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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Delanie Alcorn-Jones (© 2000 Delanie Alcorn-Jones) *********************************************************************** ** CENTER TOWNSHIP GRADE SCHOOL TEACHERS & PUPILS ** The following information obtained from the book "Bits and Pieces About Rural Grade Schools of Gibson County, Indiana" (Published in 1985 by Alpha Lambda Chapter, Alpha Epsilon State, and The Delta Kappa Gamma Society). No copyright stated. Surnames without a first name were listed as families (i.e. Mays family). Surnames followed by a name in parentheses indicate the head of household (i.e. John Gaebel family). THE SCHOOLS ----------- BETHESDA (McKEDY) SCHOOL - Located in Section 7 of Center Township on County Road 50 N., between County Roads 550 E. and 650 E. HARBISON SCHOOL - Located in Section 14 on the W side of County Road 450 E. and just south of County Road 50 S. HICKORY SCHOOL - Two miles east of Francisco on what is now Highway 64. LATHOM SCHOOL - Located on the S side of County Road 350 S. and just W of its intersection with County Road 450 E. LAWRENCE SCHOOL - NW of Francisco on the NE corner of the intersection of County Road 50 N. and County Road 450 E. MAXAM SCHOOL - Section 23 of Cetner Township -- just across the road from the Patoka Township line at the present junction of County Road 350 E. and County Road 175 S. MEADE (YEAGER) SCHOOL - Located in Section 8 of Center Twonship on County Road 725 E., about 1/2 mile N of County Road 50 S. MITCHELL SCHOOL - SE of Francisco on the NW corner of Section 33, near the junction of County Roads 350 S. and 750 E. PAGE SCHOOL - Located in Section 25 of Center Twonship at the junction of County Roads 250 N. and 500 E. REAVIS SCHOOL - Located on Coal Mien Road (County Road 550 E.) about 1 1/2 miles S of Highway 64. Adler Reavis School Pupil Almon, Edgar Lathom School Teacher Annis Hickory School Pupil Annis Meade School Pupil Annis, Julia Page School Teacher Annis, Rettie Page School Teacher Arburn Maxam School Pupil Arbuthnot Hickory School Pupil Bates Maxam School Pupil Beasley Meade School Pupil Beasley Mitchell School Pupil Bell Reavis School Pupil Bell, Estel Meade School Teacher Benett, Cuba Mitchell School Teacher Bennett, Cuba Maxam School Teacher Bennett, Cuba Reavis School Teacher Berger Lathom School Pupil Berger, John G. Lathom School Teacher Blackard Meade School Pupil Block Lathom School Pupil Boal, Agnes Page School Pupil Boal, Ermal Page School Pupil Boal, Luella Page School Pupil Broadwell, Bert Page School Teacher Bruce Reavis School Pupil Burdette, Albert Page School Teacher Burke Hickory School Pupil Burke Reavis School Pupil Burton Maxam School Pupil Carnahan Lathom School Pupil Caskey, Tom Lathom School Teacher Chism Maxam School Pupil Clark Meade School Pupil Clem, Raeburn Page School Pupil Clem, Warner Page School Pupil Collins Hickory School Pupil Collins Meade School Pupil Cornelius Meade School Pupil Cornelius, George Page School Pupil Cornelius, Susan Page School Pupil Cousert, Lela Page School Teacher Cox, Evelyn Page School Teacher Cunningham Meade School Pupil DeBoard Meade School Pupil DeBord, Charles Page School Pupil DeBord, Howard Page School Pupil DeBord, Rosie Page School Pupil DePriest, Stella Meade School Teacher DePriest, Stella Lawrence School Teacher Dill, T. E. Reavis School Teacher Dill, Ted Hickory School Teacher Dougan, Ross Page School Teacher Douglas Hickory School Pupil Downey, Allene Page School Teacher Duncan Reavis School Pupil Duncan, Joshua Meade School Teacher Duncan, Joshua Bethesda School Teacher Duncan, Joshua Maxam School Teacher Earls Bethesda School Pupil Eby, Arabella Hussey Harbison School Pupil Erdell Hickory School Pupil Finch, J. W. Lathom School Teacher Fisher Lathom School Pupil Fletcher Bethesda School Pupil Fletcher, Bertha Page School Pupil Fletcher, Della Page School Pupil Garbers Lathom School Pupil Gayhart, Etta Hickory School Teacher Goldma, Grace Meade School Teacher Goldman, Glen Hickory School Pupil Goldman, Glen Mitchell School Teacher Goldman, Grace Hickory School Pupil Goldman, Grace Lawrence School Teacher Goldman, Grace Mitchell School Teacher Goldman, Inez Hickory School Pupil Goldman, Irvin Reavis School Teacher Goldman, Kevin Hickory School Pupil Goldman, Olive Hickory School Pupil Goldman, Ralph Hickory School Teacher Goldman, Ralph Meade School Teacher Goldman, Ralph Bethesda School Teacher Goldman, Ralph Hickory School Pupil Goldman, Ray Hickory School Pupil Graham Lathom School Pupil Hannah Hickory School Pupil Hannah, Charles Lathom School Teacher Harper, Harry Maxam School Teacher Hasselbrinck Lathom School Pupil Helsley Meade School Pupil Hill Hickory School Pupil Hollon, Lucy Lathom School Teacher Hollon, Lucy Page School Teacher Hopkins Hickory School Pupil Houghland Hickory School Pupil Howard, Henry Page School Pupil Hussey, James M. Harbison School Pupil Hutchinson Mitchell School Pupil Hyslop Meade School Pupil Hyslop, Essie Mans Hickory School Teacher Hyslop, Iris Lawrence School Pupil Hyslop, Orb Hickory School Teacher Hyslop, Orb Lawrence School Pupil Hyslop, Orb Lawrence School Teacher Hyslop, Ray Lawrence School Pupil Johnson, Laufa Page School Pupil Johnson, Liza Page School Pupil Johnson, Oma Page School Pupil Johnson, Pearl Page School Pupil Keith Hickory School Pupil King Bethesda School Pupil King Meade School Pupil King Mitchell School Pupil King, Essie Page School Pupil Kirk, Clarence Page School Pupil Kirk, Lavon Page School Pupil Kirk, Lela Page School Pupil Kirk, Mable Page School Pupil Kohlmeyer Lathom School Pupil Kohlmeyer, Edgar Lathom School Teacher Kohlmeyer, Emory Lathom School Teacher Kohlmeyer, Fred Lathom School Teacher Kohlmeyer, Henry Lathom School Teacher Kohlmeyer, John G. Lathom School Pupil Kohlmeyer, Ruth Lathom School Teacher Kohlmeyer, Sadie Page School Teacher Krusev Lathom School Pupil Kuester Lathom School Pupil Kuhn Lathom School Pupil Lanphar, Anna Maxam School Teacher Lathom Lathom School Pupil Lathom, India Maxam School Teacher Lathom, India Reavis School Teacher Lawrence, Olive Lawrence School Pupil Ledbetter Mitchell School Pupil Legier, Madge Page School Pupil Legier, Mary Lou Page School Pupil Lehman, Marjorie Page School Pupil Madden, Nona Hickory School Teacher Madden, Nona Bethesda School Teacher Madden, Nona Maxam School Teacher Mahan, Ada Page School Pupil Mahan, Arba Page School Pupil Mahan, Mildred Page School Pupil Mahan, Stella Meade School Teacher Maikranz, Opal Hyslop Meade School Pupil Malone, John Lathom School Teacher Mans, Andrew Hickory School Pupil Mans, Nell Hickory School Pupil Mans, Otho Hickory School Pupil Mans, Pearl Hickory School Pupil Mason, Charley Lawrence School Pupil Mason, O. L. Meade School Teacher Mauck, Laura Lawrence School Pupil Mauck, Luella Lawrence School Pupil Maxam Maxam School Pupil Maxam, Corliss (Carlos) Page School Teacher Maxam, Myrtle Hickory School Teacher Maxam, Myrtle Lawrence School Teacher Maxam, Myrtle Maxam School Teacher McConnell Hickory School Pupil McConnell, Charles Page School Teacher McConnell, Grace Lawrence School Pupil McConnell, Hazel Lawrence School Pupil McConnell, Maybelle Lawrence School Pupil McConnell, Nigel Lawrence School Pupil McConnell, Roy Page School Teacher McCormick, James Page School Pupil McCormick, Joe Page School Pupil McCormick, Kate Page School Pupil McDowell Hickory School Pupil McEllhiney Bethesda School Pupil McEllhiney, Alva Lawrence School Pupil McEllhiney, Joe Lawrence School Pupil McEllhiney, Rhoda Lawrence School Pupil McEllhiney, Ross Lawrence School Pupil McEllhinye, Maude Page School Pupil McKedy Bethesda School Pupil McMeeken, Inez Lawrence School Pupil Messersmith, Lloyd Lathom School Teacher Miller, Roscoe Mitchell School Teacher Mitchell Mitchell School Pupil Montgomery Lathom School Pupil Montgomery Maxam School Pupil Mooney, Ralph Page School Pupil Moore, Clifford Hickory School Teacher Morrow, Helen Page School Pupil Morrow, Lester Page School Pupil Morrow, Sam Page School Pupil Murphy Lathom School Pupil Nossett, Charles Bethesda School Teacher Nossett, Charles Lawrence School Teacher Null, Wertzer Lawrence School Teacher Oestreicher Lathom School Pupil Parker, May Lawrence School Pupil Patton, Oliver (Dutch) Page School Pupil Patton, Pearl Page School Pupil Paul, James Meade School Teacher Paul, James S. Hickory School Teacher Pearson Bethesda School Pupil Pearson Meade School Pupil Price, Paul Meade School Teacher Pugh Reavis School Pupil Reavis Lathom School Pupil Reavis, Nellie Reavis School Teacher Redman, Glen Meade School Pupil Redmand Meade School Pupil Reinhart Bethesda School Pupil Rembee Hickory School Pupil Rhinehart, Adam Page School Pupil Rhinehart, Annie Page School Pupil Rhinehart, Louise Page School Pupil Rhinehart, Mary Page School Pupil Rhinehart, Netta Page School Pupil Rhinehart, Tony Page School Pupil Rhitty, Egnis Page School Pupil Richardson, Clyde Page School Pupil Richardson, Marie Page School Pupil Roper, Eunice Meade School Teacher Schlam, James Reavis School Teacher Schlamp Meade School Pupil Schlamp, Bell Lawrence School Pupil Schlamp, Paul Reavis School Teacher Schlamp, Ruby Reavis School Teacher Schleter Lathom School Pupil Shipp, John H. Mitchell School Teacher Sinkhorn, Alice Page School Pupil Sinkhorn, Esta Page School Pupil Sinkhorn, Lester Page School Pupil Sinkhorn, Velma Page School Pupil Skelton Hickory School Pupil Smith Bethesda School Pupil Sprowl Maxam School Pupil Stacer, Clyde Page School Pupil Stacer, Faye Page School Pupil Stacer, Fern Page School Pupil Stevens Mitchell School Pupil Stevens, Nora Hickory School Teacher Stevens, Nora Reavis School Teacher Stoops, Bob Lawrence School Pupil Stoops, Eva Lawrence School Pupil Stoops, Jennie Lawrence School Pupil Stott Maxam School Pupil Swan Bethesda School Pupil Swan, John A. Bethesda School Teacher Taylor Lathom School Pupil Temme Lathom School Pupil Thurston Lathom School Pupil Tooley Bethesda School Pupil Tooley, Albert Page School Pupil Tooley, Alfred Page School Pupil Tooley, Anna Page School Pupil Tooley, Ben Page School Pupil Tooley, Berta Page School Pupil Tooley, Enick Page School Pupil Tooley, George Page School Pupil Tooley, Jack Page School Pupil Tooley, Lincoln Maxam School Teacher Tooley, Lincoln Page School Pupil Tooley, Lincoln Page School Teacher Tooley, Maggie Page School Pupil Tooley, Pete Page School Pupil Tooley, Phillip Page School Pupil Tooley, Sherman Page School Pupil Tooley, Tillie Page School Pupil Tyree Hickory School Pupil Tyree, Floyd Page School Teacher Utley, Clarence Page School Pupil Utley, Frank Page School Pupil Utley, Glen Page School Pupil Utley, Roy Page School Pupil VanMeter Reavis School Pupil Volkman Mitchell School Pupil Wallace, Ruth Meade School Teacher Watkins, Bryan Lawrence School Pupil Watkins, Flora Lawrence School Pupil Watkins, Sam Lawrence School Pupil Weber Mitchell School Pupil Weedman Lathom School Pupil Wells Mitchell School Pupil White Lathom School Pupil Whitty Bethesda School Pupil Whitty, Raymond Page School Pupil Wilderman Lathom School Pupil Wilhite Lathom School Pupil Williams Mitchell School Pupil Williams, Ralph Meade School Teacher Winderman Reavis School Pupil Witherspoon Maxam School Pupil Witherspoon, Edna Lathom School Teacher Witherspoon, Edna Page School Teacher Witherspoon, Horace Maxam School Teacher Witherspoon, Laura Page School Teacher Yeager, Rex Lathom School Teacher Yeager, Walter Hickory School Teacher Yeager, Walter Meade School Teacher Yochum, Lora Mitchell School Teacher