Lincoln No. 3 country school

This school house (original Lincoln No. 3 school building) was moved to the farm presently owned by Tim & Joni (Siepker) Kienast who lives in section 5 of Lincoln Township. This building was replaced by a newer country school which was built on the same site - Lincoln No. 3. Doug Fischer provided the picture.

Country school meeting
Attention country school student & teachers -- on January 29, 2007, at 7:00 p.m. there will be a meeting at the Manning Library for former students, teachers, and anyone who has information/knowledge about country school history for the Manning area. The following Manning area citizens have been contacted and will be on hand to work together with everyone who attends the meeting and can help with names of students, teachers, and other country school history. Russell Stribe is the Country School Committee chairman. Other volunteers who will be on hand include Marge Kusel, Dick Clark, Dorothy Knudson, Merlyn Irlbeck, Robert Hansen, Ray Thielen, Meryl Kerkhoff, Gary Schroeder, Butch Meier, Loretta (Lerssen) Friedman, Lavonne (Genzen) Gehlsen, Delores (Rix) Kuhn, Myron Bogatzke, Larry Genzen.

Agenda
There will be a brief explanation about the information gathering process given by Dave Kusel. Then we will divide up into the different townships where you will find large early 1920s plat map copies that show the locations of the country schools along with names of farm residents who lived near those schools. There will be sheets provide where names of student, teachers, and directors names can be written down.

Ewoldt No. 2
These are the names of students we have so far who attended Ewoldt No. 2. Elda Musfeldt, Ed Musfeldt, Albert Musfeldt, John Musfeldt, Edward Hinz, Eldora Hinz, Walter Hinz, Edna Hinz, Arthur Gruhn, Lester Gruhn, Herbert Sander, Alfred Spies, Herman Kusel, Louis Hagedorn, Alvin Hagedorn, Alberta Hagedorn, Elvin Popp, Mauriel Popp, Eileen Stuhr, Esther Stuhr, Hazel Juels, Vera Juels, Amos Kusel, Melvin Kusel, Eunice Grau, Luella Hinz, Ella Spies, Elfrieda Spies, Leona Gruhn, Howard Signall, Eileen Signall, Phyllis Signall, Harold Juels, Arnold Juels, Myrtle Hagedorn, Alvan Hansen, Lola Hansen, Jimmy Hansen, Joy Hansen, Roger Hansen, Norbert Thielen, Irene Thielen, Mary Ann Thielen, Betsy Musfeldt, Phillip Musfeldt, Jay Musfeld, Justice Hockett, Jay Hockett, Grant Hockett, Betty Lengeman, Larry Genzen, Darlene Genzen, Russell Spies, Anna Belle Spies, Stanley Spies, Kenneth Spies, Ardella Singsank, Verna Singsank, Glen Singsank, Cleo Singsank, Laurel Singsank, Russell Popp, Tom Grau, Leora Grau, Louise Grau, Rosie Grau, Alfred Grau, Irwin Grau, Emil Grau, Jackie Mohr, Mary Alice Mohr, Nancy Mohr, Ronnie Mohr, Don Middendorf, Gary Handlos, Linda Handlos.

These are the teachers: Captolia (Hinrichs) Greteman (first teacher), Edith Butterworth, Grace Andresen, Golda Sander, Loretta (Lerssen) Friedman, LaVonne (Genzen) Gehlsen, Irma Bromert, Helen Rohr, Victor Schultz, Miss Wright.

Other information
We are interested in scanning your country school photos and other interesting items such as report cards, student drawings, program fliers, etc.

Amos Kusel - Ewoldt No. 2 1930 fifth grade report card.

The picture above of George Washington hung in Ewoldt No. 3 which was located near the old M&I Dehy location northwest of Manning. Dorothy Kusel purchased it when there was a sale at the school after it was closed. Edna & Melvin Nissen purchased the swing set and Ray Vetter, Ron Frahm, and Ray Bohlmann purchased the school building and tore it down. They used the lumber in different farm buildings. Keith Vetter told me he has a gavel he is pretty sure they found in the school when it was torn down. Many schools like Lincoln No. 4 shown above were moved intact and we would like to know the who/where/when. These are the types of details we are looking for about each country school.

Important history
PLEASE don't assume that someone else will show up and provide information & pictures you have. If you don't show up your part of country school history may be completely overlooked (not intentionally) because no one else provided that information so PLEASE attend the January 29 meeting - or contact Russell Stribe / Dave Kusel. This is what one country school student and 1959 MHS graduate recently sent to me by e-mail. "Country School history is important. It's a big chunk of Iowa history that led up to Iowa still having the highest literacy rate of any state in the union. Those rural schools laid the foundation." Jay Musfeldt

Eden Township, Carroll County

This week Eden Twp. is featured. According to the 1982 Templeton Centennial book a country school west of Templeton was moved into town around 1883. Eden No. 2 country school was also moved into Templeton some time after 1920 and at the time of the Centennial was the home of Otto Prebeck. The Templeton Independent School was organized in 1885 so up to this point township schools were used in the area and were under control of the Carroll County Public School District. The 1879 - 2009 Manning School history book will include all of the country schools in Ewoldt Township and those townships adjacent to Ewoldt (Eden, Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson, Iowa, Hayes) but will NOT cover any independent town school histories for Templeton, Gray, Irwin, or Aspinwall. Those communities have their own school histories and were covered in their centennial books but since many students who attended the country schools in those townships have connections to Manning we would like to include their histories in the Manning School history book.