Evergreen School, Ogle County, Illinois One Place Study

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Contents 1 Evergreen School, Ogle County, Illinois One Place Study 1.1 Evergreen School a.k.a. Kingery School, Ogle County, Illinois 1.1.1 Ogle County School Dist #17 1.2 Geography 1.3 History 1.4 Events 1.5 Teachers 1.6 Students 1.7 School Directors & Others 2 Sources

Evergreen School, Ogle County, Illinois One Place Study

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Evergreen School a.k.a. Kingery School, Ogle County, Illinois

Ogle County School Dist #17

Geography

Continent: North America

Country: United States

State/Province: Illinois

County: Ogle

1946 Geological Map of Buffalo Township with Country Schools

History

A personal remembrance of Evergreen School was written by James Mason in 1918 and was published in the Tri-County Press on 6 April 1933 in Polo, Illinois.^[1] Much of the history of Evergreen School is based on his memories.

Original Schoolhouse & Location

The school is reported to have been opened up in about 1854. It was first held in an old log house that was located 90 rods (1/4 mile) east of the home buildings on the north side of the road. This appears to not be located on the known site of Kingery & Evergreen School, but probably very nearby.

The original log house was much decayed and was barely usable but it was probably the only building available. Mr. Mason reported that it had no sash, nor door and was unfinished. The hinges were wooden and were driven into the logs. The shingles were about a foot and a half long and reported to be curled and leaky.

Mr. Mason reported that the teacher's desk was made from a board about 2 feet wide and 3 feet long with cleats at both ends and X's nailed to them as legs. The benches were sawed on only one side with legs put in with an auger.

Schoolhouse at Second Location

The next school house was built in 1858 or 1859 at a second location in the S.W. corner of John Heckman's "Wilbur Eighty". One-half acre was donated by Mr. Wilbur for the school house site. Mr. Mason recalls only 1 teacher at this site, Miss Sarah Allaban in about 1859 or 1860.

Schoolhouse at Final Location

Probably about 1862, the schoolhouse was moved to the final site location on the NE corner of Evergreen & Spruce roads.

Mr. Mason believes there was an attempt during the 1880s to split the district differently and to move the school house about 1/2 mile north onto Fossler's NE corner, but this failed.

Probably before 1900, this school house was then sold to Jacob Adams and moved to his farm where Price Heckman was living in 1918. This allowed a new schoolhouse to be erected on the same foundation.

This house was destroyed by fire on Monday, Jan 20, 1902.^[2]. School had been in session in the building that day with the teachers and pupils leaving at 4 o'clock. The supposition was that the cause of the fire was probably caused by a defective stove as the fire-pot was considerably cracked. The school was again rebuilt and was still standing in 1918, at the time of Mr. Mason's letter.

Events

Basket Socials were common as a fundraiser and get together.^[3][4][5]

A silver medal contest was held in 1911,^[6]

A Fall Festival was held in conjunction with the Polo Woman's Club regularly as well. In 1922, Evergreen School was awarded the prize for "1st on quantity and largest number of varieties".^{[7][8][9][10]}

Check list of exhibitors in 1927 article to see if they are students.

Picnics were enjoyed at Lowell Park,^[11]

In 1927 a Scramble was held by Judson School and Evergreen School.^[12]

Teachers

The following are known teachers during the school's history:

• Marcia A. (Cutts) Moore (1838-aft.1934) 1855
• Sarah Antoinette (Allaben) Sanford (1826-1892) 1859
• Walter Berrie^[13] Sep 1902 -
• Albert Linton^[3][6] Nov 1910-Mar 1911
• Effie Marteney^[4] Jan 1913
• Gertrude Fossler^[5] Nov 1915
• Mabel Stauffer^[14] Sep 1921
• Blanche Ports May 1927^[15][16]
• Juanita Geary^[8][9] Sep 1927 & 1928
• Marjorie Flory^[10] Sep 1929
• Ardath Hill^[17] Mar 1931

Students

• Mary C. (Hawks) Griffin (1843-1927) - 1855 ^[1]
• James I Mason - 1854-1860 ^[1]

• William Sprecher^[18] - 1926
• Donald Sprecher^[18] - 1926
• Lucie Brockwell^[18] - 1926
• Remar Brockwell^[18] - 1926

• Avis Heckman 1926-1927^[16]

• Max W Stuff^[19] - 1929
• Harold Stouffer^[19] - 1929
• Edith Fields^[19] - 1929

• Bert McFalls^[20] - 1929 eighth grade graduate

• Mildred Witmer ^[21] - 1930
• Omer Angle^[21] - 1930
• Vivian Stuff^[21] - 1930
• Marjorie McNeill^[21] - 1930
• Lorraine Stull^[21] - 1930
• Russell Cheeseman^[21] - 1930
• Emerson Witmer^[21] - 1930
• Eva Angle^[21] - 1930
• Edna Gatz^[21] - 1930
• Helen Angle^[21] - 1930

• Lester McFalls^[17] - 1931
• Eleanor Adams^[17] - 1931
• Paul Fossler^[17] - 1931
• Gwendolyn McNeil^[17] - 1931
• Edna Gatz^[17] - 1931
• Marjorie McNeil^[17] - 1931
• Harold Stouffer^[17] - 1931
• Max W Stuff^[17] - 1931
• Horace Moore^[17] - 1931
• Edna Moore^[17] - 1931
• Eva Moore^[17] - 1931
• James McNeil^[17] - 1931
• Maxine McNeil^[17] - 1931
• Marguerite Adams^[17] - 1931
• Robert Adams^[17] - 1931

School Directors & Others

Ed Hunter^[2] - 1902 Frank Reed^[2] - 1902 J.B. Witmer^[2] - 1902

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} History of Evergreen School as remembered by James I Mason: "Newspapers.com"
   Tri-County Press (Polo, Illinois) Thu, Apr 6, 1933, page 4
   Newspapers Clip: 144048553 (accessed 24 March 2024)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Kingery Schoolhouse Burns: "Newspapers.com"
   Tri-County Press (Polo, Illinois) Thu, Jan 23, 1902, page 1
   Newspapers Clip: 144057116 (accessed 24 March 2024)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Nov 1910 Basket Social, Page 7, column 2 of Tri-County Press, published in Polo, Illinois on Thursday, November 24th, 1910https://polopublic.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011865-12312013&e=evergreen%20school&m=between&ord=e1&fn=tri-county_press_usa_illinois_polo_19101124_english_7&df=1&dt=7
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} 1913 Basket Social, Page 7, column 4 of Tri-County Press, published in Polo, Illinois on Thursday, January 23rd, 1913, https://polopublic.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011865-12312013&e=evergreen%20school&m=between&ord=e1&fn=tri-county_press_usa_illinois_polo_19130123_english_7&df=1&dt=7
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} 1915 Basket Social, Page 7 of Tri-County Press, published in Polo, Illinois on Thursday, November 11th, 1915, https://polopublic.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011865-12312013&e=evergreen%20school&m=between&ord=e1&fn=tri-county_press_usa_illinois_polo_19151111_english_7&df=1&dt=7
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Silver Medal Contest, Page 1, column 5 of Tri-County Press, published in Polo, Illinois on Thursday, March 23rd, 1911, https://polopublic.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&d=01011865-12312013&e=evergreen%20school&m=between&ord=e1&fn=tri-county_press_usa_illinois_polo_19110323_english_1&df=1&dt=7
7. ↑ 1922 Fall Festival Winners: "Newspapers.com"
   Tri-County Press (Polo, Illinois) Thu, Oct 12, 1922, page 1
   Newspapers Clip: 144060445 (accessed 24 March 2024)
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} 1927 Fall Festival: "Newspapers.com"
   Tri-County Press (Polo, Illinois) Thu, Sep 22, 1927, page 10
   Newspapers Clip: 144061835 (accessed 24 March 2024)
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} 1928 Fall Festival: "Newspapers.com"
   Tri-County Press (Polo, Illinois) Thu, Sep 20, 1928, page 6
   Newspapers Clip: 144062225 (accessed 24 March 2024)
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} 1929 Fall Festival: "Newspapers.com"
    Tri-County Press (Polo, Illinois) Thu, Sep 26, 1929, page 10
    Newspapers Clip: 144063188 (accessed 24 March 2024)
11. ↑ 1923 Picnic at Lowell Park: "Newspapers.com"
    Tri-County Press (Polo, Illinois) Thu, Jun 14, 1923, page 1
    Newspapers Clip: 144060810 (accessed 24 March 2024)
12. ↑ 1927 Judson & Evergreen Scramble: "Newspapers.com"
    Tri-County Press (Polo, Illinois) Thu, May 19, 1927, page 6
    Newspapers Clip: 144061360 (accessed 24 March 2024)
13. ↑ Walter Berrie returns as Teacher @ Kingery School: "Newspapers.com"
    Tri-County Press (Polo, Illinois) Thu, Sep 4, 1902, page 5
    Newspapers Clip: 144056841 (accessed 24 March 2024)
14. ↑ Mabel Stouffer Teacher & Evergreen School: "Newspapers.com"
    Tri-County Press (Polo, Illinois) Thu, Sep 15, 1921, page 7
    Newspapers Clip: 144060014 (accessed 24 March 2024)
15. ↑ 1927 Scramble with Judson School, Page 6, Column 2 of Tri-County Press, published in Polo, Illinois on Thursday, May 19th, 1927, https://polopublic.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&by=1927&bdd=1920&d=01011927-12311927&e=blanche%20ports&m=between&ord=e1&fn=tri_county_press_usa_illinois_polo_19270519_english_6&df=1&dt=5
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} County Exams for Rural Residents, Page 1, Column 4 of Tri-County Press, published in Polo, Illinois on Thursday, April 7th, 1927, https://polopublic.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?i=f&by=1927&bdd=1920&d=01011927-12311927&e=blanche%20ports&m=between&ord=e1&fn=tri_county_press_usa_illinois_polo_19270407_english_1&df=1&dt=5
17. ↑ ^{17.00 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.04 17.05 17.06 17.07 17.08 17.09 17.10 17.11 17.12 17.13 17.14 17.15} 1931 Evergreen School Attendance & Grades: "Newspapers.com"
    Tri-County Press (Polo, Illinois) Thu, Mar 19, 1931, page 1
    Newspapers Clip: 144063534 (accessed 24 March 2024)
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3} Sprecher & Brockwell Going Away Dinner: "Newspapers.com"
    Tri-County Press (Polo, Illinois) Thu, Feb 25, 1926, page 4
    Newspapers Clip: 144061093 (accessed 24 March 2024)
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1 19.2} 1929 Box Earners: "Newspapers.com"
    Tri-County Press (Polo, Illinois) Thu, Feb 28, 1929, page 6
    Newspapers Clip: 144062421 (accessed 24 March 2024)
20. ↑ 1929 Eighth Grade Graduates: "Newspapers.com"
    Tri-County Press (Polo, Illinois) Thu, May 9, 1929, page 1
    Newspapers Clip: 144062851 (accessed 24 March 2024)
21. ↑ ^{21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.7 21.8 21.9} Evergreen PTA to present Play, Page 1 , column 6 of Tri-County Press, published in Polo, Illinois on Thursday, March 6th, 1930