ARNOLD CHAPEL SCHOOL
(also known as Lester School)
Foster Township, Marion County, Illinois
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Teachers from ARNOLD CHAPEL SCHOOL – District #32 (Foster twp.)
(also known as Lester School, since it was located in Lester)
Kinmundy Independent May 27, 1880: They have taken one mile of Fosterburg school district and one half mile off North Fork and are going to put a school house near Arnold’s Chapel. Samuel JONES, Eli W. JONES, and Jas. ARNOLD are the new Directors
(1884-85) Massey Arnold
(1905-06) Robert Quayle
(July 1, 1920) Nelle Walker
(1930-31) Mrs. Edna Williams
(1931-32) Harold Arnold
Sept. 23, 1937: There was no school at Arnold Chapel Monday on account of the death of the School Teacher’s baby.
(The above information was gathered from "The Kinmundy Express" articles and school photos.)
Arnold Chapel School, District No. 32 - Foster Township
Teachers:
Mr. Martin
Sherman Kell - 1902
Bessie Charlton
Edna Charlton
Grace Tate
Grace Robb (sister)
Dove Robb (sister)
Robert Quayle
Nelda (Meadors) Wassem
Martha Walker
Gladys (Quayle) Wengert
Anna (Eagan) Corry
Edwin Walker
Blanche (Doolen) Atkins
Mrs. Ida Williams
Harold Arnold
Howard Thurman
Myra (Headley) Simmons
Ruth (Doolen) Phinney
Lettie Hopkins
Gilbert Doolen
Older Residents:
John Wesley Arnold, James W. Arnold, Benjamin A. Morgan, George Atkins, Harmon Holt, John F. Holt (first to be buried in Holt Cemetery), Henry Holt, Wesley Doolen, Hardy Foster, Harmon Foster, Lemuel Jackson Lansford, Monroe Lansford, Rev. Cecil Lowe, Lewis Engler, Harold Chandler, William Henry Foster, Charles Lowe, Cyrus Elmer Arnold, Simpson Walker, Harrison Eagan (brother), Andrew I. Eagan (brother), William and Martha (Holt) Eagan, Jones Arnold, Edgebert Holt, Melvin Doolen, William Lowe, John Shaw, Orie Green, Ernie Jones, Dale Arnold, Lewis Jones
“Footprints in Marion County” - Marion Co. IL Genealogical & Historical Society
Vol. VI; Summer 1981; No. 1; p. 54