42 10 1856 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/c84844877348572c025ae01776eac3d3.jpeg e813bb35d2ad4ce2dbd950b86b43f214 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Businesses Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1927 Dr. W.H. Rickel Advertisement, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Notice Having taken over the office and practice of Dr. W.A. Young, I will be in Rossville Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each week Dr. W.H. Rickel Chiropractor Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper advertisement Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0303 Rossville doctors http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/0c84b2e7825798cf44965cb8a2823903.jpeg 00c62823939933240725bc0809f439f8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Willard, Kansas Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1927 Willard Horse Sale, Willard, Kansas Description An account of the resource Horse Sale At the stockyards in At Willard, Kansas Rain or Shine, at 1 P.M. on Saturday, Aug. 20 Carload Work Horses All Kansas Bred Stock, Will be Sold at Public Auction This stock comes from the farms of Logan County, Kansas. Ages Range from 3 to 9 years old. Terms- Cash. If credit is desired make arrangements with your banker before sale day Bird J. Patterson, Owner Cain & Busenbark, Aucts I.S. Lauck, Clerk Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper advertisement Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0305 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/c4558d95cf7d26a206bbad7932c7452d.jpeg f52ef317fcd9330ed7d90fc834edacc1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Willard, Kansas Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Willard Elevator Opening, 1927, Willard, Kansas Description An account of the resource Notice To Public The Willard Elevator Will be open for business September 15th at which time we solicit a share of your business. In addition to grain buying we shall carry feeds, seeds and coal. Bird J. Patterson Manager Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1927 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper advertisement Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0307 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/6e0f4ee85d6faef80f52a5632f8d1034.jpeg 09c97a53d1e2a1fa78eb8ba69bb9dddb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Agricultural History Subject The topic of the resource Farming/Ranching Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Community Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rossville Centennial Booklet, 1971 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain due to copyright expiration. Original narrative content by RCL is available for use by public. Description An account of the resource Rossville is fortunately situated in many ways—we are near a large city, Topeka, but far enough away to retain our own identity; we can be considered a bedroom community to Topeka since so many residents commute to work to the larger city; we are just north of the Kansas River and enjoy the fertile “Kaw River Valley,” which has benefited agriculture in our community since its very beginnings. From the early days, Rossville Township was blessed with fertile creek and river-bottom land, combined with the upland, which consisted of bluestem grass. The early settlers broke and cleared the bottom lands and part of the upland prairie. The settlers of the 1860-70s began farming and found the soil fertile and productive. However, the task of clearing the timberland and breaking prairie sod must have seemed insurmountable. Corn and wheat, the main crops, and cattle, hogs and other livestock-raising, became the basic agriculture of Rossville township. Many of these early farmers came to Kansas seeking land. They traveled by ox cart and wagon before the railroad went through, following the Oregon and other trails. Settlers bought land from the Santa Fe Railroad or from members of the Citizen Potawatomi Band, who were selling their allotment land. The first mention of early agriculture in Rossville comes from Dr. Gabbey’s account, written in 1886: “The Pottawatomi as a tribe never took kindly to agriculture, four or five acres in corn was a large field. Their fields were usually cleared up from the edge of the timber along the streams, as the Indian had little use for the Prairie kind.” One account gives the cost of prairie in the early days from $2.50 to $4.00 per acre. Lumber was worth from $25.00 to $39.00 dollars per thousand feet. Oxen cost $100.00 a yoke, mules from $100.00 to $200.00, horses $75.00 to $150.00, sheep $2.00 a head and chickens 25¢ each. Masons and carpenters received $2.00 to $3.00 per day in wages. Wheat was worth $1.50 per bushel and flour $4.50 per hundred pounds. From newspapers of 1877: “New corn brought in for shipment is getting 18¢ to 20¢ and corn huskers have been in demand at $1.00 per day and board; 2.5¢ per bushel thrown on the ground or 3.5¢ in the crib.” “Mr. Lambert James, a farmer living a few miles west of town has this season manufactured 1,500 gallon of sorghum molasses, which he readily disposed of at 50¢ per gallon.” But challenges persisted for early settlers. Although this was an extremely desirable area for agriculture and the raising of livestock, it was not possible for the early settlers to procure manufactured goods from the East without paying an extremely high freight bill. It was also impossible to ship their grain and produce economically. River freight was tried but the Kaw River often times did not have enough water to make shipping dependable so the answer to this problem was the railroad. Rossville’s answer came May 18, 1866, when the first train passed through the town. Corn was the main crop and early editors gave much space extolling its excellence. Corn cribs were numerous along the south side of the railroad tracks and on the east side of north Main. A water powered grist mill was located on Cross Creek north of town. Mulvane Bros. built a steam powered mill south of the railroad tracks. One of the earliest farmers was Henry Ford, who acquired 80 acres southwest of Rossville in 1864. His wife was the former Mary Nadeau, who came to Rossville from Indiana in 1862. Henry Ford came to Kansas in 1863 and was a stage coach driver for the Overland Stage Company between Topeka and Manhattan. He met his wife at “Buttermilk Station” where she worked for her brother, Big Alex Nadeau. While working to clear their land of timber and build a log house, they lived in one room of a three room house, west of Cross Creek, north of the old Oregon and California trails. The other two rooms were occupied by Dr. and Mrs. R.S. Gabbey and Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Higginbotham. After the Fords moved into their log cabin, Mrs. Ford often rode horseback nine miles with her baby to the mission in St. Marys. The first flowers she had to plant by the cabin were given to her by the nuns at the Mission. Another early farmer, John DeGraff settled south of Rossville in 1865. He and his wife, the former Frances Navarre, lived in a small dugout until their house was built. The following is a list of early farmers: Name | Year to Rossville | Origin Archibald Abbott 1870 Kingston, Canada West Joseph Andrews Westmoreland County, Pa. W. Thomas Andrews 1879 McKay, Ohio Joseph Beseau 1875 Monroe County, Michigan John A. Bond 1872 Tyler County, W. Virginia William Bond 1873 Tyler County, W. Virginia John DeGraff 1865 James DeVinney 1880 Ross County, Ohio Benjamin Franklin 1869 Ross County, Ohio John Fritz 1877 Somerset County, Pa. Martin Hass 1877 Richland County, Ohio Henry Kassabaum 1877 Brookmell, Prussia T.J. Kiernan 1868 Elzey E. Kinsey 1877 Ohio Henry Lipp 1868 South Germany Isaac McCollough 1873 Holmes County, Ohio R. McCollough 1878 Holmes County, Ohio Michael O’halaron 1880 Samuel Oldfield 1878 Derbyshire, England S.J. Oliver 1876 Edward Partelow 1868 Newport, Kentucky Thomas L. Ross 1882 Cincinnati, Ohio M.M. Standley 1874 Carroll County, Indiana Bennett Swearingen 1868 Meigs County, Ohio Isaac B. Trostel 1877 Perry County, Pa. Frank Van Vleck 1878 William Wax 1878 Juniata County, Pa. Daniel Wilt 1876 York County, Pa. Henry York 1869 Zurich, Switzerland Peter H. Zickefoose 1874 Highland County, W. Virginia Samuel Beals 1867 E.S. Doud 1869 W.L. James Wm. Kirkpatrick 1871 Frank L. Sanders John Heslet Noel Graves W.W. Janes J.K. Conley 1870 Yates County, New York Startup, Ab Thomas Attebury 1877 George Hejtmanek 1880 Wisowitz, Moravia, Austria D. Hartzell 1872 Francis E. Williams 1876 New York Captain John Gutshall Col. A.S. Stanley 1880 Meigs Co., Ohio Martin Nason 1872 Jos. Van Vleck 1878 M.L. Cless 1876 B.W. Higginbotham 1861 Thomas Moss 1877 J.M. Parr Clay Co. Indiana J.A. Parr Clay Co. Indiana H.W. Lipp 1878 Illinois Samuel B. Zickefoose 1869 West Virginia Mrs. Jane Jackson 1875 Scotland Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Peoples State Bank Holstein Club, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource To the Members of Our Holstein Club We wish to thank each and every member for their help, kindness and patience shown in the distribution of our grade Hol¬stein heifers that arrived last week. Not one complaint was made by a member that he hadn’t got a fair deal and wasn’t satisfied. That makes it more of a pleasure to us to exert ourselves in a move¬ment of this kind when all the boys are good sports and willing to take their chance. These cattle were brought from the Holstein Center of Wisconsin where grading has reached its highest point. In that vicinity, land that don’t lay as well as our upland brings $300 and more an acre and large fine improvements predominate. They have better blue grass but they have little success with alfalfa so we have a good substitute. It is our hope that it will result in a Holstein movement around Rossville and then we will raise more cow feed on the upland and less grain making land less sub¬ject to wash as it did this spring for instance. And what can be done on the upland can be done on a greater scale in the bottoms. Every farm has silos in Wiscon¬sin even if it is only a hole in the ground. When Holsteins are thick enough here then it will be soon enough to co-operate towards im¬proving our market, bringing in a condensery, creamery etc. such as has been done at Mulvane and Tonganoxie, Kans. Mr. Morris Bond gave us of his time liberally and used his best judgment together with help of an expert who knew the territory and cattle and was painstaking in getting right prices and heifers only from heavy milkers. Now that they are here it is up to you to develop the cows. Be gentle with them and look after them closely. In Wisconsin they don't have any dogs because they are afraid they will worry the cattle. Be careful with yours. You know a dog at the heels of a fine thorough-bred mare would make the mare very nervous so with high bred milk cows. Be careful of alfalfa for awhile. If you give them conditions similiar [sic] to those where they came from for awhile, such as shady pasture and good water they will rapidly pick up and by spring you will have some¬thing worth while. As to the sale provision in the spring, we are not sure of pulling that off. We will talk with you about it. We would like to have an exhibition if we don’t have the sale and will offer some good prizes for best looking criters [sic]. Our expense amounted to $122.80 for freight and feed en-route. Other expense including railroad fare of Bond, hotel bills, auto hire, telegrams etc. and a few expenses here amounted to $61.14 which adds to the price we paid of each cow, $5.10 on each. Let us hear whenever you are in how the heifer is doing. If these animals give satisfaction or appear to we will get several more cars in. Many have already asked to be included next time. Whether any more comes in or not depends the demand. Peoples State Bank Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Possibly 1922 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public domain Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0304 Peoples State Bank http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/5235fa264ca16bb463514ec5437e241f.jpeg 6feec8548b0fea2de65419163d7585fc Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Agricultural History Subject The topic of the resource Farming/Ranching Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Community Library Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Rossville Centennial Booklet, 1971 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Public Domain due to copyright expiration. Original narrative content by RCL is available for use by public. Description An account of the resource Rossville is fortunately situated in many ways—we are near a large city, Topeka, but far enough away to retain our own identity; we can be considered a bedroom community to Topeka since so many residents commute to work to the larger city; we are just north of the Kansas River and enjoy the fertile “Kaw River Valley,” which has benefited agriculture in our community since its very beginnings. From the early days, Rossville Township was blessed with fertile creek and river-bottom land, combined with the upland, which consisted of bluestem grass. The early settlers broke and cleared the bottom lands and part of the upland prairie. The settlers of the 1860-70s began farming and found the soil fertile and productive. However, the task of clearing the timberland and breaking prairie sod must have seemed insurmountable. Corn and wheat, the main crops, and cattle, hogs and other livestock-raising, became the basic agriculture of Rossville township. Many of these early farmers came to Kansas seeking land. They traveled by ox cart and wagon before the railroad went through, following the Oregon and other trails. Settlers bought land from the Santa Fe Railroad or from members of the Citizen Potawatomi Band, who were selling their allotment land. The first mention of early agriculture in Rossville comes from Dr. Gabbey’s account, written in 1886: “The Pottawatomi as a tribe never took kindly to agriculture, four or five acres in corn was a large field. Their fields were usually cleared up from the edge of the timber along the streams, as the Indian had little use for the Prairie kind.” One account gives the cost of prairie in the early days from $2.50 to $4.00 per acre. Lumber was worth from $25.00 to $39.00 dollars per thousand feet. Oxen cost $100.00 a yoke, mules from $100.00 to $200.00, horses $75.00 to $150.00, sheep $2.00 a head and chickens 25¢ each. Masons and carpenters received $2.00 to $3.00 per day in wages. Wheat was worth $1.50 per bushel and flour $4.50 per hundred pounds. From newspapers of 1877: “New corn brought in for shipment is getting 18¢ to 20¢ and corn huskers have been in demand at $1.00 per day and board; 2.5¢ per bushel thrown on the ground or 3.5¢ in the crib.” “Mr. Lambert James, a farmer living a few miles west of town has this season manufactured 1,500 gallon of sorghum molasses, which he readily disposed of at 50¢ per gallon.” But challenges persisted for early settlers. Although this was an extremely desirable area for agriculture and the raising of livestock, it was not possible for the early settlers to procure manufactured goods from the East without paying an extremely high freight bill. It was also impossible to ship their grain and produce economically. River freight was tried but the Kaw River often times did not have enough water to make shipping dependable so the answer to this problem was the railroad. Rossville’s answer came May 18, 1866, when the first train passed through the town. Corn was the main crop and early editors gave much space extolling its excellence. Corn cribs were numerous along the south side of the railroad tracks and on the east side of north Main. A water powered grist mill was located on Cross Creek north of town. Mulvane Bros. built a steam powered mill south of the railroad tracks. One of the earliest farmers was Henry Ford, who acquired 80 acres southwest of Rossville in 1864. His wife was the former Mary Nadeau, who came to Rossville from Indiana in 1862. Henry Ford came to Kansas in 1863 and was a stage coach driver for the Overland Stage Company between Topeka and Manhattan. He met his wife at “Buttermilk Station” where she worked for her brother, Big Alex Nadeau. While working to clear their land of timber and build a log house, they lived in one room of a three room house, west of Cross Creek, north of the old Oregon and California trails. The other two rooms were occupied by Dr. and Mrs. R.S. Gabbey and Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Higginbotham. After the Fords moved into their log cabin, Mrs. Ford often rode horseback nine miles with her baby to the mission in St. Marys. The first flowers she had to plant by the cabin were given to her by the nuns at the Mission. Another early farmer, John DeGraff settled south of Rossville in 1865. He and his wife, the former Frances Navarre, lived in a small dugout until their house was built. The following is a list of early farmers: Name | Year to Rossville | Origin Archibald Abbott 1870 Kingston, Canada West Joseph Andrews Westmoreland County, Pa. W. Thomas Andrews 1879 McKay, Ohio Joseph Beseau 1875 Monroe County, Michigan John A. Bond 1872 Tyler County, W. Virginia William Bond 1873 Tyler County, W. Virginia John DeGraff 1865 James DeVinney 1880 Ross County, Ohio Benjamin Franklin 1869 Ross County, Ohio John Fritz 1877 Somerset County, Pa. Martin Hass 1877 Richland County, Ohio Henry Kassabaum 1877 Brookmell, Prussia T.J. Kiernan 1868 Elzey E. Kinsey 1877 Ohio Henry Lipp 1868 South Germany Isaac McCollough 1873 Holmes County, Ohio R. McCollough 1878 Holmes County, Ohio Michael O’halaron 1880 Samuel Oldfield 1878 Derbyshire, England S.J. Oliver 1876 Edward Partelow 1868 Newport, Kentucky Thomas L. Ross 1882 Cincinnati, Ohio M.M. Standley 1874 Carroll County, Indiana Bennett Swearingen 1868 Meigs County, Ohio Isaac B. Trostel 1877 Perry County, Pa. Frank Van Vleck 1878 William Wax 1878 Juniata County, Pa. Daniel Wilt 1876 York County, Pa. Henry York 1869 Zurich, Switzerland Peter H. Zickefoose 1874 Highland County, W. Virginia Samuel Beals 1867 E.S. Doud 1869 W.L. James Wm. Kirkpatrick 1871 Frank L. Sanders John Heslet Noel Graves W.W. Janes J.K. Conley 1870 Yates County, New York Startup, Ab Thomas Attebury 1877 George Hejtmanek 1880 Wisowitz, Moravia, Austria D. Hartzell 1872 Francis E. Williams 1876 New York Captain John Gutshall Col. A.S. Stanley 1880 Meigs Co., Ohio Martin Nason 1872 Jos. Van Vleck 1878 M.L. Cless 1876 B.W. Higginbotham 1861 Thomas Moss 1877 J.M. Parr Clay Co. Indiana J.A. Parr Clay Co. Indiana H.W. Lipp 1878 Illinois Samuel B. Zickefoose 1869 West Virginia Mrs. Jane Jackson 1875 Scotland Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource KSU Offers Short Course for Farmers, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Page 12 St. Marys Star February 5, 1980 KSU Offers Short Course for Young Farmers Art Campbell of Rossville is par¬ticipating in the Kansas State University short course for young farmers, January 14 to March 7. There are 56 men enrolled in the eight-week program designed to help farmers who are unable to participate in a two or four-year course of study. Carroll V. Hess, KSU dean of agriculture, said, “All these young men, if they remain in farming, will eventually be managing a very sizeable capital investment. They will be working on close margins where the difference between success and failure will hinge on wise management decisions.” Campbell will be studying four subject areas. The agricultural economics class emphasizes business management. Agronomy provides basic principles and practices of soil management, seed, crop growth, weed and insect control. An animal sciences course focuses on nutrition, breeding and marketing. The ag engineering applications course outlines grain drying, storage and handling; irrigation, soil and water conservation, and farm facilities planning. Par¬ticipants earn eight college credits for the short course. Instructors of the program are K- State faculty, Extension agents and experiment station personnel. The young farmers attend classes and laboratories located at the Manhattan campus. Campbell is a 1965 graduate of Rossville High School. [Photo Caption] Art Campbell and Dean Hess Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. Marys Star, St. Marys, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource February 5, 1980 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0306 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/1b5e2b016320e7e44629767dd11e3dd6.jpg cab65703260cfb39a91f705e639bd381 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Schools Description An account of the resource From the 1971 Centennial book: The history of our earliest schools is limited, however, we do know that the first school was taught by Mrs. Gibson Metty in 1863, and the first term was held in a small log cabin near the creek on the west side. There were about 15 scholars in attendance, both white and Indian. It was a subscription school. Mrs. Metty was succeeded by Mrs. Guernsey and she in turn by Miss Jane Woodward. In the years 1865 to 1868, a number of citizens formed an association and established a private school which most of the children attended. They built a small one-story frame building on the corner of North Main and Marion Streets. The population by the year 1870 had increased sufficiently to allow the formation of District No. 34. A two-room frame building 14x23 was built near the corner of Navarre and Marion Streets with a daily attendance of about 14 and in the winter season about 20. This was the first public school in Rossville. In the spring of 1871 this school building was moved from its site and purchased by C.W. Higginbotham for use as part of his home (which stood near the S.M. Thompson residence). A large, two-story frame building was constructed on the same site as the former school. In the fall the building was completed, and school was taken up by a Mr. Grant with an attendance of about 30 pupils. In 1882, a meeting was held at the Rossville school to discuss the necessity for enlarging the school facilities. Many felt the existing school should have an addition added to secure more room, and a high fence built around the school yard. Others favored moving the two-story frame house off to a suburban site such as back of the Baptist Church on Mulvane’s farm or some similar location. The complaint of noise, and the children playing in the creek because of lack of adequate playground area were reasons given for moving the school. In the year 1884, it was decided that a new school should be built and the contract was let to William Binns. It was built of red brick and furnished inside with all the latest improvements of the time. There were four spacious rooms, two on the first floor and two on the upper, in the back of these rooms were wardrobes. In the front and center of the building, on the upper floor, was recitation room opening into either of the two rooms. This school house was located on the present Rossville Grade School grounds. Both grade and two years of high school were taught for several years in this school building, until a four year high school could be established. From the Topeka Daily Capital, December 22, 1940: “Rossville’s new District No. 34 Grade School was dedicated. It was built at a cost of approximately $42,000.00 and contains four classrooms, one combination classroom and library, an auditorium, kitchen, bathrooms and a boiler room.” From the Rossville paper June 15, 1952, “patrons of District No. 34 and consolidated districts voted 64 yes and 3 no on a proposal to issue $68,000 in bonds for enlarging the grade school building, now greatly overcrowded.” The new addition to the grade school was started September 1952. The last addition to the grade school was in 1963. From the Topeka Daily Capital, April 17, 1949: “Five rural school districts voted to consolidate with the Rossville District. They are Parr District No. 77, which closed April 1910; Cedar Bluff District No. 52, closed since April 1937; Lipp School which closed in 1938; and James and Twin Rose schools which closed in 1946.” In about the year 1910, it was voted by the citizens of Rossville to build a high school. Until the high school was completed, the students, because of overcrowding, attended classes in the old Fritz hall, which is now identified by location above the present Rossville Truck and Tractor building. During this time, part of the primary department was taught in the old Baptist church. The high school, which was named “The City School, “ was built just east of the existing grade school on Pottawatomie Street. Due to weather conditions, the school was not completed until the second semester started in January 1913. School continued to be held in this building until 1937 with an average enrollment of eighty. The Rossville Reporter published on March 12, 1936, that among the public works projects was Rossville’s proposed new high school building, with an outright gift of $38,000.00 towards its cost. In May petitions were circulated in the district, which were later presented to the Board of Education requesting an election to vote bonds for Rossville’s share of 55 percent towards the new building. On July 11th the district voted five to one to approve the issuance of $46,480.00 in bonds. The 4.5 acres of ground, located on the south side of Highway 24 was purchased from J.K. Conley at $500.00 per acre. On December 10th, 1936, the school board advertised for bids for the new school. In 1966, due to an act of the Legislature, Grade School District No. 34 and High School District No. 7 were unified with St. Marys, Delia and Emmett and became known as Kaw Valley Unified District No. 321. The Delia High School was closed and the students came to Rossville. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Grade School Enrollment, 1955, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Thursday, September 8, 1955 Grades Enroll 176 Rossville Grade School enrolled 176 students on the first day of school September 6. The three largest classes are grades three, four and eight with twenty-five pupils in each of these grades. The smallest class is the second grade with seventeen students. List of students by grades is as follows: First Grade: Daniel Avers, Linda Bush, Mary Ent, Bonnie Fauerbach, Audrey Felps, Laurel Gee, Evan Jones, Terry Lambert, Wayne Macha, Anthony Martin, Sharon Mayer, Christine McBurney, Diana Mitchell, Benjamin Mogus, Linda Parks, David Richardson, Cheryl Robeson, Linda Royal, Benjamin Stach, Rose Stadler, Ronald Starkey. Second Grade: Kathleen Becker, Robert Dolezilek, Carl Farley, Thomas Foresman, Carolyn Gresser, Allen Jackson, Henry Kurtz, June Murray, Susan Nadeau, Steven Pardee, Clyde Parr, Jane Parr, Laird Reding, John Simecka, Dale Stiles, Bonnie Tuller, Larry Wehner. Third Grade: Vauncile Avers, Connie Bahner, Artie Campbell, Diane Cowan, Gary Dick, Carolyn Farley, Sandra Heiland, Amy Jones, Barton Larson, Sandra Macha, Dwight Martinek, Freda McCollough, Charles Meade, Daryl Mitchell, Diane Murray, Melvin Sage, Bruce Shannon, Virginia Stach, Shirley Taylor, Marilyn Trubey, Laura VanVleck, Parker VanVleck, henry Wade, Helen Wehner, Rebecca Zeller. Fourth Grade: Harry Adams, Ronald Avers, Steve Becker, Herman Bringle, Kenneth Coleman, Lloyd Culp, Sharon Decker, James Fauerbach, Larry Felps, Daniel Gee, John Giles, Gary Hill, Rose mary Jacobon, Douglas Kelsey, Michael Martin, Jane McCollough, Joe Mitchell, myrna Perry, Ronald Pressgrove, Lillian Reser, Patrick Royal, Linda Simecka, Marilyn Simpson, Donna Tuller, Connie Zeller. Fifth Grade: Carol Adams, Pamela Berkey, Dale Dannefer, Anna Ent, Jerry Giles, Michael Gresser, Roger Hurley, Sharon Irwin, David Jones, Judy McCollough, Kent Paine, David Parr, Carla Rasch, Virginia Rezac, Bobby Stach, Jean Stiles, Sandra Taylor, Janice Vanderblomen, Richard VanVleck, June Wehner. Sixth Grade: Mary Besta, Donald Bush, Fred Davis, Joan Dolezilek, Judy Fauerbach, Charles Harth, Janet Hause, Darby Holder, Judy Huston, Billy Jackson, Linda Kelsey, Norma Klingenberg, Janet Kurtz, William Mogus, Charlene Perry, Marie Stiles, Joyce Swenson, Dale Timmons, Carol Tuller, Jimmy Turner, Sharon Viergever, Robert Wilt. Seventh Grade: Jesse Adams, Curtis Berkey, Dean Davis, Gene Davis, Charlotte Decker, Florence Felps, William Foresman, Dorothy Jacobson, Gary Klingenberg, Thomas Lacock, Timmy Lynde, Billy Miller, Sally Nadeau, Joleen Parr, Katherine Porter, Kenneth Porter, Don Rogers, Arletta Sage, James Stadler, James Wamego, Jane Zickefoose. Eighth Grade: Lynda Allen, Danny Bahner, Joe Bahner, Bennie Besta, Thomas Bush, Sharon Davis, William Ent, Billy Fauerbach, John Felps, Janet Harth, Kenneth Heiland, Gene Irwin, Larry Kurtz, Ralph Marney, Nida Magus, Kyle Perry Carol Rafferty, Wayne Rasch, Sharon Reser, Mary Smith, Laura Stiles, Diane Swenson, John Vanderblomen, Charles VanVleck, Zora Wade. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 8, 1955 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0314 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/9811474c37646b607ce6f0214fc2bf5a.jpg 29295226d80116e3867b5685be96ffc6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Schools Description An account of the resource From the 1971 Centennial book: The history of our earliest schools is limited, however, we do know that the first school was taught by Mrs. Gibson Metty in 1863, and the first term was held in a small log cabin near the creek on the west side. There were about 15 scholars in attendance, both white and Indian. It was a subscription school. Mrs. Metty was succeeded by Mrs. Guernsey and she in turn by Miss Jane Woodward. In the years 1865 to 1868, a number of citizens formed an association and established a private school which most of the children attended. They built a small one-story frame building on the corner of North Main and Marion Streets. The population by the year 1870 had increased sufficiently to allow the formation of District No. 34. A two-room frame building 14x23 was built near the corner of Navarre and Marion Streets with a daily attendance of about 14 and in the winter season about 20. This was the first public school in Rossville. In the spring of 1871 this school building was moved from its site and purchased by C.W. Higginbotham for use as part of his home (which stood near the S.M. Thompson residence). A large, two-story frame building was constructed on the same site as the former school. In the fall the building was completed, and school was taken up by a Mr. Grant with an attendance of about 30 pupils. In 1882, a meeting was held at the Rossville school to discuss the necessity for enlarging the school facilities. Many felt the existing school should have an addition added to secure more room, and a high fence built around the school yard. Others favored moving the two-story frame house off to a suburban site such as back of the Baptist Church on Mulvane’s farm or some similar location. The complaint of noise, and the children playing in the creek because of lack of adequate playground area were reasons given for moving the school. In the year 1884, it was decided that a new school should be built and the contract was let to William Binns. It was built of red brick and furnished inside with all the latest improvements of the time. There were four spacious rooms, two on the first floor and two on the upper, in the back of these rooms were wardrobes. In the front and center of the building, on the upper floor, was recitation room opening into either of the two rooms. This school house was located on the present Rossville Grade School grounds. Both grade and two years of high school were taught for several years in this school building, until a four year high school could be established. From the Topeka Daily Capital, December 22, 1940: “Rossville’s new District No. 34 Grade School was dedicated. It was built at a cost of approximately $42,000.00 and contains four classrooms, one combination classroom and library, an auditorium, kitchen, bathrooms and a boiler room.” From the Rossville paper June 15, 1952, “patrons of District No. 34 and consolidated districts voted 64 yes and 3 no on a proposal to issue $68,000 in bonds for enlarging the grade school building, now greatly overcrowded.” The new addition to the grade school was started September 1952. The last addition to the grade school was in 1963. From the Topeka Daily Capital, April 17, 1949: “Five rural school districts voted to consolidate with the Rossville District. They are Parr District No. 77, which closed April 1910; Cedar Bluff District No. 52, closed since April 1937; Lipp School which closed in 1938; and James and Twin Rose schools which closed in 1946.” In about the year 1910, it was voted by the citizens of Rossville to build a high school. Until the high school was completed, the students, because of overcrowding, attended classes in the old Fritz hall, which is now identified by location above the present Rossville Truck and Tractor building. During this time, part of the primary department was taught in the old Baptist church. The high school, which was named “The City School, “ was built just east of the existing grade school on Pottawatomie Street. Due to weather conditions, the school was not completed until the second semester started in January 1913. School continued to be held in this building until 1937 with an average enrollment of eighty. The Rossville Reporter published on March 12, 1936, that among the public works projects was Rossville’s proposed new high school building, with an outright gift of $38,000.00 towards its cost. In May petitions were circulated in the district, which were later presented to the Board of Education requesting an election to vote bonds for Rossville’s share of 55 percent towards the new building. On July 11th the district voted five to one to approve the issuance of $46,480.00 in bonds. The 4.5 acres of ground, located on the south side of Highway 24 was purchased from J.K. Conley at $500.00 per acre. On December 10th, 1936, the school board advertised for bids for the new school. In 1966, due to an act of the Legislature, Grade School District No. 34 and High School District No. 7 were unified with St. Marys, Delia and Emmett and became known as Kaw Valley Unified District No. 321. The Delia High School was closed and the students came to Rossville. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Grade School Update, 1955, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Thursday, October 6, 1955 Progress of the Grades Rossville Grade School Grade 5 The Fifth Grade has many interesting Science Specimens. Dale Dannefer brought a praying mantis for us to see. A sample of “Fool’s Gold” was brought by Carol Adams. Michael Gresser has a sac nest which he and Davi Jones cut open. It proved to hold many baby spiders. Richard VanVleck brought a large spider and petrified clam. The spider proved to be a “Bird Spider”. Collections of rocks, shells and petrified wood were brought by Carla Rasch, Anna Ent, Jerry Giles and Virginia Rezac. Pamela Berkey has returned from a vacation trip to New Orleans. She brought back samples of sugar cane, cotton and rice stalks with her. She told about her trip and showed pictures of many interesting places she saw. We are glad she is back. Jimmy Stadler of the 7th grade loaned us a large piece of mica he found in Colorado. Grade 6 The sixth grade elected Charles Harth as citizen of the month for September. We will choose a new citizen for every month. Our choice is made on leadership, conduct and scholarship. We had a Mexican Fair October 5. All of the plans for the event were made by the boys and girls. In the room, we arranged displays of many different things that were made in Mexico. Several of the children painted pictures of life in Mexico for the bulletin board. Others arranged a miniature Mexican farm scene. After the other grades visited the Fair, we played typical Mexican games and sang Mexican songs. Grade 7 New students in the seventh grade September 6th were Florence Felps and Arletta Sage. Florence came to Rossville from Jackson county; Arletta from Dover; a third new student was Carol Lumley from Iowa who enrolled September 20th. She is returning with her family to Iowa. Those who have full attendance for September are: Dean David, Gene Davis, Charlotte Decker, Florence Felps, Bill Foresman, Dorothy Jacobson, Gary Klingenberg, Timmy Lynde, Wayne Miller, Sally Nadeau, Katherine Porter, Kenneth Porter, Jimmy Stadler, James Wamego, Jane Zickenfoose, Don Rogers and Arletta Sage. Curtis Berkey made an attractive exhibit of sugar cane, rice heads, and postal cards which he collected while visiting the deep South as far away as New Orleans. Those who spelled the fourth weeks spelling perfectly are: Curtis Berkey, Dean Davis, Gene Davis, Charlotte Decker, Bill Foresman, Dorothy Jacobsan, Tom Lacock, Timmy Lynde, Wayne Miller, Sally Nadeau, Joleen Parr, Katherine Porter, Kenneth Porter, Don Rogers, Jimmy Stadler, Jimmy Wamego, Gary Klingenberg, Jane Zickefoose, Florence Felps, Arletta Sage and J.W. Adams. (Note: This is a unanimous situation. The whole class spelled without an error.) Jimmy Stadler is making an exhibit of souvenirs he brought home from Colorado. A few of the items are: a wood cut calendar made in Japan; a beautiful golden colored key thermometer; a sea side scene in oil on a wood slab, and a silver plated horse. Each member of the class is enjoying the new books which were added to the library this fall. Timmy Lynde is reading Cases of Sherlock Holmes by Doyle: Kenneth Porter has read The Call of the Wild by Jack London; Florence Felps just checked out Amigo, Circus Horse by Cooper, Gary Klingenberg enjoyed Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Henry; Katherine Porter recently completed The Haunted Bridge by Keene. About three weeks ago Billy Foresman and his Uncle Pete caught two good sized yellow catfish. One weighted twenty-four lbs., the other weighted eight lbs. Billy remarked, “There’s more where those came from.” When asked how he could be so sure he gave a true fisherman’s reply (you guess), “The biggest one got away.” So we said the biggest one is older, wiser, and still off the hook. Last week’s maxim, “Kindness is catching and if you go around with a thoroughly developed case of it, you neighbor will be sure to get it.” Grade 8 We have the largest room in school composed of eleven girls and fifteen boys. We are sorry that Josephine Rosencutter’s name was omitted from the enrollment list earlier published. Eight from our room are members of the band. They are Janet Harth, Kenneth Heiland, Ralph Marney, Carol Rafferty, Sharon Reser, Charles VanVleck, Diane Swenson and Laura Rose Stiles. Nida Magus leads the class of flag salute and the Lord’s Prayer. Diane Swenson has charge of the Almanac, and Mary Smith leads discussion on life adjustment. Our discussion topic for October is cooperation. Winners of the contest in multiplication and division by 10, 100 and 1000 were Sharon Reser, Mary Smith, Ralph Marney, and Kenneth Heiland. Mary Smith and Ralph Marney received the most votes for good citizens during the month of September. Diane Swenson and Wayne Rasch are kitchen helpers this week. Gene Irwin was first to return his dental card. Sharon Reser visited the dentist last Wednesday. Twenty-four of us got cards for passing health inspection. These pupils had September birthdays: Billy Fauerbach, Carol Rafferty, Danny Bahner, Charles VanVleck. Charles invited the class to his home for a party on his birthday. From the citizenship posters, we have studied the laws of health, self-control, and self reliance. Sixteen of us took sides with the Dodgers while five stuck with the old faithfuls. It is three apiece at this writing. East Indianola will bring two boys teams to Rossville this Friday to challenge us to softball. Next week the boys will play in a tournament at Gage Park. Some very good free-hand pencil drawings were turned in after our first art lesson last week. Many thanks to the Reporter Staff for a complimentary copy of the Rossville Reporter again this term. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource October 6, 1955 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0315 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/a0e7373db7fda33ea69213da5452ce73.jpg cd5afb47944f5d2cf9f7722b3230d997 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Schools Description An account of the resource From the 1971 Centennial book: The history of our earliest schools is limited, however, we do know that the first school was taught by Mrs. Gibson Metty in 1863, and the first term was held in a small log cabin near the creek on the west side. There were about 15 scholars in attendance, both white and Indian. It was a subscription school. Mrs. Metty was succeeded by Mrs. Guernsey and she in turn by Miss Jane Woodward. In the years 1865 to 1868, a number of citizens formed an association and established a private school which most of the children attended. They built a small one-story frame building on the corner of North Main and Marion Streets. The population by the year 1870 had increased sufficiently to allow the formation of District No. 34. A two-room frame building 14x23 was built near the corner of Navarre and Marion Streets with a daily attendance of about 14 and in the winter season about 20. This was the first public school in Rossville. In the spring of 1871 this school building was moved from its site and purchased by C.W. Higginbotham for use as part of his home (which stood near the S.M. Thompson residence). A large, two-story frame building was constructed on the same site as the former school. In the fall the building was completed, and school was taken up by a Mr. Grant with an attendance of about 30 pupils. In 1882, a meeting was held at the Rossville school to discuss the necessity for enlarging the school facilities. Many felt the existing school should have an addition added to secure more room, and a high fence built around the school yard. Others favored moving the two-story frame house off to a suburban site such as back of the Baptist Church on Mulvane’s farm or some similar location. The complaint of noise, and the children playing in the creek because of lack of adequate playground area were reasons given for moving the school. In the year 1884, it was decided that a new school should be built and the contract was let to William Binns. It was built of red brick and furnished inside with all the latest improvements of the time. There were four spacious rooms, two on the first floor and two on the upper, in the back of these rooms were wardrobes. In the front and center of the building, on the upper floor, was recitation room opening into either of the two rooms. This school house was located on the present Rossville Grade School grounds. Both grade and two years of high school were taught for several years in this school building, until a four year high school could be established. From the Topeka Daily Capital, December 22, 1940: “Rossville’s new District No. 34 Grade School was dedicated. It was built at a cost of approximately $42,000.00 and contains four classrooms, one combination classroom and library, an auditorium, kitchen, bathrooms and a boiler room.” From the Rossville paper June 15, 1952, “patrons of District No. 34 and consolidated districts voted 64 yes and 3 no on a proposal to issue $68,000 in bonds for enlarging the grade school building, now greatly overcrowded.” The new addition to the grade school was started September 1952. The last addition to the grade school was in 1963. From the Topeka Daily Capital, April 17, 1949: “Five rural school districts voted to consolidate with the Rossville District. They are Parr District No. 77, which closed April 1910; Cedar Bluff District No. 52, closed since April 1937; Lipp School which closed in 1938; and James and Twin Rose schools which closed in 1946.” In about the year 1910, it was voted by the citizens of Rossville to build a high school. Until the high school was completed, the students, because of overcrowding, attended classes in the old Fritz hall, which is now identified by location above the present Rossville Truck and Tractor building. During this time, part of the primary department was taught in the old Baptist church. The high school, which was named “The City School, “ was built just east of the existing grade school on Pottawatomie Street. Due to weather conditions, the school was not completed until the second semester started in January 1913. School continued to be held in this building until 1937 with an average enrollment of eighty. The Rossville Reporter published on March 12, 1936, that among the public works projects was Rossville’s proposed new high school building, with an outright gift of $38,000.00 towards its cost. In May petitions were circulated in the district, which were later presented to the Board of Education requesting an election to vote bonds for Rossville’s share of 55 percent towards the new building. On July 11th the district voted five to one to approve the issuance of $46,480.00 in bonds. The 4.5 acres of ground, located on the south side of Highway 24 was purchased from J.K. Conley at $500.00 per acre. On December 10th, 1936, the school board advertised for bids for the new school. In 1966, due to an act of the Legislature, Grade School District No. 34 and High School District No. 7 were unified with St. Marys, Delia and Emmett and became known as Kaw Valley Unified District No. 321. The Delia High School was closed and the students came to Rossville. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Grade School Update, 1955, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource Thursday, December 8, 1955 Progress of the grades The Rossville Grade school has started a Pep Club for boys and girls of the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Mrs. Catt is our sponsor. We have elected officers, who are: Nida Mogus, President; Charlotte Decker, Vice-President; Jane Zickefoose, Secretary; Sharon Viergever, Treasurer, and a reporter from each room – Josephine Rosencutter from the eighth, Arleeta Sage from the seventh, and Judy Huston from the sixth grade. We have 32 members and four cheerleaders who are Janet Harth, Sharon Reser, Carol Rafferty, and Diane Swenson. The members are: Nida Mogus, Jane Zickefoose, Norma Klingenberg, Florence Felps, Arleeta Sage, Charlotte Decker, Judy Huston, Marie Stiles, Mary Besta, Sharon Viergever, Janet Hause, Wanda Harmon, Lynda Allen, Dorothy Jacobon, Sally Nadeau, Joleen Parr, Katherine Porter, Carol Tuller, Linda Kelsey, Judy Fauerbach, Charlene Perry, Mary Smith, Janet Kurtz, Josephine Rosencutter, Laura Stiles, Sharon Davis, Zora Wade, Joyce Swenson, Joan Dolezilek, Buddy Mogus, Larry Kurtz, John Vanderblomen, and James Wamego. We have ordered R’s and hats. The hats are going to be two colors. Our cheerleaders have blue corduroy farmerettes and gold cotton baby doll blouses with white collard. Their gold R’s, for Rossville, will go on the bib of the farmerette. Thank you, Mrs. Catt, for helping us. FIRST GRADE NEWS Those having perfect attendance for the second six weeks were Daniel Avers, Linda Bush, Mary Ent, Audery Felps, Laurel Gee, Evan Jones, Wayne Macha, Anthony Martin, Sharon Mayer, Diana Mitchell, Benjamin Mogus, Linda Parks, David Richardson, Cheryl Robinson, Linda Royal, Benjamin Stach, Rosie Stadler, Ronald Starkey, Gary Myers, Jerryl Lauber, and Cynthia Ingram. Bonnie Fauerbach, Gary Myers, and Sharon Mayer have birthdays this month. We welcome Cynthia Ingram into the first grade class. Christine McBurney has returned from Idaho so our enrollment now is 25. Visitors in our room since our last reporting have been Mrs. Andy Mogus and A.J., Yvonne Craig, H.A.W. Kesler, county superintendent, Dr. C. Henry Murphy, and Melvin Lynch. We are getting in the Christmas spirit, although our tree is not yet lit. We have a make-believe fireplace, with stockings hanging by it. We are painting Rudolph, the red nosed reindeer, and we hope that we will all hear His merry bells on Santa’s sleigh coming from far and near. We have Santa Claus wearing a bright suit and each foot is warm in a big black boot. We really have a lot to do, but we wish a very Merry Christmas to you. SECOND GRADE NEWS Those who had perfect attendance for the second six weeks are: Kathleen Becker, Robert Dolezilek, Carl Farley, Tom Foresman, Linda Gardner, Carolyn Gresser, Allen Jackson, Henry Kurtz, June Murray, Susan Nadeau, Steven Pardee, Clyde Parr, Jane Parr, Laird Reding, John Simecka, Dale Stiles, Bonnie Tuller, and Larry Wehner. In music we are practicing our songs for the Christmas program. Recent visitors in our room have been Mrs. Stiles County Superintendent, H.A.W. Kesler, Dr. C. Henry Murphy, and Melvin Lynch. Kathleen Becker, Robert Dolezilek, Carl Farley, Tom Foresman, Linda Gardner, Carolyn Gresser, Allen Jackson, Henry Kurtz, June Murray, Susan Nadeau, Steven Pardee, Jane Parr, Laird Reding, John Simecka, Dale Stiles, and Bonnie Tulller received perfect spelling lessons last Friday. We have enjoyed working on Christmas decorations and pictures for our room. Carolyn Gresser read the story of Cinderella to us last week. NEWS FROM THE 28 THIRDS Yes, we’ve added another to our class and we’re just real happy to have done so. He is Billy Streit from St. Marys. The children came back to school from the Thanksgiving vacation with many exciting events to share. We decided there were an abundance of things for which to be thankful. Now, we’re in the midst of planning the coming Christmas events. We are looking forward to a Christmas party and program and of course always the unexpected excitement. If you should come in to visit our class for awhile, you would see houses with snow-capped roofs and trees laden with snow. Using tempra paint and black crayon, the children very effectively made lovely winter pictures. It has been a pleasure to watch the children improve in the last six weeks. Most of them are finding cursive writing quite a pleasure and enjoy learning this “new” style. One of the biggest thrills, and there are many, of the school day is to hear the wonderful prayers of the children at the beginning of each day. It was a thrill to hear from the White House and the children wanted to share it with you- December 1, 1955. On October 2, we learned about the President’s birthday which was on October 14. Then Dwight brought some cards. We chose the one that we wanted to send to the President. It had a golf ball on it. And it said, “Hope this suits you to a tee.” Then we sent the card October 12. About two weeks later, we received a thank-you from the White House. It was a very nice note. The card from the White House read: The President and Mrs. Eisenhower are deeply grateful for your kind remembrance of them on his birthday. Your good wishes, coming at this time, have been very heartening to them. FOURTH GRADE We are busy decorating our room for Christmas. Plans have been made for each of us to make a book of “Christmas Ideas”. We plan to put choice poems, stories, pictures, and recipes in our books. Those of our class who celebrate birthdays in December are Jane McCollough, Daniel Gee, Kenneth Coleman, Ronald Avers, and Joe Mitchell. Jane and Daniel treated us with candy bars, which were enjoyed greatly. Those who made perfect grades in spelling all through the six-week’s period were James Fauerbach, Daniel Gee, Myrna Perry, and Linda Simecka. Those who received perfect scores on the six week’s test were Stephen Becker, Herman Bringle, James Fauerbach, Daniel Gee, Rose Mary Jacobson, Douglas Kelsey, Myrna Perry, Lillian Reser, Patrick Royal, Linda Simecka, and Marilyn Simpson. Winnders for the multiplication tables contests were as follows: those receiving blue ribbons for daily championship – James Fauerbach, John Giles, Jane McCollough, Sharon Decker, Lillian Reser, Linda Simecka. Those receiving red ribbons for group winners – Myrna Perry, Connie Zeller, Herman Bringle, Ronald Avers, James Fauerbach, Stephen Becker, Gary Hill, Larry Felps, Rose Mary Jacobson, Daniel Gee, Marilyn Simpson, Jane McCollough, Sharon Decker, Lillian Reser, Michael Martin, Donna Tuller, Linda Simecka. Dec 8, 1955. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 8, 1955 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0316 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/9c9ebab33197e01313ec3531adbd61f2.jpg 839fb18203c7f4537fa5313a06a573f1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Schools Description An account of the resource From the 1971 Centennial book: The history of our earliest schools is limited, however, we do know that the first school was taught by Mrs. Gibson Metty in 1863, and the first term was held in a small log cabin near the creek on the west side. There were about 15 scholars in attendance, both white and Indian. It was a subscription school. Mrs. Metty was succeeded by Mrs. Guernsey and she in turn by Miss Jane Woodward. In the years 1865 to 1868, a number of citizens formed an association and established a private school which most of the children attended. They built a small one-story frame building on the corner of North Main and Marion Streets. The population by the year 1870 had increased sufficiently to allow the formation of District No. 34. A two-room frame building 14x23 was built near the corner of Navarre and Marion Streets with a daily attendance of about 14 and in the winter season about 20. This was the first public school in Rossville. In the spring of 1871 this school building was moved from its site and purchased by C.W. Higginbotham for use as part of his home (which stood near the S.M. Thompson residence). A large, two-story frame building was constructed on the same site as the former school. In the fall the building was completed, and school was taken up by a Mr. Grant with an attendance of about 30 pupils. In 1882, a meeting was held at the Rossville school to discuss the necessity for enlarging the school facilities. Many felt the existing school should have an addition added to secure more room, and a high fence built around the school yard. Others favored moving the two-story frame house off to a suburban site such as back of the Baptist Church on Mulvane’s farm or some similar location. The complaint of noise, and the children playing in the creek because of lack of adequate playground area were reasons given for moving the school. In the year 1884, it was decided that a new school should be built and the contract was let to William Binns. It was built of red brick and furnished inside with all the latest improvements of the time. There were four spacious rooms, two on the first floor and two on the upper, in the back of these rooms were wardrobes. In the front and center of the building, on the upper floor, was recitation room opening into either of the two rooms. This school house was located on the present Rossville Grade School grounds. Both grade and two years of high school were taught for several years in this school building, until a four year high school could be established. From the Topeka Daily Capital, December 22, 1940: “Rossville’s new District No. 34 Grade School was dedicated. It was built at a cost of approximately $42,000.00 and contains four classrooms, one combination classroom and library, an auditorium, kitchen, bathrooms and a boiler room.” From the Rossville paper June 15, 1952, “patrons of District No. 34 and consolidated districts voted 64 yes and 3 no on a proposal to issue $68,000 in bonds for enlarging the grade school building, now greatly overcrowded.” The new addition to the grade school was started September 1952. The last addition to the grade school was in 1963. From the Topeka Daily Capital, April 17, 1949: “Five rural school districts voted to consolidate with the Rossville District. They are Parr District No. 77, which closed April 1910; Cedar Bluff District No. 52, closed since April 1937; Lipp School which closed in 1938; and James and Twin Rose schools which closed in 1946.” In about the year 1910, it was voted by the citizens of Rossville to build a high school. Until the high school was completed, the students, because of overcrowding, attended classes in the old Fritz hall, which is now identified by location above the present Rossville Truck and Tractor building. During this time, part of the primary department was taught in the old Baptist church. The high school, which was named “The City School, “ was built just east of the existing grade school on Pottawatomie Street. Due to weather conditions, the school was not completed until the second semester started in January 1913. School continued to be held in this building until 1937 with an average enrollment of eighty. The Rossville Reporter published on March 12, 1936, that among the public works projects was Rossville’s proposed new high school building, with an outright gift of $38,000.00 towards its cost. In May petitions were circulated in the district, which were later presented to the Board of Education requesting an election to vote bonds for Rossville’s share of 55 percent towards the new building. On July 11th the district voted five to one to approve the issuance of $46,480.00 in bonds. The 4.5 acres of ground, located on the south side of Highway 24 was purchased from J.K. Conley at $500.00 per acre. On December 10th, 1936, the school board advertised for bids for the new school. In 1966, due to an act of the Legislature, Grade School District No. 34 and High School District No. 7 were unified with St. Marys, Delia and Emmett and became known as Kaw Valley Unified District No. 321. The Delia High School was closed and the students came to Rossville. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Grade School Update, 1954, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource PROGRESS OF THE GRADES ROSSVILLE GRADE SCHOOL DECEMBER 9, 1954 SEVENTH GRADE We enjoyed a demonstration last week by Wayne Rasch and Ralph Marney showing how the force of gravity is partially overcome by the principle of the gyroscope. The boys pointed out that the principle of the gyroscope is used by ocean liners to steady the great ships as they plow through rough seas. Mrs. Bailey was our first visitor in December. She observed an oral reading class in Kansas History. Our group had fun celebrating with Nida Mogus her 13th birthday, December 1st. Thank you, Nida, for the candy bars. A good sized crowd was in attendance at our opening basketball game. Our boys had little difficulty winning over the small but scrappy boys from Auburn. Every boy on the squad saw action. December 1st as a red letter day for us, it seems. In addition to our joy in winning the ball game and our pleasure in celebrating Nida’s birthday, all the girls made perfect spelling lessons. For recognition of their special effort they enjoyed a brief gym period at the end of the class period. Safety: Realizing that the season of winter sport is upon us, the class discussed ice skating. The discussion pointed out that thin ice is very dangerous, how to test ice for thickness and ways to rescue should anyone ever fall through. A slogan composed by the class culminated the discussion: “Thin ice is strictly for mice. Don’t skate on thin ice.” EIGHTH GRADE Sharon Rosencutter spent Thanksgiving in Nebraska, Bobby Atchison in Illinois and Clifford VanVleck in Arkansas. We were proud to have Patty Coffey participate in the Shawnee county 4-H Bank in Chicago. School will be dismissed for the Holidays at 2:00 o’clock on December 22. We will take up the first Monday of January. We drew names for gift exchange. There will be a county teachers meeting in Topeka this Saturday. Douglas Martinek brought a sweet potato plant for the room. Dr. Murphy and Mr. Watson visited our school recently to inspect it for sanitation. The boys were very happy about the new basketball suits. They did them justice by winning our first game against Auburn last Wednesday evening. The mothers did a good job in helping the cheerleaders with their regalia. We will go to St. Marys to an invitational tournament this Thursday night. Last Friday, the Henmon-Nelson Test of Mental Ability was given in our room. Eddie Besta visited in our room last Friday. The kitchen helpers this week are Sally Porter and Clifford VanVleck. Wash Monitors are Sue Viergever and Leroy Dick. Raymond Rafferty will have his tonsils removed during the Holidays. We have been using our compass to make geometric designs. In social studies we listed the colleges and universities in Kansas. We were surprised to find so many. We are reminded that work will win when wishing won’t. The safety slogan insists that we drive with caution in fair weather and with double caution in foul weather. This will be our last news before the Holidays. We extend to you all the usual season’s greetings. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 9, 1954 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0317 http://recollectionsks.org/files/original/0dea33ee5bb077f78a5d8d2d5ab27be4.jpg 59ed82cf4af75b051959b59deb001712 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Schools Description An account of the resource From the 1971 Centennial book: The history of our earliest schools is limited, however, we do know that the first school was taught by Mrs. Gibson Metty in 1863, and the first term was held in a small log cabin near the creek on the west side. There were about 15 scholars in attendance, both white and Indian. It was a subscription school. Mrs. Metty was succeeded by Mrs. Guernsey and she in turn by Miss Jane Woodward. In the years 1865 to 1868, a number of citizens formed an association and established a private school which most of the children attended. They built a small one-story frame building on the corner of North Main and Marion Streets. The population by the year 1870 had increased sufficiently to allow the formation of District No. 34. A two-room frame building 14x23 was built near the corner of Navarre and Marion Streets with a daily attendance of about 14 and in the winter season about 20. This was the first public school in Rossville. In the spring of 1871 this school building was moved from its site and purchased by C.W. Higginbotham for use as part of his home (which stood near the S.M. Thompson residence). A large, two-story frame building was constructed on the same site as the former school. In the fall the building was completed, and school was taken up by a Mr. Grant with an attendance of about 30 pupils. In 1882, a meeting was held at the Rossville school to discuss the necessity for enlarging the school facilities. Many felt the existing school should have an addition added to secure more room, and a high fence built around the school yard. Others favored moving the two-story frame house off to a suburban site such as back of the Baptist Church on Mulvane’s farm or some similar location. The complaint of noise, and the children playing in the creek because of lack of adequate playground area were reasons given for moving the school. In the year 1884, it was decided that a new school should be built and the contract was let to William Binns. It was built of red brick and furnished inside with all the latest improvements of the time. There were four spacious rooms, two on the first floor and two on the upper, in the back of these rooms were wardrobes. In the front and center of the building, on the upper floor, was recitation room opening into either of the two rooms. This school house was located on the present Rossville Grade School grounds. Both grade and two years of high school were taught for several years in this school building, until a four year high school could be established. From the Topeka Daily Capital, December 22, 1940: “Rossville’s new District No. 34 Grade School was dedicated. It was built at a cost of approximately $42,000.00 and contains four classrooms, one combination classroom and library, an auditorium, kitchen, bathrooms and a boiler room.” From the Rossville paper June 15, 1952, “patrons of District No. 34 and consolidated districts voted 64 yes and 3 no on a proposal to issue $68,000 in bonds for enlarging the grade school building, now greatly overcrowded.” The new addition to the grade school was started September 1952. The last addition to the grade school was in 1963. From the Topeka Daily Capital, April 17, 1949: “Five rural school districts voted to consolidate with the Rossville District. They are Parr District No. 77, which closed April 1910; Cedar Bluff District No. 52, closed since April 1937; Lipp School which closed in 1938; and James and Twin Rose schools which closed in 1946.” In about the year 1910, it was voted by the citizens of Rossville to build a high school. Until the high school was completed, the students, because of overcrowding, attended classes in the old Fritz hall, which is now identified by location above the present Rossville Truck and Tractor building. During this time, part of the primary department was taught in the old Baptist church. The high school, which was named “The City School, “ was built just east of the existing grade school on Pottawatomie Street. Due to weather conditions, the school was not completed until the second semester started in January 1913. School continued to be held in this building until 1937 with an average enrollment of eighty. The Rossville Reporter published on March 12, 1936, that among the public works projects was Rossville’s proposed new high school building, with an outright gift of $38,000.00 towards its cost. In May petitions were circulated in the district, which were later presented to the Board of Education requesting an election to vote bonds for Rossville’s share of 55 percent towards the new building. On July 11th the district voted five to one to approve the issuance of $46,480.00 in bonds. The 4.5 acres of ground, located on the south side of Highway 24 was purchased from J.K. Conley at $500.00 per acre. On December 10th, 1936, the school board advertised for bids for the new school. In 1966, due to an act of the Legislature, Grade School District No. 34 and High School District No. 7 were unified with St. Marys, Delia and Emmett and became known as Kaw Valley Unified District No. 321. The Delia High School was closed and the students came to Rossville. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rossville Grade School Update, 1954, Rossville, Kansas Description An account of the resource EIGHTH GRADE (Nov 18, 1954) Our individual pictures sold very well. We are all looking forward to Thanksgiving vacation which will begin at dismissal on the 24th. There will be no school on Friday following the 25th. The skating party the Mothers planned for the seventh and eighth grades was really enjoyed by everyone. Our visitors during American Education Week were Mrs. Viergever, Mrs. Coe, Mrs. Jackson, Mrs. Perry, Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. Shannon. The assembly program by the sixth grade was very good. Mrs. Marvin Davis told us about the history of schools in Rossville. Helen Stadler leads in spelling this six weeks. Our spelling this six weeks. Our spelling grades have improved over the last six weeks. These members have recently joined our band from our room: Roger Zeller plays a sax, Raymond Rafferty the Tuba, and Jimmy Coe the clarinet. Our band is really making progress. The cup cakes Ginger Shannon made for our Halloween Party were very good. On to Jupiter and Horizons Unlimited were shown to the upper grades last Monday. They were films from General Motors. Ralph Marney and Raymond Rafferty are our movie operators this term. Raymond Rafferty was out of school one day with a cold. The four girls from our room who will be cheerleaders for the first team are Sue Viergever, Geraldine Masters, Ginger Shannon, and Helen Stadler. Patty Coffey, Sharon Rosencutter and Salley Porter will cheer for the second team. They invited Carol Rafferty to work with them. Geraldine Masters was recently fitted with a new pair of glasses. The Good Citizen vote was given to Raymond Rafferty last week. Douglas Martinek and Leroy Dick [article cut off]. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rossville Reporter, Rossville, Kansas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Rossville Community Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource November 18, 1954 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This work is copyrighted; the copyright holder has granted permission for this item to be used by the Rossville Community Library. This permission does not extend to third parties. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource newspaper Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context RCL0318