Living Lake School History From Jackson Township
Pupils in Rural Washington area recount Living Lake School origins from 1860s. Early teaching included Cordelia Ross Meeks and Sue Meek. The Meek family dominated early enrollments. the first building stood where the current one remains. Names of early pupils and teachers survive in memory. The school earned nicknames Meek School and Turkey College before adopting Living Lake as a tribute to a local spring fed pond. Descriptions cover early desks, cannon stove, and five dollar weekly pay for teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Living Lake
Jackson Township
Washington-Riverside
Washington
Harry Renolds
Jos Ps Meek
Tel Walker
Cordelia Ross Meeks
Sue Meek
Joseph Meek
William George
John Sands
Peter Roberts
H. Arther
Clark Meek
Sade Gardner
Marcellus Meek
Ella Cherry
J. A. Meek
Meek School
Mek
Turkey College
Erlied
Suzan Meek
Abram Pearson
Loules Shaw
Robert Kilgore
Suman Wallingford
Amanda Johnon
Bertha Shaw
Belle Davis
Myetle Pearson
Finish Planting Corn On May 10
May 14 report from Wayland notes first lettuce and radishes picked May 10 and the season's corn planting finished that day by the man of the house. The item lists numerous local visitors, family updates, and community notices surrounding Wittmer and Krabill families, with several trips and visits mentioned in the area around Wayland and Kalona.
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Ezra Wittmer Wayland
Mineral Water Treatments Claim Relief For Digestive Ailments
Readers urged to request the FREE DIGEST describing Excelsior Springs Mineral Water Treatments. The Medical Bureau of Water in Excelsior Springs Missouri reports thousands have found relief from digestive troubles, including acid stomach, indigestion, colitis, and liver issues.
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Excelsior Springs
Medical Bureau
HALA
Schoolhouse Renovations and Modern Equipment Noted
The ad recounts a school built 32 years ago facing south, with 1929 additions and a furnace replacement in 19389. It lists electric lights Maps globes sandbox a large basement library piano and an electric hot plate for hot lunches. Present teacher Mrs Phyllis Chambers and pupils Frances Whistler Winifred Whisler Catherine Hermann Alice Walker Dorothy Walker.
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Phyllis Chambers
Frances Whistler
Winifred Whisler
Catherine Hermann
Alice Walker
Dorothy Walker
Works Both Ways Lakes Turn Salt or Fresh by Climate
Collier's reports that lakes can switch salinity with climate. If evaporation exceeds precipitation the fresh-water lake becomes salt. if evaporation drops and inflow from rain increases the lake rises and outlets form, making the lake fresh again.
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Collier's
Learning To Know It All We Pretty Information Girls at Ford Exposition
Fourteen college girls chosen from eight states and two countries Ireland and Hungary train to answer World’s Fair visitors questions at the 1940 New York exposition. They studied three weeks, toured New York City the Fair and the Ford Exposition, then learned displays from steel to tropical fish. Mary Lou Miller of Detroit and Aline Thayer from Indiana University are pictured with cotton spinning for auto upholstery fabrics.
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Mareena Mowery
Ottumwa
Roy Adamson
Adamson
Roma Bain
Pritchard
A. C Wenger
Winnning
Kansas City
Mrnday
Mary Jarrard
Eva Roth
Ireland
Hungary
Columbia University
New York City
University of California
Fair
Mary Lou Miller
Detroit
University of Michigan
Aline Thayer
Indiana University
Shelton Looms
Neighbors Aid Kenneth Ornduff in Corn Planting Bethel
Community members assist Kenneth Ornduff amid illness as Fred and Louis Schroeder plant corn and Grove Letts handles chores. Christian Endeavor holds a church gathering led by Maurice Meyer. Families visit and neighbors tend to gardens and birds, with mothers attending a Pleasant Plain play day and a tulip festival in Petia.
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Bethel
Kenneth Ornduff
Fred
Louis Schroeder
Grove Letts
Christian Endeavor
Maurice Meyer
Mae
Ernest Gideon
Walter Longer
Roxie
Donald Holmes
Charley Kolosick
Richard Flynn
John Rothlisberger
Jean Walker
Ruth Gideon
Mary Scranton
Washington
Pleasant Plain School
Gladys Wolfe
Petia
Local Residents Spend Sunday at Neighbor Homes
Mr and Mrs Charley Horn and Norma and Albert Huss visited the Kolosick home Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Floyd Letts spent Sunday at the Grove Letts home.
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Charley Kolosick
Ternoon
Charley Horn
Norma
Albert Huss
Kolosick
Sunda
Floyd Letts
Grove Letts
Mothers Day Observed Across Three Richland Churches
Richland reports a Mother’s Day with special programs and family reunions at three churches. Out of town guests were seen on the streets and at services. The Friends Ladies aid plans to serve at the alumni banquet. Maude Stalker Lemley Grinnell is visiting locally for farm and business matters. Hal Figgins and Mrs. Palmer joined Mr. and Mrs. Swift on a trip to Marengo and Des Moines via Orris Swift home.
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Swift
Palmer
Glen Nordyke
Strand Theater
Des Moines
Monda
Early American moccasin trade spawns export industry
The fondness of colonists for Indian moccasins led to an American export industry. By 1650 moccasins were shipped to England as colonists favored native styles over English shoes and boots.
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America
Earl
England
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Jungle
FOX
D. C. Robertson
Dublin
RED River MIX
Living Lake School
Walton Roy
Henry Leichty
Charles Spenser
Henry County Hospital
Charles William
Lee Koebel
Fayette
Noah Leichty
Jacob Koebel
Wittmers
Harry Storty
Janet
Fairfield
Kara Wittmer
Havre
Ane
Vernon Witting
W. PP. Wittmer
Virell Wittmer
Carol Benson
Kathryn Nebel
Masonie
Mount Pleasant
Hu Hulme
Sam Elder
Awb Vladfrau
P. F. Wenger
Frank Clark
John Martin
Homer Davies
Amasa Miller
Fast Union
Will Stutzman
Joe
Uriah Miller
Kalona
Osie Wittmer
Airfield
Tom Zook
West Liberty
Ohio
Peter Krabill
Marie Herston
Galesburg
Ed Alliman
Sinclair Home
Maxine Korthamp
Nancy
Fairbury
Max Sinclair
J. C. Ellis
Ed Betson
John Conrad
Frances
Hir
Roy Miller
Wayland Park
Zook
Mary Krabill
Krabill
Yooks
Woodrow Miller
J. W. Wainscott
Douds
Mere
Mere Gordon Rhum
Newbure
Watter Sanerteic
Lazern
J. E. Rhum
J. W. Wittrie
Mrf
Frank Macdefran
Yarmouth
Or.p
Lown
Kodak
Sheaffer
Washington County
Phillips & Hebner Walgreen System Drug Store
Dodge City
Errol Flynnn
Weat
Tate
Richland
CC. A. Neville
Oakwood, Wellman
Paul Moorfhead
Carter
Uw Inn
Mercury
Americas
Ford Motor Company
Lincoln Zephyr
Ford Dra
Mace Motor CO
North Iowa Ave
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