Moore Township High School - Owl Yearbook (Farmer City, IL)

 - Class of 1953

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Page 10 text:

Moore High School ln l880, The TirsT public school was opened in Farmer CiTy. lT was a combined grade and high school. The principal was ProTessor DewhirsT. The salaries oT The Teachers ranged Trom 5522.50 To 540.00 per monTh. AnoTher school building was builT on The presenT grade school siTe. ln January, l9l I, The school was inspecTed and condemned as unsaTe and in February, I9I I, iT was vacaTed. During The remainder oT The l9l0-IQII school year, classes were held in rooms in The K. oT P. l-lall, Red Men's l-lall, l.0.0.F. l-lall, TM. E. Church, ChrisTian Church, and The M. P. Church. An archiTecT, Mr. Pillsbury oT BloomingTon, was hired To build The new grade school on The old siTe. AnoTher new building was To be builT To house The high school. Mr. Joseph G. Moore and his wife, Sabina, donaTed a Three hundred acre TracT oT land To The Township Tor The consTrucTion oT a new high school. Two-hundred-nineTy acres oT This land were sold, leaving a Ten-acre ploT Tor The campus. Mr. A. W. SToolman, The builder, laid The cornersTone in l9l I. The building was compleTed in Time Tor The school year oT l9I2-I9I3. The school was named Moore .Township l-ligh School in memory oT The donors. , ln l9I2, Tour women Teachers were employed To Teach in The new high school. The principal was Mr. J. E. Demmer. There were eighTy sTudenTs enrolled The TirsT year. The superinTendenT oT schools was ProTessor Covey. ln l9l2, The salaries oT Teachers had risen To a Tremendous 545.00 To Sl20.00 a monTh. . ln l935, The presenT gymnasium was erecTed aT The norTh end oT The building. A well-equipped Tarm shop room Took The place oT The old gym. LaTer, a garage was builT and aTTer a Tew years was Turned inTo an ind usTrial arTs shop. ln l94-8, a building was reassembled To house The band, and The agriculTure room was also moved inTo This build- ing leaving The previous room Tor a caTeTeria. All These improvemenTs have helped To make a Tine school and aTTracTive campus. V

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Schoo Board Members FRANK MCINTYRE MRS. DARLENE WALDEN ROBERT MULLEN Secretary FRANK MAXWELL President, Board of Education LYLE NIKLAUS FLOYD KING DON REESER

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