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Ewart House in Ireland


Ewart Mansion -- Built in 1875?


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



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.

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?


July 4, 2003 Linda Stemsrud Vogt
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Johnson Feed & Grain Elevator,
owned by Carmen Johnson.
The elevator has not been in use for many years;
it has been removed.
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