TIMBER VIEW PAROCHIAL SCHOOL
Clinton Township
Timber View Parochial School is one of three active rual Amish Schools in Ringgold County.
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Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Thursday, September 11, 2003
News From Down Redding Way By Mary Troyer
Both of our schools started August 26. Timber View has 27 pupils and Middle Fork has 21 pupils. The teacher for
Timber View are Mary BONTRAGER and LeAnna DETWEILER. The two first graders are Mervin (Reuben) and LaVern
(Jonas) FROYER. Teachers at Middle Fork are Martha MILLER and Lucy BONTRAGER. THey have six first graders, LeRoy
and Levi (twins) of Albert YODER; Lee, son of Paul FROYER; Eli Ray, son of Floyd PLANK; Ida Mae, daugher of Herman
MAST, and Martha, daughter of Alvin BONTRAGER. The teachers have a full, challenging school term ahead of them.
We wish them success in their careers.
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Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Thursday, August 12, 2010
Down Redding Way
Reuben and Ada TROYER, Samuel and Ada BONTRAGER, Viola and Emma BEECHY, Joanna TROYER, Ada YODER, Esther MAST and Mary
BONTRAGER attended the teachers meeting in Seymour Friday.
Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2012 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 August of 2012
Mount Ayr Record-News Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa Thursday, May 15, 2017, Page 6
Down Redding Way
Timber View School prepared for a school reunion, Monday, June 12, for the year 2006 - 2007. Hope they had a good turnout.
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Thursday, June 22, 2017, Page 7
Timber View School had a school reunion Monday for the year 2006 - 2007. Attending from a distance were the Levi Mast family of Homer, MI, Joe Miller family of Pierz, MN, Junior Detweiler and the Allen Detweiler young folks of Princeton, MO. Miriam Anne Detweiler and Mary Bontrager (now Mrs. Larry Detweiler), both of Princeton, were the teachers. They had a good time reminiscing, singing and playing rolly ball. Jr. Miller's young folks of Seymour also attended.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, July of 2017
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