Young School

Kinmundy Historical Society

YOUNG SCHOOL

Meacham Township, Marion County, Illinois

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Teachers from YOUNG SCHOOL – District #19 (Meacham twp.)

(1904-05) Miss Longnecker

March 2, 1916: Young School, a country school located 3 miles southeast of Kinmundy, burned on Friday

(1916-17) Orville Fyke

July 12, 1917: Some gypsies who were camping out at Young School House were arrested for stealing chickens.

(1926-27) Eugene Kline

(1928-28)

(1929-29)

(1929-30)

(1930-31) Anna Marlow

(1931-32) Anna Marlow

(1932-33) Mrs. Anna Marlow

(1933-34) Mrs. Anna Marlow

(1934-35)

(1935-36) Mrs. Anna Marlow

(1936-37)

(1937-38)

(1938-39) Mrs. Bertha See

(1939-40) Mrs. Bertha See

(1940-41)

(1941-42)

(1942-43)

(1943-44)

(1944-45) Mrs. Eva Soldner

(1945-46) Mrs. Eva Soldner

(1946-47) Mrs. Eva Soldner

(1947-48) Miss. Velma Edwards (married Kenneth Wilkinson in 1948)

(Nov. 20, 1947) The one-room school house of School District No. 19, known as the Young School, was completely destroyed by fire Monday evening

March 11, 1948: Miss Velma Edwards married Kenneth Wilkinson. She is at present teaching the Young School in her own home since the building burned

Sept. 2, 1948: The country district of Young is not having school this year, and are sending the students to Kinmundy.

Aug. 30, 1951: The Kinmundy Grade School district No. 25 was enlarged considerably yesterday when Miss Margaret West,

County Superintendent of Schools, dissolved districts 19 (Young), 21 (Sherman), 22 (Shanghai), and 26 (Meadow Branch).

(The above information was gathered from "The Kinmundy Express" articles and school photos.)

Young School; Meacham twp., Marion Co., IL; Nov. 19, 1907

Young School; Meacham twp., Marion Co., IL; ca 1930’s

Back row: _____________ Kenneth Wilkinson, Anna (Engelbsetch) Marlow, Phyllis Lane, _____________, ________________

Front row: ____________, _______________, Robert Lane, _____________, Paul Lane, ______________, ________________

“The Kinmundy Express” - Nov. 20, 1947: “Young School Destroyed by Fire Monday Evening”

"The one-room school house of School District No. 19, known as the Young School, was completely destroyed by fire Monday evening. The Kinmundy Fire Department was called by the building was too far gone to do any good at all. The teacher, Mrs. Velma Edwards, has 13 pupils, and Mr. Earl Lane, one of the directors who happened to be there to get his small daughter, left the schoolhouse at 4 o’clock. The fire in the furnace had been banked for the night as per usual. Thirty minutes later, neighbors discovered smoke pouring from the attic and in just a few seconds, flames began to leap from the roof. Just what really caused the fire, no one will ever know. But it is presumed that possibly an overheated stove pipe was the cause. The neighbors say this because just one day last week, the overheated pipe caused the building to catch fire around the flue during school hours. The fire was quickly extinguished. The building had been wired for electricity, and the wires from the poles were strung just last Friday. But as yet, no electricity has been turned on. So it couldn’t have been defective wiring. This building was built in the summer of 1916 after the former building was burned. So this is the second fire this district has suffered. The building was partially covered by insurance. The directors of the district held a short meeting directly after the fire and declared a school holiday of one week until they can make arrangements to get school started again or get the pupils in school somewhere."