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American Schoolhouse sign.jpeg
American School, District No. 4 sign. This sign was displayed at the Maroa Sesquicentennial celebration. It is uncertain in 2023 where this sign ended up.

Prairie Post 1962 March 8 optimized.pdf
March 8, 1962, Prairie Post [newspaper], Issue No. 51, Year 4

Center Ridget School students, 1915.jpg
Front row: Rhea Reed, Maxine Lyman, Rhonetta Lyman, Walter Glosser, Walter Luckenbill, Otis Reed, Martha Haines, Helen Crossman, Robert Lyman, Chan Glosser.

Back row: Rose Reed, (?),Ruth Lehman, Mae Braden, Bernice Wykoff (teacher), Bernice Reed.

Center Ridget School, c. 1930.jpg
Front row Left to right: Warren Hastings, Wendel Hastings, Robert Reed.

Second row: Stella Halicki (Weingard), Dorothy J. Braden (Cisco), Wanda Reed (Agee), Alreva Fairchild, William Berry, Eugene Allen, Peter Halicki, Elwood Allen, Dorothea…

Valerie Keith Papers Finding Aid.pdf
The finding aid for the Valerie Keith Papers, which were donated to the MF School Archives in 2022 and contain school records for Maroa High School and Prairie Chapel School.

HP School program 1953 (1).jpeg
Schedule for the final Closing Day Program for the Hickory Point School. The program was held on May 21, 1953, after which the building was no longer used as a schoolhouse.

The Hickory Point School was formerly located on the southwest corner of…

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Photograph of Independence School teacher and students from the class of 1932-33 standing on steps of the school building.

Independence School District #33 was 1.5 miles east of Forsyth on the south side of County Highway 20. The school opened…

Independence School, 1933-1934.jpg
Scrapbook Caption:
Billie Allen
Mrs. Ruth Hoyland
Helen Myers

Jean Heinz
Elinor Lewis
Lester Geer
Ruth Lewis

Independence School, 1934-1935.jpg
Scrapbook Caption:
Lester Geer
Helen Myers
Loraine Schroll
Jean Heinz
Mrs. Ruth Hoyland

Independence School, 1934-1935, duet pair.jpg
Scrapbook Caption: Jean Heinz and Elinor Lewis won first place in harmony [duet]. Sang "On Good Ship Lollipop." They were dressed alike in yellow organdy. Mrs. Tim Lewis was their accompanist.
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