Platte Co., NE, Monroe Township Schools

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PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA SCHOOLS
MONROE TOWNSHIP

NOTE: Approximate locations of the Monroe Township school districts can be found on the standard township map. Monroe Township is located in Township 18 North, Range 3 West (T18N, R3W). Section numbers (S) are given as a reference point only and are as found in the 1899 Atlas. In some cases, the buildings were moved or a new building constructed nearby which may have resulted in the school locating in a different section.

Monroe High School - Picture - From The Monroe News, March 22, 1923 - Built in 1919.

Alumni News taken from the 1925 Yearbook
Class of 1922
Two members of this class are married, May Watts, now Mrs. Schmidt, resides on a farm north of Monroe, Lydia Ditter, now Mrs. Brock, lives on a farm near Leigh.
Lloyd Hill lives near Monroe and helps his father with the farm duties.
Class of 1923
Three from eight graduates of '23 have set sail on the Matrimonial Ship. Anna Kelley, now Mrs. Harding lives in Monroe; Leona Farmer, now Mrs. Yeik, lives on a farm near Archer, Nebraska, and Elsie Joy, now Mrs. Lindauer, lives on a farm near Monroe.
Ruth McWilliams is attending the University of Nebraska, at Lincoln.
Marie Lassek is teaching in District No. 73.
Lloyd Hagenbuck is working in Monroe.
Fred Stillinger is also in our home town, clerking in his father's store.
Ben Johnson is farming north of town.
Class of 1924
It is interesting and very gratifying to note that three out of four of the Class of '24 are now attending higher institutions of learning. We see that they realize that their education was only begun when high school days were ended.
Edna Terry hopes to be a Kindergarten teacher and is taking a two year course at the University of Nebraska in preparation.
Helen Strother is taking a Home Economics course at the same institution while Henrietta Kelley is attending the Kearney State Normal.
The other member of this class of '24, Esther Egan, is clerking in Stillilnger's Store in Monroe.
Class of 1925: Stephen Lightner, Class President; Bernice Hoare, Class Treasurer and Valedictorian; Gottlieb Abegglen; Mary DuBrava; Amelia Bitter; Thomas Franklin; and Louella Franklin
District No. 26 (S7, T18N, R3W) - "Spuit" was organized April 18, 1872
Early teacher: Miss Carrie Stevens (1901/1902)
Early board members:

W. M. Pollard, secretary (1907-1911)
Albert Spuit, president; W. M. Pollard, secretary; Jonas Anderson, treasurer (1911-1915)
Albert Spuit, president; W. M. Pollard, secretary; Raymond Iverson, treasurer (1915-1919)
Albert Spuit, president; G. E. Kennedy, secretary; Raymond Iverson, treasurer (1919-1922)
Albert Spuit, president; Ed Ericson, secretary; Raymond Iverson, treasurer (1922-1927)
Elric Nelson, president; Ed Ericson, secretary; Raymond Iverson, treasurer (1927-1932)
District dissolved October 1, 1969

District No. 32 (S11, T18N, R3W) - "O'Kay" was set up August 28, 1873
According to the March 5, 1886 Columbus Democrat, during February there were 27 pupils enrolled with an average daily attendance of 15. Eva Morgan, Teacher.
Early teacher: E. E. Fellers (1901/1902)
Early board members:

George Lindauer, secretary (1907-1909)
Paul Gertsch, secretary (1909/1910)
James Leggat, secretary (1910/1911)
Chas Kerr, president; James Leggat, secretary; J. W. Davis, treasurer (1911-1913)
Chas Kerr, president; Joe Brandt, secretary; J. W. Davis, treasurer (1913/1914)
Chas Kerr, president; J. R. Williams, secretary; M. Nansel, treasurer (1914/1915)
Daniel Wilson, president; J. R. Williams, secretary; M. Nansel, treasurer (1915/1916)
Daniel Wilson, president; Carl Gertsch, secretary; M. Nansel, treasurer (1916/1917)
Daniel Wilson, president; Carl Gertsch, secretary; J. R. Williams, treasurer (1917/1918)
Daniel Wilson, president; James Leggat, secretary; J. R. Williams, treasurer (1918-1921)
Daniel Wilson, president; James Leggat, secretary; Mrs. Wm. Nansel, treasurer (1921/1922)
Daniel Wilson, president; John Lammers, secretary; Mrs. Wm. Nansel, treasurer (1922-1925)
J. W. Davis, president; Clarence Watts, secretary; Mrs. Wm. Nansel, treasurer (1925/1926)
J. W. Davis, president; Clarence Watts, secretary; Paul Gertsch, Jr., treasurer (1926/1927)
William Nansel, president; Clarence Watts, secretary; Paul Gertsch, Jr., treasurer (1927-1929)
William Nansel, president; Henry Brunken, secretary; Paul Gertsch, Jr., treasurer (1929/1930)
William Nansel, president; Henry Brunken, secretary; Albert Stenzel, treasurer (1930/1931)
Dissolved July 1, 1969

District No. 39 (S22, T18N, R3W) - "Red School" was established October 14, 1874.
Early teachers:

Mrs. Sarah Tyler (1874)
Miss Lizzie Dunn (1901/1902)

Early board members:

Charles J. Taylor, director; Jehiel J. Judd, treasurer; George H. Watson, moderator (1874)
O. L. Crawford, secretary (1907-1911)
R. Frank Lawrence, president; O. L. Crawford, secretary; N. P. Peterson, treasurer (1911/1912)
R. Frank Lawrence, president; Geo. Lindauer, secretary; N. P. Peterson, treasurer (1912/1913)
Dan Noonan, president; J. T. Gleason, secretary; Arthur F. Peterson, treasurer (1913-1919)
P. C. Anderson, president; J. T. Gleason, secretary; Arthur F. Peterson, treasurer (1919/1920)
P. C. Anderson, president; J. T. Gleason, secretary; D. J. Gleesen, treasurer (1920/1921)
P. C. Anderson, president; L. A. Hill, secretary; D J. Gleesen, treasurer (1921-1923)
P. C. Anderson, president; L. A. Hill, secretary; Martin Smith, treasurer (1923/1924)
P. C. Anderson, president; George Peterson, secretary; Martin Smith, treasurer (1924/1925)
L. A. Hill, president; George Peterson, secretary; Martin Smith, treasurer (1925-1935)
District dissolved June 1, 1985; joined with No. 76 Platte and No. 3 Nance.

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PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA SCHOOLS MONROE TOWNSHIP

PLATTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA SCHOOLS
MONROE TOWNSHIP