Emerald . school was heldin a log house, hererepresented, whichstood on the lot nowoccupied by the res-idence of Herman The schoolwas conducted forthe most part dur-ing the summermonths. About 1855the school was trans-ferred to the old Church building,which is now the re-modeled QuakerChurch, and whichin 1855 stood where the present M. E. Church stands. Itseems that this church was used only one or two terms for aM3& T86§ school purposes andthat a frame build-ing standing on theKemper Bros, cor-ner was next usedfor one or twoterms. In 1858 a framebuilding was builtone square eas
Emerald . school was heldin a log house, hererepresented, whichstood on the lot nowoccupied by the res-idence of Herman The schoolwas conducted forthe most part dur-ing the summermonths. About 1855the school was trans-ferred to the old Church building,which is now the re-modeled QuakerChurch, and whichin 1855 stood where the present M. E. Church stands. Itseems that this church was used only one or two terms for aM3& T86§ school purposes andthat a frame build-ing standing on theKemper Bros, cor-ner was next usedfor one or twoterms. In 1858 a framebuilding was builtone square east ofthe present highschool building, onthe north side of thestreet. Here in thisbuilding the grand-parents of the pres-ent generation ofschool children se-cured their educa-tion to the tune ofthe hickory stick. Seats and desks were introduced in this building, and it re-mained the palace of learning until 1876. i r.\a^-; ZTZBZSZ i H a I i-ortuncL Page forty-five (Q L-mp^rrtld M Eim^TVklb iZ^. ERECTED IN 1876 In 1876 the above brick building was erected on thenorth part of the present school ground. This buildingconsisted of six rooms and for its day represented quitean advance in educational equipment. This building met the needs of Greentown until 1905, when a frame buildingwas erected just to the north to care for part of the two buildings were used until the year 1912. E Fo r t n n?r r.]n^z ZrZBZBZ I a 2 I \-or-tuna Page Qi lEtnort^tA
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