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    PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL

 

     Meacham Township, Marion County, Illinois

 

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Teachers from PRAIRIE GROVE SCHOOL – District #13  (Meacham twp.)

(The district #13 school was referred to as "MANGNER SCHOOL" in the 1918-21 county school directories)

 

(According to "The Kinmundy Express" on Oct. 11, 1951, an article was included about the original records of the local school districts, the districts were established in 1872.   In the first records available from 1877, it states that in Meacham twp., Prairie Grove School was District #13.)

 

(1900-01)  Miss Minnie Parker

 

(1903-04)   Netta M. Rochat ($33.33)

(1904-05)   Miss Rochat

 

(1909-10)   Ruth Zimm

 

(1911-12)   Gracie Tate

 

(1915-16)  Glenn Wells

 

(1917-18)  Miss Jessie Fish

(1918-19)  Grace Mangner

 

(1920-21)  Florence Jack

 

(1922-23)  Veda Jones

(1923-24)  Gladys Brown

 

(1926-27)  Theodore Mangner

 

(1928-29)  Ruth Lesher

(1930-31)  Mabel Foster

(1931-32)  Cornelia Lapere

(1932-33)  Doris Boynton

(1933-34)  Doris Boynton

(1934-35)  Doris Boynton

(1935-36)  Doris Boynton

(1936-37)  Iris L. Brown

(1937-38)  Miss Iris Brown

(1938-39)  Miss Betty Anne Winegarner

(1939-40)   Miss Betty Adams

(1940-41)  Virginia Seamans

(1941-42)  Henry A. Kramer

(1942-43)  Mary Ellen Weaver

(1943-44)  Virginia Roberts

(1944-45)  Glenn Wells

(1945-46)  Ruby Reese

(1946-47)  Mrs. Mary Reese   (Otto Reese was listed in other sources)

(1947-48)  Mrs. Mary E. Reese    (Otto Reese was listed in other sources)

(1948-49)  No School

 

(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.)

 

 

 

Year

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

Names of Directors at Prairie Grove School (#13)

1915-1916

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

S.E. Howell, J.M. Holmes, A.J. Howell

1918-1919

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

Chas. S. Keller – Treasurer

J.M. Holmes, Mark Boyd, A.J. Howell

1920-1921

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

E.E. Brown – Treasurer

Monroe Holmes, Wm. Spade, Frank Reese

1922-1923

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

E.E. Brown – Treasurer

J.M. Holmes, Dean Parrill, Frank Reese

1923-1924

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

E.E. Brown – Treasurer

J.M. Holmes, Dean Parrill, Frank Reese

1926-1927

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

J.F. Britton; E.E. Brown – Treasurer

H.E. Storck, Dean Parrill, J.H. Jasper

1928-1929

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

E.E. Brown – Treasurer

John Jasper, Dean Parrill, Wm. Meyer

1930-1931

David Courson -  President; Chas. Mangner;

E.A. Merritt; E.E. Brown – Treasurer

Frank Reese, Dean Parrill, William Meyer

1931-1932

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

E.E. Brown - Treasurer

Frank Reese, Dean Parrill, Chas. O. Bee

1932-1933

Charles Mangner, Roy Neal, Wm. Chasteen,

E.E. Brown - Treasurer

Charles Bee, Dean Parrill, Dewey Combs

1933-1934

Charles Mangner, Elmer Neal, Wm. Chasteen;

E.E. Brown – Treasurer

Dewey Combs, Lowell Reese, Dean Parrill

1934-1935

Elmer Neal, Edd Heicher, Ervin Hampsten;

E.E. Brown – Treasurer

Dewey Combs, Lowell Reese, Dean Parrill

1935-1936

Fred Holzhausen – President; Ed Heicher; Elmer Neal;

E.E. Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Dewey Combs – President; Lowell Reese – Clerk;

Dean Parrill

1936-1937

Fred Holzhausen – President; Ed Heicher, Elmer Neal;

E.E. Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Dewey Combs – President; Lowell Reese – Clerk;

Dean Parrill

1937-1938

Arthur Courson, Ed Helcher, Fred Holzhausen,

E.E. Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Dewey Combs – President; Lowell Reese – Clerk;

Dean Parrill

1938-1939

Arthur Courson – President; Ed Heicher, Fred Holzhausen,

E.E. Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Dewey Combs – President; Lowell Reese – Clerk;

Dean Parrill

1939-1940

Arthur Courson – President; Fred Holzhausen; Willie Slane;

Iris Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Dewey Combs – President; Lowell Reese – Clerk;

Dean Parrill

1940-1941

Arthur Courson – President; Fred Holzhausen; Willie Slane;

Iris Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Dewey Combs – President; Lowell Reese – Clerk;

Walter Lambird

1941-1942

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

Miss Iris Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Walter Lambird – President; Lowell Reese – Clerk;

Chas. Mangner

1942-1943

Arthur Courson – President; Charles E. Fogler;

Iris Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Charles Mangner – President; Walter Leonard – Clerk;

Glen McCarty

1943-1944

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

Iris Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Chas. Mangner – President; Walter Leonard – Clerk;

Glen McCarty

1944-1945

Dewey Combs – President; Chas. E. Fogler;

Ira Krutsinger; Iris Brown – Twp. Treasurer

Murrell Reese – President; Glen McCarty – Clerk;

Arthur Weiss

1945-1946

Dewey Combs – President; Chas. Fogler;

Ira Krutsinger; Mrs. Georgia Soldner – Twp. Treasurer

Murrell Reese – President; Glen McCarty – Clerk;

Art Weiss

1946-1947

Dewey Combs – President; Ira Krutsinger; Charlie Fogler;

Mrs. Georgia Soldner – Twp. Treasurer

Murrell Reese – President; Glen McCarty – Clerk;

Art Weiss

1947-1948

Dewey Combs – President; Ira Krutsinger; Charlie Fogler;

Mrs. Georgia Soldner – Twp. Treasurer

Art Weiss – President; Glen McCarty – Clerk;

Murrell Reese

1948-1949

Dewey Combs – President; Ira Krutsinger; Charlie Fogler;

Mrs. Georgia Soldner – Twp. Treasurer

Murrell Reese – President; Glen McCarty – Clerk;

Arthur Weiss

1949-1950

Dewey Combs – President; Ed Dillon; Ira Krutsinger;

Mrs. Georgia Soldner – Twp. Treasurer

Murrell Reese – President; Glen McCarty – Clerk;

Arthur Weiss

1950-1951

Dewey Combs – President; Ed Dillon; Ira Krutsinger;

Mrs. Georgia Soldner – Twp. Treasurer

Murrell Reese – President; Glen McCarty – Clerk;

Kenneth Elkins

 

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

 

 

Prairie Grove School; 19011-1912

Prairie Grove School; one mile south of Farina; Meacham twp., Marion Co., IL; Gracie Tate, teacher; 1911-12

Back row: Edna Howell, Grace Mangner, Eva Lackey, Elizabeth Mangner, Gracie Tate (teacher)

Middle row: Roy Graham, Charles Mangner, Elmer Holmes, Elsworth Lackey, Dora Mangner, Cleda Howell

Front row: Freda Howell, Cleon Parrish

 

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