West School No. 4

Long Creek Township, Decatur County, Iowa
 

West School, in Section 20. The first school was built of logs on the William West farm, thus giving it the name of West School. It closed in 1954 with Lucille Reed as the teacher.

Other teachers were: Lois Sankey, Nora Johnson, Ella Doolittle, George O. Johnson, Maude Hampton, Edith Ball, Mike Crees, LaVonne Smith, Violet Hall, Dorothy (Lewis) Richardson, Maxine Lair, Mary Delk and Merna Beers.

The schoolhouse was sold to Owen Larkin, now the Darel Foland farm, and used as a hay barn. A violent windstorm struck the building in May of 1975, taking out the north end.


~ "A Century of Memories of Van Wert, Iowa: 1880 - 1980"
 
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West School
year unknown
Lois Sankey, Ora West, Mary Fry, Ella Fry, Etta Kanode, Essie West, Grace Robins, Bess Blades, Wilah Kanode. Ollie Edwards, Maude Wadsworth, Grace Edwards, Virginia West, Nellie Wadsworth, Nellie Robins, Florence Wycoff, Delia West, Mertie West. Temple Wycoff, Cleve Ramsey, Mike Cry, Earie Edwards, unknown, Homer Ramsey, Roy Ramsey, George Fry, William West, Fred Fry.
Vera Boles

West School
year unknown
Edith Ball

West School
1923
Edith Ball

West School
1926-27
Edith Ball

West School
year unknown
Edith Ball
  
Original page created by Sharon Becker 2013, updated 2015; updated and reformatted by Conni McDaniel Hall Oct 2019.
 
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