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Submitted by: Mrs. Hortense WILKENSON, Fremont, NECOLFAX 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, MinaSummer 1979 - 42 -
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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.