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I remember one winter morning when my father took us to
school in a bobsled. The snow was so deep that we could not travel the middle
of the road, where we would normally drive. In fact, the fences were not
visible because of the deep snow. We drove the side of the road, and when one
of the horses stepped off the edge and went down pulling the sled over, we all
rolled out ... as well as our lunch pails. After some time, the sled was
upright and we were on our way. The children thought it was great fun; however,
my father and Ed Kuhl did not think so.
Caroline Clark
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Book Costs at Iowa Township No. 3 Rural School in 1954-55 for Clifford Stammer,
an eighth grader, included Civics, Iowa Government, $3; Workbook for English,
67c; Science, How and Why Conclusion, $2.64; and Goals in Spelling, 52c;
Clifford had purchased from another student his arithmetic, geography and world
affairs, History - Our America Past and Present, and New Laurel Handwriting books.
Calvin Stammer, third grader, purchased Geography, Around
the Home, $2.37; Workbook, Around the Home, 64c; Science, The Seasons Pass,
$1.88; English Workbook, 64c; Think and Do, two books, one for each semester,
48c each; Goals in Spelling, 48c; and Phonics We Use, 44c. Books he already had
were arithmetic, New Laurel Handwriting, and History - Ways of Living in Many
Lands.
Louise Koester was their teacher.
Iola Stammer
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When I was substituting for teacher Mrs. John Mohr at the "Emmons
School" (Ewoldt No. 1) north of
Manning, Mr. Sextro was my director. I walked 10 miles every day with the
temperature at 20 degrees below zero. My friend Hulda Krumm, daughter of the
Reverend Krumm, would walk with me along the Milwaukee Railroad tracks 3 1/2
miles, then I'd walk a 1/2 mile south alone.
One evening, I rode in a small buggy with two of my pupils, Ben and Arthur
Steen. We crossed the Milwaukee tracks near where Jerome Kasperbauer now lives,
where I was to meet Hulda for our return to Manning. A man was there on the
track and he convinced the boys to let him ride along into town. After he
learned that I was not riding into town with them, he told the boys he wouldn't
go with them, but finally he did go in the buggy. He frightened the boys by
placing a gun on his lap and telling them many weird stories about his life and
about what he had done in Templeton. He also asked many questions about me, and
said he intended to meet me very soon along the tracks. We reported this to the
police and they advised us to carry a gun for the rest of the year, which we did.
Edna Halbur
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I attended Iowa Township No. 6 the final two years before
the students were transferred to the Manning Public School. The back of our
report cards listed "A Creed for Country Girls and Boys: I am glad I live
in the country. I love its beauty and its spirit. I rejoice in the things I can
do for my home and my neighborhood.
I believe there is much I can do in my country home. Through
studying the best way to do my every-day work I can find joy in common tasks
done well. Through loving comradeship I can help bring into my home the happiness
and peace that are always so near us in God's out-of-door world. Through such a
home I can help make real to all who pass that way their highest ideal of
country life."
Nancy (Stoberl) Stammer
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When I taught at Iowa Township No. 2 school,
one of my kindergarten students was Betty Lou Dammann, daughter of William and
Arla Dammann. Betty had a younger brother Dale who became homesick for his
sister. One day Arla called to the school and told me Dale was missing. I
looked outdoors and there on the front step sat little Dale, waiting for his
sister.
Lucille (Lamp) Boell
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I was 16 when I graduated in Normal Training from Manning High School, two
years too young to begin teaching. I did substitute teaching in the meantime,
and my first job was for Mae Delle Ranniger at Iowa
Township No. 1 School, when Mae attended her sister's wedding. One of the
pupils was Robert Genzen, who lived close enough to the school that he went
home for his lunch. I hadn't realized he returned to school that afternoon with
his overall pockets filled with prunes. Whenever I looked away, he aimed at the
wastebasket and spit a prune pit. By 4 p.m. dismissal time, everyone was
allowed to go home except Robert, who had to stay and clean the mess as there
were pits at a radius of five feet around the target.
Lucille (Lamp) Boell
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Edna Rowedder was my teacher for kindergarten and first grade, when I was
enrolled at the Iowa Township No. 6 school 1 mile east
of Aspinwall. I remember playing on the giant strides, the huge indoor sandbox
up on legs, roller skating in the school before holidays and other special
occasions, filling the snow-covered school yard with paths for games of
"fox and geese."
I think we even had time to study. Since I was always trying to keep up with my
best friend Patty Pfoltner -- even though she was a year ahead of me -- I was
reading second and third grade books before being transferred to the second
grade at Manning. I was also writing in longhand, and had to go back to
printing for the next 1 1/2 years.
Nancy (Stoberl) Stammer
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