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Summer 1988, Vol.11 No.1 pg. 31- 33

Diaries of Ethelinda Walker Spaur – submitted by Annette Spaur Newby
1204 Golden Oak Way, San Jose, CA 95120

Transcribed by Kathie Harrison

Marriages of Pupils

Miss Ella STONE to Mr. Clinton FRYE 27 Dec. 1893 Wayne, NE

Sarah Fitz SIMMONS to Martin BRADFORD 19 March 1897 Wakefield, NE

Lillie OLLIVER and Lee Fitz SIMMONS 1897

Graduates of Elocution – Wayne Normal College

Lucy E. BUFFINGTON – 1893

Cora B. SIMMONS – 1894

Mary SKACE – 1894

O. L. TAYLOR – 1893

John McCLUSKEY – 1894

Lula MEARS – 1895

Graduates of Science

H. C. MASON – 1893

Dorr H. CARROLL – 1894

Miss Maggie CARR – 1895

Mr. THEOBOLD – 1895

Mr. BOLLENBAUGH – 1895

L. M. POWERS – 1894

Miss Anna MEEK – 1895

Mr. Clem THEOBOLD – 1895

Mr. Ed KING – 1895

The Dry Goods Box School – Carroll, Wayne County – 7 May 1894

Nellie PORTER 13

Joe PORTER 11

Jim PORTER 8

Kittie PORTER 6

Jennie DAVIDSON 9

Mabel HUNT 4

Minnie HUNT 13

Roy HUNT 13

Roy HUNT 10

Arthur HUNT 7

Freeman HUNT 5

Maggie JONES 11

David JONES 8

Nettie JONES 6

Emma DAVIS 6

George DAVIS 8

Bloody One School – Wakefield, Dixon County – 5 Sept. 1894

Sadie FITZSIMMONS 15 Nellie FITZSIMMONS 9
Gertie FITZSIMMONS 13 Alice FITZSIMMONS 5
John FITZSIMMONS 6 Tommy FITZSIMMONS 11
Lee FITZSIMMONS 20 Eddie LEONARD 14
Carl LEONARD 13 Ada LEONARD 11
Amy LEONARD 8 Ella SHELLINGTON 15
Floyd SHELLINGTON 11 Clara JOSLYN 9
Chan JOSLYN 9 Ralph JOSLYN 15
Clifford JOSLYN 17 Willie DRISKELL 7
Oliver DRISKELL 12  

Brooks School – Randolph Sept. 1895

Ira STEELE 15 Alvin STEELE 13
Clayton STEELE 11 Grace STEELE 7
Leslie STEELE 5 Stewart FERBER 9
Effie LAWRENCE 13 Izora LAWRENCE 11
Victoria LAWRENCE 9 Chris ANDERSEN 12
Martin ANDERSEN 9 Ethel GROAT 12
Blanche GROAT 10 John GROAT 8
Maggie LAWRENCE 7 Fletcher LAWRENCE 15

South Prong School – Whitman, Grant County – 1897

Perry HANS 11 Norval HANS 9
Ralph WEAVER 8 Ralph TAYLOR 5
Lester TAYLOR 7 Mae TAYLOR 8
Joy RIGGS 6 Myrtle MURRAY 10
Dora MURRAY 5 Ed SHEPARDSON 14
Fred SHEPARDSON 8 Jennie MURRAY 15

Whitman School 1898

Jessie WALKER 16 Mamie LARSEN 11 Frank BURR 15
Herman WALKER 14 Helen GALLUP 8 Lewis BURR 13
Mattie WALKER 8 Wallace GALLUP 6 John BURR 11
Jennie KINCAID 15 Ruth CAREY 8 Joe ERNY 10
Bert KINCAID 14 Phil PROCTOR 6 Effel PHILLIPS 10
Mildred MASON 6 Anna GUDGEL 9 Eleazer CARPENTER 14
Lillard WHITE 7 Roy GUDGEL 10 George CARPENTER 16
Frankie STEVENS 6 Albert STEVENS 4 Enid McNALL 5
Walter STEVENS 9 Glen WHITE 13 Lyle McNALL 7
Billy CARPENTER 9 Nellie LARSEN 13 Helene McNALL 5
Walter SEWELL 11 Elmer BURR 19 Nat CARPENTER 5
Myrta SEWELL 8 James BURR 16 Claude TROOP 5

According to "Grant County It’s Friends and Neighbors" published Spring 1980, Ethel Walker was the first teacher of the school in Whitman, Nebraska.

Huffman School – 1900

Ira HUFFMAN 18 Bird HUFFMAN 15 Mabel HUFFMAN 13
Marion HUFFMAN 10 Myra LOMBARD 14 Henry LOMBARD 11

Huffman School – Lena – 1902

Maude REUTER 20 Lucy COGGER 15 Marge WILSON 5
Otto REUTER 11 Louis COGGER 13 Archie STODDARD 12
Claude REUTER 10 Edith WILSON 16 Arthur STODDARD 10
Raymond GRAGG 8 Faye WILSON 7 Bertha STODDARD 8
Floyd GRAGG 13 Madge WILSON 5  

Hoffman School – 1903

Rose O’ BRIEN 17

John O’ BRIEN 15

Jim O’ BRIEN 13

Ora O’ BRIEN 9

Violet HANEY 5

Estelle O’ BRIEN 7

Marion STODDARD 5

Huffman School – 1903

Iva MOORE 11

The Huffman School was at the Huffman Ranch near Lena, Nebraska. The HUFFMAN family had come from Iowa and needed a schoolteacher for their children. My father, Charles SPAUR, had come out from Iowa, after the death of his wife and two baby girls, to be a ranch hand for the HUFFMAN’S, whom he had known in Iowa. There he met the local schoolmarm and they were married in Whitman 12 July 1904.

The Frazier School – Wayne – 1893

Ida MURPHY 16 Bessie STONE 13 Ella STONE 15
Will MURPHY 14 Anna STONE 8 Anna BAKER 8
Jim MURPHY 11 Amelia BAKER 13 Eddie BAKER 10
Walter MURPHY 7 Willie BAKER 16 Windle BAKER 16
Josie FRAZIER 10 Edna HARDY 12 John HARDY 16
Willie FRAZIER 6 Commodore HARDY 19 Ona HARDY 14
Ivyl BRUNER 10 Minnie HARRISON 8 Walter HARRISON 5

The teacher was Ethel Walker who was only 16 in June 1893. As you can see, some of her pupils were as old or older than she was. I have a teacher’s contract dated Nov. 1893 for her to teach School District #51 of Wayne County, NE. She being a qualified teacher of said County.

Fairview School Dec. 1899

Mary ROBIN 11 Charley ROBIN 14 Arthur ROBIN 17
Georgie ROBIN 6 Chara HAINES 15 Mattie HAINES 12
Mary HAINES 10 Ethel HAINES 6 Otto BLACK 18
Jessie BLACK 11 Della BLACK 15 Marvin ROOT 16
Guy ROOT 14 Grista ROOT 16 Gertie PERTERSEN 7
Della PERTERSEN 8 Della STEVENS 7 Jimmie STEVENS 10
Oscar STEVENS 14 Edgar STEVENS 19 Archie STEVENS 12
Johnnie OTT 8 Grace JONES 9 Elizabeth THEOPHILUS 11
Mabel JONES 7 Howard JONES 5 Katie AHRENS 8
Susie HOWARTH 25 Jessie HOWARTH 8 Frank HOWARTH 10
Harry HOWARTH 25 Nina TAYLOR 9 Pauline KOSKOVICH 7
Eddie KOSKOVICH 8 John KOSKOVICH 15 Alex KOSKOVICH 12
Joe KOSKOVICH 10 Frank SCHUTT 14 Ella SCHUTT 9
Willie SCHUTT 7 Charles HUFF 13 Scott HUFF 18
Marie KENNY 7 Leona KENNY 5

Ethel Walker also taught at this school – spring 1900.

Fairview School 1899 – 1900

Joe PORTER 17 James PORTER 14 Susie HOWARTH 12
Jessie HOWARTH 8 Mattie HAINES 12 Ella SCHUTT 9
Mary HAINES 10 Clara HAINES 15 Gusta ROOT 16
Nina TAYLOR 9 Charlie ROBINS 14 Otto BLACK 18
Willie SCHUTT 7 Oscar STEPHENS 14 Franz SCHUITT 14
Arthur ROBINS 17 Archie STEPHENS 12 Marvin ROOT 16
Charlie HUFF 13 Alex KOSKOVICH 12 Frank HOWARTH 19
Scott HUFF 18 Harry HOWARTH 15 John KOSKOVICH 15

Fairview School – Spring 1900

Kittie PORTER 12 Mary ROBINS 11 Jimmie STEVENS 10
Katie AHRENS 8 Jessie BLACK 11 Della BLACK 15
Gertie PETERSEN 7 Stella PETERSEN 8 Elizabeth THEOPHILUS 11
Grace JONES 9 Stella STEVENS 7  

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