Quincy High School - Quinconian Yearbook (Quincy, PA)

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PI GEON HI LL This school was supposedly named by a little boy who mentioned to his father the abundance of plgeons in the region For mary years the name was spelled 'Pidgeon The first public school in this area was constructed in 1851. The second building was erected in 1860 and the present one was constructed in 1891. Date of Construction - 1891 Builders - School Board Committee Cost - 8878.00 Directors - Samuel S. Wingert, Dr.'l-I. M. Fritz, Hilton G. HcFerren, Jacob Smetzer, A. B. Good, Hiram Heintzelman First teacher: 1876 - D. H. Benedict Number of teachers since 1876 - 142 Recent teachers: Marjorie Tolbert, Janet Zullinger, Carrie Branthaver, Nellye Duffield Present teachers Hrs. Dorotlv Hemphill, grades S and 6 - 38 students A . . X 'a N Q . Q O O n

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POIK HI LL The reason for an early school here, in a section which is now sparsely populated, was due to the rmmerous works at the Mont Alto iron estabhshnent at Mont Alto and Old Forge There have been two schools on this site The first one was built in 181414 just after James K Polk had been elected to the presidency of the United States for four years It must be concluded that Polk H111 was named for the newly elected President, although there are proponents of the idea that the school got its name from the abundance of poke berries which were supposed to have been much in evidence in that area Builder School Board Committee Cost Approximately S500 CO Directors Daniel Bonebrake, W G Smith, Abram Baker, James A Cook, William Hayman, Samuel Essick First teacher: 1876 George B Beatty Number of teachers since 1876 h7 Recent teachers Elizabeth I-Ioke, Bessie I-Ialdeman, Louann Barkdoll, Ethyl Oyler This school is closed at the present time. Date of Construction - 1876