WILSON SCHOOL
Alma Township, Marion County, Illinois
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408 S. Washington St.; Kinmundy, IL 62854; (618) 547-7731
Teachers from WILSON SCHOOL – District #72 (Alma twp.)
(1916-17) Grace Johnson
(1923-24) Mrs. Cecil Lane
(1926-27) Miss Velma Marlow
(1929-30) Mrs. Ethel Kniseley
(1930-31) Ethel Fyke (Ethel Fyke Kniseley)
(1931-32) Ethel Fyke (Ethel Fyke Kniseley)
(1932-33) Mrs. Ethel Kniseley
Oct. 19, 1933: Lettie (Riley) Hults (daughter of Lydia Riley); In early life Mrs. Hults was a teacher, teaching 17 terms, 3 of which were in the Wilson School, in which her mother had taught, and later her daughter, Mrs. Pitt.
(1933-34) Mrs. Ethel Kniseley
(1934-35) Mrs. Edith Kniseley
(April 25, 1935) She finished a successful term making her 9th consecutive term
(1935-36) Mrs. Ethel Kniseley
(Apr. 30, 1936) Mrs. Kniseley will be leaving our school to teach next year in Centralia where she and Mr. Kniseley are making their home, and they both have employment.)
(1936-37) Mrs. Florence Weiss
(1937-38) Mr. B. Millican
(1938-39) Miss Marjorie Keller (later married Mr. Walkington)
(1939-40) Marjorie (Keller) Walkington
(1940-41) Marjorie (Keller) Walkington
(1941-42) Mrs. Bertha See
(1942-43) Mrs. Bertha See (1943-44) Miss Maude Lewis
(1944-45) Miss Elsie Tockstein
(1945-46) Miss Marjorie Petrea
(May 2, 1946) There is to be no school here next year as there is not a sufficient number of pupils in the district.
(September 4, 1947) School started at Allen School on Sept. 1, and the pupils from Wilson will attend there this term, owing to the shortage of pupils in our district.
(The above information was gathered from "The Kinmundy Express" articles and school photos.)
Wilson School located south of Kinmundy; Alma twp., Marion Co., IL; Mrs. Ethel Kniseley, teacher – 1929
Back row: Helen (Kleiss) Quandt, Harold Shufeldt, Dorothy Fradenburg, George Meyer, Emma Jean Shufeldt, Arthur Meyer,
Sarah Fradenburg, Harold Kleiss, Willadean Kniseley, Mrs. Ethel Kniseley (teacher)
Front row: Marie Kolb, Wilbur Wooden, Ruth Meyer, Wanda Meyer, ______ Jenkins, Viola Meyer, Kenneth Shufeldt, Lois Kolb
Wilson School – Alma twp., Marion Co., IL; Ethel Kniseley, teacher - 1936
Back row: Viola Meyers, Marie Cobb, Norma Smith, Ruth Meyers, Mildred Kleiss, Mary _________, Helen (Kleiss) Quandt
3rd row: Melba Sipes, Lois Cobb, Kenneth Shufeldt, Dwaine Williams, Ethel Kniseley – teacher; Wilbur Wooden, Warren Smith, Betty Wooden
2nd row: Betty Williams, Helen Cobb, Mary Wooden, Veeda Meyers, Marceline Smith, Helen Perry
Front row: LeRoy Van Soyc, Francis Cobb, Gene Williams, Glen Van Soyc, Elwood Smith
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