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         OAK RIDGE SCHOOL

        (Also known as "Tick Ridge")

         Meacham Township, Marion County, Illinois

 

 

 

 

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Teachers from OAK RIDGE  SCHOOL – District  #16 (Meacham twp.)

          (also known as Tick Ridge School or Oak Grove School)

 

(1903-04)   Millie Long  ($36)

 

(1909-10)   C.D. Parrill

 

(1915-16)   Jesse A. Payne

 

(1918-19)   Edw. Beckemeyer

 

(1920-21)   Marjorie Wade

 

(1922-23)   Victor W. Roberts

(1923-24)   Maud Monical

(1926-27)   Beryl Statton

 

(1928-29)   Verl Monical

 

(1930-31)   Verl Monical

(1931-32)   Alva Owen

(1932-33)   Mrs. Grace Middleton

(1933-34)   Mrs. Susie Malone

(1934-35)   Ben Millican

(1935-36)   Goldie L. Beard

(1936-37)   Eunice Holstlaw

(1937-38)   Nellie Phillips

(1938-39)   Leslie G. Flick

(1939-40)   Howard A. Pearson

(1940-41)   Gage Vaughn

(1941-42)   Mrs. Opal Beasley

(1942-43)   Norma Jean Phifer

(1943-44)   Lucille Hays

(1944-45)   Lucille Hays

(1945-46)   Roy Mulvaney

(1946-47)   Roy Mulvaney

(1947-48)   Glenn Wells

(1948-49)   Mrs. Alice Hanna

(1949-50)   Miss Zella Schoonover

(1950-51)   Mrs. Zella Schooley

(1951-52)   Ben Millican

(1952-53)   Harry Crosley

                         

(The above information was gathered from "The Kinmundy Express" articles, school photos, County Directories of School Teachers, and information from those who had attended school there.)

 

 

Oak Ridge School – Meacham twp - District 16

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

 

Oak Ridge School was also nicknamed “Tick _______________________ only knew it as “Tick Ridge”  It was one of the largest one-room school houses.  The road in front of the school, south, was the dividing line.  The ones living on the south side of the road went to Kinmundy schools and the ones on the north side of the road went to Farina, when it was consolidated.

Mark Mulvaney now owns the land.  Mrs. Evelyn Pillman has the big bell and Miss Lottie Mae Mulvaney has the teacher’s desk.

Morton Mulvaney served on the school board 16 years and when he asked not to vote him in again, the people voted his wife, Edith 

Ethel Mulvaney in and she served 12 years and was still in office when the school was consolidated.

At the beginning, there was no drinking water and the older children carried water from what is known now as Mrs. Evelyn Pillman’s farm house.  In later years, “Coon” Howell was hired to drill a well.  He drilled a real good well and there was plenty of drinking water.

There was also a new garage built the year Goldie Beard taught and it was made for a horse to stay in, as there were mud roads and the teacher rode a horse.  Leon Miller bought the garage at the sale.  Harvey Pillman bought the school house and tore it down.

 The “Hound Dog Club” has its annual show now where the site old Oak Ridge School set.  The big oak trees are all gone now except one.

Here are some of the board members, I remember, serving with Morton and Edith Mulvaney: Ike Boston, Earl Courson, Harvey Pillman, Mary Sinclair, Ezra Feller, Masel Bouseman.

 

Teachers I remember:

Marjorie Walkington                         Ben Millican

Gage Vaughn                                      Lena Hays

Alva Owens                                        Leslie Flick

Roy Mulvaney                                                Glen Wells

Goldie Beard Dunlap                          Lenard Daniels

Norma Jean Phifer                              Lucille Hays

Nellie Phillips                                    Susie Malone

Zella Schoonover                               Grace Middleton

 

 

Year

Names of Trustees for Meacham twp.; Town 4, Range 4

Names of Directors at Oak Ridge School (#16)

1915-1916

A.C. Branson, E.S. Howell, C.S. Farris

A.J. Phillips, A.E. Smith, W. Hultzhaus

1918-1919

C.S. Farris – President; J.N. Jones – Clerk; E.S. Howell;

Chas. S. Keller – Treasurer

S.R. Courson, Arthur Parrill, Luke Courson

1920-1921

E.P. Lacey – President; E.G. Dillon – Clerk; J.N. Jones;

E.E. Brown – Treasurer

Wm. Chasteen, Arthur Parrill, Dave Courson

1922-1923

E.P. Lacey – President; E.G. Dillon – Clerk; J.F. Britton;

E.E. Brown – Treasurer

S.R. Courson, W.J. Chasteen, Ike Boston

1923-1924

E.P. Lacey – President; E.G. Dillon – Clerk; J.F. Britton;

E.E. Brown – Treasurer

S.R. Courson, W.L. Chasteen, Ike Boston

1926-1927

Fred Holzhausen – President; J.N. Jones – Clerk;

J.F. Britton; E.E. Brown – Treasurer

Clyde Sinclair, Fred Barker, Ezra Feller

1928-1929

David Courson – President; Glenn Wells; J.N. Jones;

E.E. Brown – Treasurer

Clyde Sinclair, Fred Barker, Ezra Feller

1930-1931

David Courson -  President; Chas. Mangner;

E.A. Merritt; E.E. Brown – Treasurer

Morton Mulvaney, Fred Holzhausen, Ezra Feller

1931-1932

David Courson; Chas. Mangner; E.A. Merritt;

E.E. Brown - Treasurer

Clyde Sinclair, Fred Holzhausen

1932-1933

Charles Mangner, Roy Neal, Wm. Chasteen,

E.E. Brown - Treasurer

Isaac Boston, Floyd Courson, David Courson

1933-1934

Charles Mangner, Elmer Neal, Wm. Chasteen;

E.E. Brown – Treasurer

Isaac Boston, Floyd Courson, David Courson

1934-1935

Elmer Neal, Edd Heicher, Ervin Hampsten;

E.E. Brown – Treasurer

Ike Boston, Morton Mulvaney, David Courson

1935-1936

Fred Holzhausen – President; Ed Heicher; Elmer Neal;

E.E. Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Isaac Boston – President; Morton Mulvaney – Clerk

Willie Butts

1936-1937

Fred Holzhausen – President; Ed Heicher, Elmer Neal;

E.E. Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Floyd Krutsinger – President; Morton Mulvaney – Clerk;

Willie Butts

1937-1938

Arthur Courson, Ed Helcher, Fred Holzhausen,

E.E. Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Floyd Krutsinger – President; M.H. Phillips – Clerk;

Jack Combs

1938-1939

Arthur Courson – President; Ed Heicher, Fred Holzhausen,

E.E. Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Floyd Krutsinger – President; Morton Mulvany – Clerk;

M.H. Phillips

1939-1940

Arthur Courson – President; Fred Holzhausen; Willie Slane;

Iris Brown – Twp. Treasurer

M.H. Phillips – President; Woodrow Wilkinson – Clerk;

Morton Mulvaney

1940-1941

Arthur Courson – President; Fred Holzhausen; Willie Slane;

Iris Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Morton Mulvaney – President; Earl Courson – Clerk;

M.H. Phillips

1941-1942

Arthur Courson – President; Willie Slane; Chas. E. Fogler;

Miss Iris Brown – Twp. Treasurer

M.H. Phillips – President; Earl Courson – Clerk;

Dave Courson

1942-1943

Arthur Courson – President; Charles E. Fogler;

Iris Brown – Twp. Treasurer

M.H. Phillips – President;

Mrs. Morton Mulvaney – Clerk; David Courson

1943-1944

Dewey Combs – President; Chas. E. Fogler; Ira Krutsinger;

Iris Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Raymond Banning – President; Edith Mulvaney – Clerk

1944-1945

Dewey Combs – President; Chas. E. Fogler;

Ira Krutsinger; Iris Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Isaac Boston – President; Edith Mulvaney – Clerk;

Mary Sinclair

1945-1946

Dewey Combs – President; Chas. Fogler;

Ira Krutsinger; Mrs. Georgia Soldner – Twp. Treasurer

Mary Sinclair – President; Edith Mulvaney – Clerk;

 

1946-1947

Dewey Combs – President; Ira Krutsinger; Charlie Fogler;

Mrs. Georgia Soldner – Twp. Treasurer

Mary Sinclair – President; Edith Mulvaney – Clerk;

Clyde Mulvaney

1947-1948

Dewey Combs – President; Ira Krutsinger; Charlie Fogler;

Mrs. Georgia Soldner – Twp. Treasurer

Mrs. Mary Sinclair – President; Mrs.

Edith Mulvaney – Clerk;  Eugene Harrell

1948-1949

Dewey Combs – President; Ira Krutsinger; Charlie Fogler;

Mrs. Georgia Soldner – Twp. Treasurer

Eugene Harrell – President;

Mrs. Edith Mulvaney – Clerk;  Harvey Pilman

1949-1950

Dewey Combs – President; Ed Dillon; Ira Krutsinger;

Mrs. Georgia Soldner – Twp. Treasurer

Harvey Pilman – President; Mrs. Edith Mulvaney – Clerk;

Eugene Harrell

1950-1951

Dewey Combs – President; Ed Dillon; Ira Krutsinger;

Mrs. Georgia Soldner – Twp. Treasurer

Harvey Pilman – President; Edith Mulvaney – Clerk

1951-1952

Carroll Simmons – President; Ed Dillon; Percy Lacey;

Mrs. Georgia Soldner – Twp. Treasurer

Harvey Pilman – President; Mrs. Edith Mulvaney – Clerk;

Clyde Mulvaney

1952-1953

Carroll Simmons – President; Ed Dillon; Percy Lacey;

Mrs. Georgia Soldner – Twp. Treasurer

Harvey Pilman – President; Mrs. Edith Mulvaney – Clerk;

Clyde Mulvaney

 

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

 

 

Oak Ridge School (also known as Tick Ridge), Meacham twp., Marion Co., IL 7th & 8th grades; Eunice Houskelaw - teacher

Fall 1936

Back row: Lavena Krutsinger, Retha (Hanks) Allen, Helen (Mulvany) Corrie, Eunice Houskelaw – teacher, Juanita Sinclair

Front row: Laurel Yates, Ernie Mulvany

 

 

 

 

Oak Ridge School (also known as Tick Ridge), Meacham twp., Marion Co., IL – Eunice Houskelaw - teacher; Fall 1936

 

 

Oak Ridge School (also known as Tick Ridge), Meacham twp., Marion Co., IL

 

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