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PLEASANT HILL / WHITE SCHOOL

           Alma Township, Marion County, Illinois

 

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Teachers from PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL – District  #73 (Alma twp.)

                                              (also known as White School)

 

(1903-04)    Lula Coffin ($30)

 

(1911-12)    Mrs. Grace Kagy

(1914)         Jessie Bundy

(1915-16)    Mabel Foster

 

(1918-19)   Margaret Coughlin

 

(1920-21)   Anita Winks

(1922-23)   Florence Jack

(1923-24)   Leta Telford

(1926-27)   Mrs. Lucy Sturms

 

(1928-29)   Effa Featherly

(1929-30)   Helen (Gardner) Carruthers

           (she was from Murphysboro, IL, and a sister to Lelia (Gardner) Ford)

(1930-31)   Ruby Sullens

(1931-32)   Grace R. Jackson

(1932-33)   Grace R. Jackson

(1933-34)   Grace Jackson

(1934-35)   Mrs. Grace Jackson

(1935-36)   Grace Jackson

(1936-37)   Grace Jackson

(1937-38)   Mrs. Grace Jackson

(1938-39)   Mrs. Rada (Garrett) Caldwell (later married John S. Ford)

(1939-40)   Mrs. Rada (Garrett) Caldwell (later married John S. Ford)

(1940-41)   Mrs. Rada (Garrett) Caldwell (later married John S. Ford)

(1941-42)   Mrs. Rada (Garrett) Caldwell (later married John S. Ford)

(1942-43)   Phyllis Middleton

(1943-44)   Beryl Statton Smith

(1944-45)   Beryl Smith

(1945-46)   No School

(1946-47)   Mrs. Beryl Smith

(1947-48)   Mrs. Beryl Smith

(1948-49)   Mrs. Beryl Smith

(1949-50)   Mrs. Vera Sheffield

(1950-51)   Miss Cathryn Polanka

Oct. 4, 1951: requested for annex into Kinmundy

 

(The above information was gathered from "The Kinmundy Express" articles, student memories, school photos, and Marion Co. school directories.)

 

White School Residents

Pleasant Hill School – District 73 – Alma twp.

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

 

Orcelas See

Charles See

John White

Nora White

_____ White

A.V. Schermerhorn

Joseph Telford (gave this land for the school)

Willie Wantland

Ed Ford

Burden Pullen

_____ Yost

_____ Purcell

John A. Broom

William E. Williams

Myron Craig

Lloyd Alderson

Charles Ford

Alfred Mulvaney

Raymond Beard

Gordon Shreffler

Hurshel Maxey

 

Miss Maude Hollenbeck taught White School 1896-1897 having the following list of pupils:

-        Frank E. Schermerhorn, Earnest M. Schermerhorn, May Schermerhorn, Nellie Schermerhorn (Mrs. John A. Broom), Grace Schermerhorn (Mrs. Jesse Broom) – All Children of A.V. Schermerhorn

-        Lida M. See, Florence See (Mrs. Florence See Howell), Carrie See, Gertrude See, Nellie See (Mrs. Joe Mazanek) – all children of Orcelas See, who was often known as Selly and the father of 10 children

-        Blanch Pullen, Ruth Pullen, Burdette Pullen, Walter Pullen – all one family

-        Dora Purcell, Elsie Purcell

-        Roy Telford, Nora Telford – their father (Joseph Telford) gave the land for the school

-        Ella Yost, Clark Yost (became a Methodist minister and later President of McKendree College)

 

 

Year

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

Names of Directors for Pleasant Hill / White School (#73)

1915 - 1916

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

S.K. Spitler – township treasurer

L.E. Muehlhausen, L.E. Howe, Robert Bell

1918 - 1919

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

C.M. See; S.K. Spitler – Treasurer

George Speice, Mrs. Laura Telford

1920 - 1921

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

E.G. Ford; S.K. Spitler – Treasurer

Alonzo Baylis, Laura Telford, Sarah Ford

1922 - 1923

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

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

Sarah Ford, Laura Telford, Geo. Spiece

1923 - 1924

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

Homer Kagy; S.K. Spitler – Treasurer

Sarah Ford, Laura Telford, Geo. Spiece

1926 - 1927

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

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

Sarah Ford, Myron Craig, Fred Foster

1928 - 1929

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

H.D. Thompson – Treasurer

John Ford, Myron Craig, W.E. Williams

1930 - 1931

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

H.D. Thompson – Treasurer

Walter Gaston, J.W. Kennedy, John S. Ford

1931 - 1932

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

Joe Mazanek - Treasurer

Walter Austin, J.W. Kennedy, John S. Ford

1932 - 1933

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

Joe Mazanek – Treasurer

Walter Austin, J.W. Kennedy, John S. Ford

1933 - 1934

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

Joe Mazanek - Treasurer

J.W. Kennedy, Myron Craig, John Ford

1934 - 1935

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

Joe Mazanek – Treasurer

J. Leslie McWhirter, Myron Craig, J.W. Kennedy

1935 - 1936

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

Joe Mazanek – Township Treasurer

John Broom – President; Myron Craig – Clerk;

Leslie McWhirter

1936 - 1937

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

Joe Mazanek – Township Treasurer

John S. Ford – President; J.A. Broom – Clerk;

J.L. McWhirter

1937 - 1938

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

Joe Mazanek – Township Treasurer

John S. Ford – President; J.A. Broom – Clerk;

Loyd Alderson

1938 - 1939

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

Joe Mazanek – Township Treasurer

John S. Ford - President; Loyd Alderson – Clerk;

Raymond Beard

1939 - 1940

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

Joe Mazanek – Township Treasurer

Raymond Beard – President; Loyd Alderson – Clerk;

John S. Ford

1940 - 1941

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

Joe Mazanek – twp. treasurer

John S. Ford – President; Loyd Alderson – Clerk;

Raymond Beard

1941 - 1942

C.E. Rainey – President; J.A. Broom;

Joe Mazanek - Treasurer

Raymond Beard – President; Loyd Alderson – Clerk;

John Ford

1942 - 1943

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

Joe Mazanek – Twp. Treasurer

John S. Ford – President; Raymond Beard – Clerk;

Loyd Alderson

1943 - 1944

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

Joe Mazanek – Twp. Treas.

John S. Ford – President; Raymond Beard – Clerk;

H.D. Crutchfield

1944 - 1945

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

Joe Mazanek – Twp. Treas.

John S. Ford – President; Raymond Beard – Clerk;

H.D. Crutchfield

1945-1946

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

Joe Mazanek – Township Treasurer

Dan Hiestand – President; Raymond Beard – Clerk;

Dayton Crutchfield

1946-1947

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

Dave Meadors; Joe Mazanek – Twp. Treas.

Raymond Bear – President; Dan Hiestand – Clerk;

Dayton Crutchfield

1947-1948

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

Cleo Mulvaney – President; Chas. Fradenburg – Clerk;

Dayton Crutchfield

1948-1949

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

Joe Mazanek – Treasurer

Cleo Mulvaney – President; Chas. Fradenburg – Clerk;

Edgar Smith

1949-1950

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

Joe Mazanek – Treasurer

Cleo Mulvaney – President; Verne Schoonover – Clerk;

Edgar Smith

1950-1951

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

Joe Mazanek – Treasurer

Verne Schoonover – President; Earnest Broom – Clerk;

Chas. Fradenburg

1951-1952

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

Joe Mazanek – Treasurer

 

  

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

 

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma twp., Marion Co., Illinois -  Jessie Bundy, teacher; 1914

Back row: Jessie Bundy - teacher, Cleata Howe, Ethan Allen Hilton, Harvey Bell, Elmer Bell, Alma Muehlhausen

Second row: John Bell, Opal Hilton, Earl Muehlhausen, Louis Muehlhausen

First row: Minnie (Howe) Kirgan, Marie Mayhill, Helen (Muehlhausen) Williams, Irene Bell

Seated front with slate: Floyd Muehlhausen

 

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma twp., Marion Co., Illinois -  Lucy E. Sturm, teacher; ca 1927

Back row: 1)________, 2)_________, 3)_________, 4) Gertrude (Mazanek) Braden Fitch, 5)__________, 6) Lucy E. Sturm, teacher

Front row: 1)________, 2)_________, 3)_________, 4) ___________, 5)__________

 

 

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma twp., Marion Co., Illinois;

Helen (Gardner)Carruthers, teacher; October 2, 1929

In Back: Hartzel Powell

Middle Row: Burdette Swift, Albert Eagan, Mary Margaret Kennedy, Gladys Powell, Paul Foster, Frances Parker

Front Row: Violet (Powell) Widdows, Grover Hite, Viola Powell, _____________, Ambrose Craig, Vera Powell,  Helen McWhirter,

Dorcas (Clow) Curry, Valda Swift, Helen (Gardner) Carruthers - teacher (she was a sister to Lelia (Gardner) Ford from Alma)

 

White School (Pleasant Hill School); Alma twp., Marion Co., IL; Grace (Ross) Jackson – teacher - 1931

Back row: Grace (Ross) Jackson, _____________ (boy) , ___________(tall dark hair), _____________(girl), ____________(boy)

3rd row: Dorcas (Clow) Curry (white dress with middle part), Mary Margaret Kennedy (dark dress) , Helen McWhirter, ______________ (with vest)

2nd row: ___________(girl), Ernest Broom (boy with plain overalls), Ambrose Craig (with short pants), ______________(with short pants)

Front row in center:  Howard Broom

 

 

White School (Pleasant Hill School); Alma twp., Marion Co., IL; Ava Williams - teacher; 1931

Back row: Dorcas (Clow) Curry, Mary Margaret Kennedy, ________________

Middle row: Ambrose Craig, Ernest Broom, Helen McWhirter, Ava Williams - teacher 

Front row:  _______________, ________________ ____________(little girl in very front), Howard Broom, Lillian Jackson

 

 Dale Wagoner, Dorcas (Clow) Curry, Mary Ann Clow are also in the photo

 

 

White School (Pleasant Hill School); Alma twp., Marion Co., IL

Written by Grace Jackson:

Mrs. Foster, Mrs. McWhirter, Mrs. See

Blanche Austin, Blanche Kennedy, Mrs. Kile

 

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); 1932-1933

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma twp. Marion Co., Illinois; Grace Jackson, teacher; 1932-33 

Back Row: Grace Jackson - teacher, Ambrose Craig, Helen McWhirter, Dale Broom, Mary Margaret Kennedy, Ernest Broom,

Dorcas (Clow) Curry

Front Row (holding sign): Howard Broom, Mary Ann (Clow) Wiley

(not in photo: Hubert Waggoner)

 


Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma twp. Marion Co, Illinois;

Grace Jackson, teacher; Oct. 17, 1933 (grade indicated in parenthesis)

Back Row: Ernest Broom (7), Helen McWhirter (7), Mary Margaret Kennedy (7), Dorcas (Clow) Curry (7), Grace Jackson – teacher

Front Row: Dale Phillips (1), Mary Ann (Clow) Wiley (4), Lois Smith (1) (holding sign), Howard Broom (4), Ambrose Craig (7)

 

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma twp. Marion Co, Illinois;

Back: Edwin Shreffler, Ernest Broom, Ambrose Craig

Front: Howard Broom, Jimmy Walker

 

White School with Jimmy Lee Walker and Elizabeth Broom - March 26, 1935

 

Pleasant Hill School, (also known as White School) Alma twp, Marion Co., IL; ca 1935

Back: Dorcas (Clow) Curry, Mary Margaret Kennedy, Helen McWhirter

Front: Mary A. Clow and Elizabeth Broom

 

 

 


Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); 1935-1936

Pleasant Hill School (known as White School); Alma Twp., Marion Co, IL – Grace Jackson, teacher - 1935-36

Bob Ford, James Chance, Howard Broom, Ambrose Craig, Mary Ann (Clow) Wiley, Harold Chance, Elizabeth Broom, Jimmy Walker,

Betty (Chance) Mulvaney; Grace Jackson - teacher

 

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); 1935 

  

Pleasant Hill School, (also known as White School); Alma twp, Marion Co., IL; Grace Jackson, teacher; Photo #1 - ca 1935

1)      Harold Chance; 2) Jimmy Walker; 3) Elizabeth Broom; 4) _____________; 5) ____________; 6) Jean (Ford) Krutsinger;

7)      Bob Ford; 8) Betty (Chance) Mulvaney; 9)_____________; 10) Mary Ann (Clow) Wiley; 11) Ed Shreffler;

13)  Ambrose Craig; 14) Howard Broom; 15) Pearl Telford; 16) Barney Craig’s mother; 17) _____________; 18) Lois (Baylis) Howell;

19)  Hazel Shreffler; 20) Nellie Broom; 21)_____________; 22) Helen McWhirter; 23) _______________; 24) Dorcas (Clow) Curry;

25)  John W. Ford; 26) Mary Margaret Kennedy; 27) ______________, 28) ________________; 29) ________________;

30) ____________; 31) Blanche ?Austin; 32) John S. Ford; 33) Lelia (Gardner) Ford; 34) ?Jim Kennedy?; 35) Blanche Kennedy;

36) John Broom; 37)_____________, 38) Barney Craig; 39) Hazel Craig

 

 

Pleasant Hill School, (also known as White School) - ca 1935

Alma twp, Marion Co., IL;

Back row: _______________, Nellie Broom, Lelia Ford, Hazel Craig

Front row: Barney Craig's mother, Pearl Telford, ______________, Blanche Kennedy, _______________

 

 

Pleasant Hill School, (also known as White School) Alma twp, Marion Co., IL; ca 1935

Barney Craig, John S. Ford, Roy Telford, John Broom, Gordon Shreffler, Leslie McWhirter, Jim Kennedy

 

 

Pleasant Hill School, (also known as White School) Alma twp, Marion Co., IL; ca 1935

Barney Craig, Pearl Telford (hiding), John S. Ford, John Broom, Gordon Shreffler, Leslie McWhirter, Jim Kennedy

 

Pleasant Hill School, (also known as White School); Alma twp, Marion Co., IL; Grace Jackson, teacher;

Photo #2 - ca 1935

Back row: Helen McWhirter, Dorcas (Clow) Curry, _____________ in front of Mary Margaret Kennedy, Grace Jackson – teacher, ______________

Front row:  _____________, Jimmy Walker, Edwin Shreffler, Ernie Broom with John W. Ford, ____________,  Jean Ford, _________,

Ambrose Craig holding Howard Broom (Bob Ford in left corner of school)

 

 

    

Pleasant Hill School, (also known as White School); Alma twp, Marion Co., IL - 8th grade graduates – June 1935

Back row: Helen McWhirter, Mary Margaret Kennedy, Dorcas (Clow) Curry

Front row: Edwin Shreffler, Ernest Broom, Ambrose Craig

 

 

         

Pleasant Hill School, (also known as White School); Alma twp, Marion Co., IL - 8th grade graduates – June 1935

                   Mary Margaret Kennedy                                            Helen McWhirter

 

 

White School (Pleasant Hill School); Alma Twp; Marion Co., IL; ca 1937

Mary Ann (Clow) Wiley, ______________, Howard Broom, Barbara Alderson, Elizabeth Broom, Mary ___________,

Bob Ford, Jean (Ford) Krutsinger, Donald Craig, Harry Maxey, Pauline (Walker) Shuh, Louise ________, Louise Young, Jimmy Walker

 

 

White School (Pleasant Hill School); Alma Twp; Marion Co., IL; 1938

Jean (Ford) Krutsinger, Louise _________, Donald Craig, Pauline (Walker) Shuh, Louise Young

 

 

 

White School (Pleasant Hill School); Alma Twp; Marion Co., IL; 1938

Elizabeth Broom, Jimmy Walker, Bob Ford, Harry Maxey, Marie Young

 

 

 

White School (Pleasant Hill School); Alma Twp; Marion Co., IL; 1938

Mary Ann (Clow) Wiley, ______________, Barbara Alderson, Howard Broom

 

 

 

White School (Pleasant Hill School); Alma Twp; Marion Co., IL; 1938

Back row: Jimmie Walker, Elizabeth Broom, Grace (Ross) Jackson - teacher, Louise ________, Pauline Walker

Front row: Louise Young, Mary Young, Donald Craig, Bob Ford, Jean (Ford) Krutsinger, Harry Maxey

 

 

 Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma Twp., Marion Co, IL  – 1938

Back Row: Barbara Alderson, ____________, Mary Ann (Clow) Wiley, Howard Broom

Middle Row: Bob Ford, Harry Maxey, Elizabeth Broom, Jimmy Walker, Marie Young

Front Row: Louise Alderson, Donald Craig, Jean (Ford) Krutsinger, Pauline (Walker) Shuh, Louise Young

 

 

 

White School (Pleasant Hill School); Alma Twp; Marion Co., IL; 1938

 

 

White School (Pleasant Hill School); Alma Twp; Marion Co., IL; 1938

 

 


Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); 1938

 

Pleasant Hill School (known as White School); Alma Twp., Marion Co, IL; circa 1938

Howard Broom, Harry Maxey, Donald Craig, Jimmy Walker, Bob Ford, Jean (Ford) Krutsinger, Elizabeth Broom, Barbara Alderson,

Pauline (Walker) Shuh 

 


Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); 1939

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma Twp., Marion Co, IL; Photo #1 – ca 1939

Donald Craig, Howard Broom, Harry Maxey, Ambrose Craig, Bob Ford, & Bill Beard

 

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); 1939

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma Twp., Marion Co, IL; Photo #2 – ca 1939

 Harry Maxey, Bob Ford, & Howard Broom at Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School) in Alma Township – ca 1939

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); 1939

 Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma Twp., Marion Co, IL; Photo #3  – ca 1939

 Jean (Ford) Krutsinger, Barbara Alderson, Don Craig, Elizabeth Broom, Bob Ford, Pauline (Walker) Shuh & Harry Maxey

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); 1939

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma Twp., Marion Co, IL; Photo #4 – ca 1939

Howard Broom, Jimmy Walker, Bob Ford, Harry Maxey & Don Craig

 

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); 1939

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma Twp., Marion Co, IL; Photo #5  – ca 1939

Bob Ford, Howard Broom & Jimmy Walker

 

 

                    Pleasant Hill / White School

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma Twp., Marion Co, IL  – ca 1940;

Standing: Bob Ford, ___________, Don Craig, Bill Beard, Jimmy Walker, ___________, ____________, Harry Maxey

Front row: ___________, ____________, _____________, _______________

 

 

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); 1940s

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma Twp., Marion Co, IL  – ca 1940’s;

Lela Blanche Mulvaney, Louise Alderson, Pauline (Walker) Shuh, Jean (Ford) Krutsinger, & Eileen (Beard) Malekovic

 

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma Twp., Marion Co, IL  – ca 1940;

Back row: Lela Blanche Mulvaney (behind Eileen),___________ (head hidden behind Pauline), Jean (Ford) Krutsinger,

       _____________ (only eyes and hair showing), _____________(tall girl in back),  Don Craig, ___________, Bill Beard, Bob Ford,

      __________ (boy on end)

Five in Front row: Eileen (Beard) Malekovic, ____________(white dress), Pauline (Walker) Shuh, ____________ John W. Ford

 

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); 1942

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma Twp., Marion Co, IL;

Rada (Garrett) Caldwell Ford, teacher  – ca 1942

Back row: Rada (Caldwell) Garrett Ford - teacher, Bob Ford, Jimmy Walker, Lela Blanche Mulvaney, Jean (Ford) Krutsinger,

Louise Alderson, Don Craig, Pauline (Walker) Shuh

Front row: Bill Beard, John Walker, Eileen (Beard) Malekovic, John W. Ford

 

 

Pleasant Hill School (also known as White School); Alma Twp., Marion Co, IL;

Rada (Garrett) Caldwell Ford, teacher  – ca 1942

Back row: ________, Donald Craig, Bob Ford

Middle row: Bill Beard, Pauline (Walker) Shuh, __________, Jean (Ford) Krutsinger, Louise Alderson, _________, Rada (Garrett) Caldwell Ford - teacher

Front row (two in very front): John W. Ford and Eileen (Beard) Malekovic

 

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