Women taught in one room Iowa schools through war years
The piece recalls Iowa one room schools from 1901 to 1982 with teachers who did janitor coach nurse and cook duties. It shares memories of Pearl Harbor day and wartime pay and rising costs, including stories from Mary Cook Kathlene Cleppe Wilma Andrews Ida Miller Grubbs and Pauline Schminke.
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Larry Johnson
Iowa
William H. Dreier
University of Northern Iowa
Pearl Harbor
Mary Cook
Center Point
Atkins High School
Hartwick
Don
Jefferson Barracks
Cook
Kathlene Cleppe
Brooklyn
Madison No. 7
Cleppe
Pauline A.C. Herman Schminke
Vinton
Harrison
Big Grove
Dwight
Anamosa Native Recalls WAC Service in Europe During War
Helen Foote Larsen, an Anamosa native now in Cedar Falls, served in Army Intelligence Office in London and Europe after joining the WACs in 1943. She describes dispersing papers, studying reconnaissance photos, and aiding spies, then witnessing bombing and concentration camp reports before Normandy. Larsen later attended a Des Moines ceremony honoring veterans who helped liberate France.
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Anamosa
Helen Foote Larsen
Cedar Falls
Army Intelligence Office
Europe
Larsen
Wacs
Fort Devens
Mass
WAC
North Africa
London
Germany
France
Normandy
Cherbourg
Paris
Majestic Hotel
Windsor Hotel
Japan
Des Moines
Chicago
One-Room Iowa Schools Remembered By Former Teachers
Alice Turner who taught at a Marion Township one room school during World War II recalls a happy start to a 35 year teaching career. Other former teachers Rathlene Cleppe Ida Miller Grubbs share fond memories of hardwood floors library corners storm windows and warm classrooms despite shortages and war.
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Madison Township No. 7
Ruthlene Simmons Cleppe
Brooklyn
John Graham
Carol Hall
Donna DePauw
Alan Kleips
John William Hall
Donald Hall
Glenna Keller
Danny McConnel
Larry Lang
Rathlene Simmons
Ida Miller Grubbs
West School No. 3
Center Point
Gazette
Grubbs
Jetta
Jetta Grubbs
Lost Nation
Larry Johnson
Marion Township
Alice Turner
Turner
Linn Manor
Marion
Iowa
Rathlene Cleppe
West No. 3
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Wilma Andrews
Palo
Kathlene Simmons Cleppe
U.S. Airborne
Corregidor
The
Philippines
U.S
Manila
Hungary
Sou
Cologne
Rhine
Remagen
Tokyo
Ruhr
Italy
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