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Vol 2, no 1 page 42 - Summer 1979
Submitted by: Mrs. Hortense WILKENSON, Fremont, NE

COLFAX COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS NO. 18 AND NO. 43
   Abstract of "District 4R Open House            KENDRICK         PETERS
is Sunday, Jan. 5,"Schyler (NE) Sun,              MAPES            SEDLACEK
Jan. 2, 1969 by Mrs. Jos. P. HEITZ.               MARES            SHULTZ
Rural School District 4R represents               MARXSEN          SIGMAN
four rural Colfax county school districts,        PELTER           WIGINGTON
#1, #18, #43, and #63. Districts #1 and           PERRIN
had previously become a part of                     A photograph of children taken at
District #43. Districts #18 and #43              District #18 in the early 1890's,
merged and became School District 4R.            probably at a picnic, accompanies the
The first written records go back to             article. Some of the smaller children
1873. In that year District #18 had 22           did not attend school. Children in the
children of school age and District #43          photograph, as identified by H. S.
had 3 children of school age. District           "Sandy" SHULTZ:
#43 did not hold school in 1873. Records         BENTLEY, Bertha
are sketchy Drier to 1875 when a few             FUNK, Gertie, Grover
scattered records were compiled by Supt.         HILL, 'Rollie
James GRIMSON.                                   HOBZA, Cecelia, Tom
   SCHOOL DISTRICT 18--Martin and Fran-          MAPES, Della, Hortense, Roy
tiseka HOBZA sold land to the school             PADEN, Goldie, John, _____
district in 1885; Cecelia HOBZA sold land        PETERS, Della, Harvey, Lillie
to the district in 1925.                         PELTER, John, Minnie
   Some Early Directors:                         SEDLACEK, Frances,_____, _____
CAIN, Charles        KENDRICK, M.A.              SHULTZ, Florence, H. S., Ollie,
COATES, Daniel       MARES, L. F.                   and Walter
(1876)               PERRIN, Carl                SIGMAN, Edith, Ethel, Guy
DARLING, A. W.       PERRIN, John                WIGINGTON, Emma, George, Harry, Omar,
(1873)               SIGMAN, Porter                 and _____
DUNN, Jaynes         SHULTZ, H.S.                (Eight children are not identified.)
HOBZA, Anton         SHULTZ, S. P.                  SCHOOL DISTRICT 43--The school was
HOBZA, Tom           WIGINGTON, Harry            located two miles east and one mile north
   Directors, about 1900:                        of Schyler, NE and was later moved one-
HOBZA, Joe                                       half mile east. It was known as the
MARXSEN, Frank       SHULTZ, H.S.                Kinney School. A family named KINNEY
Building Committee,  1900: CAIN,                operated a nursery one mile east and
DUNN, HOBZA.                                    one-half mile north of the school.
   The first school building was used           William and Mary SNYDER sold land to
until 1901. J. J. PADEN dug the well for        the school district when the school was
the new school.                                 moved to its present site. (William and
Some of the Earlier Teachers:                   Mary SNYDER are the parents of Mrs.
BRIGHT, Frances      MAPES, Hortense               George WOLFE and Mrs. Sadie Donavan, who
CAMERON, John        MAROHN, G.A.               attended this school in its early years.)
CLEMENTS, Mary       REYNOLDS, Pearl                Some Early Directors:
FULMER, Mollie       STOUT, Lizzie              BAILEY, Jas.           PAYZANT, Henry
HIGGINS, Michael     TULLY, Catherine           BAMES, Ed (1873)       SNYDER, W. M.
HUGHES, Lillian      VAN HOUSEN, Christena      BOTSCH, George         THRUSH, Thomas
KENDRICK, Mary       WERTZ, George              CATES, William         TOOHER, Thomas, Jr.
LAASE, F. F.         WILLIAMS, Coran                Some of the Earlier Teachers:
   Surnames of Pupils in the Old                BROWN, Maude           SHULTZ, Olive
Registers:                                      KADING, Edith          TOOHER, Theresa
CAIN                 HILL                       MCCARROLL, Jason       WALLACE, Anna
FUNK                 HOBZA                      PHILLIPS, Theodore     WERTZ, Ella
                                                PLOTTS, Gustave        WOODEN, Mina
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Vol 2, no 1 page 43 - Summer 1979

COLFAX COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICTS NO. 18 AND NO. 43 (Continued)
Surnames of Pupils in the Early Days:     The following are some who helped to
BAMES               KINNEY               assemble the history of School Districts
BOWERS              MARTELLE             #18 and #43 for this article (1969),
BRIARD              MILLASOCK            written by Mrs. Jos. P. HEITZ:
CHRONISTER          PADEN                FLORA, Olive           ROBERTSON, Mrs. Cyril
CROSHAW             PAYZANT              MUEHLICH, Alvah        SHULTZ, H. S.
HAIDLEY             SMITH                MEUHLICH, Don          TOOHER, Theresa
HUGHES              SNYDER               PAYZANT, Mrs. John     WOLFE, Mrs. George
KINCAID             THRUSH               PERRIN, Mr. and Mrs. Bill
                    VETTER
   
Some Early Colfax County Superintendents:
CHLEBOUN, John      HENRY, Frank
GRIMSON, James      VOGELTANCE, F. J.


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