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            DOOLEN SCHOOL

         Foster Township, Marion County, Illinois

 

 

 

 

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Teachers from DOOLEN SCHOOL – District  #33 (Foster twp.)

(Also known as Pleasant Valley School)

 

(Nov. 1885) R. V. McCarty

(1898)          Mae (Chance) logan

(1899-Spring) Mollie Quayle

(1899-Fall)   Mae Logan

(1900-Spring) Emma Bates

(1901-Fall) Ethel Roberts

(1901-Spring)  Melvin Doolen

(1902-1903-Fall term) – Alvin Chandler

(1903-04)   Maude Morgan ($30)

(1904-1905-Fall)  H.L. Margin

(1905-06)   Ethel Johnson

(1915-16)   Maude Underwood

 

(1918-19)  Edith Peyton                                            

 

(1920-21)  Blanche Doolen 

(1921-22)  Eugenia L. Cruse

(1922-23)  Eugenia L. Cruse

(1923-24)  Mrs. Blanche Doolen

 

(1926-27)  Lela Kell

(1928-29)  Ruth Doolen

 

(1930-31)  Ruth E. Doolen

(1931-32)  Mrs. Edna Williams

(1932-33)  Mrs. Edna Williams

(1933-34)  Mira Headley

(1934-35)  Mira Headley

(1935-36)   Darrel Doolen

(1936-37)   Ruth Reilman (also Elsie Hicks (handwritten in book))

(1936-37)   Mrs. Elsie Hicks

(1937-38)   Mrs. Elsie Hicks

Jan. 6, 1938: Doolen schoolhouse is located four miles east of Vernon.

(1938-39)   Vera M. Jackson

(1939-40)   Vera M. Jackson

(1940-41)   Susie Malone

(1941-42)   Mrs. Susie Malone

(1942-43)   Bertha Gaston 

(1943-44)   Opal Luttrell

(1944-45)   Leah Pearl Walton

(1945-46)   Marie Quick

(1946-47)   Miss Pearl M. Britt

(1947-48)   No school

(1948-49)   No School

 

(The above information was gathered from "The Kinmundy Express" articles, school photos, Marion County school directories, and writeups from those attending school there.)

 

 

Doolen School (Pleasant Valley) – District 33 – Foster twp.

Given by Thelma (Doolen) Riley

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

 

 

The land for the Doolen School Dist. 33 shows by the deed recorded Nov. 3, 1898 that Alfred Doolen sold ½ acre to the district for  $30 about 1845.  It was located 200 feet north of his home.  The school board of trustees being T.M. Jones, S.E. Green and Tom Donoho.

The Doolen School, also known as Pleasant Valley:

-        Had in 1898, 39 pupils ages 4-19,  Mae (Chance) Logan – teacher

-        1899 – Spring term Mollie Quayle, teacher

-        1900 – Spring term Emma Bates, 25 pupils, ages 6-16

-        1901 – Fall term Ethel Roberts, teacher, 35 pupils, ages 5-18

-        1901 – Spring term, Melvin Doolen, 39 pupils, ages 6-16

-        1902-1903 – Fall term Alvin Chandler

-        1904-1904-1905 – Fall term, H.L. Margin

 

Other teachers in the school district were:

Blanche Frizzell Doolen (Atkins)

Ruth Doolen Phinney

Thelma Doolen Riley

Myra Headley Simmons

Lettie Hopkins

Darrel Doolen

Ina (Kell) Doolen

Pearl Britt

Jeanne Cruse

Bertha Gaston

Elsie Hicks

Vera Jackson

Blanche Jones

Hugh Lawson

Susan Malone

Mabel Parkinson

Laura Quick

Edith Quayle

Leah Pearl Walton

Edna Williams

Board of Directors:

Clement Doolen

Orville Doolen

Mason Bassett

Wm. Beckmeyer

Paul Ehrat

Elmer Frizzell

S.C. Green

Francis Griffin

Lester Griffin

Harry Perkins

 

Given by Thelma (Doolen) Riley

 

 

Report of the Doolen School, Foster twp., Month of Nov. 1885

 

No. enrolled = 46        

No. of days taught = 23

Avery daily attendance = 24

 

Report of monthly examination of scholars whose averages in the common branches reached 85% and upward:

 

Lizzie Foster     95       

Frank Doolen               94

Edward Doolen            91

Annie Lynch                 85

Emma Jones                 85

Flora Foster                 85

Millie Doolen                85

Wm. J. Jones                85

 

R.V. McCarty, teacher

 

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

Vol. VI; Summer 1981; No. 1; p. 46

 

 

Year

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

Names of Directors for Doolen School #33

1915-1916

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

Twp. Treasurer: A.I. Eagan

M.H. Doolen, Frank Jones, Clem Doolen

1918-1919

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

A.I. Headley - Treasurer

Roy Meador, C.C. Doolen, E.E. Morgan

1920-1921

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

A.I. Eagan – Treasurer

Eli Morgan, C.C. Doolen, S.C. Green

1922-1923

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

A.I. Eagan – Treasurer

E.E. Morgan, C.C. Doolen, S.C. Green

1923-1924

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

A.I. Eagan – Treasurer

C.C. Doolen, O.J. Doolen, E.E. Morgan

1926-1927

Joseph Hathaway - President; Osborne Lucas – Clerk;

A.D. Nichols; A.I. Eagan – Treasurer

C.C. Doolen, O.J. Doolen, Paul Ehrat

1928-1929

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

A.I. Eagan – Treasurer

William Beckemeir, O.J. Doolen, Paul G. Ehrat

1930-1931

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

A.I. Hathaway – Treasurer

W.R. Hering, O.J. Doolen, Wm. Beckmeir

1931-1932

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

J. Doolen, Mason Bassett, Lewis Jones

1932-1933

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

A.I. Eagan - Treasurer

Mason Bassett, Lester Griffin, O.J. Doolen

1933-1934

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

A.I. Eagan - Treasurer

Lester W. Griffin, Paul Ehrat, Mason Bassett

1934-1935

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

A.I. Eagan – Treasurer

P.G. Ehrat, Mason Bassett, Lester Griffin

1935-1936

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

William Beemyer – President; Mason Bassett – Clerk;

Paul G. Ehrat

1936-1937

O.T. Walton – President; T.M. Jones;

C.A. Walton – Township Treasurer

Walter Wernesman – President; Mason Bassett – Clerk;

W.M. Beckmien

1937-1938

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

Forrest Reidle – President; Mason Bassett – Clerk;

W.M. Beckmeier

1938-1939

Tom Donoho – President; Tom Jones, Tack Green

Mason Bassett – President; Lester Griffin – Clerk;

Wm. Beckmeir

1939-1940

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

C.A. Walton – Twp. Treasurer

Mason Bassett – President; Lester Griffin – Clerk;

Wm. Beckmeier

1940-1941

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

C.A. Walton – Twp. Treas.

Harry Perkins – President; Lester Griffin – Clerk;

Mason Bassett

1941-1942

James McNicol – President; Tom Donoho; Abbie Cox

Harry O. Perkins – President; Mason Bassett – Clerk;

Lester Griffin

1942-1943

Jim McNicol – President; Abbie Cox;

John Chance – Twp. Treas.

Harry Perkins – President; Lester Griffin – Clerk;

Mason Bassett

1943-1944

Ed Doudera – President; James McNicol; Abbie Cox;

John Chance – Twp. Treas.

Mason Bassett – President; Harry Perkins – Clerk;

Lester Griffin

1944-1945

Ed Doudera – President; James McNicol; Abbie Cox;

John Chance – Twp. Treas.

Merle Headley – President; Harry Perkins – Clerk;

Lester Griffin

1945-1946

Ed Doudera – President; Willie Lowe; Jim McNicol;

John Chance – Twp. Treas.

Marjorie Bassett – President; Merle E. Headley – Clerk;

Harry O. Perkins

1946-1947

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

John Chance – Twp. Treasurer

Marjorie Bassett – President; Merle Headley – Clerk;

Harry Perkins

1947-1948

Ed Doudera – President; Willie Lowe; Jim McNicol;

John Chance – Twp. Treasurer

 M.E. Headley – President; H.O. Perkins – Clerk;

Marjorie Bassett

                            

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

 

Doolen School; Foster twp.; Marion Co., IL; Vera Jackson – teacher; circa 1939

Back Row: Vera Jackson – teacher, William Griffin, Irene Perkins, Bonnie (Bassett) Peyton Pritchett, _____ Bassett, ____________, ____________

Front Row: ____________, Raymond Griffin, _____ Perkins, _____ Perkins, ______________, Joan Abernathy

 

 

 

 

 

 

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