARDEN Co.        Hartman      Hutchinson      Kowanda        Lewellen        Lisco     Lutherville      Moffitt       Mumper      Orlando      OSHKOSH      Pawlett         Rackett

GARFIELD Co.      Ballagh       Blake      BURWELL       Deverre       Dumas             Erina       Gables         Rosevale         Sheridan

GOSPER Co.       Ceryl      ELWOOD      Gosper       Smithfield

GRANT Co.   Ashby    Duluth    Elva     HYANNIS    Lucky    Valley      Whitman

GREELEY Co.    Belfast      Brayton     GREELEY CENTER      Homestead      Horace    Parnell      Scotia     Spalding      Wolbach

HALL Co.      Abbott      Alda      Cairo     Doniphan    GRAND ISLAND     Spencer  Schauppsville      Underwood      Wood River

HAMILTON Co.     AURORA      Giltner      Hampton     Hordville     Marquette            Orville City         Phillips         Stockham

HARLAN Co.      ALMA       Carter        Huntley       Mascot        Orleans                       Oxford Junction         Republican City          Stamford

HAYES Co.       Hamlet     HAYES CENTER    Marengo      Norris     Rain      Robert  Strickland      Thornburg        White

HITCHCOCK Co.     Beverly     Cornell     Culbertson      Meeker     Palisade     Poe  Rupert       Stratton      TRENTON

HOLT Co.        Agee        Amelia        Anncar        Atkinson       Badger        Biscuit     Blackbird        Bliss        Brodie        Catalpa       Celia        Chambers         Chelsea    Cleveland         Deloit        Dorsey      Doty        Dustin       Emmet        Emporia       Ewing       Grand Rapids       Gravel Pit         Greenvalley      Hainesville       Harold         Hay Point         Inez         Inglis        Inman       Josie       Joy       Kola        Laura      Lavinia        Leonie        Little        Lucerne        Maple Grove          Martha         Meek      Middlebranch        Mineola        O’NEILL       Opportunity       Paddock        Page        Phoenix        Ray       Redbird       Saratoga        Scottville        Stafford         Star      Stuart         Swan        Tonawanda       Tonic      Turner

HOOKER Co.     Donald      Dunwell     Eclipse     Hecla     Kelso       Moore         MULLEN         Weir

HOWARD Co.      Boelus       Coatesfield       Cushing        Dannebrog        Elba      Farwell        Nysted         Saint Libory         SAINT PAUL

JEFFERSON Co.       Daykin       Diller       Endicott        FAIRBURY         Gladstone    Harbine      Helvey        Jansen       Kesterson       Meridian       Plymouth      Powell       Reynolds         Steele City       Thompson

JOHNSON Co.      Cook      Crab Orchard       Elk Creek       Graf     Saint Mary      Sterling      TECUMSEH      Vesta

JOHNSON Co.      Cook      Crab Orchard       Elk Creek       Graf     Saint Mary      Sterling      TECUMSEH      Vesta

KEITH Co.      Belmar      Bertha       Brule      Keystone      Lemoyne     OGALLALA    Oren        Paxton      Roscoe      Sarben

KEYA PAHA Co.        Brocksburg        Burton        Carns         Eclipse         Enterprise    Jamison       Marlbank         Meadville        Mills         Norden        Pinecamp        Riverview       Simpson         SPRINGVIEW

KIMBALL Co.      Beacon      Bethel       Bushnell     Crossbar      Dix      Gifford    Hodges          Kauffman      KIMBALL     Oliver     Owasco     Parker   Smeed     Troy

KNOX Co.         Bazile Mills        Bloomfield        Blyville         CENTER         Creighton       Crofton        Jelen       Knoxville        Le Blanc         Millerboro       Niobrara         Pishelville         Reidsville         Santee        Sparta          Venus            Verdel     Verdigre        Walnut        Wausa         Winnetoon

LANCASTER Co.       Agnew        Arbor       Belmont       Bennett       Berks        Bethany      Burnham       Cheney        Cobb         College View       Cushman        Davey       Denton      Emerald        Firth        Hallam        Havelock       Hickman        Holland         Jamaica      Kramer       Lancaster       LINCOLN      Malcolm      Martel         Normal        Panama     Prairie Home        Pecks Grove        Pella       Princeton        Raymond         Roca       Rokeby         Saltillo          Sprague          Summit          University Place         Walton      Waverly       West Lincoln

LINCOLN Co.       Arna        Bignell        Birdwood        Brady       Denmark      Dexter     Dickens       Echo       Gannett        Garfield        Hershey       Hindrey        Ingham     Maxwell       Myrtle       Nichols       NORTH PLATTE      O’Fallons           Somerset      Spannuth        Spear        Sutherland      Vroman        Wallace       Wellfleet       Whittier       Willard

LOGAN Co.       Ford      Gandy      Gem    Hoagland      Kirsch      Logan      STAPLETON         Wagner

LOUP Co.     Almeria     Calamus      Ferguson      Gracie      Moulton      Ovitt       TAYLOR       Valleyview

MADISON Co.     Battle Creek     Burnett     Emerick    Enola    Hope    Kalamazoo       Kent Siding     MADISON     Meadow Grove      Newman Grove    Norfolk               South Norfolk        Tilden       Warnerville

MC PHERSON Co.        Brighton     Chandler    Flats     Forks      Lemley       Lilac  Mayflower      Nesbit       Ney      Omega     Ringgold    Summit    TRYON      Valyrang

MERRICK Co.       Archer      CENTRAL CITY      Chapman      Clarks      Elvira     Palmer      Silver Creek         Sunrise        Worms

MORRILL Co.       Angora         Atkins      Bayard       Bonner         BRIDGEPORT     Broadwater      Chimney Rock      Cleman         Colyer          Goodstreak        Guthrie        Lynn         Northport       Redington       Silverthorn         Simla

NANCE Co.    Belgrade    FULLERTON    Genoa     Kent    Merchiston    Northstar

NEMAHA Co.       Aspinwall       AUBURN      Brock      Brownville      Glen Rock       Howe       Johnson       Julian        Nemaha        Peru        Saint Deroin

NUCKOLLS Co.      Abdal      Angus     Bostwick      Cadams      Hardy     Lawrence      Mount Clare      NELSON      Nora     Oak       Ruskin     Sedan     Smyrna     Superior

OTOE Co.        Burr        Douglas        Dunbar        Lorton        Minersville         NEBRASKA CITY        Otoe         Palmyra         Paul         Syracuse        Talmage         Unadilla            Wyoming

PAWNEE Co.      Armour     Bookwalter      Burchard       Du Bois       Lewiston      Mayberry        PAWNEE CITY     Steinauer      Table Rock      Tate       Violet

PERKINS Co.      Brandon    Elsie    GRANT     Madrid     Pearl     Phebe     Venango

PHELPS Co.      Atlanta     Bertrand      Funk     Haydon     Holcomb       HOLDREGE    Loomis      Sacramento    Westmark        Williamsburg

PIERCE Co.     Breslau     Hadar     Lucas Siding     McLean    Osmond     PIERCE    Plainview

PLATTE Co.    COLUMBUS     Cornlea    Creston     Duncan     Humphrey   Lindsay  Monroe      Oconee     Platte Center      Tarnov

POLK Co.     OSCEOLA       Polk      Shelby      Stromsburg        Swedehome

RED WILLOW Co.      Banksville      Bartley      Boxelder      Danbury      Indianola  Lebanon      Marion      MCCOOK      Perry      Red Willow        Shippee

RICHARDSON Co.        Arago        Archer      Barada         Dawson                       FALLS CITY      Fargo      Humboldt           Middleburg       Nims        Preston       Rulo        Salem      Shubert       Stella       Straussville         Verdon

ROCK Co.       BASSETT         Buell         Butka        Cuba       Duff         Hammond      Horsefoot            Kirkwood           Malvern      Mariaville       Newport        Perch             Pony Lake       Rock         Rose        Selden          Shebesta         Sybrant        Thurman

SALINE Co.      Crete     DeWitt      Dorchester      Friend      Plato      Pleasanthill  Shestak       Swanton       Tobias        Western        WILBER

SARPY Co.      Bellevue     Chalco    Fort Crook     Gilmore    Gretna     La Platte  Meadow      Melia      PAPILLION     Richfield       Springfield

SAUNDERS Co.         Ashland        Cedar Bluffs       Ceresco        Colon        Ithaca     Leshara         Malmo       Mead        Memphis         Morse Bluff             Plasi                  Platte River           Pohocco         Prague       Rescue          Sand Creek     Swedeburg     Touhy        Valparaiso         WAHOO       Wann         Weston       Woodcliff         Yutan

SCOTTS BLUFF Co.        Bradley        Brockhoff        Caldwell       Covert       Dorrington        GERING         Haig          Henry         Heyward          Hope        Larissa        McGrew       Melbeta       Minatare         Mitchell         Morrill          Roubedeau          Scottsbluff       Sedan          Snell        Toohey         Woodrow

SEWARD Co.       Beaver Crossing        Bee        Cordova       Garland        Goehner    Milford      Pleasant Dale      SEWARD        Staplehurst         Tamora         Utica

SHERIDAN Co.         Adaton        Albany        Antioch        Bingham        Clinton      Ellsworth      Gordon     Grayson       Hay Springs       Hilton        Hunter      Lakeside     Long Lake       Marple       Mirage         Moomaw       Peters     RUSHVILLE      Schill    Spade       Strasburger       Whiteclay

SHERMAN Co.        Ashton        Austin       Hazard        Litchfield         LOUP CITY      Rockville        Schaupps

SIOUX Co.           Agate          Andrews          Ashbrook           Bodarc                         Coffee Siding           Curly           Glen           HARRISON            Kelley                  Malinda            Montrose           Mud Springs       Orella           Story           Unit

STANTON Co.     Bega     Haymow     Pilger      STANTON

THAYER Co.     Alexandria    Belvidere     Bruning     Byron     Carleton    Chester Davenport     Deshler      Friedensau      Gilead    HEBRON      Hubbell     Kiowa  Stoddard       Williams

THOMAS Co.       Halsey     Natic     Norway     Seneca      THEDFORD

THURSTON Co.     Macy    PENDER    Rosalie    Thurston     Walthill      Winnebago

VALLEY Co.     Alta      Arcadia     Elyria      Geranium     Lee Park     Miracreek            North Loup      ORD

WASHINGTON Co.       Admah        BLAIR         Bowen        Coffman                  Cuming City          Dale        De Soto        Fontanelle        Fort Calhoun     Herman       Kennard          Washington

WAYNE Co.    Altona     Apex     Carroll     Hoskins    Sholes     WAYNE     Winside

WEBSTER Co.     Bladen      Bluehill      Cowles     Guide Rock      Inavale                    RED CLOUD         Rosemont

WHEELER Co.     Arden     BARTLETT     Cumminsville     Ericson      Francis  Headquarters      Lisle       Newboro      Pibel        Sheridan        Wheeler

YORK Co.      Arborville     Benedict     Bradshaw     Charlestown     Gresham   Henderson       Houston     Lushton      McCool Junction      Thayer     Waco    YORK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New System in Schools

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Promotions Will Be Made Each Half Year Now Will Save Quantity of Time

Where a Pupil Has Failed He Will Only Have to Go Over a Half Year’s Work in the Future, Instead of an Entire Year as in the Past.

A new system of promotions has been adopted by the board of education for the Norfolk public schools up to and including the eighth grade. Hereafter promotions will be made twice a year instead of once, and each grade in the school will be divided into two separate and distinct classes, one a half year ahead of the other. The advantages from the new system over the old are that time will be saved, since a pupil who fails in his final examination at the end of a half year will have only a half year’s work to do over instead of a full year’s work, as heretofore has been the case; and the work in each grade, being divided into two distinct parts, will be more thorough.

The greatest advantage from the new system is in time saved those who have failed in a final examination. Under the old system this pupil was obliges to remain for another entire year in the same grade. Under the new system he will only have to go back and make up a half year’s school work before going on with the next grade.

The new system was adopted by the board of education at its meeting held Monday night, and it is this week being put into effect for the first time. They system is much the same as that used in the university of Nebraska, where the year is divided into two semesters, and is identical with the system now in vogue at high schools in all of the cities larger than Norfolk and in most of them of Norfolk’s size.

Under the new rule, for instance, there are two classes in the preliminary room, A and B.   A pupil entering this fall goes into the A class and at the end of four and a half months, provided he passes examinations, goes into the B class. In this way the teacher will keep doing two sets of work at the same time, each class being a cycle by itself, as it were, revolving around and around each half year. As one result, pupils may enter school in the middle of the year as well as the beginning, where they have been able to enter only on the first of September, heretofore. The half year student, or one who gets started in the middle of the year, will thus be promoted from one grade to another in the middle of each year, and will only go from one class to another each new year.

The only place that it will be necessary for a pupil to wait for the rest of the class, the grade having been completed in the middle of the year, will be in the eighth grade, since it is not possible to enter the high school on half year terms, this system not having been carried out here as yet. In time, however, it will go into effect there also, probably. The saving of time in the lower grades, however, will compensate for any waiting done at the end of the eighth grade. The high school is not included in this new system because a much increased force of teachers would be needed for the work there if the rule were adopted. Superintendent Bodwell is enthusiastic as to the advantages to be gained by the change of systems. Source: The Norfolk Daily News, Thurs. September 6, 1906, page 3.

High School is Crowded

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More than 150 Students Enrolled for the One Room, Are Seventy Freshman Alone  The Largest Class of Seniors That Ever Started in the Norfolk High School, Begins This Term, Being Twenty-five All Told.

The high school attendance this year eclipses all records. There are more than 150 students in the high school alone, as a result of which the high school room is overcrowded. There are seventy freshmen and twenty-five members of the senior class, the largest senior class that has yet been known in the Norfolk school.

Just what will be done with the overflow in the high school is a question which is perplexing the superintendent and teachers today.  An incomplete list of those who become seniors today are: Geneva Moolick, Agnes and Nellie Flynn, Edith Barrett, Erna Wilde, Edith Esterbrook, Georgia Blakeman, Elenore Mueller, Anna Mueller, Lois Gibson, Mellie Bridge, Nola Walker, Elsie Johnson, Rebecca Duggan, Boyd Blakeman, William Hauptli, Elmer Hardy, Sam Erskine and Harry Rix. Misses Matilda Herman, Lizzie Schramm, Glennie Shippee, Margaret Hamilton and Ross Tyndall.

A complete and corrected list will be published later.

Source: The Norfolk Daily News, Tues. September 4, 1906, page 4.

Meadow Grove High School 1940

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Meadow Grove H. S. Gives 25 Diplomas

Certificates of Award and Scholarships are Presented

Meadow Grove, Neb., May 16—Special to The News: Commencement was held in Meadow Grove high school Monday night with Newton W. Gaines as the speaker. Despite the fact that a terrific wind, rain, and hail storm visited this section between 7 and 8 p.m. the school auditorium was filled to capacity with the parents and friends of the class of 1940.

The 25 seniors in caps and gowns were seated on the stage. Seventeen of the graduates are from farm homes, seven from the town of Meadow Grove, and one from Battle Creek. Judging by the sentiment expressed by various graduates none of the members of the class is likely to attend college next year unless given an opportunity to work for room and board.

Excerpts from: The Norfolk Daily News, Thursday May 16, 1940, page 10.

Norfolk High School 1940

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115 Seniors to Graduate from Norfolk School

Announcement was made Wednesday by Principal Theodore Skillstad of members of the graduating class of the Norfolk senior high school, who will receive diplomas at the annual commencement exercises Thursday evening, May 23. There are 115 members in the class this year.

As in previous years, senior class members will be dismissed from classes Friday evening, the last week of school being given over to senior activities. These will commence Friday evening with the annual junior-senior banquet in Hotel Norfolk ballroom; while events scheduled for the final week include the baccalaureate service Sunday evening; the senior play, “Our Town,” Tuesday evening; the annual senior day program, Wednesday afternoon; and the commencement exercises Thursday evening.

Excerpt from: The Norfolk Daily News, Wednesday May 15, 1940, page 2.

Battle Creek H. S. 1940

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Battle Creek H. S. Will Graduate 37

Commencement Exercises will be held Friday Evening, May 17

Battle Creek, Neb., May 6, Special to The News: Commencement exercises of Battle Creek high school will be held Friday evening, May 17, in the school auditorium at which time a class of thirty-seven seniors, the largest in the history of the school, will receive diplomas. There are twenty boys and seventeen girls.

Excerpt from: The Norfolk Daily News, Monday May 6, 1940, page 5.

1906 Teachers

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School Bells Ring Out

Another Term of Answering Roll Call Has Come  Superintendent is Hopeful

Mr. Bodwell Believes That This Will Be a Good Year—Twenty-Seven Teachers Preside at the Various Desks—How Vacations Were Spent.

School bells rang out on the morning air in Norfolk this morning for the first time in three months, and around the five Norfolk school houses there were, for the first time since last June, clusters of neatly gowned children, their faces and hands exceedingly clean, all nervous in the anticipation of the first day.s rush for the best seats and the sizing up of the new teacher.

It was impossible to tell today just how many pupils are enrolled in the schools this year, but it will be somewhere between 1,500 and 2,000. Twenty-seven teachers, all feeling in the best of spirits after three months of rest and recreation, took their places at school room desks this morning to look after the rising generation of this community during the coming nine months.

Superintendent Bodwell was enthusiastic in his hope for a good school year, and all of the teachers in the city seemed to share his confidence that the coming year will be one of the best that has ever been known in Norfolk.s public school system.  During the summer that has just past, the Norfolk school boys and girls have enjoyed varied forms of vacation and fun. Many of them have spent a portion of their time in camping beside some cool spring, some of them have been away for several weeks visiting uncles and aunts and grandfathers and grandmothers, some have spent the time at work and in learning something about this business or that, while others have just stayed at home to play baseball and fly kites the whole summer through.

Source: The Norfolk Daily News, Tues. September 4, 1906, page 3.

School District #43

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First Rural School Teacher is Elected

Although many rural school boards have arranged with their present teacher to stay next year, the first formal notice of selection of teacher for next fall arrived in the office of County Superintendent Alice Hall this week.

This notice records that Miss Helen Heckendorf has been elected to teach in District No. 43, at $90 a month, and is signed by Emil Rottler, director.  This will be the fourth year Miss Heckendorf has taught this school, it being the only school in which she has been instructor.  Two years ago, a modern building was erected in that district and the school standardized.

Miss Heckendorf is the great-grand-daughter of Rev. Heckendorf, who taught the children of the pioneers at Norfolk as their pastor, and the granddaughter of Louis Heckendorf, a member of the first public school board at Norfolk.

Last year almost half of the 75 rural teachers of Madison county remained in their positions.  It is hoped that this good record may be bettered this year.

Source: Madison Star-Mail, Thursday, April 3, 1930, page 1.

Fairview School

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Fairview School

Fairview School District 9 now District 88

The following names are listed below a picture on page 85 in the Madison 125 year history book.  The date of the picture is unknown.

Teacher: Hattie Twist.

Children: Mary Echtenkamp, Edna Schulz, Maude Hetrick, Otto Kinkle, Betty Reeves, William Reeves, Ellen (Reigle) Anding, Sarah (Moore) Anding, Gertrude Schulz, George Kinkle, Albert Echtenkamp, Carl Echtenkamp, Carl Kindle, Lottie Kinkle, Louis Schulz, Betty Epler, Lizzie Volk, Allie Duphey, Iola Hetrick, John Reeves, Clara Echtenkamp, George Volk, Clifford – ?-, John Kinkle, Paul Moore, Anna Echtenkamp, Maggie Volk, Leo Moore, Mary Volk, Jessie Reeves.   Source: 125 Years Madison, Nebraska 1867-1992 book page 85.  [Please note a typing error may have been made in the Centennial book for Carl Kindle.   Should the spelling have been Carl Kinkle?]

Madison County Public Schools

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Madison County Public Schools

Mrs. Alice Hall, County Superintendent

Rural School Board Officers 1931–1932

The listing below is by last name, first name and then the District Number associated with each person.

Surname        Dist. No.

Albracht, Aloys  70      Altschuler, Charles  6      Anderson, Arthur  49

Anderson, C. O.  45    Anderson, John M.  67   Anderson, Leo  67

Barnes, James  75    Beaty, George, Jr. 30        Bennett, Will E.  14

Berg, C. F.   44          Besk, William  46           Best, Clyde 73

Bickley, Arthur 30      Bierman, Leo  14          Blair, Lem  65

Blehyl, Art  16          Boe, Albert  21              Boyer, Fred  33

Boysen, August  56    Braun, Lewis  10      Brockemeier, Henry  4

Brosh, V. J.   61         Brosh, William   9     Carpenter, Amos 3

Catron, Ernest  41    Choutka, Frank  40   Classen, Peter  36

Collins, E. T.  52      Congram, Phil   55         Conway, T. O.  83

Cook, J. C., Mrs.  74     Cook, John C. 74     Craig, Everett  83

Cunningham, A. E.  22     Dahl, W. E.  27       Dahlhouser, Michael  49

Daniel, Carl    61           Dederman, A. H.   24       Dederman, Harry  24

Diefenderfer, W. H.  65    Dieter, Otto   78       Dieter, William    6

Dittberner, Theodore   42       Dittrick, William   23     Doering, Arnold   3

Dover, Clifford   46       Dover, R. N.   42            Ellis, Frank   25

Etling, John   67          Feldman, Carl  54           Fender, Will   79

Finkral, J. G.   28         Forre, Gunder  62          Foss, Henry  34

Fowlkes, Lester 10       Fowlkes, Walter  85      Freudenburg, Ed  63

Freudenburg, Otto  63       Frey, W. H. 19          Friedrich, Herman  20

Fundum, J. H.  31         Gabelman, Fred   40         Gall, Gus  11

Gall, Otto   11             Gillespie, Charles  44       Ginn, P. H.  56

Grant, J. I.   50          Grant, L. P.   50              Gross, Daniel   40

Gustafson, H.  15        Hanke, Herman  26      Harms, R.  7

Hash, John H.   41      Henderson, Ora  43       Herda, John      28

Higbee, W. T.   77        Hintz, Emil   48       Hofferber, Jack  65

Hofmann, Paul   51    Horrocks, J. G.  52      Horrocks, S. H.  44

Huebner, J. C., Mrs.  75        Huelle, Herman  74      Huelle, O. G.  18

Hughes, Joseph  23       Jacobsen, Herman  58    Johnson, Casper  68

Johnson, John G.  14       Kaufman, Ralph   59       Kent, John  16

Kielty, James   4            Kierstead, G. A.  82          King, Eddie, Mrs. 29

King, Ernest   29          Klein, George  79              Klein, Henry   73

Knapp, George  85      Knebel, Ernest  37        Knebel, Sophie, Mrs.  37

Knull, Frank   66        Kohl, William, Jr.  70       Kohlhoff, Paul   43

Kohlund, Frank.  7      Larson, John   76       Larson, L. W.   76

Lauver, John   22         Leu, Fred   30        Lindahl, Raymond   54

Lindner, Joe   78       Linn, Myron   47          Luebeke, William  17

Lutjen, Herman  33        Lyons, C. F.   45      Marquardt, Henry  20

Matheson, Earl  26        Maurer, John, Jr.  7     McKibbon, J. W.  8

Meisinger, Ernest  15        Michales, Bert  36     Miller, George   51

Miller, Israel  75          Minkler, Fred   33        Moehnert, Fred  36

Mollhoff, J. F.    50         Morris, Will, Mrs.  16    Moses, Joseph   28

Nathan, Otto H.  70       Neidig, E. J.  48          O’Banion, Ross  77

O’Brien, J. P.   76          Oleson, Hilmer  59         Osborn, C. C.  57

Oschner, Honor  78       Petersen, M. J.   4        Peterson, C. F.  22

Pettitt, M. B.  25         Piskac, Charles   47       Pobanz, Emma, Mrs. 11

Pojar, Joseph   66        Pojar, R. J.   47        Prauner, Walter   9

Preuss, Ed   42           Purdy, Walter  6          Raasch, Darius   3

Ray, Ina   73             Reeves, G. C.  57          Reigle, J. C.   53

Reitz, Fred  86         Renner, Charles  26            Renner, Robert  66

Risor, Ray   64        Rix, H. B.   38                Roberts, F. O.  21

Roewert, Paul  71      Roewert, Walter  34        Rottler, Emil  43

Rottler, William  19       Sandin, Emanuel  54       Sattler, Fred  59

Scbastian, F. L.  86        Scheer, F. P.    53          Scheer, W. J.   27

Scheerger, F. A.  18       Scheffler, C. E.  86       Schlender, Ernest  85

Schmidt, William John 15      Schmitt, George  19        Schott, Otto 38

Schwager, John  62        Schwank, Ed   56      Schwartz, Raymond  35

Seckel, Fred  51      Severson, Henry, Mrs.  68         Sherlock, G. C.  77

Shipley, John   31      Stanek, Steve   55          Steward, J. B.  71

Stewart, S. M.   8      Stirk, G. E.   17                 Suckstorf, August  23

Sullivan, Emma   21      Sunderman, Emil  35     Sunderman, Louis  63

Sunderman, Walter  53     Switzer, S. M.  27        Swoboda, R. G.  45

Tannehill, Earl   69           Tannehill, George  69      Tegeler, Walter  61

Terry, Clyde   18              Terry, F. J.   71                  Texley, N. H.  62

Thomas, Herman  58       Thomas, W. C.  69        Tillotson, Ed   64

Timperly, Van   24           Trine, S. M.    83           Unkel, Albert  17

Vaage, Adolph   58           Vaage, Richard   68     Volk, Elmer    64

Wacker, Conrad   8          Walldeen, C. A.  49       Walmsley, H. E.  82

Walmsley, James  82         Walters, J. J.   31         Warner, E. C.   25

Wedekind, Henry  55         Weertx, John  52         Weiand, Frank   29

Weiting, Carl   41             Wetjen, William  46      White, Frank, Mrs. 48

Willems, R. U., Mrs.  37        Winter, Frank  20          Wisch, Henry  10

Wohlfeil, O. J.   34           Wright, Ella, Mrs.  79         Young, H. O.   9

Young, J. C.   57             Zessin, Oscar   35             Zohner, John   38