Davis High School - Davinois Yearbook (Davis, IL)

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0 . I Q Organizations of the Community DAVIS NAME GRGANIZED HEAD OFFICER I. O. O. F. . . 1868 . . . Will Mulhall Rebekahs . . . 1901 . . Edith Weber A. F. 81 A. M. . . 1864 . Frank H. Eilert O. E. S. . . . . 1901 . .Louisa Rutter M. W. A. . . . 1884 . . A. E. Helmts Mystic Workers . 1901 . Verna Raymer W. C. T. U. . . 1907 . . Elsie Kurtz W. M. . . . 1900 . . Lillian Best Ladies' Aid . . . 1893 . . Nettie Miller K. L. C. E. . . . 1893 . Augusta Phillips Epworth League . 1921 . Reynold Hoover Boys Scouts . . 1921 . Reynold Hoover Davis Motion Picture Company . . 1920 . . Arthur Wise Davis Shipping Association . . . 1920 .... . . Adolph Meinert ROCK CITY Parent-Teachers . 1920 .... . . Clayton Horstmeier Live VVires . . . . . . 1921 . . . Luella Thoren Community Association .... 1921 . . William Wilke Rock Run Mutual Fire Ins. Co. . . 1868 . . . William Meinert Rock City Shipping Association . . 1920 . . . Daniel Schlueter M. W. A. . . ..... 1889 . . . H. D. Thoren P ..l-

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4 P . 1ho.l.avi'bon.:'D' I Sketches of Interest Concerning Our District - Concluded ROCK CITY On January 10, 1859, fifty acres were set aside for town purposes and the Village was begun. A donation to the original plot was made in 1859 by Samuel Hutchison and S. E. M. Carnefix. This addition formed the south part of the village. 4 The first merchants, as early as 1860, were David Wilcoxon, John Graham and Perry Dun- can. The first station was located and built during this year. Previous to laying out the town, a school was maintained on the Carnefix farm. Following this a stone schoolhouse was built west of the village. A Mr. Searles was the first teacher. The present building was erected in 1878. The Evangelical church was organized in 1868. The present building was constructed in 1869. The first pastor was Rev. H. Rohland. The Methodist church was founded in 1878. The building was erected in 1878. The first pastor was Rev. F. W. Nazarene. Present officers of the village of Rock City are: President, Clayton Meinzer, Village Clerk, Charles Logang Trustees, H. D. Thoren, Fred Miller, William Groskopf, D. C. Meinert, VVilliam Meier and Dan Horstmeier. EPLEYANNA The first permanent settlements were made in the vicinity of Epleyanna in the year 1841. Some of the first families to come to this section were the Hendricksmeiers, Schlueters, Wellings and Vehmeiers. PAGE FIFTY-six

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' i' 1'lhe-J.avinoi.sJf H Grade School Districts Grade School Districts which are included, either wholly or in part, within the Davis Com munity High School District, together with their teachers and directors, are as follows: Rock City No. 31 Directors- C. H. VVei1ner Harry Vehmeier Clayton Horstmeier Teachers- ' M. IH. Bolender, Prin. Mrs. Alice Barnes Epleyanna No. 30 Directors- Geo. Tielkemeier D. J. Meier H. F. Benning Teacher- Miss Almcda Marble Felts No. 26 Directors- Fred Toelke Daniel Goeke John Bingner Teacher- Miss Gladys Masters I FU... , Eggert No. 24+ Directors- Fred Niedermeier Dan Schlueter David Fiene Teacher- Mrs. Evea Baker Davis No. 29 Directors- Fred F. Miller G. johnson Arthur Wise Teachers- Miss Helen E. Graham Mrs. Evelyn W. Bradley Henze No. 28 Directors- Henry Bingner William lserman Olaf Olson Teacher- Miss Margaret Gorham Walnut Grove No. 1 Directors- Homer Shelton J. W. Stuckey Fred VVise Teacher- Mrs. Meta Johns Centennial No. 58 Directors- Mike Flynn William Spelman Albert Peters Teacher- Miss Alice Elliott Prairie Block No. 59 Directors- Lynn Hamilton 'Adolph Anderson 'Jesse A. Meier Teacher- .Miss Mary Bobb