Fair Play School - Maroa, Illinois

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Fair Play School - Maroa, Illinois

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Fair Play School was located in Section 36 of Maroa Township, a half-mile east of Emery. The first schoolhouse was in existence prior to 1874. At some point, the old schoolhouse was replaced with a newer building.

Fair Play School was consolidated in the Maroa-Forsyth School District for the 1947-1948 school year and was closed after the 1949-1950 school year. The school building was sold in November 1953.

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Fair Play School students, 1933
Fair Play School students, 1933.

Front row (left to right): Barbara Heinz, Leonard Albert, Alice Gardner, Lucille Gardner.

Back row: Evelyn Rose, John Rose, Betty Heinz, Dorothy Rose, Arthur Bailey.

Fair Play School was located in Section 36…

Fair Play Schoolhouse and Grounds, 1945
Fair Play School, 1945.

Caption: "These fine large trees on the Fair Play school grounds, a mile east of Emery on the road to Argenta, have been doing excellent service in providing shade for more than a half century. But they are beginning to…

Fair Play School, c. 1910
Fair Play School, c. 1910.

Front row (left to right): Edith Malone (Bolen), Mary Barrowman (Munson), Ethel Allen (Good), Harry Allen, Delbert Lazell, John Malone, Ott Malone.

Back row: Teacher-Mabel Thrift, Ruth Malone (Moore), Bernard McGuire,…
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