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History of the Glenwood School
District # 86 Jackson County, Kansas
The Glenwood school district was organized in 1898 and was probably erected some time that same year. It was located
one mile north of the present Carwood schoolhouse and approximately five hundred feet west on the south side of
the road. In the 1920s the land was owned by L.R. Hank and is now under the ownership of Ralph Cattrell. It was
disorganized in 1950 when the Carmel and Glenwood School Districts were combined into the new district # 103.
There are no clerk or treasurer’s books from its beginning to 1920 and from then on only the expenses were kept.
The following pages are copied from the clerk’s book for the years 1920 through 1950.
1920-1921
Julia Cochran- teacher - $65.00
H.C. Sewell- flag, chalk and labor - $21.15
Owl Hardware- water fountain and stove pipe - $ 7.10
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Minnie Hank - cleaning school house - $5.00
L.R. Hank- cleaning toilets - $4.00
E.E. Grover- hauling coal - $9.00
G.E. Glick- mowing yard and pumping out well - $2.00
Dr. E.R. Farrell- Dental inspection - $5.00
C.C. Conner- coal - $7.65
1921-1922
Nola Johnson- teacher - $67.50
B.R. Littleton- papering, painting and varnishing the desks and woodwork - $20.00
L.R. Hank- cleaning s. house and purchased broom and erasers - $5.90
W.M. McAllister- load of cobs - $2.50
G.E. Glick- express on shades - $1.35
1922-1923
Lois Horner – Teacher - $61.50
Milton Mannell – cleaning s. yard - $3.00
F. H. Vincint – labor & supplies - $5.70
Maude Vincint – Cleaning s. house - $5.00
Alf or A.F. Brownfield – shingling - $2.00
Alfred Mannell – shingling & hauling stove $3.50
Frank Burgat – shingling - $2.00
Paul Porterfield – shingling - $2.00
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F. R. Nuzman – roofing material – $33.38
Alfred Mannell, Maude Vincint and Frank Burgat were board members.
1923-1924
Lois Horner- teacher - $75.00
G.S. Schoonover- pump - $3.50
Hinnen and sons- broom - $1.10
Frank burgat –hauling coal and taking the census - $5.50
A.N. Mannell- attending the convention - $2.00
W.G McAllister- load of cobs - $2.50
Bender Bros.- stove pipe - $4.00
Milten Mannell- hauling coal - $2.00
B.E. Canfield- repairing organ - $6.00
Bernard Bros. - coal - $21.51
Receipts from box supper - $15.00
( Lois Horner is now Lois Stous and lives in Holton. )
1924-1925
Kathryn Fernkopf – teacher - $70.00
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Milten Mannell - hauling coal, mowing yard and cleaning s. house - $16.50
W.D. Butrum- papering and painting - $32.18
Frank Burgat- repair of book case and the porch floor - $22.16
Kenneth Mannell- carrying water - $1.50
1925-1926
Ethel McKeever- teacher - $70.00
George West- cleaning schoolhouse, mowing yard, pumping out well - $7.00
F.O. Grubbs- insurance on s. house - $43.75
Naylor Pharmacy- pencil sharpeners and erasers - $1.30
Owl Hardware- rope, nails, paint, chain, hinges and brush - $10.30
Scott Porterfield - cobs - $2.25
Green Hardware- coal bucket - $.60
Frank Burgat- clerk’s fee - $10.00
1926-1927
Ethel McKeever – teacher - $75.00
Frank Burgat – clerk’s fee - $10.00
Jackson Grange Co. – coal - $44.76
Perry Hersh – window glass - $2.14
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F.R. Nuzman-Lumber for floor $69.06
G.E. Glick-School board convention $ 2.00
W.G. McAllister-convention, hauling lumber, cleaning outhouses, mowing yard & oiling the floor $16.90
Clarence Miller-oil & sash rope $1.40
Frank Burgat, G.E.Glick and W.G. Mc Allister were on the school board.
1927-1928
Edna Myers-teacher $70.00
Frank Burgat-clerk’s fee $10.00
Marshall Snyder-cobs $ 1.50
Velma Doolittle-cleaning schoolhouse $ 3.00
A.W. Rolley-towels & chalk $ 2.28
W.D.Green-rope for bell/flag $ 2.80
Marshall Snyder-hauling coal $1.50
C.C. Conner-1,000 lbs. coal $5.84
1928-1929
Corabell Dougless-teacher $70.00
Frank Burgat-clerk’s fee $10.00
Naylor Pharmecy-book, crayons, towels
and soap $8.99
C.R.J. & P.R.R.-freight on blackboard
& sweeping compound $1.68
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Art Campbell-hauling blackboard $1.50
Velma Doolittle-cleaning schoolhouse $5.00
Everal Glick-cleaning yard & cutting brush $5.00
C.C. Conner-coal & trucking $20.37
(Corabell Dougless married Fred Bareiss and established their home on a farm north of
Holton where she still lives. Fred passed away several years ago.)
1929-1930
Margaret Oldweiler-teacher $75.00
Jackson Grange Co.-coal $27.89
Ruth Doolittle-cleaning schoolhouse $5.00
Del Snyder-mowing s. yard $2.25
Frank Burgat-clerk’s fee $10.00
Green Hardware-stovepipe & bolts $2.35
Paul Porterfield-labor $2.00
Frank Burgat-labor $2.00
W.G. McAllister-labor $2.00
Burgat, Paul Porterfield, and McAllister were on the school board
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1930-1931
Margaret Oldweiler-teacher $85.00
Frank Burgat-clerk’s fee $10.00
Frank Burgat-labor $8.25
Paul Porterfield-school board convention
& other work- $4.50
W.G. McAllister-school board convention
& other work $4.50
Hulda McAllister-cleaning school house $7.50
Ben Canfield-piano $50.00
Burgat, Porterfield and McAllister were on the school board.
1931-1932
Margaret Oldweiler-teacher $80.00
Frank Burgat-clerk’s fee $10.00
Paul Porterfield-School Board Convention $2.00
W.G. McAllister – S. Board Convention $2.00
Paul Porterfield-cobs & hauling $2.00
Grange Cooperative-coal $19.05
1932-1933
Irene Hank-teacher $65.00
Mrs. E.J. Kehler – Cleaning S. House $3.50
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Paul Porterfield – mow and rake yard $2.50
E.J. Kehler – School Board Convention $1.00
Frank Burgat – Clerk’s Fee $10.00
Tom McGrath – Coal $20.00
Brown & Hedge Lumber Co. – Lumber $1.85
Paul Porterfield – Cobs & Convention $3.25
Kehler, Porterfield and Burgat were School Board Members.
1933-34
Corrine Spencer – Teacher $35.00
Kenneth Mannell – Cleaning S. House $4.25
Frank Burgat – Clerk’s Fee $10.00
Paul Porterfield – Cobs, Flags, Screws, Cups,
Coffee Pot, Rope & Chalk $6.00
Tom McGrath – Coal $20.60
Wayne Wheeler – Papering $3.00
1934-35
Ermyl Martin – Teacher $45.00
Percy Haag – school house insurance $10.50
Wayne Wheeler – papering $5.63
Emma Glick – cleaning s. house $4.00
O.D. Freed – coal $20.00
Russell’s Variety store – Broom &
Sweeping Compound $4.17
Perry Hersh – wallpaper $6.37
1935-1936
Ermyl Martin – Teacher $47.50
Frank Burgat – Cleck’s fee $10.00
King Store – Curtain material $4.04
Kauls Store – Gasoline $ .45
Paul Porterfield – Miscellaneous $4.15
Kansas Reading Circle – books $5.00
O. D. Freed Coal $23.60
1936-1937
Grace Ruth – Teacher $40.00
Asa Freel – Building Two Toilets $14.00
Everal Glick – Wood & Hauling $3.75
Frank Porterfield – Wood $2.50
John Kehler – Carrying Water $1.20
O.D. Freed – Coal $25.00
Mrs. Emma Glick-clerk’s fee $10.00
Paul Porterfield-supplies $3.00
Chas. Mannell-cleaning schoolhouse $6.25
Frank Burgat-labor $1.00
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Emma Glick, Paul Porterfield & E. J. Kehler were school board members.
(Grace Ruth & Edwin Bareiss later married & established their home in the Glenwood community. Grace now
lives in Holton. Edwin passed away several years ago Fred, Edwin & Percy were brothers. Percy & his
wife, Ella, lived in the Pleasant Grove District. He has also passed away. Ella now lives in Holton.)
1937-1938
Dorothy Mc Keever-teacher $50.00
Mrs. Emma Glick-clerk’s fee $10.00
Mrs. E.J. Kehler-claeaning schoolhouse &
raking yard $7.00
Wayne Wheeler-paper & hanging $14.60
O.D. Freed-coal $28.83
1938-1939
Helen Douglass-teacher $55.00
Mrs. Emma Glick-clerk’s fee $10.00
J.E. Smith-tuning piano $3.00
Ben Franklin Store-supplies $2.40
O.D. Freed-coal $18.00
Leeper Cash Hardware-shovel, pail and
supplies $2.59
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Chas. Mannell-labor & fuel $2.50
1939-1940
Nola Mannel-teacher $50.00
Emma Glick-clerk’s fee $10.00
Donald Knouft-cobs $2.00
Duffy’s Store-supplies $ .69
Leonard Brandt-labor & material $15.41
Nobel W. True-cleaning schoolhouse and
mowing yard $ 5.50
1940-1941
(There evidently was no school this term for no teacher’s salary was listed. Transportation was paid to Charley
Mannell, Paul Porterfield and Alvin Becker. I do know that the Porterfield and Becker children were pupils in the
Carmel School that year. Emma Glick was paid $10.00 for the Clerk’s salary.)
1941-1942
Marlene Loveall-teacher $48.00
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Emma Glick-Clerk’s fee $10.00
Alvin (Jack) Becker-cleaning schoolhouse
& mowing yard $5.00
Charles Pierce-refill fire extinguisher $1.75
Frank Sergeant-work on swings $1.00
O.D. Freed-coal $33.41
1942-1943
Marlene Loveall-teacher $67.20
E. J. Kehler – Clerks Fee $10.00
Alvin Becker – cleaning school house & mowing yard $5.00
Nobel True – supplies $1.12
O. D. Freed – coal $7.55
J.E. Smith – tuning piano $3.00
1943-1944
Elma Rennaback-teacher $78.80
Elsworth Kehler-clerk’s fee $10.00
Alvin Becker-cleaning schoolhouse & other work $10.00
Stella Dickey-wallpaper $9.00
Wayne Wheeler-paper hanging $8.80
Nobel True-labor $9.90
Alvin Becker-labor $8.00
Forrest H. Vincent - labor $5.00
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John Kehler-labor $ 3.00
E. J. Kehler-labor $ 5.36
Farmers Union Association-coal $40.00
1944-1945
Floye Knouft-teacher $79.00
Fred Kramer-clerk’s fee $10.00
Alvin Becker-cleaning schoolhouse, mowing yard and other work $15.00
O.D. Freed-coal $41.00
Edwin Bareiss-lamp repair $ .90
Fred Kramer - supplies $12.45
Fred Kramer, Edwin Bareiss and Nobel True were school board members.
1945-1946
Ida Haas-teacher $103.50
Walter Sigmund-clerk’s fee $10.00
Mrs. Alvin Becker – cleaning school house $5.00
A.V. Degraw- Ins. on building $10.50
Everett Claycamp-carrying water $3.00
Wilbur Sigmund-cobs $2.00
W.D. Nott-coal $36.72
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1946-1947
Betty Scheidegger-teacher $102.30
Walter Sigmund-clerk’s fee $10.00
Mrs. Claycamp-cleaning schoolhouse $5.00
Maude Vincent-supplies $3.00
A.V. Degraw-Insurance $10.50
Corrine Richards-supplies $2.50
Walter Sigmund, Edwin Bareiss, and Maude Vincent were school board members.
Corrine Richards was the county superintendent.
Betty Scheidegger married Duane Moore and lives east of Holton.
1947-1948
School was closed for this term.
Pleasant Grove-tuition $56.00
Walter Sigmund-clerk’s fee $10.00
Singer Insurance Agency- fee $30.75
J.C. Penney-supplies $5.66
O.D. Freed-coal $50.76
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1948-1949
Donna Meyer-teacher $109.50
Will Dick-clerk’s fee $10.00
Edwin Bareiss-supplies $1.35
Maude Vincint-supplies $ .90
Leeper Hardware-supplies $11.65
Bill Dick, Edwin Bareiss and Walter Sigmund were board members.
Donna Meyer and Donald Johnson were married and live on the Parallel Road Farm in the Pleasant Grove Community.
1949-1950
Mrs. Ralph Neal-teacher $168.00
Mrs. Mary(Betty)Holt-substitute teaching the last 2 months
Will Dick-clerk’s fee- $10.00
Charlie Pappan-wire,wiring and fixtures- $60.00
Carl DeBusk-killing bees $5.00
Edwin Bareiss-supplies $2.00
R.E.A.-electricity $2.25
Sears Roebuck & Co.-globe $5.18
O. D. Freed-coal $66.00
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Will Dick, Edwin Bareiss and Walter Sigmund were the last board members of Glenwood School District #86. The
Carmel and Glenwood Districts were consolidated in 1950 forming the new Carwood District #103. Glenwood schoolhouse
was sold and torn down and Carmel was moved to the new location. School was held in the Carwood District from
1950 through 1959. The Carwood (old Carmel schoolhouse) still stands at the new site on the Circleville road at
this time. Mrs. Winifred Nelson was the Co. Supt. at the time of the consolidation. Mrs. Corrine Richards was
Co. Supt. at the time of its disorganization.
1945-1946
Pupils in School
Ernest Claycamp 1st grade
Leonard Sigmund 1st grade
Anita Brownfield 3rd grade
Virginia Moore 4th grade
Edwin Claycamp 5th grade
Everett Claycamp 7th grade
Ida Haas-teacher
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1946-1947
Pupils
Edgar Claycamp 1st grade
Emmet Claycamp 1st grade
Ernest Claycamp 2nd grade
Leonard Sigmund 2nd grade
Edwin Claycamp 6th grade
Everett Claycamp 8th grade
Betty Scheidegger-teacher
1948-1949
Pupils
Patsy Bareiss 1st grade
Leonard Sigmund 4th grade
Virginia Dick 5th grade
Leonard Kranz 5th grade
Donna Meyer-teacher
1949-1950
Pupils
Patricia Bareiss 2nd grade
Leonard Sigmund 5th grade
Virginia Dick 5th grade
Leonard Kranz 5th grade
Judy Cobb 6th grade
Mrs. Viola Neal-teacher
Mary Holt-(sub)-teacher
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Many pupils have crossed the threshold of the Glenwood schoolhouse since its erection in 1898, but those listed
are the only ones on record. Glenwood, Black, Carmel, Carwood and all the small schools nation wide were built
to bring basic education to one and all. This was accomplished during the a100 years or so that this type of education
was used. However, better roads, buses and the shortage of children in the rural community brought an end to this
type of schooling in the late 1950’s. So, we now say a final "Goodbye" and well done to that era in
American History.
I have attempted to obtain more information and pictures of the Glenwood School, but so far have been unsuccessful.
I hope someone reading this might have something to add to this short history of Glenwood.
I’m sure that those who attended Glenwood were extremely proud of their years spent in school there to have
many happy memories of school events, classmates, etc., that went along with the educational process at that time.
May those years of the small one room school house be remembered and honored by all, with the pride that it so
richly deserves.
Bill Wilson
March 5, 1994
