Manitowoc County WI Archives History - Schools .....Maple Grove 3 - Brookside 1948 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 3, 2007, 10:44 pm MAPLE GROVE 3 -BROOKSIDE Suspended Maple Grove district No. 3 school was named the Brookside school because it was located across the road from the Brookside cheese factory. Very likely, the name Brookside was chosen for the factory because a branch of Mud Creek meanders through the eastern part of the district. Older and nearby community residents often refer, to it as the Frederich school because of the long official connection that the Frederich family has had with the affairs of the school. Today it is commonly referred to as the Grimm school since it is located on the Grimm farm and because Reinhardt Grimm has served as clerk for more than 25 years. Maple Grove No. 3 was organized about 1854 and included all of the present Maple Grove No. 4. When Maple Grove No. 4 was set up in 1867, sections 19, 20, 29, 30, 31, and 32 were detached, leaving only sections 21, 22, 27, 28, and the north halves of 33 and 34 to this district. In 1930, when Supt. E. S. Mueller ordered the detachment of lands outside of the village of Reedsville in the old Rockland Jt. 1 school district, the south halves of sections 33 and 34 were attached to Maple Grove No. 3. There are no written records of this school prior to 1870. District residents report that the original log school house was used until it was replaced in 1888. Fred Frederich, the present County Board chairman, attended the old school. He reports that it was a small building with two windows on each long side. An entrance door led directly into a combination class and cloakroom. The desks were homemade affairs and the heating system consisted of a box stove. The room was ventilated by opening the windows. At each annual meeting the voters bid on the furnishing of a fuel, cleaning the school, and who should make the necessary repairs and additions. In 1875, the voters authorized the building of an outhouse 6 1/2 x 3 1/2 feet, for $10. Dan Birkholz was requested to make four window blinds for $2.80 in 1876. Ferd Brandt repaired and whitewashed the schoolroom for $2 in 1880. It was not until 1887 that mention was made of insuring the schoolhouse. In 1888, the voters authorized a new school building and the old log school sold to Fred Thurow for $20. He moved it to his farm one mile northwest of the school site and used it for a pig stable. On October 15, 1873, at 1 P. M. a special meeting was called to consider "business of schoolhouse". The record books do not state what business was transacted at this special meeting. In 1888, Fred Stelling was paid $384 to build a frame school house on the site of the old building. The building is about 24 x 30 feet with three windows on each long side. Ah entrance door leads into a cloakroom extending across the front of the building. This room was used as a cloak, storage, and fuel room. At first the school was heated with a stove purchased for $11, but that was replaced in the year 1909 by a floor furnace heating and ventilating system installed in the southwest corner of the schoolroom. The room had plenty of blackboards placed between the windows and on the north wall. Double desks purchased in 1888 for $64.75 were still in use, except for single, adjustable desks for the primary grades, when the school suspended. A woodshed 10x14x7 feet was built for $18 by Peter Drumm in 1889. To beautify the grounds, the voters authorized Ferd Brandt and Peter Drumm to plant 24 trees of balsam, popular, or soft maple. A five-wire fence was built by Edwin Jens in 1894 for $17.50. Ferd Brandt was authorized to build a double toilet 4x8x7 feet with two doors for $16.50. The building erected in 1888 is still standing today. The schoolboard members in the 1870's got fees instead of a salary. Fred Frederich, Sr. was paid $2 for "school examination" in 1873. Tax certificates were used in 1870. Early residents often mentioned in the minutes of the school meetings were J. Birkholz, J. Wells, Ferd Brandt, Herman Schmidt, Fred Frederich, Sr., August and Friedrich Juedes, Wm Ziemer, Chas. Busse, Ferd Filtz, Fred Mack, Otto Dickert, and Chas. Goldbeck. District residents serving on the schoolboard prior to 1906 were Herman Schmidt, Fred Frederich, senior and junior, Chas. Henning, Fred Grimm, and Fred Busse as clerks; Louis Rusch, Fred Frederich, Peter Drumm, Wm. Ziemer, and Chas. Goldbeck as directors; and Ernest Schrieber, Friedrich Juedes, Ferd Brandt, and Fred Busse as treasurers. The voters at the annual meetings usually specified that a female teacher be hired at the cheapest possible wages. The teachers sometimes had their board paid, for in 1879, G. Brandt was paid $6.40 for the teacher's board. Two terms were common, until the 1890's when so-called vacation periods were held between the fall-winter and winter-spring months. As late as 1907, the board was authorized to declare a vacation when the weather was stormy. Because of the low pay, teachers usually stayed for one year. The teachers who taught in this district from 1870 to 1906 in order of their service were Hannah Lynch, Ella Hagenow, Bridget Nolan, Marie Mulholland, Marie Ross, Franklin Jones, Rob. Rudolph, John Erickson, G. Jaquet and John Beach in the 1870's; James Guhin, Mary Kennedy, Nellie Kennedy, Nellie Doyle, Lizzie O'Connor, Lizzie Meany, Katie Finnegan, and Clara Noble in the 1880's; Ida Stern, Caroline Knutson, Mary Pelishek, Wm. Brown, Rose Wintermeyer, Wm. Maertz, Nellie O'Brien, Katie Miller, and Pauline Sachse in the 1890's; and Nellie Walsh, Gertrude Doolan, Wm. Gill, and Margaret Doolan from 1900 to 1906. The enrollment in this school was average for the county. The summer and fall sessions were attended by the younger children. The winter terms were attended by the grown boys and girls who were not needed on the farm during that season. The highest school census occurred in the 1880's when there were about 100 children. During the early 20th century, the school population declined steadily so that by 1942 only eight pupils out of a school census of about 40 children of school age were attending. The voters at the annual meeting of July 1942, voted to suspend operations, and that policy has been followed every year since. The few children who attend public school are attending the Reedsville grades. The remainder are attending the nearby parochial schools. By 1947, only two district children were enrolled in the public schools nearby and these were transported by the Reedsville bus. Additional Comments: Extracted from: 1848 - 1948 CENTENNIAL HISTORY of the Manitowoc County School Districts and Public School System EDITED BY JOS. J. RAPPEL, COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 1948 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/manitowoc/history/schools/maplegro185gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 7.2 Kb