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PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL No. 7
Poe Township
Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, December 06, 1916
POE - The pupils of No. 7 Poe [Pleasant Hill School], and their teacher, Mrs. Edith W. Link, gave a program and box supper Wednesday evening, from which the school cleared $15.75. Prizes were awarded to Alpha Pray for guessing the nearest number of grains of popcorn in a glass bottle and having the prettiest box; to Carol Tullis for being the most popular young lady present and Sam Snellgrove for being the laziest man in attendance. Albert Stephens was the auctioneer.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, April of 2017
Photograph Courtesy of Mount Ayr Depot Museum
Pleasant Valley School, circa 1920-22
BACK ROW, Left to Right: Glen TOMPKINS, Hazel LUCAS, Vern MOSIER, Andrew SALTZMAN, Everett SUTHERLAND, Wilber SUTHERLAND,
Everett or Cleo LESAN, Velma STACY, Beulah MOSIER, Dick MOSIER
MIDDLE ROW, Left to Right: Arelyne MOSIER, Jess STACY, Lila TOMPKINS, Iona GROVES, Georgia TWAY, Teacher - Bessie RICE,
Merle TOMPKINS, Frances MORSE, Arvilla LESAN, Ruth STACY, Arlo MOSIER, EUgene MOSIER
FRONT ROW, Left to Right: Albert STACY, Reginald "Rex" MOSIER, Ila SUTHERLAND, Robinette "Bobbie" MOSIER, Lucille LUCAS,
George MOSIER, ___ TWAY, Marian J. ____
Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, February 15, 1940
Betty BURCHETT, who has been employed for several months at Bryant's Sandwich Shop, has accepted the teaching duties at Poe No. 7, which she will assume on February 19. The school has been taught by Mrs. Franklin MAIN, who resigned because she is moving out of the community.
Pleasant Hill School was moved from its original location and is used as a tool shed. It is located four miles east
of Mount Ayr on Highway 2, south 3 1/2 miles on the east side of the road.
SOURCES:
Mount Ayr Record-News, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, February 10, 2007
AVITT, Mike. Pages and Pictures from the Past. . .Ringgold County, Iowa 1855-2005 p. 17. Paragon Publications, Inc. Mount Ayr. 2009.
Compilation by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2009; updated September of 2015; updated April of 2017
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