Ewart House in Ireland

Ewart Mansion -- Built  in 1875?

Ewart Mansion from an earlier time-- (no picket fence)

Presbyterian Church 1880

Presbyterian Church 1903

Methodist Church 1920's ?

I went to Sunday School at this church.  It was my first church.

Presbyterian Church -- 1922 to present day

No services are held at the church now.  I was married to Jerry Iverson at this church

May 22, 1965

Pleasant Township Cemetery

AKA Clover Leaf Cemetery • AKA Ewart Cemetery

Ewart Mausoleum where members of the Ewart Family are buried. 

Please see Ewart obituaries.

Ladely gravestone -Pleasant Township cemetery

           Dad:  101     Mom:  90

  Over looking the Cottage Hill Farm where they lived for 57 years.

Cottage Hill Farm

Owned by Russell & Dorothy Ladely 1945- 2002

Pleasant Township School #5

Two Room Schoolhouse

Dorothy Ladely was the secretary/treasurer for the school district. 

She succeed Charles Wells, an excellent accountant.

The book of transactions is in my possession.

Country School Pleasant #5

Not in use when this picture was taken

One can see that the school house was split into two rooms, 2 chimneys one on each end, central door.

Children used to have to pump water from the well, bring it in and set it in the hallway.  Duty rosters

determined what each student was expected to do.  When I attended in the 1950's, Kindergarten through 6th grade, classes

were held in the East portion of the school house. There was a long bench by the teacher's desk for the

students sat on when it was their turn for class. Oral recitation was the rule. Everyone could hear the answers, right or wrong.

Many students learned more advanced material that way. The second room was  a play room on rainy days or days that were too snowy. 

If  students went out side to play, sometimes they would find fossils in the soil, deposited by glaciers 10,000 years earlier.

Here is an example of testing for 8th grade graduation. Test for 8th grade graduation 1895:  from Salina, KS.  

This was typical of the rural school system. Eighth grade was a milestone in student life; many

were required to go to work, thus ending their formal education.  Many rural schools had a graduation ceremony.

Could you/did you pass the test?  It makes us think that an 8th grade education was not so bad.

 How does it compare to education today?

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