Pleasant Hill School

 

Yuma County, Colorado


From the 1922 atlas, the school was located in the south edge of section 33, 5N 47W, north of the Fred and Lee Korf extensive holdings.

1923 Yuma Pioneer.
Pearl's sisters were Myrtle, Jennie, and Ella, brothers Dean, John, Dwight and Wayne.



March 1925 Lone Star news "Friday evening, April 3, the Lone Star teachers and students will render a program at Pleasant Hill schoo, where Miss Hazel Othausen, a well-known young lady of this neighborhood, is teachere. A pie supper will be the feature of the evening."

May 21, 1925 Pleasant Valley "Sunday school and church were not as well attended as usual. Let's all go next Sunday and make it a record attendance. Rev. Kelly will preach both morning and evening. It will be his last Sunday. He was teaching at the Pleasant Hill school. He will be missed by the Sunday School especially. Everyone come out on his last day."

September 1931 "The Pleasant Valley school played ball with the Pleasant Hill school Friday. Pleasant Valley was victorious."


When Edna Korf attended the Pleasant Hill school, her last teacher was Frank Buchanan, whom she married December 1929.

Sepember 1935 "School opened Monday with Mrs. Velma Lincoln at Pleasant Valley, Mr. White at Pleasant Hill and Miss Nedson? at Hill Top as teachers."

April 29, 1937

November 1938 "Mr. and Mrs. Harold Browning, Mr. and Mrs. Billie Moran, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Piper and Wayne Bricker were among the teachers who visited in Denver last week."

In April 1939, Wayne Bricker was teaching at the Pleasant Hill school.

In May 1939 "Wayne Brichard took the Pleasant Hill school children and parents on a picnic in Yuma and a roller skating last Friday. A grand time was reported by all."

June 1941 "Wayne Bricker left Thursday morning of last week for Boulder to attend summer school after spending a short time here with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Tribbett. He recently completed the term as principal of the schools at Dove Creek and has been engaged for another term in the same position."

1943

In 1950 Dick Henry died, with two daughter, Maybell Tribbett of Yuma, and Frances Brickr of Calhan. Grandson Wayne Bricker of Palo Alto, California.

May 1964 "a former Yuma resident, Lee Bricker, was buried last Monday in Colorado Springs. He is survived by his wife and children, Wayne Bricker of Monte Vista, and Lois Williams of Colorado Springs.
Relatives attending the funeral are a sister-in-law, Mrs. John Tribbett, and Mr. and Mrs. Grant Zech."

May 1940 "Exercises for the Bth grade class of District 85 were held at the school house Thursday evening, April 25th. Numbers were given by various pupils and Ross Blacker delivered the valedictory address. Rev. A. W. Hollars of Greeley gave an interesting talk.
Members of the graduating class are Leota Christine Prather, Leo Chris Prather, and Ross Leland Blacker.
Miss Olga Hollars taught a very successful term of school in District 85. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served to the large crowd present at the Bth grade exercises."

September 1940 "School opened at Pleasant Valley Monday with Mrs. John Steinson as teacher and Miss Olga Hollars at Pleasant Hill and Mrs. Wm. Moran at the Ford school."

May 1941 "Miss Olga Hollars closed a very successful term of school at Pleasant Hill April 18. She left for her home in Greeley Saturday. We understand that she wll return to this school this fall."

1941 "Miss Olga Hollars, of Greeley, teaches at the Pleasant Hill school and Mrs. Stuck, of Yuma, teaches at Pleasant Valley."

June 1942 Wray Gazette "Word was received here that Miss Olga Hollars, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. A. W. Hollars, is very low at the Denver General hospital. Eckley friends of Miss Hollars sincerely hope for her speedy recovery."

July 1943 Eckley items " News was received here this morning of the death of Olga Hollars in Boulder. Olga attended school in Eckley during the years that her father was the minister here of the local church. Funeral services and interment we understand will be at Boulder Wednesday of this week. The community extends deepest sympathy to Rev. and Mrs. flollars. "

April 20, 1950 Wray Gazette

" News was received here this morning (Monday) of the death of the Olga Hollars in Boulder. Olga attended school in Eckley during the years that her father was the minister here of the local church. Funeral services and interment we understand will be at Boulder Wednesday of this week. The community extends deepest sympathy to Rev. and Mrs. flollars. "

August 31, 1972 "Dr. John Browning White, associate professor of library science at Northern Illinois University since 1964, retired. He and his wife, Lucille McVey White, will reside in Colorado Springs.
From 1950 to 1963 Dr. White was director of library and archives at the Nebraska State Historical Society. His M.A. and Ph.D. degrees, both in history are from the University of Nebraska. Both Dr. and Mrs. White have library degrees from the University of Denver. Dr. White was the teacher at the Pleasant Hill School north of Yuma in 1935-1936.

Avis Marie Blach Willeke was born on May 30, 1918, the eldest of eight children born to Ambrose and Katie (Brand) Blach in Yuma, CO. She died on January 12, 2010 at the Colorado Plains Medical Center after a long fulfilled and wonderful life.
Avis attended the Hammond School and graduated from the Yuma High School in 1934. After attending college in Greeley for two years, she obtained a Rural Certificate. She taught one year at Pleasant Hill School northeast of Yuma for $80 a month, and two years at Prairie View northwest of Yuma. While teaching here, many activities were shared with the Hammond, Enterprise, Pleasant Hill and Liberty Hill schools. After receiving her BA Degree from Colorado State College of Education at Greeley in Business and English in 1940, she taught at the Waverly High School north of Fort Collins for three years and worked as a clerk at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal for a year.
While teaching at Waverly she met Raymond Willeke who was farming in the area. They were married on August 18, 1943 in Akron, Colorado, and celebrated their 53rd Anniversary before he died on May 30, 1996. They had farmed a few years at Wellington, Galeton, and Gary south of Brush before moving to their present home sixteen miles northwest of Otis in 1949, which was purchased from Charles Halsey.


October 1945 "Thanks to the teacher, Miss Dorothy Herman, and the children of Pleasant Hill school, a very enjoyable program and box supper was held last Thursday enening. Proceeds from the boxes amounted to $70."

January 1946 "Lynn Friend began teaching the Pleasant Hill school last week."

August 1946 "Mrs. Rose Jessen will teach this term at the Pleasant Hill school."

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