LOOK OUT
School District No. 26

Information Compiled by: Kevin Brown

Look Out school was organized in December 1895.  According to Elda (Patterson) Hyde, who was one of the first students to attend the school, the pupils were studying about "Look Out" mountain during the time when the community folks were trying to think of a name for the new school.

The students and parents alike, held an election to determine the name of the school.  "Look Out" was the popular choice.

The following is a list of the teachers of the Look Out School:

1896-1897: Agnes Bales, 3 months;
1897-1898: Flora E. Ford, 3 months in a sod school house;
1898-99: Josie Moyer, 3 months in sod building;
1899-1900: Mamie Conney, 4 months in sod building;
1900-1901:Nellie Coday, 4 months in sod building;
1901-1902: no record;
1902-1903: Bertha Nomer, 5 months in sod building;
1903-1904: Bertha Richardson, 4 months in new school building;
1904-1905: Clara Ruppel, 6 months;
1905-1906: Vel Fay;
1906-1908: Victor Vose;
1908-1909: no record, perhaps Victor Vose;
1909-1910: Mrs. Anna Mackrill;
1910-1911: Julia Cooney;
1911-1912: Bernice Shamblin;
1912-1913: Vincent R. Dewey;
1913-1914: Bessie Cook;
1914-1915: Mark Griffith;
1915-1917: Mabel Richardson;
1917-1918: Teresa Sutton;
1918-1919: Mrs. Mae Hesselgesser;
1919-1920: Agnes Choffel;
1920-1921: Estella Leonard;
1921-1922: Ida Moss;
1922-1923: Harry Cochran;
1924-1926: Mildred Hyde;
1926-1927: Aurel Stevens;
1927-1928: Earle Cochran;
1929-1930: Boyd Austin;
1920-1931: Hazel Worthington;
1931-1932: Rexford Jewitt;
1932-1934: Beulah Dunbar;
1934-1936: Agnes Smets;
1936-1937: Gyla Anderson;
1937-1938: Arlene Schufelt;
1938-1941: Bonnie Palmer;
1941-1942: Donald Hyde;
1942-1943: Myrtle Hall;
1943-1944: Edith Holmes;
1944-1945: Elva Howard;
1945-1946: Ella Mosley;
1946-1947: Hazel Sears;
1947-1949: Melvin Hyde;
1949-1950: Betty Goos;
1951-1952: Marilyn Peters;
1952-1953: Colleen Dilsaver;
1953-1955: Darlene Nelson;
1955-1956: Maxine Clements;
1956-1957: Beverly Lewis;
1957-1958: Dennis Hoobler;
1958-1959: Claire Holmes
1959-1963: Ruby Sheldon;
1963-1967: Etta Sebesta
1967-1968: Consolidated

transcribed by: Melody Beery
source: Loup County Centennial Book 1883-1983


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