S.S, Warner, now of Thorp, was a member of the School Board for 18
years; first as clerk and later as treasurer. The late Wm. Jerard was
also a member of the Board for many years.
As the years passed by and the population of the District increased
the little log school house finally became too small to hold the
increasing number of children and a new building had to be erected. By
this time the village of Eidsvold had come into existence and the mill
company offered the district a site where the present school is located.
Here a suitable frame building was erected. Miss Mary E. Boylan
taught the last term in the old building and Miss Marian Gwin, the first
term in the new building. Sometime prior to the building of the new
school house the district had been divided and a new district formed
known as the Rogers Creek School. A few years later another division was
made and the Peterson School came into existence. Still later the
Junction School was formed from territory taken from all three districts
already mentioned.
A few years ago the school building again became too small to hold
all of the children. An Addition was built and the school became a
two-room state graded school.
Probably the largest pupil who ever attended the school was John
Kearney, a boy 19 years old who was six feet tall and weighed about 150
pounds. One of the youngest was Lucinda Warner who started when Four.
Probably the oldest was John Warden who attended a winter term at 23.
Others attended until they were 18, 19, and 20. |