Maroa Grade School - Grade Yearbook (Maroa, IL)

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SAFETY PATROL Clarence Ethington, Richard Cole. Bill Blrge, Oren Groves, Jack Clark, Mr. Fassett, Sponsor, Eddie Hall, Larry Anderson, Charles Glenn, Phillip Reason. COOKS Anna Pulliam, Normaline Monts, Oma Reed, Laura Schroeder, Louise Archey 39

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GIRL'S GUI CLUB First Row Doris Dotson, Director; Judy Elliot, Thelma Cook, Della James, Carol Stogsdill, Imogens Fults, Darlene Brown, Lynette Morgan, Eunice Fathauer, Dell Mae Ethington. Second Row Patty Bliss, Carol Hodges, Kay Wattles. Joyce Greeson, Judy Jackson, Phyllis Pulliam, Adrienne Stoutenborough, Mary Stone, Marcia Hughes, Roxle Gray, Karen Brady, Barbara Sullivan. Third Row Tommie Lou Dawson, Tonla Hughes, Maureen Gardner, Judy Dorsey, Shirley Thompson, Karen Rush, Judy Daggett, Patty Brown, Patty Eastham, Iantha Housel, LaVon Larson, Phyllis Withers.

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 If If HISTORY Z? SCHOOL The first public school In Marta was In 1858-59. So school building had been erected yet, but by that time there were nearly two dozen children and persons of school age In the village and Immediate neighborhood, ar.i the people realized the necessity of providing them the means of acquiring a common school education. The only vacant building in the town wa3 a fraa structure which had been the quarters of the construction gangs when the railroad was built, and abandoned when that work was completed. This building was fitted up where it stood, ar.d in the fall of 1858 there was opened in it the first public school ever held in Maroa. A new school home was built during the summer of 1659- The building was a frame and was located on the north part of the ground on which the present building stands. The lot was bought of the Associated Land Co., a corporation with headquarters in Massachusetts, and it is a noteworthy fact that the deed to this lot was executed and acknowledged at the town of Salem, renowned for its witchcraft persecutions during colonial times. On the right of March 31 1661, a severe wind storm struck the little village and did a good deal of damage to buildings. The new school house was lifted from its foundation and carried about ten feet to the east and quite badly racked. Temporary quarters were secured elsewhere for. the school while the school building was righted and repaired. At a meeting of the school board held Aug. 23, 1862, the tax levy for school purposes was fixed at one-half of one per cent, and the sum of $330. was appropriated, $275. for teachers, $30. for fuel, and $25. for incidental expenses. 40