Waterloo Historical Society Announces New One-Room School Book

New Message Reply Date view Thread view Subject view Author view
gieseacer34@aol.com
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:44:48 -0500



Subject: Waterloo Historical Society Announces New One-Room School Book
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:44:48 -0500
From: gieseacer34@aol.com
Message-Id: <8CB239F1DEF1C19-AA0-15E@FWM-M35.sysops.aol.com>

If the following format is not readable, please go to attachment for a better view.

 

Announcing New Waterloo Rural School Book

 

Historic One-Room,

One-Teacher Schools

in the Waterloo Area

by

Ronald L. Giese

Mikki Hensler Dempsey

Maureen Wolfgram Giese

Lucy Bibow Hanson

Kathleen Gay Lawrence

 

In Honor of the Waterloo Sesquicentennial,

1859-2009

 

Waterloo Area Historical Society

Waterloo, Wisconsin

 

 

     After eight months of hard work by our Schools Committee and the wonderful cooperation from many Waterloo area residents, we have finished the school book. Over 40 area people contributed pictures and stories.

 

     Titled Historic One-Room, One-Teacher Schools in the Waterloo Area, its 104 pages i nclude 21 school districts – from Abendroth to Youker.* Most of them started in the 1 840s and 1850s and continued until consolidation in Waterloo and Portland Townships, and parts of Milford, Elba, Medina and York.

 

     Nostalgic and documentary, it is abundantly illustrated and over 1600 names of former students, teachers and school officers are listed.

 

     Cost is $15. (if mailed, add $5 and order at WAHS, P. O. Box 52, Waterloo WI 5359 4).

 

     The debut20is at Building 129 N. Monroe, former Coffee Station on Saturday, Dece mber 6, from 10am – 4pm, just in time for holiday gifts.

 

Also at the holiday sale are:

     Homemade bakery goods from local kitchens.

     Numerous bargain items of Christmas décor.

     Other publications like the extraordinary Homecomings (old settlers) Book and the terrific Waterloo Sesquicentennial Calendar with dozens of vintage photographs. Running throug h March of 2010, it is the finest historic Waterloo calendar ever produced.

 

* The full list of districts covered includes all schools in Waterloo and Portland townships, one each in Milford, Elba and Medina, and t hree in York Township as follows: Waterloo village, Little White, Abendroth, Isla nd, Jordan, Kypke, Stony Brook, Faville, Hubbleton, McCormick, Goebel, Gaffney, Cold Spring, Portland village, Youker, Whipple, Pershing, Smith, York Center
, Lone Oak, and Shady Lawn (Andrews). These are the schools that furnished students to Waterloo High School before consolidation.



New Message Reply Date view Thread view Subject view Author view
This archive was generated on Thu Dec 04 2008 - 11:30:52 Central Standard Time