Joint District No. 1, Tin Box/Sunnyside

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Joint District No. 1, Tin Box/Sunnyside

District formed	1866
Years schools built	N/A
General location	On the border of Washington and Chisago Counties
Modern address	Morgan and 24th St.
District boundaries	N/A
Disposition	Razed for sheet metal
Notes	School closed in 1935

Known Teachers

1920s:	Deborah Lindgren
1934-5:	Muriel Johnson
Other Teachers:	Emily C. Johnson
	Ruth Lindblad
	Adele Ogilvie Swenson
	Eleanore Anderson

Ruby Shoberg

Dora Swenson Broecker

Esther Johnson

Marie Diehl

Mabel Johnson

Myrna Booren

 

Other Facts
-teachers hated the nickname "Tin Box School" (the covering was sheet metal and the roof top was tin), and they tried to change it to Sunnyside.

Memories:
"At one event, someone pulled the bell rope so hard it caused the knot in the rope to go through the ceiling. The bell rang, flipped over, and rang several times and then stopped." -Ethel Dahlin Monson

"One day, teacher Muriel Johnson Benson spilled a pail of water on the floor before the room had warmed up and it immediately froze, leaving the students slipping and sliding to their desks.
-Country Messenger, Wednesday, August 3, 1994.