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Leipsic – Beaver Dam & Lowell #7

Beaver Dam Township

Year	Teacher	Students
1895	Owen Hartt, Miss Ida Zepp		$35.00/Mo.- $20.00/Mo.
1896	Ida Zepp, Mr. C. Walter		“
1897	Charles B. Hinchliff, Ida Zepp		“
1898	Ida Zepp, Elmer Staab		$30 & $20
1899	Minnie Patzlsberger		$22.00/Mo.
1900	Minnie Patzlsberger, Wm. N. Powers, Alice M. Pratt		$30 & $20
1901	Bridget Scanlon, John A. Roberts, Ida Zepp		“
1902	Ida Zepp – was paid $27.00 for 5 mo. & $20 for 3 months
1903	“		$20.00
1904	May A. Miller
1905	Mae A. Burr
1906	“
1907	“
1908	Mabel Turck
1909	“
1910	“
1911	Ella M. Krueger
1912	Adolph Schumann	40	32.00/Mo
1913	Frances Brossard	31
1914	Effie Turck	32	360.00/Yr.
1915	“	27	432.00/Yr.
1916	Blanche Markham	40	50.00/Mo
1917	Ruth Tyson
1918	Ethel Pritchard	26
1919	Ethel Pritchard Miss Hattie Shealer	21
1920	Miss E. Hattie Shealer
1921	Alice Callahan	23
1922	“	16
1923	Viola M. Bilke
1924	“
1925	Estella Powers	27
1926	“	23
1927	“
1928	Edith M. Roller
1929	“	33
1930	Olive Ellen Griffin	32
1931	Blanche Bonner	29
1932	Cora Wheeler	31
1933	Hugh T. Roberts	34
1934	“	28
1935	Veronica Albrecht	21
1936	“	20
1937	“	20
1938	Leora Breitag	19
1939	“	35
1940	“	19
1941	Alice Hammer	28
1942	“	22
1943	“	26
1944	Mrs. Robert Rosenmeier	28
1945	Mrs. Frances Spoon	22
1946	“	13.7
1947	“	26
1948	“	28
1949	Mrs. Frances Spoon Lucile Shindle
1950	Frances Spoon
1951	“	16.9
1952	Riley J. Leach	17
1953	“	19.5
1954	“	24
1955	Mrs. Joyce Krueger	23.8
1956	Mary Klatt	23.5
1957	“	20.2
1958	“	27
1959	“	22
1960	Arlene Koehn	19
1961	“	17
1962	______
1963	Blanche Guse	21
1964	Closed

Note: 1800’s – men were paid $10.00 more than the women teachers.

1962

Beaver Dam Daily Citizen of August, 1962 states that the District was operating the Leipsic School with Blanche Guse as teacher, 21 students; and the Park Lawn School with Selma Affeldt as teacher, 23 students. Also I do think that Blanche Guse was the teacher at Leipsic during 1961-62, although there is no way of double checking that information. But I never knew her to be without a school, and she finished Rolling Prairie in 1961. Also I never knew Arlene Koehn, who was a high school classmate, to be in a school more than one year. – Gerald Goodrich contribution.

Leipsig School, Dist. No. 7, Teacher Ella M. Krueger, 1910-1911 School year.

History of Leipsig School (Formerly South Beaver Dam)

Leipsig school was organized April 24, 1847. It was started with a special meeting of District Electors at the dwelling of John M. Grant at 6 PM. Meetings held at night because of work. Jan. 3, 1848, money was finally received for building. Decided structure would have a balloon frame with 10’ posts, one report said 8’ posts, sided with rough oak without cornice. Sheeting under siding was thin oak boards. School Board approved $175.

Also approved were 4 panel doors 2” thick. Six 12 pane windows, 2 on each side and 2 on N. W. Side. Also specified “Desk Leaves” to be 1 ¼” thick. Building interior was to receive 2 coats of plaster. Roof shingled with oak 14’ long and 4” to weather. Wm. Bidwell was chosen moderator (Chairman of the 1st School Board) at the session. Aaron Chisolm and Harvey Burr were elected trustees and Ellis Thompson, Clerk, Chisolm also elected “Collector”.

– It is believed Grant’s Saw Mill on Beaver Dam River cut oak timbers.

– The building erected on August (Gussie) Smith farm on town road running off South Center 3 miles from Beaver Dam City limits.

– However, a trip there will reveal only woods.

– The old building was sold in 1867 and a new building 30X50 was built. This building stood for 63 years before the third school was built. The 3rd school was 30X40.

– In 1850, thre were 27 male students and 28 female students. They aged 4 years to 20 years.

– In 1847, there were 24 students in attendance with 6 students from another district.

– There were 17 homes from corners to 20 rods north of Grants Mill. Grant operated a saw and grist mill while Phillip Staab had a grist mill closer to the settlement.

– First teachers were Wm. F. Bailey - $14.00 a month for 3 months of winter teaching.

– Eliza Holt - $3.12 ½ a week for 3 months of summer teaching. School was only held for 6 months.

– In 1850, expenditures were $75.00 for salaries and $6.00 for repairs.

The center portion of this shed was the first Leipsig school moved from the woods to the Smith farm and farm was later purchased by Herb Lehner. It was torn down in May of 2015

1890 Plat Map