COLLEGE HILL SCHOOL
(also known as Pop Gun School)
Kinmundy Township, Marion County, Illinois
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Teachers from COLLEGE HILL SCHOOL – District #23 (Kinmundy township)
(also known as Pop Gun School)
(1905-06) Miss Ethel George
(1921-22) Vera Morris (she later was Vera (Morris) Bassett Maxey)
(1930-31) John Monical
(1931-32) no school
(The above information was gathered from "The Kinmundy Express" articles and school photos.)
College Hill (“Pop Gun”) School District No. 23
Kinmundy Township
This school was located six miles northwest of Kinmundy. An 1892 school picture in the file indicates that the school was later called “Pop Gun”, but there is no explanation as to why.
Teachers:
Mabel Lacey - 1892
Jennie McCastle of Salem
Annette Grey of Tonti
Ethel (George) Malinsky - 1905
Lem Ballance
Blance Nichols of Alma
Bertha Jackson of Kinmundy
Pearl Jackson
Hannah Robb
John Vancil of Goreville
Joy Vandeveer
Older residents in the district:
William Henry Ford, Calvin Ford (his father), Rev. John H. Balance, John Goodrich Ford, Charles Ford, ____ Metzger, James R. Jones, James C. Jones, William Morris, Henry Warren, Luther Barnes, _____ Harkie
This school closed about 1931 due to lack of pupils.
“Footprints in Marion County” - Marion Co. IL Genealogical & Historical Society
Vol. VI; Summer 1981; No. 1; P. 54
College Hill School (located six miles northwest of Kinmundy); Kinmundy Twp., Marion Co., IL. Feb. 9, 1892
(The school was later known as Pop Gun )
Back Row: John G. Ford, Jim Jones, Gene Ford, Will Ford, and Rae Holt.
Second Row: Jesse Morris, Anna Metzger, Mabel Lacey, Mary Morris, Lou Warren, and Frank Jones.
Front Row: Lem Ballance, Ira Morris, Effie Jackson, Earl Morris, Cora Jackson, Lou Harkie and Victor Berger.
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