Schools of the Past: Greene District 23
Once again we are going to describe the above district which was previously District #13 (Harbor District -Jan. 13, 2011) and previous to that was District #3 (Harbor District - Oct. 28, 2010) and finally become the above district renamed for the third time. The time frame for this District #23 to be active was 1866 -1938. However as there is to be no misunderstanding of all these changes, the site of District #23 the site of this district was near the intersection of Hotchkiss, Jackson Hill and Page Brook Road according to the 1875 Atlas Map of Chenango County.
In the research there was no information found relevant to boundary lines of district line changes and the information written in the above two previous articles and need not be repeated again.
The photo accompanying this article shows the school building in 1969 standing vacant and was left vacant till 1938 when a note was attached to Mrs. English’s research that reads as follows:
“Contracts with Greene - apparently the school closed at this time and has been vacant ever since, until sold at auction on January 12,1990.” No information has surfaced to this writer as to when the building was erected, how was it paid for, who did the actual work, etc. Perhaps at a later date this mystery will unravel.
For the year 1866 to 1903 there was a complete lack of information as to the trustees, collectors and clerks who served this school. However beginning in 1904 the following names were recorded: Harry Excell, Charles Yager, Wilson Paddleford, Calvin Lee, Frank Standard, L. Stanton, Arthur Chalker, Orrin Mclntosh, Marion Hall, C. A. Lee, Frank Reymore, Mrs. Frank Standard, Mrs. May Paddleford, Wilson Paddleford, Alfred Roife, Earl Badger, Eugene Finch, Frank Standard, E. A. Elliott, Wanda Freidah, Mrs. Earl Badger, Eugene Mellem, Paul Evans, Evelyn Klein and Earl Stanton as having served in assorted capacities.
Teachers included Ogden Turtle, Vina Spencer (Seymour) when she was 16, Nellie Hotchkiss Foster, Mary West Jackson, Lulu Hubbard Finch, Mrs. Doris Reymore, Engia Sandberg Stanton, Margaret Delamarter who were retained during the year of 1890 (Ogden Tuttle) and 1910-1938.
Through the years the pupils who attended this district school and only the last names will be given were: Chapman, Tyler, Paddleford, Mclntosh, Ralph, Finch, Freidah, Flumerfelt, Page, Badger, Finch, Reymore, Yager, A. Finch (noted that several pupils were barefooted). Brown, Bunnell, Klein, Sanders, Heath, Jackson, Winston, Freer, Egbert, Stanton, Carmen, dark, Collins, Drake, Ingraham, Kale, Kerschmer to name a few.
In September of 1931 - June 1932 Engia Sandberg was teaching 32 pupils and tribute is due to Ms. Sandberg as she was teaching 8 grades with the following names: Grade #1 - Clayton & Roy Fassett, Twilla Stephens, Earl Aikins, #2 - Amasa and Wahnetta dark, Nellie Aikins, Addie Shear, #3 - Eugene Finch, Harry Heath, Betty Mellem, #4 Bertha Ingraham, Ralph Adams, Samuel Shaw, Raymond Oakley, Henrietta Fine, #5 - Charles Carman, Elsie Kline, Elsie Shear, Alfred Aikins, #6 - Doris Drake, John Klein, Eleanor Kale, Lena Heath, #7 - Charles Mellem, Bernice Finch, Thelma Shear, and #8 - Harold Winston, Beatrice Finch, Dorothy Carman and Florence Ingraham.
It is also noted in the above semester year the following: “This year a bridge was built across the creek and Mr. Paddleford gave the school the use of part of his pasture for a play yard, which was soon equipped with swings and teeters.” Additionally a clipping from the Morning Glory News stated, “A pump has been installed and next year we expect to have a supply of water right on our school ground.”
Thus another rather brief chapter of “Schools of the Past” is closed to be continued at yet another date. Again the closing plea, if you have district school history relevant to any district school in Chenango County, do not destroy, pass it to a proper repository for future generations to use. If the names of teachers, students, trustees, clerks have survived thought the years, they are an absolute wealth of information for anyone who is researching their family history.
In the research there was no information found relevant to boundary lines of district line changes and the information written in the above two previous articles and need not be repeated again.
The photo accompanying this article shows the school building in 1969 standing vacant and was left vacant till 1938 when a note was attached to Mrs. English’s research that reads as follows:
“Contracts with Greene - apparently the school closed at this time and has been vacant ever since, until sold at auction on January 12,1990.” No information has surfaced to this writer as to when the building was erected, how was it paid for, who did the actual work, etc. Perhaps at a later date this mystery will unravel.
For the year 1866 to 1903 there was a complete lack of information as to the trustees, collectors and clerks who served this school. However beginning in 1904 the following names were recorded: Harry Excell, Charles Yager, Wilson Paddleford, Calvin Lee, Frank Standard, L. Stanton, Arthur Chalker, Orrin Mclntosh, Marion Hall, C. A. Lee, Frank Reymore, Mrs. Frank Standard, Mrs. May Paddleford, Wilson Paddleford, Alfred Roife, Earl Badger, Eugene Finch, Frank Standard, E. A. Elliott, Wanda Freidah, Mrs. Earl Badger, Eugene Mellem, Paul Evans, Evelyn Klein and Earl Stanton as having served in assorted capacities.
Teachers included Ogden Turtle, Vina Spencer (Seymour) when she was 16, Nellie Hotchkiss Foster, Mary West Jackson, Lulu Hubbard Finch, Mrs. Doris Reymore, Engia Sandberg Stanton, Margaret Delamarter who were retained during the year of 1890 (Ogden Tuttle) and 1910-1938.
Through the years the pupils who attended this district school and only the last names will be given were: Chapman, Tyler, Paddleford, Mclntosh, Ralph, Finch, Freidah, Flumerfelt, Page, Badger, Finch, Reymore, Yager, A. Finch (noted that several pupils were barefooted). Brown, Bunnell, Klein, Sanders, Heath, Jackson, Winston, Freer, Egbert, Stanton, Carmen, dark, Collins, Drake, Ingraham, Kale, Kerschmer to name a few.
In September of 1931 - June 1932 Engia Sandberg was teaching 32 pupils and tribute is due to Ms. Sandberg as she was teaching 8 grades with the following names: Grade #1 - Clayton & Roy Fassett, Twilla Stephens, Earl Aikins, #2 - Amasa and Wahnetta dark, Nellie Aikins, Addie Shear, #3 - Eugene Finch, Harry Heath, Betty Mellem, #4 Bertha Ingraham, Ralph Adams, Samuel Shaw, Raymond Oakley, Henrietta Fine, #5 - Charles Carman, Elsie Kline, Elsie Shear, Alfred Aikins, #6 - Doris Drake, John Klein, Eleanor Kale, Lena Heath, #7 - Charles Mellem, Bernice Finch, Thelma Shear, and #8 - Harold Winston, Beatrice Finch, Dorothy Carman and Florence Ingraham.
It is also noted in the above semester year the following: “This year a bridge was built across the creek and Mr. Paddleford gave the school the use of part of his pasture for a play yard, which was soon equipped with swings and teeters.” Additionally a clipping from the Morning Glory News stated, “A pump has been installed and next year we expect to have a supply of water right on our school ground.”
Thus another rather brief chapter of “Schools of the Past” is closed to be continued at yet another date. Again the closing plea, if you have district school history relevant to any district school in Chenango County, do not destroy, pass it to a proper repository for future generations to use. If the names of teachers, students, trustees, clerks have survived thought the years, they are an absolute wealth of information for anyone who is researching their family history.
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