The name of the school was Blue Ball. It had been used as a school until the mid 80's and at the time of fire was a residence. > Hi Everyone. > > Not sure if anyone has heard, but the three story Elementary School in > Boggs > Twp. burned down yestery in the early morning. All that is left is a > shell. > This was a three story building where my Mother and my Grand Mother both > went > to school. Not sure of the name though, anyone else? > > Renee L. Waring > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I am not sure of the year that this school was built. I do know that it was built prior to 1911 when my mother first attended the school. It replaced the two story, four room school that stood across the road from it. The two story, four room school was bought by George Grant Wood. He built basement under the old school and it became his residence until the early to mid 1930's. Mother attended yellow brick, Blue Ball school from first grade to the end of eighth grade. She then went on to graduate from the sixth street school in Philipsburg. Thinking back on the school in the 1040's, I cannot remember the first grade teacher's name, but Mrs Dimling tought second and part of third grade. Mrs Dimling lived next to the United Brothern Church there in West Decatur. Miss Olive James tought part of third grade and all of fourth grade. She lived in the house that was across the road, the second one from the courner, next to the old two story school. Mrs Flegal tought fifth grade. I believe she lived in Philipsburg somewhere. Miss Ethel Lumadue tought sixth grade, and lived next to the Methodist church there in West Decatur. Albert Shimmel tought seventh and eighth grades. He also lived across the road from the school. Leah -----Original Message----- From: sburfield@gotmc.net To: paclearf@rootsweb.com Sent: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [PACLEARF] Elimentary School burns down in Boggs Twp. The name of the school was Blue Ball. It had been used as a school until the mid 80's and at the time of fire was a residence. > Hi Everyone. > > Not sure if anyone has heard, but the three story Elementary School in > Boggs > Twp. burned down yestery in the early morning. All that is left is a > shell. > This was a three story building where my Mother and my Grand Mother both > went > to school. Not sure of the name though, anyone else? > > Renee L. Waring > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.