Leipsic – Beaver Dam & Lowell #7
Beaver Dam Township
| Year | Teacher | Students | |
| 1895 |
Owen Hartt, Miss Ida Zepp |
$35.00/Mo.- $20.00/Mo. |
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| 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 |
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| 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