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District No. 30, Langdon School

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District No. 30, Langdon School
District formed 1873, changed 1918
Years schools built N/A
General location N/A
Modern address Hwy. 61 near Jamaca
District boundaries N/A
Disposition Now a meeting hall.
Notes

1873: District established.
1878: Temporary school built
1879: New school built.
Interesting facts:
*Consisted of 8 grades
*The first school was taught in a small "shanty" on Henry Morgan's place. Then a tenement house owned by Levi Bailey.
*Langdon now incorporated into Cottage Grove. The village consists of 16 houses now.
*At one time, the curriculum included going to movies and the Capitol for field trips.
*Student enrollment: 1881: 52 students. 1898: 21 students. 1939: 28 students.

Memories: "The equipment of the school has always been considered among the best in the county and the interest of teachers, parents, and friends is well manifested in the provision of a library numbering some 150 books." - Stillwater Gazette, December 1898.

Known Teachers:

1873-4: Martin Severance
1878-9: Jennie Witherspoon
1898-9: Natie Collopy
1930-1: Alice Howard
1931-2: Alice Howard
1936-7: Rebecca Holton
1938-9: Mary Merry
1939-40: Mary Merry
1944-5: Ann Redmond
1946-7: Agnes Wilhelm and Martha Stoen
Other teachers: Julia Latham, Sarah Howard, George Seamer, Mrs. Ed McDonald, Francis Mosher Kemp, Lizzie Brown, Lizzie Sullivan, Matie Watson, Mary Baily Cowell, Mary Wright Bahe, Margaret Dinwoodie Belden.
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