Davis High School - Davinois Yearbook (Davis, IL)

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'r H E n AV 1: N o 1 s Grade School Districts Grade school districts which are included, either wholly or in part, within the territory naturally served by the Davis High School, together with their teachers and directors, are as follows: Rock City No. 31 Walnut Grove No. 1 Eggert No. 24 Directors- Directors- ' Directors- Mr. C. H. Weimer. Mr. Fred Wise. Mr. Fred Fiene. Mr. Harry Vehmeier. Mr. J. W. Stuckey. Mr. Leonard Thoren. Mr. Clayton Horstmeier. Mr. Homer Shelton. Mr. Fred Niedermeier. Teachers- Teacher- Teacher- Mr. M. H. Bolender, Prin. Miss Theodora Stuckey. Miss Esther Tielkemeier. Miss Effie Tuell. Epleyanna No. 30 Pleasant View No. 2 Directors- Directors- Mr. George Tielkemeier. Mr. Walter Hofmeister. Mr. Dan Meier. Mr. Will C. Pinnow. Mr. Henry Benning. Mr. Daniel Kloepping. Teacher- Teacher- Miss Delia Thoren. Mr. Roy Borger. Centennial No. 58 Felts No. 26 Henze No. 28 Directors- Directors- Directors- f Mr. M. H. Flynn. Mr. Fred Toelke. Mr. Oluf Olson. Mr. W. H. Spelman. Mr. Daniel Goeke. Mr. William Iserman. Mr. Albert Peters. Mr. John Bingner. Mr. George Lapp. Teacher- Teacher- Teacher- Miss Eunice O'Malia. Miss Elizabeth Templeton. Miss Barbara Winchell. Prairie Block No. 59 Davis' No. 29 Directors- Directors- Mr. Ray Sarver. Mr. Fred F. Miller. Mr. Adolph Anderson. Mr. B. L. Schmitt. Mr. William Wurtz. Mr. Vernon Keister. Teacher- Teachers- Miss Rena Kinney. Miss Helen Graham. Mrs. Evelyn Bradley. Page Sixty-Nine

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,,, 'r H n n AV 1 N o 1 s FORUM OFFICERS ROSTRUM OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester First Semester Second Semester Wilma Tracy, Emma Johnson Marsden Hoover, Thelma Fitzgerald, President President President President Helen Logan, Vera Patterson, Genevieve Davis, Milton Phillips, Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Vice-President Emerson Hofmeister, Floy Hofmeister, Josephine Price, Melvin Kurtz, S cretar -Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer Secretary-Treasurer e y ' d t the be inning of the year The names chosen were The Forum and The Two Literary Societies were organize a g . Rostrum. Monthly meetings were held throughout the year, each society taking its turn furnishing varied programs. CHORUS. A Glee Club was organized early in March, with Mrs. We accomplished enough in our early lessons to be Alva Place of Durand as Director. The greater number able to furnish a part of the musical program in connec- of the girls enrolled for this work' t'on with th nnu l Oratorical cont st h ld A ril 29 Progress is being made and all are enthusiastic about 1 e a a e e P , ' , the work. We feel the need of this kind of training and Those Who return next Year Shmlld COHUUUG this so are doing our best to make our efforts worth while. phase of work which adds to school life. Page Sixty-Eight

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T H E D AV' I N 0 I S History of Rock Run Township Compiled by Miss Lena Ende, and published in the September 13th, 1923, issue of the Davis Leader In 1836 the first settlement in the township was made one and one-half miles northwest of Davis by a widow, Mrs. Swanson and family. She was followed by the Carnefix McKinn, Dawson, Flynn, Mullarky, Hulse, Welsh, Lee, Blackmore and Baker families. Irish Grove was settled in 1836 by the Mullarky, Foley, Giblin, O'Brien, Mullin, Flynn and Howley families. In 1839 a party of Nor- wegians settled.at the Rock Run grist mill, composed of the Stabeck, Knutson, Anderson, Oleson. Johnson and Civertsen families. Mr. Knutson had the first blacksmith shop and Mr. Civertsen the first wagon shop in the town- ship. The early-day blacksmith shops in Davis were run by Johnson and Moorberg in the building back of Lilje- quist's store, and by Mr. Hughes and Mr. Walkey near where the town well is located. Mr. Mayer was an early- day wagon maker in Davis and'was followed by Mr. Hayes and Mr. Buticofer. The first grist mill, known as Rees-man's was built by Thomas Turner in 1836. The first saw mill, Reed's, was built by H. G. Davis in 1836. The grist mill at Epleyanna was built by Blackmore and Lee in 1839 'and later sold to Conrad Epley. The first post office was located at Rock Run mill, H. G. Davis being the postmaster. In 1848 it was moved to Jamestown, now known as Graball, where it remained until Davis and Rock City were founded when offices were established in these places. Davis was laid out in 1857 and the railroad was built in 1858. The road was known as The Racine and South- western, the Racine and Mississippi, the Northern Illinois, The Western Union, and since 1879 the Chicago, Milwau- kee Sz St. Paul. The first station agent was Mr. Hughes, followed by Mr. Hines, Frank Frazey, Lincoln Belman, Frank Mannion and T. H. Longley. Some of the founders of the village were S. J. Davis, John A. Davis, T. J. Turner and Ludwig Stanton. These men platted 160 acres of land which was surveyed into streets and town lots by Edward McMahon. In 1859 D. A. Baldwin added more land. Some of the streets were named after these early Page Seventy settlers. Lots were sold from S40 to 3125. Davis was in- corporated as a village in 1871. The first store was built in 1858 by S. J. Davis and was located where Raymer's garage now stands. This was followed by Barloga and Wendt, M. W. Kurtz, G. W. Becker, T. Cronemiller and others. C. J. Liljequist and J. S. Afiierbaugh were the early day painters. First car- penters were D. Wenzel, Henry Ritter, Wm. Green and others. Physicians in this early day were Dr. Fisher, Dr. Grey, Dr. Breneman, Dr. Hamil, Drs. Benton Sz Maynard, and Dr. Rostad. The children attended school at Epleyanna until 1858 when the little stone school house was built in Davis. In 1863 the frame addition was added. In 1897 the new frame building was built, to which an addition was erected in 1921. The first teacher was Prof. Gleasman. Other teachers were Mr. Kingsley, Mr. Shepherd, Mr. Preston, Johnson Potter, Mr. Eyer, A. A. Crary, C. Carnefix, J. H. Hutchinson, J. N. Phillips, Harriet Hamil, Ida Ballinger, Miss Powerly, Ella Steeres, Myra Giles, Anna Bittinger, Jtelilinie Hunt, Mary Steger, Kate Dodson, Anna Tunks and o ers. The first cemetery was located on the block now owned by C. Kochsmeier, formerly the P. McHoes block, and the first burial was a child of Mr. Hughes, the station agent. The present cemetery was started about 1860, and the first burial there was Mrs. Heller. The first birth in the township was a son to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Flowers in 1836, at Reed's saw mill. The first death was a son of J. R. Webb in the fall of 1841. The first marriage was Pony Fletcher to Narcissa Swanson in the fall of 1838. The Davis Budget was founded in May, 1873, by Stabeck Bros. S. W. Tallman bought it in 1878 and changed the name to the Davis Review. The Methodist Episcopal church was organized in June 1859, from classes already existing in the sur- rounding country. Some of the founders were Henry Springer, Edward Marsh, James Zenver, Fred W. Stegner,