Manitowoc County WI Archives History - Schools .....Cato Jt. 5 
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CATO JT. 5

    Cato joint 5 was organized sometime in the 1850's according to the
assessment rolls of Cato and Rockland. There are no written school district
records available to give accurate facts. Albert Haese, an older resident of the
old joint district 5, has given the facts that he remembers about the school
which he attended as a boy. The district consisted of the S 1/2 of section 7 and
most of section 8 in Cato, and the E 1/2 of sections 11 and 14, and all of
sections 12 and 13 in Rockland. From time to time the boundaries changed
slightly but that was about the extent of the district.

    The school house for this district was situated on the township line between
Cato and Rockland. It was located one mile west of the present site of Cato Jt.
9 school. The exact location was the N.W. corner of section 18 which is now the
John Haese farm. A log building was used until 1882 when a new school was
erected at a cost of $260. Albert Haese, who went to this school in the 1880's,
stated that the frame school was about 24x30 feet, with the window placement on
the long sides. The building was heated with a box stove. Double seats were
provided. Since the well at the school was unfit for use, the children carried
water from the present John Haese farmyard. The usual water pail and dipper were
used.

    Records show that William Earles, William Nelson, Evelyn Flagg, Thos.
Halloran, Mary L. Patnode, Walter Fitzmaurice, James Burke, and D. R. Solar
taught this school from 1872 to 1880. From 1880 to 1890 the county
superintendents did not keep teacher records. Summer and winter terms of school
were held until 1875. The school clerks from 1872 to 1880 were James Nelson,
Michael O'Dea, and Dan O'Brien. The enrollment for the years of 1870 to 1890 was
average, since the highest enrollment of 46 pupils occurred in 1875. That
enrollment figure took in the young men and women who only went to school during
the winter months. By 1890 the attendance had dropped to 20 despite the number
who attended only for a few weeks in winter. In 1890 the voters decided to form
a new school district with Cato No. 2 which was to be known as Cato Jt. 9.


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1848 - 1948

CENTENNIAL HISTORY
of the
Manitowoc County School Districts and Public School System

EDITED BY JOS. J. RAPPEL, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 1948 


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