Waynesfield Goshen High School - Reflections Yearbook (Waynesfield, OH)

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' 'li A lf , ,A , , the child's laziness. The big boys spent a good deal of time gfvt- ting wood for the hungry fire-place. I have been told by one of the scholars who is still living, that they had a fight nearly every day. The woods were full of Water sprouts and the teachoris principal rule was No licken no larnenf' So you sce figlig 4-'i I lickens played a prominent part in the education of our pion- eer boys and girls. Only four teachers taught in this building, THE FIRST SCHOOL HOUSE lN WAYNE TOWNSHIP naming them in their order, Patience Gilroy, Mary Atkinson, known as Mary Gorden, E. G. Atkinson, son of Mary Gordon, and Henry Whetstone. The iirst school taught in Waynesiield was by Mary Gordon, and was held in a log cabin that stood on the site of Wayne High School building. About this time the school directors secured lot No. 6, on East Wapakoneta street and erected a hewed log school house, with a gobd roof and glass Windows. School was held in 17 l l :wx A .ES was ,Q ,Q WN ,XL S s x N S S sx YS F3 ii N X ,W fc ' Wf' x x ,,! ' fff ffif ff w 5 X X x N ' XWVAW ' A X f W! f - ff' 1 if -

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