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         BROWN SCHOOL

   Omega Township, Marion County, Illinois

 

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Or maybe you have stories or memories from the "Good Old Days"?  What do YOU remember?

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                       208 Joan Dr.; Divernon, IL  62530; (217) 625-7527

            or

 

            Gladys (Corrie) See – gsee49@yahoo.com

                                         408 S. Washington St.; Kinmundy, IL 62854; (618) 547-7731

 

 

Teachers from BROWN SCHOOL - District #81 (Omega township)

 

(early 1900’s) Martha Slagley

(1903-04)   Edna Hall ($35)

 

(1911-12)   Mort Green

(1912-13)

(1913-14)

(1914-15) Grace Tate

(1915-16) Blanche Fogerson

(1916-17)

(1917-18)  Byron Millican

(1918-19)  Sophia Feller  (Byron Millican was also listed in another source)

(1919) possibly Gerald Boston

(1919-20)  Byron Millican

(1920-21)  Byron Millican ($100 per month) (this is his 4th term)

(1921-22)

(1922-23)  Ben Millican

(1923-24)  Orville Rush

(1924-25)  Darrel Butler

(1925-26)

(1926-27)  Orville B. Rush

(1927-28)  Paul Monical

(1928-29)  Paul Monical

(1929-30)

(1930-31)  Gerald Butler

(1931-32)  Lena Baker

(1932-33)  Miss Lena Baker

(1933-34)  Byron Millican

(1934-35)  Georgia E. Hedden

(1935-36)  Georgia E. Hedden

(1936-37)  Ben Millican

(1937-38)  Ben Millican

(1938-39)   Opal Luttrell listed in Marion Co. Teacher directory (Byron E. Millican  listed in other source)

(1939-40)   Byron E. Millican

(1940-41)   Berniece S. Geibe

(1941-42)   Mrs. Bernice Geibe

(1942-43)   Roy Mulvaney

(1943-44)   Roy Mulvany

(1944-45)   Mrs. Opal Luttrell

(1945-46)   Mrs. Opal Luttrell

(1946-47)   Mrs. Opal Luttrell

(1947-48)   Mrs. Opal Luttrell

 

Omega twp.: Consolidated-3

(1948-49)   Mrs. Opal Luttrell

(1949-50)   Hurschel Nichols

(1950-51)   Herschel Nichols

(1951-52)   Susie Malone

(1952-53)   Mrs. Susie Malone

 

Kinmundy-Alma Rural Attendance Center at Brown School:

(1953-54)   Mrs. Susie Malone

(1954-55)   Mrs. Susie Malone 

                             

(The above information was gathered from "The Kinmundy Express" articles, school photos, Marion County School Directories, One room School Memorial in Salem, IL, and information from those who had attended school there.)

 

 

Year

Names of Trustees (Town 3, Range 4)

Names of Directors at Brown School (#81)

1915-1916

W.A. Kniseley, T.J. Middleton, W.E. Stevenson;

B.E. Siple – Twp. Treas.

Elra Krutsinger, C.F. Whitley, Fred Hanks

1918-1919

W.A. Knisely – President; W.E. Stevenson – Clerk;

T.J. Middleton; B.E. Siple – Treas.

J.F. Hockady, S.J. Mulvaney, C.F. Whitney

1920-1921

N.B. Potter – President; T.J. Middleton – Clerk;

W.A. Kniseley; B.E. Siple – Treas.

C.W. Gordon, S.J. Mulvaney, Andrew Mulvaney

1922-1923

C.F. Hadden – President; S.J. Mulvaney – Clerk;

N.B. Potter;  B.E. Siple – Treas.

Fred Mulvaney, M.F. Brown, C.F. Whitney

1923-1924

N.B. Potter – President; S.J. Mulvaney – Clerk;

C.W. Hadden; B.E. Siple – Treas.

Fred G. Mulvaney, Masel Brown, Robt. Mulvaney

1926-1927

C.W. Hadden – President; Chas. See – Clerk;

L.V. Middleton; B.E. Siple – Treas.

Masel Brown, Clark Mulvaney, T.W. Alderson

1928-1929

Chas. See – President; L.V. Middleton; W.E. Stevenson;

B.E. Siple – Treasurer

C.F. Whitney, Masel Brown, Willie Gordon

1930-1931

W.E. Stevenson – President; John Baker, Ray Schooley;

B.E. Siple - Treasurer

C.W. Gordon, Masel Brown, C.F. Whitney

1931-1932

W.E. Stevenson, John Baker, Ray Schooley;

B.E. Siple - Treasurer

C.W. Gordon, Masel Brown, C.F. Whitney

1932-1933

W.E. Stevenson, Wm. Hadden, Ray Schooley;

B.E. Siple - Treasurer

C.W. Gordon, C.F. Whitney, Loyd Mulvany

1933-1934

H.M. Long, L.A. Beard, W.E. Stevenson;

B.E. Siple – Treas.

Loyd Mulvany, C.W. Gordon, John Henke

1934-1935

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard, W.E. Stevenson;

B.E. Siple – Twp. Treas.

John Henke, Loyd Mulvaney, C.W. Gordon

1935-1936

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard, W.E. Stevenson;

B.E. Siple – Twp. Treas.

C.W. Gordon – President; John Henke – Clerk;

Loyd Mulvaney

1936-1937

H.M. Long – President; W.E. Stevenson, Leslie A. Beard;

Originally H.E. Siple but changed to Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treasurer

Lloyd Mulvany – President; C.W. Gordon – Clerk;

John Henke

1937-1938

H.M. Long – President; W.E. Stevenson; Leslie A. Beard;

Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

John Henke -  President; Loyd Mulvaney – Clerk;

Guy Hanks

1938-1939

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard; S.E. Stevenson;

Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Guy Hanks – President; John Henke – Clerk;

Fred Burkett

1939-1940

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard; W.E. Stevenson;

Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Fred Burkett – President; Guy Hanks – Clerk;

Arvy Mulvany

1940-1941

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard; W.E. Stevenson;

Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Arvie Mulvany – President; Fred Burkett – Clerk;

Roy Whitney

1941-1942

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard; Mancil Cantrell;

Loren V. Middleton – Treas.

Roy Whitney – President; Arvie Mulvany – Clerk;

Johnnie Henke

1942-1943

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard; Mancil Cantrell;

Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

John Henke – President; Roy Whitney – Clerk;

Fred L. Mulvaney

1943-1944

H.M. Long – President; Leslie A. Beard; Mancil Cantrell;

Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Fred L. Mulvany – President; John Henke – Clerk;

Ross Lane

1944-1945

Leslie A. Beard – President; Mancil E. Cantrell;

Cloyd Bradley; Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Ross R. Lane – President; Fred L. Mulvaney – Clerk;

Fred Burkett

1945-1946

Mancil E. Cantrell – President; Leslie A. Beard;

Elmer J. Weyhrich; Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Fred Burkett – President; John Henke – Clerk;

Earl Huddleston

1946-1947

Mancil E. Cantrell – President; Leslie A. Beard;

Elmer J. Weyhrich; Loren V. Middleton – Twp. Treas.

Lonnie Mulvany – President; Fred Burkett – Clerk;

Earl Huddleston

1947-1948

Elmer J. Weyhrich – President; Leslie A. Beard;

Wayne Whitney

Lonnie Mulvaney – President; Earl B. Huddleston – Clerk; Wayne Woodward

 

Omega Consolidated-3 district (Brown, Oak Park,

Possum Trot)

 

1948-1949

 

Elmer J. Weyhrich – President; Leslie A. Beard;

Wayne Whitney; Loren V. Middleton – Treas.

Jack Yates – President; Wayne Woodward – Clerk;

Chas. Wilcoxen

1949-1950

Elmer J. Weyhrich – President; Fred G. Mulvaney;

Leslie A. Beard; Loren V. Middleton – Treas.

Dean Baker – President; Jack Yates – Clerk;

Wayne Woodward

1950-1951

Elmer Weyhrich – President; Leslie A. Beard;

Fred G. Mulvaney; Loren V. Middleton – Treas.

Dean Baker – President; Wayne Woodward – Clerk;

Jack Yates

1951-1952

Elmer Weyhrich – President; Leslie A. Beard;

John R. Baker; Loren V. Middleton – Treas.

Dean Baker – President; Wayne Woodward – Clerk;

Mont Ritter

 

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

 

Brown School; Omega twp., Marion Co., IL – 1898

 Nora Waggoner holding sign in middle

? Herb Monical – 4th boy in back row

Maude Connelly - in back row next to teacher

Edna Green Goodwin – 4 child in 2nd Row

Brown School; Omega twp., Marion Co., IL – Dec. 4, 1900

 

Nora Wagoner Monical – next to last girl in top row

 

Brown School; Omega twp., Marion Co., IL – Martha Slagley, teacher - circa 1901

Next to last row:  last girl on right Nora (Wagoner) Monical

 

 

Brown School; 1911

Brown School; Omega twp., Marion Co., IL – Oct. 31, 1911; Mort Green, teacher

Back row: Mort Green (teacher), Georgia Jones, Ruby (Mulvaney) Ritter, Arvie Mulvany, Fossie Brown, Masel Brown,

Gladys Mulvany, Blanch English, Cora English, Myrtle Krutsinger, Susie Smith

Fourth row: Gerald Boston, Reba Krutsinger, Freddie Mulvany, Floy Bradford, Warren Smith, Cecil English, Fern Boston,

Elsie (O’Dell) Mulvany, Ota (Smith) Beard, Ruth Smith, Ethel Krutsinger, and Verna Smith

Third row: Bennie Krutsinger, Gale Boston, Raymon Smith, Burel Huddlestun, Earl Huddlestun, Lela Crutchfield,

Blanche Mulvany, Grace Boston, Leona O’Dell, Florence O’Dell, Bertha Smith

Second row: Lonnie Mulvany, Masel Hanks, Alva Mulvany, Olin Mulvany, Otto Mulvany, Otis Smith, Lester Smith,

Vernie O’Dell, Otis Brown

Front row: Freda Smith, Blanch O’Dell, Lillian Smith, Pearl Mulvany

 

Brown School; Omega twp., Marion Co., IL – Oct. 10, 1913

Possibly Ruby (Mulvaney) Ritter is in the back row, 5th from the right

 

Brown School; Omega twp., Marion Co., IL – May 20, 1915; Grace Tate, teacher

Grace Boston is in front of the middle window with a dot marked above her head.

 

Brown School; Omega twp., Marion Co., IL – 1919; Gerald Boston, teacher

 

(Gerald Boston is in the second row, far right side)

 

 

Brown School; 1925

 

Brown School; Omega twp., Marion Co., IL – 8th grade - 1925

Wilma Gordon, Ferne Mulvaney, Winnie O’Dell, Marjorie Mulvaney, Erma Whitney, Leonard Winders, Russel Mulvaney

 

 

Brown School; Omega twp., Marion Co., IL – school children - 1930

Front row: Marjorie (Mulvany) Cornwell and Evelyn Mulvany

Back row: ______________, _________________, _______________, _________________

 

 

Brown School; 1942

Brown School; Omega twp., Marion Co., IL; Roy Mulvany, teacher – 1942

Back row: Roy Mulvany – teacher , Don Huddlestun, Charles Whitney, Ula Burkett, Louise Krantz, Leota Mulvany,

Otis Brown, Eugene Mulvany, Eugene Lane, Charles Hanks

Front row: Dale Whitney, Bruce Oulrey, Iollian Olrey, Mina Lee Whitney, Wayne Wilkinson, Maraladene (Wilkinson) Huddlestun,

Darlene (Mulvany) Bandy, Gale Whitney, Myron Hanks, ___________

 

Brown School; Omega twp., Marion Co., IL; Mrs. Opal Littrell, teacher – 1949

Back row: 1) Mrs. Opal Littrell- teacher, 2) Darrell Yates, 3) Ronald Lane, 4) Dale Henke, 5) Donald Yates,

                  6) Eva (Baker) Yates, 7) ?Gale Whitney?, 8) Dale Whitney

Front row: 1) Lindell Wilcoxen, 2) Pauline (See) Diss) Burgess, 3) Carolyn (Woodward) Lane, 4) Shirley (Whitney) Jahraus,

                  5) Joyce Mulvaney, 6)____________, 7)___________, 8) ___________

 

 

Brown School; Omega twp., Marion Co., IL; Hershel Nichols, teacher – 1950

Back row: Hershel Nichols - teacher, Darrell Yates, Ronald Lane, Dale Henke, Sally McClellan, Donald Yates, Eva (Baker) Yates,

                  Gale Whitney, Shirley (Whitney) Jahraus, Joyce Mulvaney, Lindell Wilcoxen

Front row: ___________, ___________,  ____________, Phyllis (Baker) Ritter, Irene Huffine, Carolyn (Woodward) Lane,

                  Pauline (Sill) Diss, Keith McClellen, Dale Mulvany, Neil Huffine, Richard McClellan

 

 

Brown School; Omega twp., Marion Co., IL; Hershel Nichols - teacher; 1951

Back row: 1) Hershel Nichols - teacher, 2) Lindell Wilcoxen, 3) Ronald Lane, 4) Shirley Whitney, 5) Eva (Baker) Yates,

                 6) Donald Yates, 7) Sally McClellan, 8) Joyce Mulvaney, 9) Darrell Yates 

Front two rows: 1) Sandra White (girl with belted dress), 2) Colleen (Morrow) Osborne (girl) , 3) James White (boy with overalls),

                  4) Phyllis (Baker) Ritter, (girl with white dress), 5) Connie (Lane) Armstrong(girl with dress over tshirt),

                  6) Carolyn (Woodward) Lane (girl with ruffled collar and buttons), 7)___________(girl with jeans),

                  8) ___________(boy with shirt), 9) ___________(boy with overalls), 10) ___________(boy with overalls),

                 11) Carroll Mulvany (boy with striped shirt), 12) Larry Ritter (boy with shirt & jeans)

 

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