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Akron School 1888

From the Akron Weekly Pioneer Press, December 14, 1888, a report of school examinations for two months, ending Nov 30. Only those who scaled 59 and above in their respective studies are shown.

Physiology
Flora Hilty 92
Edna Kingsley 91
Don Jones 90
Charley Highshew 100
Harlan Lower 91

Algebra
Katie Robinson 85
Albert Lewis 85
Don Jones 89
Flora Hilty 81

C. Arithmetic
Marshal Shoperd 60
Maud Cordeal 88
Edna Kingsley 98
Alta Irwin 80

Physics
Don Jones 85
Charley Highshew 89
Albert Lewis 81
Katie Robinson 80

Advanced Arithmetic
Albert Lewis 95
Charley Highshew 90
Fred Hilty 90

A Grammar
Lowell Taylor 90
Flora Hilty 90
Don Jones 90
Harlan Lower 93

B Grammar
Etta Irwin 97
Clara Bulkley 97
Maud Cordeal 85

Advanced Spelling
Edna Kingsley 100
Ernest Taylor 92

A Geography
Louie Bagley 97
Frank Mowter 94
Alta Irwin 87
Lowell Taylor 94

B Geography
Marshall Shoperd 94
Myrtle Elrod 89
Maud Cordeal 91
Katie Ferry 97
Laura Latham 97
Edna Kingsley 98
Clara Bulkley 85

U.S. History Advanced Class
Grace Stephenson 99
Flora Hilty 95
Edgar Tague 95
Charley Highshew 98
Alta Irwin 81

B U.S. History
Edna Kingsley 93
Maud Cordeal 81

Warren Woodruff, Prin
Following is the attendance at the Akron school for the month ending November 30, 1888:
Mr. Woodruff's room - 31 enrolled, average attendance 24
Miss Harpham's room - 33 and 27
Miss Irwin's room - 52 and 39

John Cordeal in McCook Nebraska History

John Cordeal was an important figure in McCook’s early history. He was born in Illinois in 1873 to Sylvester and Martha Cordeal. In 1886, the family moved to McCook, where Sylvester opened a real estate office. At that time, McCook was still a frontier town with few boardwalks, no paved streets north of C Street, and wagons often stuck in the mud.

The city park—what is now Norris Park—was on North Main Street. It had no trees and was centered around a large, unsightly wooden water tank in the southwest corner. The Cordeals lived in a cottage on East 2nd Street, then at the town’s edge. Sylvester Cordeal and his wife were known for their culture and literary interests. They reportedly owned one of the largest libraries in the region. Mrs. Cordeal was a prominent educator in Southwest Nebraska and a lifelong promoter of literary development in the community.

In 1912 the Akron paper reported:
Mr. John Cordeal, of McCook, was in Akron Wednesday on business. John is an Akron boy and has the honor of being the son of the first county treasurer of Washington County 25 years ago. Mr. S. Cordeal is still on this side of the divide and resides also in McCook. He has been a subscriber to the Akron Pioneer Press for 23 years and he paid up again Wednesday. The first county treasurer's books contain the penmanship of John Cordeal when he was a little boy.

The same page has a scathing article about Mr. Cordeal—owner of the Akron Tribune newspaper—who was vilifying the school principal. Almost certainly, this refers to Sylvester (born in Ireland) and Martha Cordeal of Livingston County, Illinois, with children John (6), Maud (3), and Ernest (6 months), all born in Illinois. Sylvester was a clerk. By 1910, Sylvester, Martha, and John were living in McCook, Nebraska—not far from Akron, along the same railroad line. Sylvester had become a real estate agent. They were still there in 1920. By 1930, John was a lawyer in the same county, single at 56 years old.

Edna Kingsley is likely the daughter of Nathaniel and Rebecca Kingsley, who were in Pennsylvania in 1870 and 1880 censuses. In 1900 Edna is a lodger with her brother Erastus in Denver - a school teacher born in 1871. Erastus had proved up a quarter in 3n 53w in 1891. In 1900 it's likely Rebecca was widowed, and moved back to Pennsylvania - Emma is a school teacher there. In 1920 and 1930 Edna is married to John McGillivray, living in Denver. Widowed mother Rebecca and sister Emma Kingsley are living with them. Edna and Emma are both school teachers. California Death Index has an Emma Kingsley born in Pennsylvania April 6, 1873, dying in Los Angeles December 1, 1954 - mother's maiden name is Cole.

Clara C. Bulkley was the daughter of Oren Harrison Bulkley, born November 18, 1853 in Ohio, dying September 13, 1935 in Colorado Springs. He married Josephine Ella about 1876. Likely they're the ones in 1900 Calaveras County, California. O.H. is a carpenter, and Clara, born January 1875 in Ohio, is a dressmaker.

John's parents, James and Rachel Worley, were in Clay County, Kansas in 1885, with eight kids - 1 to 18. They had moved to Colorado Springs, by the 1900 census. James is an "invalid". Three sons, John 30 is a "gas filler" - Willard 18 is a laborer, Charles 16 is a laborer.

In 1910 Colorado Springs C.C. Worley is married (six years) to John F. Worley. John, 41, born in Kansas, is a carpenter for the railroad, and they have Lina B. 4, born in California. Clara C. Worley is 44 in 1920, widowed, and living with her parents in Colorado Springs. Son Oren is 9, and Roy Everett Worley is 7. They're still in Colorado Springs in 1930 (sons Oren and Roy are still with her) - widowed sister Jennie Shank is with Clara. Clara's father Oren Bulkley is the head of the household, at age 70 a carpenter in a gold mill. There's also Raymond H. Bone, 28, widowed, born in Colorado, grandson of Oren. He's an electrician in a mineral mine. He was living with Oren and Josephine in 1910 and 1920, too.

The gravestones below are in Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Worley and Bulkley Gravestones

Frank Mowrer is likely CHARLES FRANKLIN MOWRER - spelled Mourer, Mowerer, Mower. In 1880 an Edward Perry Mourer is farming in Illinois, married to Lydia. They have Ezra-20 and his wife Isabel 18, James T. 18, Mary # 13, Obid S. 14, Ortha D. 8, Charles F. 8, Samuel 3, Minnie 3 months. It looks like "Frank" went back to Kansas, and at least one time - in 1940 - was a solicitor for a fire insurance company in Denver in 1917. He lived at 1402 South Broadway. He's in the 1920 census in Denver - born 1876 in Nebraska, married to Laura, and they have four children.

Harlan Lower has to be the William H. Lower in the Denver 1910 census - born in Ohio in 1871 (which matches an Ancestry marriage record from 1898). William and Laura have Frank -8, and Ruth -5. So he must be the William H. Lower in Clay County, Nebraska in 1880. Son of Joseph L. Lower and Susan F. Lower. Joseph is a minister, born 1830 in Pennsylvania. Joseph and Susan have Margaret 18, Ralph 16, Albert 12, and William 8. J.L. Lower was the Presbyterian minister in Akron in 1888 (Akron Pioneer Press of October 19, 1888). FindAGrave has Harlan dying in 1924, buried in Denver. Has to be related to the 31-year-old minister Joseph Lower in the 1910 census of Denver - born in Pennsylvania.

George Bagley had homesteaded in Washington County - just a little south of Akron - and so did Elmer and Alfred Bagley. Likely the Louie Bagley attending school is the son of George - in 1880 Cedar County, Iowa Louis is 11, with parents George and Mary. Ellsworth is 20, Alfred 13, and Mirtle 6. George is in Washington County in the 1900 census, and likely is the George Baggley buried in the Akron cemetery in 1906. On September 6, 1901 the Pioneer Press reported that "Mrs. Loftiss and Miss Bagley having resigned after four and three years of faithful service." That might be Myrtle.

D.W. Irwin was on the first school board, according to Andreas' History, and Miss Hettie Irwin was the first teacher. In 1898 Emma Pearl Irwin gave an oration at the school graduation. Alta M. Irwin is 25, born in Illinois October 1874 in the 1900 Akron census, a school teacher living with her father D.W., a ranch man, and mother C.J., postmistress. Brother W.F. is 21, sister Emma is 19, and sister A. Gertrude is 14. In 1880 they were in Furnas County, Nebraska. David W. is a farmer, Cynthia J. is keeping house. Alta is 5, brother John H. is 3, and brother Frank is 1. In 1895 the Akron Pioneer Press is owned by D.W. Irwin, and in 1904 he's operating a grocery store. Frank, Cynthia, and Emmy are in Irondale, Adams County, Colorado in 1910. In 1911 "Misses Alta Irwin and Clara Steck are home from Greeley to spend the holidays." The Akron newspaper of April 3, 1914 reported that Mrs. D.W. Irwin, former postmistress, died at Derby, Colorado.

In the same issue as the school list was a paragraph including "Messrs. Glimp & Ferry, proprietors of the City meat market..." In March 1888 "R.C. Ferry went up to Denver to see the sights." In April 1898 Misses Katie Ferry and Abbie Beeney are home this week from Denver where they are attending school. In September 1898 Miss Katie Ferry conducted a session on the Influence of the Teacher In and Out of the Sunday School. In 1899 Katie attended a regional public school teacher meeting at Akron. "Kate Ferry taught her first school" at Otis in 1899.

In September 1911 the Pioneer Press reported that Miss Flora Hilty, of Denver, arrived Tuesday and will teach a term of school in the Cody district. She might be Florence Hilty, the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Hilty. Joseph was a farmer in 1880 Peoria County, Illinois. Florence was born about 1873, and John about 1869. In 1900 Denver Joseph is a teamster, with Sarah G born May 1847 in Illinois. Florence is widowed in 1940, living in Denver.

Edgar Tague is probably the one in 1880 and 1885 Buffalo County, Nebraska. Edgar, born 1873 in Indiana, is the eldest of five children. Father John Tague is a farmer. John N. Tague homesteaded in 2n51w close to Akron, proving up in 1892. He was elected president of the Washington County Teachers Association in 1892 and was listed as a Superintendent. On November 24, 1888, Newton Tague, son of John N. Tague, died at Akron. A month later, December 21, 1888, their daughter Pearlie B. Tague died.

Pearlie Tague Gravestone

Albert Lewis in 1911 with Fred Hilty spent a day in Akron visiting old friends. More likely he's the son of Henry Lewis, president of the Farmers and Traders Bank, who arrived in Akron in October 1888. City directories list him as Albert Henry Lewis. In 1920 he, Aurora, and Marion are in Los Angeles, where Albert was head cashier at a bank.

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Washington County School Teachers in 1899

From the Akron Weekly Pioneer Press, September 8, 1899

The following is a list of school districts in Washington County, Colorado, and their assigned teachers for the 1899 school year:

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Hyde School Closing Exercises March 1900

The following is the program of the March 1900 closing exercises of the Hyde School; 70 were present according to C.W. Holt, Teacher.

Recitations Dialogues Songs and Hymns Closing

From the March 20, 1900 edition of a Washington County or Yuma County newspaper.

County Coordinator note: The foregoing program was transcribed from a newspaper noted as the Akron News-Reporter, which did not form until 1929 when R.B. Cooley merged the Akron News and the Akron Reporter. Entries are arranged under broad categories.

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Akron Class of 1902 Graduation Exercises

From the Akron Weekly Pioneer Press, May 23, 1902

A gentleman who has attended many graduation exercises stated to a Pioneer Press reporter last Friday night that he never attended exercises that were better planned and more successfully carried out.

The Presbyterian church was well filled with patrons of the school and many friends came from a distance to share in the pleasures of the evening. The class was not large but what was lacking in numbers was made up in other directions. As for the musical numbers they were simply splendid and those ladies and gentlemen who favored the audience with their art in music are entitled to thanks for the excellence in which the various solos were rendered: Mrs. Sullivan, Mrs. Jones, Miss Floy Yeamons, Messrs Seely and Ferry.

The raised platform was almost a solid bank of flowers behind which sat the graduation class, consisting of Misses Mazie May Davis, Mary Alpha Bailey and Agnes Della Newsom, and the little flower girls - Margaret Butts and Gladys McCue. The teacher, Mr. Howe, also occupied a seat on the stage.

"From Nebula to Now" was the title of Miss Mazie Davis' oration. Miss Alpha Bailey chose for her oration "Life is What We Make It." The honor of class valedictorian was assigned to Miss Delia Newsom with her oration, "Ulysses." Following the orations, Rev. J. Cameron presented diplomas, and the benediction was given by Rev. W.E. Perry.

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Akron Primary School 8th Grade County Examination 1915

From the Akron Weekly Pioneer Press, May 28, 1915

The following is a list of the Eighth graders, with their averages, who passed the county examination, which was held April 1915:

Edna Colden, 95 9-10
Joe Elder, 80 1-10
Gordon Auld, 81 6-10
Eva Lair, 84 3-10
Arnold Burkholtz, 84
Gladys Campbell, 1
Oral Hart, 83 3-5
Trim Barlow, 84 1-10
Gladys Morritt, 82 2-5
Odes Smith, 81 3-5
Verner Hayne, 82
Harry Skiles, 78 9-10
Zella Lockie, 86 3-5
Frances Larsen, 78 9-10
Ida Six, 87 9-10
Mildred King, 81 1/2
Ray Jefferson, 83 1/2
Delbert Venrick, 82 3-10
Frances West, 83 4-5
Maynard Repp, 76 3-5
Lucile Jasper, 84 9-10
Agnes Delaney, 84 1/2
Edith Troth, 75 4-5
Myrtle Sharp, 88 5-10
Lena Chizek, 82 1-10
Ocal Hart, 89 9-10
Ida Arnett, 87 3-10
La Verne Carr, 82 2-5
Millard Finkner, 75
Leslie Resler, 85 1/2
Brice Henry, 85 1/2
Fay Carey, 87 1-10
Mae Carey, 84 1-10
Millie Edwards, 85 3-10
Vance Carpenter, 78 3-5
Cecil Arnold, 75 1/2
Alice Johnson, 83 7-10
Owen Etter, 83 3-10
Agnes E. Wright, 78 1-5
Iva L. Barnes, 87 1/2
Richard Brown, 80
Opal E. Krause, 82 1-10
Clarence Larson, 82 2-10
Flora Margaret Forsythe, 84 3-5
Emma Lewis, 77
Hazel Arnold, 77 2-10
Agatha Davis, 75
Verl Carpenter, 78 1-10
Madge Auten, 79
Ruth Huff, 81
Ima Peak, 83 7-10
Dick Evans, 74 1-10
Carl Hassig, 81 1/2

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Northeastern Colorado Teachers Convention 1917

WELCOME, THRICE WELCOME TO THE TEACHERS
From the Wray Rattler, August 2, 1917

All are glad you are here in Wray even if only for a short time and that the Normal is the splendid success that it is. 280 are registered. To Miss Clara Tegner, County Superintendent, is due the bringing to Wray of these splendid people.

The Normal is under the direct supervision of Prof. Mooney, of Greeley; H.M Barrett, of Denver; Mrs. Jane Louise McGrath, of New York, and Mrs. Grace Ellen Shoe Smith, of Denver, assisted by county superintendents of most of the counties of the district.

Washington County Enrollees:
Pearl Andries, Irma Bennett, Hazel Byron, Lavena Carpenter, Mary Carpenter, Eloise Carre, Marly L. Crosby, Daisy Dyer, Allie Emick, Florence Frederickson, Helen Faris, Ruby Galloway, Clara Gerunse, Edna Gramse, Gwendolyn Halladay, Joy B. Hamlin, Leslie Lee Harris, Lilly Jacobson, Alta Johnson, Lucile Kriemeyer, Julia M. Keenan, Florence King, Grace McBride, Lulu Murray, L. Opan Payne, Gladys Roberts, Walter Ransom, Martha Shane, Lillie Shane, Anna Shane, Lettie Sutton, Carrie Thompson, Eva Wisdom, Mary M. Young.

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Akron Schools 1920 Class Notes & Honor Roll

From the Akron Weekly Pioneer Press, November 26, 1920

The officers of our Junior Red Cross are: President, Garnett Scott; Vice-president, William Sloane; Secretary, Oralee Salley; Treasurer, Herbert Names. Ray Humerickhouse, who is teaching in Pinneo, visited us last Friday. Dr. Dooley vaccinated about twenty-five pupils and teachers.

Highest Grades (Period Ending Nov 19, 1920):
Spelling: 5th Grade, Aladean Layman (99%); 6th Grade, John Cochrum (95%); 7th Grade, Goldie Clark (97%); 8th Grade, Dorothy Wilcox (98%).
Arithmetic: 5th Grade, Nellie Irwin (93%); 6th Grade, Myrle Parks (93%); 7th Grade, Goldie Clark & Helen Galbraith (95%); 8th Grade, Her__ ___ (96%).

Neither Tardy nor Absent First Three Months:
Kindergarten - Irene Borth, Gertrude Turner, Eva May Wilson.
First Grade - Marian Rowland, __ Stevens, Oscar Fallert, Earle Lumley, Harriette Palmer, Bobby Blaeser, Faye Sears.
Second Grade - Dale Gray, Earlyoa Griffith, Elmer Hare, Donald McClure, Glenn Rowland, Lila Elam, Wilma Grooms, Grace Hackett, Gudrun Herigstadt, Elsie Smith, Ruby Stevens, Thelma Stout, Eva Weaver, Juanita Weaver, Woodrow Wilson, James Harris.
Third Grade - Alpha Duncan, Lucille Gillett, Pearl Lumley, Helen McCabe, Margaret Sears, Leona Stevens, Olivia Wynne, Elmer Fritz, Ronald Howe, Marcellus Miller, Morris Cross.
Fourth Grade - Russel Borth, Merle Gray, Theodore Hackett, John Palmer, Scott Palmer, Chalkley Wilson, Myrnia Borth, Grace Fallert, Mildred Groom, Leona Madison, Marie Wright.
Fifth Grade - Gertrude Adair, Alva Sears, Mabel Parks, Newell Dole, Thelma Fallert, Lola May Clifford, Dale Borth, Vera Cramer, Roy Kopish, Hugh Cooley, Carl McGuire.
Sixth Grade - Ochal Wilson, Suone Miller, Muriel Shirle, Imogene Trovinger, Luster Hyder, Patricia Davis, Myrle Parks, Edgar Andrews, Edward Steinbrink.
Seventh Grade - Margaret Bogart, Goldie Clark, Violet Clark, Oralee Salley, Jessie Wilson, Norris Cross, Elmer Gillette, Eugene Little, Earl Waldron, Dennis Wright.
Eighth Grade - Vera Gray, Blanche Keicher, Mabel Layton, Thelma Schmidt, Blanche Wright, Frances Wright, Beuford Blauser, Alfred Duncan, Elden McCabe, Herbert Names, William Sloane, Otto Steinbrink, Ray Turner.

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Akron Graduation Exercises Program 1900

From the Akron Weekly Pioneer Press, May 18, 1900

Akron High School - Friday May 18, 1900

Invocation
March ---- Mandolin and Guitar, Messrs. Jamison and Chambers
Salutatory And Oration ---- Julius Caesar ---- Earl Edgar Dole
Oration ---- The Fate Of Reforms ---- Myrtle Scott Wilson
Duet ---- Messrs. Jamison And Chambers
Oration ---- The Charm Of Distance ---- Savillis Eva Shelley
Oration ---- The Open Door ---- Luelia Floy Yeamons
Instrumental Duet ---- Mr. And Mrs. J.A. Forsythe
Oration ---- Lost In A Crowd ---- Myrtle Cary
Oration And Valedictory ---- Beyond The Alps Lies Italy ---- Minnie Mae Middlecoff
Instrumental Duet --- Messrs. Jamison And Chambers
Presentation Of Diplomas ---- Mrs. D.F. Foor
Benediction

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Washington County High School System Graduating Class 1913

From the Akron Weekly Pioneer Press, May 9, 1913

Following are the names of those who will be graduated in 1913 from the Washington County High School System:

Gladys Duncan
Edith Forsythe
Grace Gillespie
Lulu Horn
Edith Johnson
Agnes McWilliams
Guidotta Muntzing
Dora Shane

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Washington County High School System Graduating Class 1922

From the Akron Pioneer Press, May 12, 1922

Sunday May 14, 1922: Rev. D. D. Woodworth of Otis delivered the baccalaureate sermon "The Open Door." Friday May 19: Commencement held at the Methodist church in Akron with address by State Supreme Court Judge H.P. Burke.

Graduates: Dale Cooley (Otis), Gordon Hunsaker, Frances Setterburg, Clyde Read, Helen Murray, Gretta Ball, Trevor Cross, Olga Barta, Carl Huffer, Reva Buckhart, Irene Little, Lloyd Scrivner, Gaylord Clark, Avis Turner, Lauretta Klein, Lawrence Saywell, Hazelle Murray, Olive Odell, Earl Miller, Merle Frederick, James Potter, Dassie McAfee, Ethel McAfee.

Class motto: "Don't be a crank - be a self-starter." | Colors: Orange and black | Flower: Yellow jonquil

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Akron Primary School Report March 1888

From the Akron Weekly Pioneer Press, March 30, 1888

Report for month ending March 23, 1888. Enrolled: 41; Daily attendance: 33.
Tardy but not absent: Ada Latham, Nellie Annable, Clinton Annable, Bruce Ball.
Absent but not tardy: Gracie Elrod, Lily Furee, Cora Herndon, Addie Sterns, Harry Little, Ralph Adams, Guy Tomlinson, Joe Tyler.

Record of Deportment: Lily Force 100, Nellie Derby 100, Lily Howell 100, Addie Sterns 100, Guy Tomlinson 100, Tommy Ward 100, Bennie Ward 100, Harry Mowrer 100, Gertie Stanley 99, Willie Ward 99, Melvin Ward 99, Gracie Elrod 99, Maudie Williams 98, Zetta Adams 98, Bessie Ball 97, Maud Anderson 97, Glennie Moses 96, Dessie Deck 96, Ernie Cordeal 95, Clyde Shouard 95, Albert Wright 95, Ralph Adams 95, Nellie Annable 95, Ida Latham 95, Pearl Irwin 94, Vieta Newsom 96, Cora Herndon 94, Charlie Faehndrich 93, Willie Anderson 93, Joe Tyler 93, Roy Hilton 93, Goldie Tibbitts 92, Josie Ford 92, Eddie Anderson 92, Hugh Bonner 90, Frank Irwin 87, Harry Little 86, Clinton Annable 84. Florence Hillmar, Teacher.

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Washington County Educational Directory 1918 (School Boards)

The office of each, respectively, is President, Secretary, Treasurer:

1. Isaac Pelton, Akron; E.E. Dole, Akron; Lon Wilson, Akron
2. W.H. Ingle, Yuma; C.L. Yingling, Yuma, Norman F. Mead, Yuma
3. Thomas P. Rehder, Otis; N.E. Smith, Otis; Ray E. Haverland, Otis
4. Robt. Trimble, Akron; E. Carey, Bunker; Ira Jay, Akron
5. J.E. Foree, Akron; E.O. Smith, Akron; Park Wheeler, Akron
6. H.E. Heideman, Akron; Charles Mowry, Akron; Franz Wind, Akron
7. J.E. Wright, Akron; Ivy E. Simonson, Akron; Vina Andrews, Akron
8. J.W. Plant, Otis; Clarence N. Pistole, Otis; G.W. Wheeler, Otis
9. P.M. Skiles, Akron; Joseph Daniels, Page; Herman Luers, Pinneo
10. Ella P. Upton, Secretary, Hillrose; M.R. Meade, Treasurer, Pawnee
11. R.R. Highland, Akron; Ed. Nolte, Akron; L. Slauter, Akron
12. G.D. Royce, Akron; Geo. W. McCoy, Akron; Elwood Wright, Akron
13. John Weeker, Plum Bush; K.M. Nichols, Flat Top; I.O. Nyle, Plum Bush
14. Fred Clatte, Otis; Mrs. Geo. Farris, Otis; John Etter, Otis
16. Archie Matthews, Platner; F.M. Raybourn, Otis; Isaac Emick, Otis
17. T.C. Tinkham, Otis; Anna Innes, Otis; R.D. Albrecht, Otis
18. H. Honebein, Hillrose; N.E. Weesner, Hillrose; P.M. Repp, Messex
19. Frank W. Hein, Yuma; Mrs. Albert Mekelburg, Yuma; T.H. Nieweg, Yuma
20. J.O. Winland, Harrisburg; L.J. Gammill, Harrisburg; L.M. Gibbons, Harrisburg
21. D.S. Slyter, Platner; N.D. Holt, Platner; Dillon L. Shook, Akron
22. Fin Farley, Akron; Hiram Blair, Akron; Lew Farley, Akron
23. James Weir, Burdett; Burel Davis, Burdett; C.D. Henzle, Burdett
24. Chas. Ryckman, Thurman; Mina B. Lord, Arickaree; Geo. Riemenschneider, Thurman
25. Chas. Reffel, Akron; C.G. Kennison, Akron; Raymond L. Sergeant, Harrisburg
26. Fred Fassler, Akron; Grace Andrews, Akron; John Gebaur, Akron
27. Thomas L. Kee, Woodrow; A.B. Henderson, Woodrow; Wm. H. Griffith, Woodrow
28. L.E. Mustain, Burdett; Eric Miller, Yuma; Elmer H. Barnes, Burdett
29. John Murphy, Akron; Ray Culbertson, Akron; Charles Garrett, Otis
30. W.L. Mollison, Otis; J.T. Wilcox, Otis; W.R. Henderson, Yuma
31. P.H. Ehlers, Abbott; C.L. Brooke, Abbott; Mrs. W.H. Alexander, Abbott
32. Mrs. Janie Cline, Akron; Ben Cline, Akron; J.T. Tunis, Akron
33. Addie C. Griswold, Glen; O.S. Presler, Glen; Mrs M.E. Hanlon, Glen
34. Roy Marple, Cope; C.H. Odell, Cope; Ira F. Livers, Cope
35. Ed. Monk, Thurman; Mrs. Ruth Johnson, Thurman; W.P. Plumb, Thurman
36. C.F. Cowan, Arickaree; Emma P. Tarpenning, Thurman; E.W. Richardson, Arickaree
37. Fred Hoffman, Thurman; A.B. Henry, Thurman; John M. Britton, Thurman
38. James Walters, Akron; Geo H. Frederick, Akron; F.E. Hanes, Akron
39. James Frederickson, Lindon; Harry Sluser, Lindon; I.B. Drake, Lindon
40. M. Shultz, Thurman; W.H. Bowen, Thurman; John P. Yantzi, Thurman
41. J.W. Lodwig, Akron; Myron S. Syon, Akron; C.T. Jackson, Akron
42. L.E. Roberts, Akron; Mrs. J.B. White, Akron; Harry Johnson, Akron
43. George Florian, Akron; Lydia E. Moore, Prairie; Henry F. Berry, Akron
44. B.S. Clark, Thurman; M.C. Betts, Anton; Chris. Zeudner, Thurman
45. Mrs. Joe Plummer, Elba; W.H. Stanley, Elba; R.L. Hyder, Elba
46. Frank Leach, Waitley; B.C. Johnson, Burdett; W.R. Rose, Burdett
47. Earl Henry, Otis; I.E. Heath, Akron; John A. Kelly, Otis
48. C.N. Christiansen, Meekton; J.B. Craig, Meekton; Hugh McPeek, Harrisburg
49. Mrs. E.A. Lewis, Burdett; Wm. Krumbach, Le Roy; J.J. Feree, Burdett
50. J.H. Resler, Akron; Grand Alishouse, Akron; Robert Hendricks, Akron
51. Robt. L. Nickell, Flat Top; J.A. Finney, Genoa; K.D. Mautt, Genoa
52. E.R. King, Dillingham; Stasia F. Cook, Akron; Ida Scott, Dillingham
53. A.M. Willis, Abbott; Mrs. Rosa McKerson, Lindon; S.M. Young, Abbott
54. W.D. Cope, Seibert; John P. Wrape, Seibert; E.W. Jacks, Seibert
55. J.W. Collicott, Steffins; Pearl L. Stambaugh, Yuma; Charles T. Odell, Stephen
56. Henry Neffendorf, Meekton; T.G. Dudley, Meekton; Samuel Cawthra, Meekton
57. M.E. Gilderbloom, Cope; Mrs. F.M. Galbreath, Cope; W.E. Winters, Cope
58. Harold V. Dailey, Akron; Chancie Welch, Akron, Harry Troth, Akron
59. Frank J. Kral, Gary; Emma Goddard, Woodrow; Fred Bowen, Gary
60. Frank Borland, Steffins; Lloyd Wilson, Yuma; W.P Crosby, Otis
61. C.F. Holinger, Burdett; H.M. Stanley, Burdett; John Keenan, Burdett
62. H.J. Schmidt, Akron; James Burk, Atwood; B.H. Lowry, Akron
63. F.D. Bennett, Cope; John Marr, Hughes; S.E. Jacobs, Cope
64. Mrs. C.J. Green, Akron; Edward Edkins, Akron; Everett Brown, Akron
65. Charles Potter, Elba; H.C. Shadley, Elba; William Wagner, Lindon
66. W.A. Mack, Cope; L. Dalziel, Cope; E.E. Spencer, Cope
67. William Rays, Burdett; G.J. Saul, Burdett; Thomas Brown, Burdett
68. H.R. Neeper, Cope; J.G. Weenmann, Arickaree; R.K. Gregory, Cope
69. George Simpson, Gary; Perl T. Barnhouse, Elba; Joseph Mock, Abbott
70. James Witter, Simpson; Elbert Russell, Simpson; Mrs. J.A. Kemper, Simpson

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Beaver Dale School (District 70 later District 33)

A LITTLE HISTORY OF OUR SCHOOL
From the Akron Weekly Pioneer Press, April 27, 1917

Organized 1888 in Arapahoe County at the home of Jake Ellis. School was held in a sod shanty owned by Wick Keath, who donated an acre of land. First sod school house built in 1889 with Libbie James as teacher. S.F. Shipman taught 1890-91. Another sod building was erected in 1904. In 1905 the district became District 33, Washington County, with Lottie Wallick teaching.

Pupils in 1907 under Josie De Hart: Clarence Trim, Arthur Trim, Mabel Graves, Nada Alexander, Ada Alexander, Verna Hutton, Edna De Hart, Sadie Hutton, Llew Hutton, Freddie Graves, Alva De Hart, Glenn Hutton, Ray Wyman, Willie Wyman, John Trim, George Trim, Forest Kenny, Ruth Kenny, Carl Kenny.

In 1908 a fourth sod house was built. Mae De Hart taught 1908-1909. First 8th grade graduate was Edna De Hart. In summer 1915 a new frame school was built one mile north. Most families resided in Township 5 South, Range 54 West (south of Lindon). The district was also called Gordon.

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High Prairie Grade School (District 52) Graduating Class of 1927

8th Grade 1927 High Prairie

1927 High Prairie grade school graduation photo. Student on right is Mary Downing. Photo donated by Barbara Carey, granddaughter of Mary Downing Carey (daughter of Charles F. and Clara Heath Downing).

The 1927 8th graders pictured: Minnie Sauer, Grace Hefty, Chester Kinnison, Erma Martin, and Mary Downing.

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Hillcrest School

North of Otis in the Burdett Area

Hillcrest School 1943

Max and Elsie Ross moved from Vernon (Yuma County) to a farm near Burdett. Their daughter Lois graduated from Wray High School and Teacher's College in Greeley.

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Hyde School 1907 with Family Census Analysis

Hyde School 1907

In 1907 there were 18 students in Hyde school. Back from left: Laura Berry, Hazel Hoak, Eula Smith, Lucy Berry, Raymond Lisle, Bill Berry, Miss Nettie Pike (teacher). Front: Gladys Hoak, LaVaughn Smith, Bertha Berry, Edna Berry, two unidentified, Clarence Berry, Chester Johnson, Lawrence Muir. Absent: George, Jess, and Ida Benish.

Census Analyses:
Catherine E. "Katie" Lisle: Daughter of John A. and Anna M. Lisle; married Fred B. Cameron.
Raymond Vaughn Lisle: Born Jan 4, 1894; married Mary Carpenter; died 1956 and buried in Akron Cemetery.
Elmer H. Clark: Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Clark; moved to Long Beach, CA; died April 13, 1953.
Ralph Arnold Smith: Born July 25, 1892 in Otis; married Althe Baker; automobile dealer in Loveland and Denver.
Benish Family: George Jesse Benish (b. 1891), William Benish (1893-1918), Ida Benish Wickenhauser (1896-1977), and Jesse Robert Benish (1902-2003) who lived to age 101 and is buried at Akron.

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Hyde School Dist. #2, Washington County

By Arlene Glenn

Hyde School Dist 2

Hyde was established in 1884. Original school was built in 1888. Following board decisions, the original school was torn down to build neighborhood schools: Center Hyde, East Hyde, West Hyde, North Hyde, and South Hyde. Joined Otis District in the late 1950s.

Teachers Roster Excerpts: 1912: Nettie Pike, Alice Brandon; 1915: Nettie Pike, Nellie Atkinson; 1921: Gertrude Farrell, E.T. Gardner, Mr. & Mrs. C.E. Pritts, Harry Righter, Marie Windolph; 1926: Lena Buchanan, Regina Carpenter, Carl Barnhart, Alice Waller; 1930: Dorothy Vanderhoof, Lena Buchanan, Sadie Briggs, R.A. Smith; 1939: Lillian Judy (West), Leta Baxter (East), Mildred Bogle (North), Jennie Williams (South); 1945: Louise Mekelburg, Esther Moran.

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Lone Star Schools History

Lone Star Schools 1924

Began around 1895 in District 30. High school work added in 1920 under principal Ruth Thaxton, who named it Lone Star after Texas. New four-year building completed 1923. In 1960 a unified building opened, burned down Jan 10, 1962, and was promptly rebuilt on the same foundation.

Lone Star High School Class of 1924

Graduates: Hazel Margaret Olhausen, Francis Elizabeth Keenan, Merle Whittenburg, Glenn Elmer Stenson, Arthur Denzel Deering, Bruce W. Mollison, Ruth G. Whittenburg, Helen S. Olhausen, Nadine I. Wheeler, Grace Hattie Deering, Loel M. Mollison, Claude Sweger.

Lone Star High School Class of 1924

Lone Star Personnel 1926-1927 (Mona Lindsey, Teacher)

Third GradeFourth Grade
Margaret ElderSidney ReynoldsGeorge LiekhuesBill Zech
Margaret BarrMarie StevenJames RorabaughEdward Schmidt
Avery GouldMarjorie StoltzEllsworth DavisFern Uber
Richard HutchinsonLaurene BarrHarold MoxleyWilma McGhee
Rachel SmithFrancis DeanVernie ReynoldsMason Pease
Gustie SchmidtRichard TribelhornErnest GillespiePeggy Gardner
Beth ChandlerWillmeta UberIva CormanIrvin Mekelburg
Kenneth Aagesen—Stamford DavisRaymond Gillespie
—Harry KirwinClair Barnes
—Wanda Mustain

Lone Star Personnel 1929-1930 (Mona Lindsey, Teacher)

Third GradeFourth Grade
Anna Belle MillerErhardt KleinVera PeaseRuth Bivens
Nila GouldNordean MustainLyle McColloumMarvin Aagesen
Esther MoxleyEmma BusingVictor KleinElsie Dean
Ethyl Alice MekelburgEdwin LiekhuesCharles BehrendsenVera Mustain
Maxine BehrendsenFrances SullivanEugene WhittingtonWalter Hodgkins
Jerold RorabaughMeriam KleinAlice ClineEvelyn Hutchinson
Helen Ruth ChandlerBessie ZechAvery GouldSue Tinkham
Norman GillespieIlow HinesElmer Behrendsen
—Melvin Cline

County Superintendent: Mary Young | School Board: Art Chandler, H.G. Rorabaugh, Harve Ward.

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Combined Eighth Grade Graduates 1920 (Otis, Platner, and Lone Star)

From the Akron Pioneer Press, May 20, 1920

Otis (Dist. 3): Bernice Holsclaw, Margaret Lauck, Norma Preising, Mildred Miller, Lois Louise Dillingham, Alma Wells, George Bell, Orval Rehder, Ruth Dowding, Mary Flattery, Orville Moore, Arlene Dillingham, Harold Steele, Gladys Gregg, Orlando Hutchinson, John Flattery, Viva Wheeler, Ella Fackrell, Elsie Gross, Irene Skinner.
Platner (Dist. 16): Ray Emick, Ray Caper, Gladys Etter.
Lone Star (Dist. 30): Hazel Olhausen, George Wright, Bruce Mollison, Loel Mollison.

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1922 Otis Football Team

1922 Otis Football Team
Back row: John Flattery, Lewis Hatch, Orville Moore
Second row: Brandt Loy, Harold "Stew" Williams, Lundgren "Chester" Main, Clarence "Clipper" Wells, Dale Cooley, Henry "Sammy" Benedict, Raymond Standerraus, Ronald "Slim" Cooley, N. Dewey Macker, Coach.
Third row: James Haluburd, Cecil "Cy" Steele, Orvale "Shorty" Rehder, Beth "Pep" Cooley, Charlton "Fab" Wells, Orlando "Hutch" Hutchinson
Fourth row: Burnell "Dip" Rehder, Arlie "Deacon" Chaplin, Arthur "Art" Shaw, Captain Harold "Gobo" Shaw, Alex "Squigger" Gross, Harold "Lynx" Steele

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High Prairie Branch Report Card 1926-27

Report Card for Madge Maynard. Her father, John Maynard, was president of the High Prairie School Board in 1929.

High Prairie Report Card Page 1 High Prairie Report Card Page 2

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Washington County Educational Directory 1927-1928

Mary M. Young, County Superintendent

Washington County Rural Standard Schools:
District 1 - Akron Grade         District 2 - Hyde
District 3 - Otis Grade          District 5 - Prairie Vale
District 6 - Antelope Springs    District 8 - Ashland
District 14 - Pleasant View      District 15 - Pleasant
District 17 - Sunnyside          District 18 - Roosevelt
District 19 - West Point         District 21 - Center
District 23 - Burdett            District 25 - Golden Rod
District 28 - Lone Star          District 29 - Roadside
District 41 - Sunshine           District 42 - Pleasant Hill
District 44 - Cactus Hill        District 46 - White
District 48 - Meekton            District 50 - Samson
District 52 - High Prairie       District 57 - Cope
District 61 - Hillcrest          District 68 - Wiladel
District 73 - Welch              District 74 - Rosalind
District 78 - Sunny Slope        District 82 - Hope
District 83 - Charity            District 85 - Palmer Valley

Washington County High School Committee:
Fred P. Fassler, President (Akron); Mary M. Young, Secretary (Akron);
B. L. McKenzie, Treasurer (Otis); Connor Dailey (Hillrose); W. L. Burley (Akron).

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St. Joseph's High School Akron 1920 Music Program

From the Akron Weekly Pioneer Press, November 26, 1920

Participants included Senior Girls, Delbert Cole, Eugene Sullivan, Genevieve Geicke, Lucille Kelly, Alvina Gasser, Lillian Vosburg, Lillian Fournell, Bernice Rice, Estella White, Frances Selby, Imogene Trovinger, Joyce Dooley, Nola Steinmetz, Katherine Burns, Ione Gardner, Margaret Bogert, Louise Gasser, Marion Dooley, George Warren, John Sullivan, Opal Davis, Kenneth Dooley, Bernard Heer, Olivia O'Dell, Nora Trears.

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St. Joseph's High School Akron 1922 Senior Class & Christmas Program

From the Akron Weekly Pioneer Press, December 29, 1922

High school program performed by B.L. Vosburg, Marshall Gillette, John Sullivan, L. Fournell, V. Lantzer, B. O'Dell, L. Gasser, Ione Gardner, Floyd Schinkel, Minnie Newman, Esther Pieper, and Father J. Koch.

Grade school participants: Rose Fournell, Edward Wagner, I. Hottinger, A. Heer, Mary Mehring, Conrad Heer, James Diamond, B. Kaltenbach, Rosemary Sutton, Herbert Mehring, Eugene Sullivan, Bernard Heer, Mary Mathis.

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Washington County Teachers' Convention 1923

From the Akron Weekly Pioneer Press, November 9, 1923

Presided over by Association President Mrs. Emma R. Vance and Prof. C.E. Stewart. Program included W.C.H.S. Glee Club, Sibyl M. Keeter, Supt. John L. Cochran (Yuma), Supt. I.E. Stutsman (Fort Morgan), Dr. Harry M. Barrett (CU Boulder), Mrs. Ben Bitterman, Mrs. F.P. Cooley (County PTA President), and County Supt. Phoebe A. Palmer.

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Washington County Teachers 1918

Colorado Educational Directory - County Supt. Myrtle Crawford (120 Teachers)

County High School, Akron: C.E. Stewart, Prin.; Alvin Sansburn, Mrs. Alvin Sansburn, C.E. Orwig, Elizabeth Fisher.
Dist 1 (Akron): Ruth Harris, Prin.; Mrs. Edith Harshman, Elizabeth Brandon, Elva M. May, Nellie Maize, Florence Allen, Louisa Weage.
Dist 2 (Hyde): Nettie Pike, Juanita Norris, Helen Albright, Dorothy Norris.
Dist 3 (Otis): Mrs. Hattie Kimball, Prin.; Mildred Priddy, Genevieve Jordan, Gladys Pick, Mrs. Allen.
Dist 13 (Spence): Estelle De Boer, Joy Hamlin, Leafy E. Mathis, Hazel Byron.
Dist 18 (Hillrose): Mrs. Mary J. Baker, Anna Shackley, Mary E. Devine, Daisy Dyer, Grace Allison.
Dist 39 (Lindon): Lorena Brown, Ruth E. Snyder, Mrs. Anna Towns, Eva Gates.
Dist 70 (Simpson): Elizabeth Quinlan, Maide Wallace.

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Akron Grade School 8th Grade 1924

Akron Grade School 8th Grade 1924

1st Row: Bruce Fallert, Newell Dole, Hugh Cooley, Roy Kopish, Delman Yackle, Russell Howlett.
2nd Row: Harry Little, Cecil Foree, Jack Watson, Alva Sears, Delmar Burkhart, Eugene Stewart, Jack Hickenbotham, Carl McGuire.
3rd Row: Robey Parriot, Wilby Mason, Hazel Johnson, Bertha Shivley, Owen Bradley (Teacher), Lola Madegifford, Mabel Parks, Ruth McCabe, James Gould, George Peipmire.
Listed on back but missing from photograph: Earl Wilcox, Aladean Layman.

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Otis High School Students 1928

Otis High School Students 1928

Student on left of middle row is Mary Downing. Student sitting, bottom row, third from left is probably Coyne Cooley. Rest unidentified. Photo donated by Barbara Carey.

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Washington County High Schools Class of 1931

SchoolGraduates
Akron High SchoolMildred Marie Bean, Mary Ellen Bricker, Ila Eleanor Crossman, Cleta Eugenia Curtis, Loren Edwin Davis, Glenn Deno Rowland, Beverley Verlee Daniels, Carlos Michael Gebauer, Frederick Paul Hite, Augusta Elizabeth Hersberg, Gladys Meryle Ivers, Edgar Allen Jay, Dora May Jay, Wilma Catharine Powell, Nellie Irene Peck, Vera Lucerne Parker, Fay Mae Lowry, Aurora Roselia Lundquist, Norvan Lawrence McTaggart, Lorene Genevieve Steinmetz, Loretta Josephine Yonker, Gladys Marie Venrick, George Creed Welch, Elizabeth Henrietta Weske.
Otis High SchoolWilliam Wesly McConnell, Adam Gross, John Elwyn Layher, Robert Ellsworth Goltry, Maynard William Staudenraus, Fay Dean Markham, Ruby Blanch Muchow, Lucile Lucas, Maida Adell Lisle, Ina Elizabeth O'Neal, Mary Alvina Downing, Marion Abby Mountain, Helen Louise Kroger, Wilber Clesson Haver, Francis Berend Batterman.
Woodrow High SchoolCoe Martin Sharp, Vera Abigail Sherrer, Katherine Aleta Warner, Helen Mae McGilvray, Clara Leona Smith, Cleo Margaret Henderson.
Platner High SchoolJames Henry Plant, Opal Pasiline Highland, Ernest Vincent Plant, Norma Frances Campbell, Mildred Elizabeth Hickman, Katherine Reid, Vesta Aileen Guertner.
Lone Star High SchoolElva Gay Gillespie, Marie Samantha Polzel, Verna Marie Stoner.
Cope High SchoolAgnes Louise Drullinger, Walter Wayne Laybourn.
Roosevelt High SchoolHazel Elizabeth Acre, Birdie Gertrude Slater, David Elmer Higgason, Elma Lucille Repp.
High Prairie High SchoolErma Gertrude Martin, Ona Lucille Martin, Harold Irvin Resler, Lenora Grace Hefty, Minnie Reginia Sauer, Ivis Harry Resler, George Franklin Wagner, Chester G. Kinnison.
Lindon High SchoolHarold E. Baker, Elmer L. Provancha, Charles W. Frederickson, J.D. Cox, Genevieve O. Mullanox, Shirley M. Green.

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West Hyde Grade School About 1938

West Hyde Grade School About 1938

Left to right: Leonard Jingles, Darrel Behrendsen, Donald Behrendsen, Betty Behrendsen, Selma Fisher & Charlotte Church. Teacher: Lillian Judy.
Photo donated by Darrel Behrendsen. Located 3 miles south and 3 miles west of Hyde.

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