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    ARNOLD CHAPEL SCHOOL

                    (also known as Lester School)

        Foster Township, Marion County, Illinois

 

 

 

 

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Teachers from ARNOLD CHAPEL SCHOOL – District  #32 (Foster twp.)

                              (also known as Lester School, since it was located in Lester)

 

Kinmundy Independent May 27, 1880: They have taken one mile of Fosterburg school district and one half mile off North Fork and are going to put a school house near Arnold’s Chapel.  Samuel JONES, Eli W. JONES, and Jas. ARNOLD are the new Directors

 

(1884-85)  Massey Arnold

 

(1903-04)  Bessie Charlton ($34)

(1905-06)  Robert Quayle      

 

(1908)       Mag Pearson 

 

(1915-16)  J.L. Ballance   

(1915-16)  Ethel Painter (according to Marion Co. School Directory) 

(1918-19)  Anna Eagan

 

(1920-21)  Nelle Walker

(1922-23)  W.L. Green

(1923-24)  Edwin Walker

 

(1926-27)  Harold Arnold

 

(1928-29)  Edna Hopkins 

 

(1930-31)  Mrs. Edna Williams

(1931-32)  Harold Arnold

(1932-33)  Ruth Doolen

(1933-34)  Mrs. Edna S. Williams

(1934-35)  Mrs. Edna S. Williams

(1935-36)  Letta Hopkins

(1936-37)  Howard Thurman

(1937-38)  Howard G. Thurman

Sept. 23, 1937: There was no school at Arnold Chapel Monday on account of the death of the School Teacher’s baby.                          

(1938-39)  Susie Malone

(1939-40)  Susie Malone

(1940-41)  Mira Headley

(1941-42)  Mrs. Mira Headley Simmons

(1942-43)  Ira E. Kinney

(1943-44)  Ira E. Kinney

(1944-45)  Ruby Reese

(1945-46)  Nellie Mae Hake

(1946-47)  Miss Leah Pearl Walton

(1947-48)  Mrs. Alice Hanna

(1948-49)  No school

 

C-5 Consolidated district was formed in Fall of 1949 for Foster township.:  Students from North Fork, Arnold Chapel, Jones, Sandy Branch, and Green Ridge communities.  Students were sent to the Green Ridge School house.

 

(The above information was gathered from "The Kinmundy Express" articles, School photos, and Marion County School Directories.)

 

The Marion County Genealogical & Historical Society gave the following list of teachers from Arnold Chapel School:

 

Mr. Martin

Sherman Kell - 1902

Bessie Charlton

Edna Charlton

Grace Tate

Grace Robb

Dove Robb

Robert Quayle

Nelda (Meadors) Wassem

Martha Walker

Gladys (Quayle) Wengert

Anna (Eagan) Corry

Edwin Walker

Blanche (Doolen) Atkins

Mrs. Ida Williams

Harold Arnold

Howard Thurman

Myra (Headley) Simmons

Ruth (Doolen) Phinney

Lettie Hopkins

Gilbert Doolen

 (“Footprints” in Marion County; Vol. 32; No. 3; Winter 2007;

   Marion County Genealogical & Historical Society)

 

 

Year

Names of Trustees for Foster twp.; Town 4, Range 2

Names of Directors for Arnold Chapel

1915-1916

M. Lee, G.W. Frizzell, and David Headley

Twp. Treasurer: A.I. Eagan

C.E. Arnold, J.N. Shaw, S.W. Arnold

1918-1919

David Headley - President; M. Lee – Clerk; G.W. Frizzell;

A.I. Headley - Treasurer

John N. Shaw, C.E. Arnold, Sam Arnold

1920-1921

C.W. Lowe – President; G.W. Frizzell – Clerk; M. Lee;

A.I. Eagan – Treasurer

S.W. Arnold, M.H. Doolen, W.C. Lowe

1922-1923

C.W. Lowe – President; M. Lee – Clerk; T.M. Jones;

A.I. Eagan – Treasurer

John N. Shaw, M.H. Doolen, W.C. Lowe

1923-1924

C.W. Lowe – President; M. Lee – Clerk; T.M. Jones;

A.I. Eagan – Treasurer

J.N. Shaw, M.H. Doolen, T.I. Arnold

1926-1927

Joseph Hathaway - President; Osborne Lucas – Clerk;

A.D. Nichols; A.I. Eagan – Treasurer

J.N. Shaw, M.H. Doolen, T.I. Arnold

1928-1929

Joseph Hathaway – President; T.M. Jones; W.H. Jones;

A.I. Eagan – Treasurer

T.I. Arnold, Grace Lowe, J.N. Shaw

1930-1931

Joseph Hathaway – President; T.M. Jones; W.S. Jones;

A.I. Hathaway – Treasurer

W.E. Holt, Grace Lowe, C.C. Lowe

1931-1932

Joseph Hathaway, T.M. Jones, W.H. Jones, A.I. Eagan

W.E. Holt, Grace Lowe, C.C. Lowe

1932-1933

T.M. Jones, O.T. Walton, T.T. Haynes,

A.I. Eagan - Treasurer

John Shaw, Grace Lowe, Cecil Lowe

1933-1934

T.M. Jones, O.T. Walton, T.T. Haynes;

A.I. Eagan - Treasurer

John Shaw, Earny Jones, Mrs. Grace Lowe

1934-1935

O.T. Walton, T.M. Jones, T.T. Haynes,

A.I. Eagan – Treasurer

John N. Shaw, S.E. Jones, Louis Jones

1935-1936

O.T. Walton – President; T.T. Haynes, T.M. Jones

Louis H. Jones – President; S.E. Jones- Clerk; J.N. Shaw

1936-1937

O.T. Walton – President; T.M. Jones;

C.A. Walton – Township Treasurer

Louis Jones – President; S.E. Jones – Clerk; John Shaw

1937-1938

Tom Jones – President; S.C. Green; Tom Donoho

Lewis H. Jones – President; S.E. Jones – Clerk; J.N. Shaw

1938-1939

Tom Donoho – President; Tom Jones, Tack Green

Lewis Jones – President; S.E. Jones – Clerk; John Shaw

1939-1940

Tom Donoho – President; S.C. Green; Abbie Cox;

C.A. Walton – Twp. Treasurer

Lewis Jones – President; S.E. Jones – Clerk; John Shaw

1940-1941

Tom Donoho – President; Abbie Cox; S.C. Green;

C.A. Walton – Twp. Treas.

Monroe Lansford – President; John N. Shaw – Clerk;

S.E. Jones

1941-1942

James McNicol – President; Tom Donoho; Abbie Cox

Monroe Lansford – President; Mrs. Doris Arnold – Clerk;

S.E. Jones

1942-1943

Jim McNicol – President; Abbie Cox;

John Chance – Twp. Treas.

Paul Doolen – President; Lewis Jones – Clerk;

Monroe Lansford

1943-1944

Ed Doudera – President; James McNicol; Abbie Cox;

John Chance – Twp. Treas.

Monroe Lansford – President; Lewis Jones – Clerk;

Paul Doolen

1944-1945

Ed Doudera – President; James McNicol; Abbie Cox;

John Chance – Twp. Treas.

Monroe Lansford – President; Lewis Jones – Clerk;

Dale Arnold

1945-1946

Ed Doudera – President; Willie Lowe; Jim McNicol;

John Chance – Twp. Treas.

Monroe Lansford – President; John N. Shaw – Clerk;

Harold Chandler

1946-1947

Ed Doudera – President; James McNicol; W.C. Lowe;

John Chance – Twp. Treasurer

Clyde Green – President; Jack Cox – Clerk;

Harold Chandler

1947-1948

Ed Doudera – President; Willie Lowe; Jim McNicol;

John Chance – Twp. Treasurer

Clyde Green – President; Jack Cox – Clerk;

Harold Chandler

 

 (The above information was gathered from Marion County School Directories.)

 

 

Arnold Chapel School; Foster Twp., Marion Co., IL  – Nov., 23, 1903;

(Written on the back of the photo were these two rows of names)

 

Bessie Jones, Nellie Jones, Fred Atkins, Edgbert Holt, Elsie Lowe, Ed Walker, Martha Walker, Lew Engler, Earl Arnold

 

Earna Jones, Jim Arnold, Orie Atkins, Sam Lowe, Sam Jones, Hobart Arnold, Omer Jones, Opal Jones, Esther Holt, Gladys Arnold, Mollie Livesay,

Cliffie (Lansford) Gillespie, Ella Engler

 

 

Arnold Chapel School; Foster Twp., Marion Co., IL; Mag Pearson, teacher – 1908;

(Written on the back of the photo were names)

Ancel Arnold, Merle Jones, Lewis Jones, Roy Jones, Cecil Lowe, Mildred Jones, Gilbert Shaw, Mae Arnold, Roger Doolen, Ellis Lansford, Pearle (Jones) Garrett, Jane Walker,

Lois Jones, Ivy Arnold, Leslie Newman, Opal Jones, Hazel Arnold, Hobart Arnold, Glen Arnold, Homer Mc___, Fred Atkins, Esther Holt, Orie Atkins, Jim Eagan, Earna Jones, Sam Jones

 

Merle Jones is holding left side of sign.  His brother, roy is behind him and to the left.  Their sister Pearle (Jones) Garrett is behind the boy in overalls standing in the front with the bows in her hair.

 

Arnold Chapel School; Foster twp., Marion Co., IL; 1926; Harold Arnold - teacher

 

 

Arnold Chapel School; Foster Twp., Marion Co., IL; Letta Hopkins, teacher – circa 1934;

Back Row: Richard Lowe, Helen (Jones) Cox, Edith Shaw, Marie (Doolen) Green, Letta Hopkins – teacher, Agnes Shaw, Earl Leat,

                   Everett Lansford, Hilda (Johnston) Webb, Lyle Jones

Front Row:  Dean Jones, Mary (Lowe) Rogers, Don Lowe, Dorothy (Lowe) Katayama, Doris Lansford, Doris (Lowe) Young, Don Doolen,

                  Harold Jones, Paul Dean Arnold, ______ Lambert

 

Arnold Chapel School; Foster Twp., Marion Co., IL; Ira Kinney, teacher – 1943;

Back Row: Gene Jones, Hilda (Johnston) Webb, Agnes (Lansford) Kuder, Joan Abernathy, Lester Johnston, Earl Johnston,

                    Donald Jones, Paul Kinney

Front Row: Ira Kinney – teacher, Margery Kinney, Doris (Lansford) Perkins, Dwight Jones, Orville Lansford, ____ Kinney, James Brumfield,

                   Cecil Lee Jones

 

 

 

Arnold Chapel sign near the corner of Jones Rd. & Vermundy Rd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arnold Chapel School, District No. 32 - Foster Township

 

Teachers:

Mr. Martin

Sherman Kell - 1902

Bessie Charlton

Edna Charlton

Grace Tate

Grace Robb (sister)

Dove Robb (sister)

Robert Quayle

Nelda (Meadors) Wassem

Martha Walker

Gladys (Quayle) Wengert

Anna (Eagan) Corry

Edwin Walker

Blanche (Doolen) Atkins

Mrs. Ida Williams

Harold Arnold

Howard Thurman

Myra (Headley) Simmons

Ruth (Doolen) Phinney

Lettie Hopkins

Gilbert Doolen

 

Older Residents:

John Wesley Arnold, James W. Arnold, Benjamin A. Morgan, George Atkins, Harmon Holt, John F. Holt (first to be buried in Holt Cemetery), Henry Holt, Wesley Doolen, Hardy Foster, Harmon Foster, Lemuel Jackson Lansford, Monroe Lansford, Rev. Cecil Lowe, Lewis Engler, Harold Chandler, William Henry Foster, Charles Lowe, Cyrus Elmer Arnold, Simpson Walker, Harrison Eagan (brother), Andrew I. Eagan (brother), William and Martha (Holt) Eagan, Jones Arnold, Edgebert Holt, Melvin Doolen, William Lowe, John Shaw, Orie Green, Ernie Jones, Dale Arnold, Lewis Jones

 

“Footprints in Marion County” - Marion Co. IL Genealogical & Historical Society

Vol. VI; Summer 1981; No. 1; p. 54

 

 

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