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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

Madison, NE. school

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Schoolmates Hold Fifteenth Annual Picnic On Sunday

The fifteenth annual picnic of old schoolmates of the Madison school of 1870 to 1895 was held last Sunday at the Hoyt Osborn home in East Emerick. Mrs. A. K. Robinson of Newman Grove was elected president and Mrs. Hoyt Osborn of Meadow Grove was named secretary-treasurer.

Those present included: Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Robinson, Newman Grove; Mr. and Mrs. Hoyt Osborn, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Adams, and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Upton, all of Meadow Grove; Mrs. Alice Stevenson, Broken Bow; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fricke, Pender; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hosford, Albion.

Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Neidig, Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. Davis, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Chittenden, Mrs. Nellie V. Yeazel, and Mrs. Gussie Wright, all of Madison.

Mrs. Grace Osborn and Miss Abbie Thomas, both of Battle Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Wager and daughter, Nona, Newman Grove; Virgil Bickley, Green Garden; and Miss Ava Osborn, Meadow Grove, who was co-hostess with her mother, Mrs. Hoyt Osborn.

Source: Madison Star-Mail, Thursday, September 9, 1937, page 4.

Dry Hollow School

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Can You Beat This?

Miss Izola Higbee has been appointed teacher of the Dry Hollow school, north of Battle Creek, for the ensuing year.  Her mother, Mrs. Audrey Higbee, taught this school, her grandmother, Mrs. Martha Cloyd, her great aunt, Mrs. Olive Cloyd and her aunt, Miss Cora Cloyd, were all teachers of this school.

It looks as tho the Cloyd family and their descendants have a mortgage on this school.  We see no reason why they should not have one.  They all made good, and we feel sure that Izola will be a worthy successor of those who blazed the trail.

Source:  Meadow Grove News, Thursday July 12, 1928, page 1.

Deer Creek School

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DEER CREEK SCHOOL HAS A HOMECOMING.

Former Pupils, Teachers and Patrons of School Organized in 1871,  Meet, Eat and Reminisce.

(The following comprehensive report of the recent homecoming celebration of the Deer Creek school district was written by Mrs. N. D. Evans (nee Mattie Simmons) of Battle Creek, in her younger days a teacher of the school.)

At 2 p.m. Friday August 22, cars gathered at the Deer Creek school house for an event that will not soon be forgotten by those present. All came with well filled lunch baskets and the anticipation of hearing a well planned program to be given by former patrons, teachers, and schoolmates. In planning this event, the first of this kind to be given by this school, no efforts were spared to make a profitable and pleasant affair. Even the weather man was at his best. Among the crowd of nearly three hundred present, as registered by Miss Rose Schroeder, were two of the first pupils registered in the school, organized in 1871. They were Mrs. George Haight of Battle Creek and Mrs. Conrad Hansen of Pierce. Twelve former teachers were present, several from other counties and one from Council Bluffs, Iowa. There were also present several former pupils from out of the state and greetings were sent from Los Angeles, California, by Mrs. W. H. Palmer, also Mrs. Malone of Madison who was away on a vacation. With Louis Braun as chairman the program began at 3 p.m. with an invocation by Rev. Hutchinson of Meadow Grove. .America. was sung by the gathering accompanied by Mrs. Ruth Scott at the piano. The address of welcome was given by Miss Violet Schroeder who was a former pupil of the school. The response was given by Mrs. N. D. Evans, probably better known in the community as Mattie Simmons. Mrs. Evans, who at one time was a teacher at Deer Creek, commented upon the modern building and equipment and upon the advancement made in education and all lines of work since the organization of this school.

Mrs. Hall, our popular superintendent of schools who is a candidate for re-election without opposition, then gave an address presenting Mrs. Haight who had complied a history of the school.  Mrs. Hall discoursed upon what comprised history and in a humorous way, which brought much applause, illustrated with school experiences of her own, the meaning of work history.  In presenting Mrs. Haight, Mrs. Hall compared the wedding days of the past with those of the present, remarking what a brave man Mr. Haight must have been to whittle out a potato masher and a rolling pin on the eve of their wedding. Mrs. Haight followed on the program, giving a short talk followed by the presentation of the history of the school to Mr. Fowlkes, president of the school board. Mrs. Harry Reavis of Battle Creek read the history.

The Rodekohr quartet, members of which were at one time pupils of the school, gave a pleasing number followed by an encore. Miss Bernice Braun, at one time pupil, also teacher of the school, gave a humorous reading in a very able manner as was manifested by the hearty applause, to which she responded with another humorous number.

The program was concluded by an address given by a boy who received his primary education in the Deer Creek school under the tutelage of Miss Elizabeth Zimmerman, now of Omaha. After graduating from high school and the university he was admitted to the bar becoming a practicing attorney. He can pride himself upon the fact that he is the youngest man to be elected to the office of county judge of Madison county, also upon receiving every vote polled in this home township for that office. This boy is no other than our own Judge Ernest Reeker. The ovation with which Judge Reeker was received showed the high regard with which he is held in his home school.  Judge Reeker began his address by relating incidents of his early school life, branching out into his chosen line of work and his present office. He adjured the people to go to the polls and cast their votes for the men of their choice to legislate for them as a remedy for some of the evils of the present day. He closed with the thought that not more legislation is needed in the country but more christianity, more of the good old fashioned religion.

Following the program, time was given for old friends to exchange greetings while the ladies of the community arranged the bountiful lunch of fried chicken and all its accompaniments, to be served cafeteria style with hot coffee and lemonade.  After everyone had been served and had eaten until too full for utterance, the friends bid farewell and in their sixty-eight cars left for their various homes well pleased with the entertainment and reception that had been accorded them. All joined in the commendation of the Deer Creek people upon the success of their first homecoming and hoped for many more such reunions in the future. Source: Battle Creek Enterprise, Thursday, August 28, 1930, page 1