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Title: Historical Clippings Book (HC-11) Collection Type: Directories and Documents Collection Name: Historical Clippings Catalog #: HC-11 # of Pages: 314 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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When Miss uyons term was ended, she too, marriod, Tho lucky man wag Judge 0. P. Stidger, "Rditor of North San Juan Times." The third teacher of Sweetland School, also a fine teacher, was Miss Maggie Skinner, who at the close of her terr followed the example set by the former teachers and shoe too married and became the wife of Geo. E, Gates, a mining man, They made their haso in Sweetland for many years. The next teacher was Mrs. C, @ Tabor. Next, her sister liiss Ora 'iller, who later taught in City Schools, later married-=--Parsons and made their home in that City. Follows ine these, came a number of mean teachers, Goldsmith, who left in tne middle of the term and eloped with a Nevada City WOMAN » Our next teachers were men, E,A. Cushing, Abner Duell Cromell, which brings us to the year 1872. Sy this time.we had oute erown our little schoolhouse on. the hill and that summer a new school house was built midway of the town on a flat piece of land opposite the large red barn before mentioned, Tt was quite a large building held four rows of doubie seats, had two anterooris in tho frontoart of the room and between ther a space for platform and toachers desk, hich ceiling with ventilator, also a bell tower and bell on open porch in the front and back, ‘This building, too, was painted white, and windows shielded with green blinds. An over living spring a few feet away from the building provided water for the school, The first man who taught in the new building, which was dedicated in the fall of 1872, was Adam Zollars, a very well educated man and a good teacher also, Yhen followed iiss Clark: and Miss Culbertson, both professed Christians. Kiss Clark, not too-woll liked, was obliged to leave bofore her term expired and jiiss Gubertson came to taker her place, We would say in justice to Migs Clark that she, too, was a rood teacher and her leaving was due to illness in her family and she was neoded at home, ‘Sansetime later, Like our other lady teachers, was married. iiss Co was & wondorful teacher and a wonderful woman as well, thourh we did not know how wonderful until after she left us, ‘hen we learned she was a home Missionary, that she had gone into dangerous plaves rescuing girla from dives and brothels, sometines at the risk of losing her life. Our next teacher Neil ilcNoel Kennedy, a Canadian by birth, He was also well educated in Mnelish, but also a “rench 4abin and Greek scholar, an indofatigable worker and a wonderful help to us older scholars, as ho gave lessons in the three laneuages gratis, After school each nicht he taught a largo class in French, a smaller class in Latin and a class of two young ladios in Greek, ‘The writer studied French and.