The North Iowa Times from Mcgregor, Iowa • Page 52

CENTEMlflAL EDITIOlf--Ittt jHigh School Association sold i their property to the new or- 1 ganization. In 1878 a building was com- pleted costing about $30,000, con- fsidered one of the best planned iand most substantially built structures in the country. This I building which stood on the pres- ent site of the new home of Rob- jert Brooks, was completely de- Imolished by fire on March 10, 11930. The present McGregor school building was then under construction and it was ready for occupancy by the fall term of that year. In February 1952, by a vote of citizens of the towns of Marquette and McGregor, the school systems of the two towns were united and the Marquette-McGregor Consolidated School District was formed.

Pictured above is the McGregor school that previous generations attended. Constructed in 1878, it was completely destroyed by fire in 1930, only a few months before a new building on lots adjoining park was completed. The center picture shows the ruins of this building. Following Scnool McGregor High 1st McGregor School Dates Back to 1850 The first school in McGregor small brick building built I At the far right is the new school, completed in the Fall of! 1930. i When Marquette and McGregor schools were merged, the build, ing became in 1953 the high' 'school for the two towns andj I countryside, as well as housing! kindergarten, first, second and I Emihne Burlmgame, Josephine third grade pupils.

PearsalL 1875 Anna B. Bell Charles L. Buck, Josie L. Hosington, Charles A. PearsalL 1876 Minnie G.

Bell, Andrew S. Frink, Carrie F. Kenyon, Estelle JS. Knapp, Laura Seals, Anna Stan- Iberg, Julia M. Sullivan, Jennie M.

Thomas, India Wilson, of higher learning and the Me- 1877 Wm. L. Bass, Eben C. Forsyth, MHS Grads 1874 -1904 a by Alexander McGregor in 1850. High School Association! I A 0 I Arthur Hatch, Martha L.

Ham; was formed. As a result a build- It was on the east side of Ann St. ing of four large rooms costing where it joins A Street, on the $3000 was erected. It was leased site now occupied by Herman for $160 a year to D. D.

Fraser Coobs' blacksmith shop. It was who had 50 scholars from the a small 10x16 brick structure and John Craig was the first There were other private schools of the elementary grades in the early days. By 1857 when the population of McGregor had nearly reached 1000, there was a need for a school town's leading families. The tuition was $4 for a term of three months. The poorer classes began demanding a free school and this led to the organization of the Independent School District of McGregor in 1860.

The McGregor hart, Amy B. Williams, Mary E. Wood. Albert 1878 Clemens, Kate E. Gilchrist, Adeline Jacobs, Nellie Xenyon.

1879 Kate E. Bassett, Ralph E. Webb. 1880 Dayton G. Benjamin, Julia G.

Benjamin, Maryl. Bicknell, Carrie- Dornbach, From The Scarce Materials At Hand-Our Forefathers Thought First To Build OUR FIRST SETTLERS LOOKED FOR GOLD HERE. Instead of finding the glittering metal the Indians had told them they would find here, they found the ideal spot for our future home in fertile Iowa. We are proud to be counted among those who call this section home. We are indexed proud, too, of the part our forefathers and we have had--and hope to have--in the building of a better community.

DAUBENBERGER LUMBER has been aiding farm and home builders and those who have erected buildings of all sorts, with plans, cost estimates and designing during the many years our yard has done business here in McGregor. This same assistance awaits you and your family if and when you contemplate a building project. We have competent draftsmen to draw up your building plans and specifications. Feel free at all times to make use of this service Daubenberger Lumber Co. Everything For The Builder Phone 456 McGregor, Iowa Herbert L.

Green, Charles C. Keen, Etta Neill, Ida Perrin, Char- Ictta Perrin, Lizzie C. Scott, Lizzie M. Sullivan. 1881 Anne P.

Daniels, Philip C. Daniels, Martha J. Gemmill. Kate C. Larrabee, Rachel Larrabee, Minnie K.

Liebhardt, Marianna Neill, Maria Sullivan, Bessie S. Swan, Emma K. Walter. 1882 Elwyn Butts, Winifred C. Egbert, Amelia E.

Hofer, Grace E. Jacobia, Kittie M. Luthe, Mary P. Prindle, Josephine Seitz, Ruth Webb. 1883 William Gilchrist, Anna Hagensick, Ishmael P.

Stauer, Ida M. Townsend. 1884 May Goddard, Mary Keen, Emma Keen, Janie White. 1885 Kittie M. Blackburn, Minnie Matm.

1886 Bertha B. Bassett, Frances Greathead, Mary L. Hubbard, Katharine Flemming, Donald Fra- ser, Marion E. Hubbard. Kate A.

Heck, Susie Goff, Elizabeth H. Daniels, Wm. Gannon, Anna P. McLaury. 1887 Amanda Keen, Irvie W.

Williver, Downing Ind, Gertrude H. Walker, Emma B. Luthe, Ernest Buck, Mabel E. Kennedy, Pauline H. Heck, Mollie N.

Davis, Anna Scott. 1888 Charles Billings, Hannah E. Walter, Katherine Kramer, Margaret Wood, Eva R. Jordan. 1889 Louis M.

Leffingwell, Anna K. Peterson, Leander O. Hatch, Clara E. Geise, Jessie E. Fraser, Mary E.

Jacobs, George W. Bowen, Susie V. McLanahan, Martin X. Geske, W. F.

Daubenberger, Rachel Hirshfield, Ray Farrington, Chas. C. Oehring. 1890 Alice M. Clark, Minnie D.

See- Sehumaker, Anna C. McLanahan, James O'Brien, Georgia Quigley, E. Edna Morrison. 1896 Charlotte N. Scott, Burt A.

Hatch, Grace M. Home, Florence I. Chapin, May L. Barlow, Milton IV. Bickel, Kate E.

Jellineck, Emil Gerich, Clarissa L. Church. 1897 Maud Clark, Stella Ryan, Louise Felber, Gertrude Webb, Henry Miller, Belle Wilson, Bessie A. White, Frank C. Sloane.

1898 Charlotte Koop, Effie Ennis, Willis BickeL 1899 Kate Kinnard, Bessie Minney, Clara White, Ethel Sehumaker, Esther Chapin, Willie Ryan, Jenr nie Barnhart, Eva Buckman 1900 Sidnie Hall, Leona Fette, Arthur Barker, Kate Gebhardt, Clarence Clark, Beatrice Barnhart, Hubbard, Bessie Updegraff, C. F. Leithold. 1891 Chas. G.

Marshall, Kate A. Gannon, Rudolph Heck, Florence L. Clark, Bessie B. Patrick, Charles G. Walker, Jessie L.

Kenyon, John Davis, Wm. G. Wingen. 1892 Juliette C. Allyn, Stella D.

Schott, Robert M. Goddard, Bessie B. Larrabee, Ray Webb, Bessie E. Bell, Frank R. Gilchrist.

1893 Jessie E. Andrick, lola B. Quigley, Marguerite McLanahan. 1894 Emma P. Farnum, Kathinka Fessman, Grace L.

Kennedy, Wm. C. Crawford, Edith P. Daniels, Eugene H. Specht.

1895 Franklin C. Fette, Raymond H. Sweeney, cia Allen, Kittie Allen, Margie Home. 1901 Roy Billings, Jessie Miller, Marie Ruegnitz, Carl Nelson, Louise Dewing, Cora Barlow, Kate O'Brien, Winnie Blackburn. 1902 Mearl Sehumaker, John Boyle, Fred Sloane, Lon Boyle, Irvie Hardiman.

1903 Hattie Sehumaker, Bessie Miller, Joe Quigley, Sadie Geske, Gail Marsh, Bratsberg, Floy Cleveland, Fayette FJwell, Sam Dewing. 1904 a Dahzn, Charlotte Gaulke, Ray McLanahan, Hazel Howard, Florence Scharfenstein, Hortense Meier, Ethel Clark, Delos Jacobs. The Old Did a GOOD JOB His was a rugged life--of horse and buggy calls at all Hours of the day and night--over mere trails--but he did a wonderful work for the pioneers who needed his help. TODAY'S VETERINARL4N is more fortunate to have rapid transportation and good roads--he has more scientific knowledge and remedies for treatment of livestock, and he is prepared at all times to give attention to valuable animals on our farms quickly. WE SALUTE THE PIONEERS OF OUR COMMUNITY! Dr.

D. R. Fields VETERINARIAN Telephone No. 46-2 Monona, Iowa.