Merle, by the time I started school (1942) the one room schools were gone in Darke County (Ohio). I did take the first 2.5 years in a three room school, though - Washington Township School. I am not certain, but I believe that was the smallest school remaining in the county by the 1940s. I am not sure about Dad and never thought to ask him, but Mom did attend a one room school - Baker. Mom's father taught in a one room school for three years and would have liked to continue in that profession, but he wanted to get married and could not support a wife on a teacher's salary, so he quit and started farming. Bob Harter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merle Rummel" <cliff@nwwnet.net> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] IN SCHOOL FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AGO > How many of you did attend a One-Room Country School? >
My great Aunt Bernadine Gooding Kramer taught in a one room school house in Daviess County, Missouri. The Liberty School was across the road from her farm (that of my great grandparents) and she taught both my mother Dolores and her brother Jack Gooding there:) We all descend from Brethren, many of whom are buried in that county. Diane Kerchner On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Bob Harter <rharter36@myfairpoint.net>wrote: > Merle, by the time I started school (1942) the one room schools were gone > in > Darke County (Ohio). I did take the first 2.5 years in a three room school, > though - Washington Township School. I am not certain, but I believe that > was the smallest school remaining in the county by the 1940s. I am not sure > about Dad and never thought to ask him, but Mom did attend a one room > school - Baker. Mom's father taught in a one room school for three years > and > would have liked to continue in that profession, but he wanted to get > married and could not support a wife on a teacher's salary, so he quit and > started farming. > > Bob Harter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Merle Rummel" <cliff@nwwnet.net> > To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 2:03 PM > Subject: Re: [BRE] IN SCHOOL FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AGO > > > > How many of you did attend a One-Room Country School? > > > > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
I attended a one room school 1948-1955 in Manheim Townsship in York Co., PA I had some of the best and some of the worst experiences in that setting. With resources and the dedication, education, and awareness of teachers who were my colleagues while I taught 1964-2002, a one-room school could be a perfect experience. Carol -----Original Message----- From: Bob Harter <rharter36@myfairpoint.net> To: cliff <cliff@nwwnet.net>; brethren <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Fri, Dec 20, 2013 3:42 pm Subject: Re: [BRE] IN SCHOOL FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AGO Merle, by the time I started school (1942) the one room schools were gone in Darke County (Ohio). I did take the first 2.5 years in a three room school, though - Washington Township School. I am not certain, but I believe that was the smallest school remaining in the county by the 1940s. I am not sure about Dad and never thought to ask him, but Mom did attend a one room school - Baker. Mom's father taught in a one room school for three years and would have liked to continue in that profession, but he wanted to get married and could not support a wife on a teacher's salary, so he quit and started farming. Bob Harter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Merle Rummel" <cliff@nwwnet.net> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2013 2:03 PM Subject: Re: [BRE] IN SCHOOL FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AGO > How many of you did attend a One-Room Country School? > ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message