Aurora County, SD History - Schools .....Foreward And Early History Of The School 1967
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1916-1967

Pleasant Lake Echoes

FOREWARD

   1967 Pleasant Lake Echoes was printed by the journalism department of Mount
Vernon High School. The copy was written by the persons themselves and typed for
publication by members of Pleasant Lake Alumni in charge of the anniversary.

   Copy was planned and typed on stencils as received. This accounts for the
fact that names in the directory and news items are not alphebetized.

   Spaces have been left for the reader to make notes. The index is provided for
you to locate names.


EARLY HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL

   Taken from the 1916 files of The South Dakota Mail.

   On March 16, 1916, the Pleasant Lake school board called for sealed bids for
construction of a school building and heating plant. Such bids were to be
submitted before April 15, to B. H. Mullen, clerk.

   Old school houses in sections 11 and 26 were advertized [sic] for sale. These
were purchased by Bob Gossard and moved to his farm to be made into a farm house.

   On April 20, 1916, the following article appeared:

   Bids were opened last Saturday for building the new school in Pleasant Lake
Township. Ferguson and Archer of Plankinton submitted the low bid, $9,450, and
were awarded the contract. The building will be ready for occupancy in time for
the opening of school in the fall.

   The heating and plumbing contract was not awarded, the lowest bid being over
$31,000. The board will consider cheaper methods of heating before making the
final decision.

   The township has voted bonds in the sum of $10,000 for the new school house,
grounds and other expenses connected with the project, and will fall short about
$5,000. The board has authority to go ahead and secure the remeinder [sic]
necessary through a loan, and they probably will do so, as another election for
authority to issue more bonds would delay the work for another year.

   Members of this first school board were: 
President: John Yeadicke 
Clerk: B. H. Mullen 
Treasure: R. L. Gossard
   H. C. Mullen
   Arthur Harris
   O. A. Hague
   E. L. Cook

   In August, the South Dakota Mail reported that Dwight Baughman had been hired
as principal, with Anna Moon and Miss Gilmore as assistants. Since building
progress was slower than expected, the school will not open until the latter
part of next month.

   Some of the first students say that the school opened in October.


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Extracted from Pleasant Lake Echoes, for the 50th Anniversary of the Pleasant
Lake School

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