Kagy School

Kinmundy Historical Society

KAGY SCHOOL

Alma Township, Marion County, Illinois

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Teachers from KAGY SCHOOL – District #79 (Alma twp.)

(1897-98) O.A. “Gus” James

(1903-04) Nora Eagan ($35)

(1915-16) Garnet Kline

(1917-18) Ethel Painter

(1918-19) Ethel Pathel

(1920-21) Dorothy Murphy

(1922-23) Vera Jackson

(1923-24) Mrs. Mabel Leckrone

(1925-26) Burdette Walkington

(1926-27) Burdette Walkington

(1928-29) Ben Millican

(1930-31) Ada Brubaker

(1931-32) Ruth Conley

(1932-33) Mrs. Ruth B. Conley

(1933-34) Mrs. Ruth B. Conley

(1934-35) Mrs. Ruth B. Conley

(1935-36) Mrs. Ada B. Barksdale

(1936-37) Inez Foster

(1937-38) Vera Jackson

(1938-39) Inez Foster

(1939-40) Ruth Conley

(1940-41) Ruth B. Conley

(1941-42) Mrs. Mildred Middleton

(1942-43) Mrs. Mildred Middleton

(1943-44) Mrs. Mildred C. Middleton

(1944-45) Mrs. Mildred C. Middleton

(1945-46) Ada Barksdale

(1946-47) Mrs. Ada Barksdale

(1947-48) Mrs. Esther Powell

(1948-49) Mrs. Esther Powell

(1949-50) Mrs. Mira Simmons

(1951-52) transporting

(The above information was gathered from "The Kinmundy Express" articles, Marion Co. school directories, the One Room School Memorial, and school photos.)

KAGY SCHOOL – District 79 – Alma township

About the year of 1910, Kagy school was a new one-room school house. It was built to replace an older one which had burned. It was on the corner 1400 N – 1400 E in Alma township. The first Kagy school was located about ½ mile south of the new one. It was named “Kagy” because of two large families of Kagy’s living just north of the school, and at that time there was a large enrollment. After that generation grew up, it was small, some years around ten pupils. The land for the school was donated by Mr. Hite, and went back to the Hite farm. The last year of school was 1949-50. Myra Simmons (deceased) was the teacher. The school building was sold to Russell Shufeldt, who moved it to Redlick district and made into a very lovely home.

Some of the directors of Kagy School:

Bruce Currie

Tom Shaffer

Burdette Brasel

Ruth Hiestand, A.G. Lowry, and Paul Currie (Directors in 1950 when the school was consolidated with Salem.)

Edith Brubaker

Some of the teachers who taught at Kagy School:

Elsie Rohrbough

Gertrude Hilton

Opal Brubaker

Garnet Kline

Inez Tate

Ethel Painter

Ethel Pathel

Dorothy Murphy

Ermine Mulvaney

Mildred Chapman

Vera Jackson

Burdette Walkington

Myra Headley

Ada Brubaker

Lela Eddings

Ruth Beasley

Esther Powell

(One Room School Memorial – Archives - Salem, IL)

Year

Names of Trustees for Alma twp.; Town 3, Range 3

Names of Directors for Kagy School (#79)

1915 - 1916

Homer Kagy, C.M. See, L.N. Kennedy;

S.K. Spitler – township treasurer

Thomas Shaffer, Bruce Currie, L.E. Basom

1918 - 1919

L.N. Kennedy – President; Homer Kagy – Clerk;

C.M. See; S.K. Spitler – Treasurer

Thos. Shaffer, L.E. Basom, H.R. Beason

1920 - 1921

L.N. Kennedy – President; T.H. Purcell – Clerk;

E.G. Ford; S.K. Spitler – Treasurer

Bruce Currie, A.C. Hiestand, Harry Eagan

1922 - 1923

E.G. Ford – President; F.H. Purcell – Clerk;

L.N. Kennedy; S.K. Spitler – Treasurer

Harry Eagan, A.C. Hiestand, Edith Brubaker

1923 - 1924

E.G. Ford – President; L.N. Kennedy – Clerk;

Homer Kagy; S.K. Spitler – Treasurer

Will Currie, H.R. Eagan, C.N. McLain

1926 - 1927

E.G. Ford – President; H.P. Smith – Clerk;

J.W. Griffin; S.K. Spitler – Treasurer

Wm. Currie, R.I. Basom

1928 - 1929

C.E. Rainey – President; J.W. Griffin; E.G. Ford;

H.D. Thompson – Treasurer

Will Currie, Irl Basom, H.R. Eagan

1930 - 1931

Clyde S. Hiestand – President; C.E. Rainey; E.G. Ford;

H.D. Thompson – Treasurer

H.R. Eagan, J.I. Basom, H.H. Hiestand

1931 - 1932

E.G. Ford; J.A. Broom; Clyde Hiestand;

Joe Mazanek - Treasurer

Herschel Hiestand, Bruce Currie, H.R. Eagan

1932 - 1933

Clyde Hiestand; E.G. Ford; J.A. Broom;

Joe Mazanek – Treasurer

B.G. Brasel, Bruce Currie, H.R. Eagan

1933 - 1934

Clyde Hiestand; E.G. Ford; J.A. Broom;

Joe Mazanek - Treasurer

I.L. Hite, B.G. Brasel, H.R. Eagan

1934 - 1935

Clyde Hiestand; E.G. Ford; J.A. Broom;

Joe Mazanek – Treasurer

I.L. Hite, B.G. Brasel, B.F. Parish

1935 - 1936

Clyde Hiestand – President; E.G. Ford; Roy Telford;

Joe Mazanek – Township Treasurer

I.L. Hite – President; B.G. Brasel – Clerk;

B.F. Parish

1936 - 1937

Clyde Hiestand – President; E.G. Ford; Roy Telford;

Joe Mazanek – Township Treasurer

Raymond Garrison – President; Bruce Currie – Clerk;

B.G. Brasel

1937 - 1938

Clyde Hiestand – President; E.G. Ford; Roy Telford;

Joe Mazanek – Township Treasurer

B.G. Brasel – President; Mrs. Grace Kollman – Clerk;

Bruce Currie

1938 - 1939

Clyde Hiestand – President; C.E. Rainey; Roy J. Telford;

Joe Mazanek – Township Treasurer

Bruce Currie – President; Grace Kollman – Clerk;

Ruth Hiestand

1939 - 1940

Clyde Hiestand – President; C.E. Rainey; John Broom;

Joe Mazanek – Township Treasurer

Ruth Hiestand – President; Grace Kollman – Clerk;

Raymond Garrison

1940 - 1941

Clyde Hiestand – President; J.A. Broom; C.E. Rainey;

Joe Mazanek – twp. treasurer

Ruth Hiestand – President; A.G. Lowery – Clerk;

G.A. Fulton

1941 - 1942

C.E. Rainey – President; J.A. Broom;

Joe Mazanek - Treasurer

Loren Kline – President; A.G. Lowry – Clerk;

G.A. Fulton

1942 - 1943

C.E. Rainey – President; J.A. Broom; D.C. Meador;

Joe Mazanek – Twp. Treasurer

Ira Shaffer – President; Loren Kline – Clerk;

A.G. Lowery

1943 - 1944

C.E. Rainey – President; John Broom; D.C. Meador;

Joe Mazanek – Twp. Treas.

A.G. Lowery – President; Ira Shaffer – Clerk;

Loren Kline

1944 - 1945

C.E. Rainey – President; J.A. Broom; D.C. Meador;

Joe Mazanek – Twp. Treas.

A.G. Lowery – President; Paul Currie – Clerk;

Marvin Pitts

1945-1946

C.E. Rainey – President; Dave Meadors; J.A. Broom;

Joe Mazanek – Township Treasurer

A.G. Lowery – President; Paul E. Currie – Clerk;

Marion Pitts

1946-1947

C.E. Rainey – President; J.A. Broom – Clerk;

Dave Meadors; Joe Mazanek – Twp. Treas.

A.G. Lowery – President; Paul Currie – Clerk;

Marvin Pitts

1947-1948

Dave Meadors – President; J.A. Broom; C.E. Rainey

A.G. Lowery – President; Paul E. Currie – Clerk;

Marvin Pitts

1948-1949

D.A. Meador – President; C.E. Rainey; J.A. Broom;

Joe Mazanek – Treasurer

____________; Paul E. Currie – Clerk;

Marvin Pitts

1949-1950

W.D. Meador – President; J.A. Broom; C.E. Rainey;

Joe Mazanek – Treasurer

A.G. Lowery – President; Paul E. Currie – Clerk;

M. Pitts

1950-1951

D.C. Meador – President; J.A. Broom; C.E. Rainey;

Joe Mazanek – Treasurer

A.G. Lowery – President; Paul E. Currie – Clerk;

Frank Duncan

1951-1952

D.C. Meador – President; J.A. Broom; C.E. Rainey;

Joe Mazanek – Treasurer

A.G. Lowery – President; Frank Duncan – Clerk;

Paul E. Currie

(The above information was gathered from Marion Co. school directories.)

Kagy School – Alma twp., Marion Co., IL; O.A. “Gus” James – teacher; 1897-1898

Back row: Luther Basom, Ernest Kagy, Oscar Smith, John Doerr, O.A. “Gus” James – teacher, Rhoda Vandeveer, Lotta Fisher, Edna Stevenson, Ethel Kagy.

Middle row: Dalton Vandeveer, Arthur Hiestand, Roy Stevenson, Oren Stevenson, Etta Doerr, Nora Hiestand, Lottie Hiestand, Tena Doerr, Mary Doerr.

Front row: Herschel Hiestand, Elmer Hiestand, Loyd Stevenson, Irl Basom, Carl Basom, Bertha Hiestand, Hazel Brubaker, Wilbur Slagley, Pearl Basom

Kagy School – Alma twp., Marion Co., IL – 1914

Kagy School – Alma twp., Marion Co., IL – Nov. 6, 1917; Ethel Painter, teacher

Kagy School – Alma twp., Marion Co., IL