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It was in 1924 that the eight-grade system replaced the nine grades.
THROUGH ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SCHOOL
Members of the school committees, down through the years, with a few omissions, due to the lack of Town Reports, have been:
1864-Myricks Haskins and Henry L. Williams.
1865-M. Haskins, H. L. Williams and Thomas M. Nelson.
1866-67-M. Haskins and H. L. Williams.
1867-68-James W. Ward, H. L. Williams and M. Haskins.
1868-69-H. L. Williams, M. Haskins and E. W. Barrows.
1869-70-M. Haskins, E. W. Barrows, H. L. Williams, Benjamin H. Strobridge, S. S. Stetson. John F. Allen, David Ashley, Isaac Sampson and J. F. Montgomery.
1870-M. Haskins, H. L. Williams, B. H. Strobridge, E. W. Barrows, D. Ashley, J. F. Allen, John Sears and C. T. Westgate.
1871-M. Haskins, H. L. Williams and Mrs. Job Peirce.
1872-73-74-H. L. Williams, E. W. Barrows and Eunice R. Peirce.
1874-H. L. Williams, E. W. Barrows and Leander Winslow. 1875-H. L. Williams, Leander Winslow and S. S. Stetson.
1876-Leander Winslow, H. L. Williams and S. S. Stetson.
1877-S. S. Stetson, H. L. Williams and Otis Southworth.
1878-Otis Southworth, H. L. Williams and James Peirce. 1879-H. L. Williams and Otis Southworth.
1880-Elbridge Cushman, H. L. Williams and James Peirce. 1881-H. L. Williams, E. Cushman and Sidney T. Nelson.
1882-E. Cushman, H. L. Williams and S. T. Nelson.
1883-H. L. Williams, S. T. Nelson and L. Winslow. 1884-85-E. W. Barrows, James P. Peirce and E. Cushman. 1886-E. W. Barrows, E. Cushman and H. L. Williams. 1887-E. Cushman, H. L. Williams and S. T. Nelson.
1888-H. L. Williams, S. T. Nelson and Ebenezer Dawes. 1889-90-S. T. Nelson, E. Dawes and J. F. Allen.
1891-J. F. Allen, S. T. Nelson and Leavitt C. Caswell.
1892-S. T. Nelson, L. C. Caswell and Thomas F. Hafford.
1893-S. T. Nelson and L. C. Caswell.
1894-T. F. Hafford, H. L. Williams and L. C. Caswell. 1895-S. T. Nelson, H. L. Williams and T. F. Hafford.
1896-H. L. Williams, T. F. Hafford and Elizabeth B. Cushman.
1897-T. F. Hafford, Elizabeth B. Cushman and S. T. Nelson.
1898-E. B. Cushman, S. T. Nelson and Charles P. Swift. 1899-S. T. Nelson and C. P. Swift.
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1900-S. T. Nelson, C. P. Swift, Myra Hammond and L. C. Caswell.
1901-S. T. Nelson. Eloise A. Hafford, M. Hammond and Jennie E. Pratt.
1902-03-S. T. Nelson, J. E. Pratt and E. A. Hafford.
1904-E. A. Hafford, J. E. Pratt, S. Irving Pickens and Frank Y. Hall.
1905-J. E. Pratt, S. I. Pickens, Chester Ashley and L. C. Caswell.
1906-S. I. Pickens, C. Ashley, L. C. Caswell, Annie J. Peirce and F. A. Shaw. 1907-F. A. Shaw, A. J. Peirce and L. C. Caswell.
1908-09-L. C. Caswell, A. J. Peirce and F. A. Shaw.
1910-L. C. Caswell, A. J. Peirce and Frank B. Williams.
1911-A. J. Peirce, L. C. Caswell, S. T. Nelson, Nathaniel G. Staples and Alton T. Hoard.
1912-S. T. Nelson, F. B. Williams, A. T. Hoard and N. G. Staples.
1913-S. T. Nelson, A. T. Hoard and M. A. Hammond.
1914-15-16-A. T. Hoard, S. T. Nelson and M. A. Hammond.
1917-18-19-20-21-22-23-A. T. Hoard, M. A. Hammond and L. C. Caswell.
1924-L. C. Caswell, Leslie H. Norton and George H. Northcott.
1925-26-L. C. Caswell, L. H. Norton and G. H. Northcott.
1927-L. H. Norton, E. R. Peirce and L. C. Caswell.
1928-L. C. Caswell, E. R. Peirce and Byron M. Nute.
1929-L. H. Norton, E. R. Peirce and Merle C. Washburn.
1930-L. H. Norton, M. C. Washburn and Harriett Grant.
1931-L. H. Norton, M. C. Washburn and H. Grant.
1932-M. C. Washburn, H. Grant and Sumner Coolidge.
1933-34-35-S. Coolidge, H. Grant and M. C. Washburn.
1936-S. Coolidge, M. C. Washburn and Maude B. Smith.
1937-S. Coolidge, M. B. Smith and Ina Washburn.
1938-Ralph W. Baker, M. B. Smith and I. A. Washburn.
1939-40-41-42-43-R. W. Baker, I. A. Washburn and L. H. Norton. 1944-R. W. Baker, L. H. Norton and Alice E. Norris.
1945-46-47-48-R. W. Baker, A. E. Norris and W. Hollis Blackburn.
1949-R. W. Baker, A. E. Norris, W. H. Blackburn and Norma E. Perkins. 1950-W. H. Blackburn, Harold L. Griffith, N. E. Perkins and R. W. Baker (resigned).
1951-52-W. H. Blackburn, N. E. Perkins and H. L. Griffith.
THE MILLER SCHOOL-No. 1
The Miller School, which was district No. 1, was located on Taunton Road on the site of the present North Lakeville School. This school was in a union district with Middleborough, and was reported by and the expenses paid by the school committee of each town on alternate years until about 1866. Later different amounts for different years were due from the Town of Middle- boro.
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Miller School
Some of the teachers have been:
1853-Martha Copeland and J. R. Putnam.
1854-A. M. Thurber and H. A. Crandall.
1855-Carrie E. Weston and James H. Weston.
1856-Sarah D. White and Ansel C. Richmond.
1857-S. Andrews was the prudential committee.
1858-Elizabeth C. Pratt and James H. Weston.
1859-Rhoda Miller and Warren H. Southworth.
The reports for 1860-61-62-63 are not available.
1864-Middleborough reported the records.
1865-Carrie Weston.
1866-Reported by Middleborough.
1867-Emily Macomber and Warren H. Southworth.
1868-Reported by Middleborough.
1869-W. Emma Thompson and Thomas P. Paull.
1870-Lydia E. Conant both summer and winter.
1871-Hannah L. and Addie F. Freeman taught the summer term and Han nah N. Dillingham taught the winter term.
1872-Hannah N. Dillingham and Annie J. Woodard.
1873-Hannah N. Dillingham.
1874-H. L. Hathaway.
1875-Hattie L. Hathaway.
1876-Abbie H. Harris.
1877-Lucy E. Gasset and Emma F. Darling.
1878-Annie F. Richmond and A. B. Southworth.
1879-Eudora Lawrence, Amey H. Pierce and Leavitt C. Caswell.
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1880-Hannah L. Soule and Julia P. Edwards.
1881-Sarah Crane.
1882-Sarah Crane, Fannie E. Nelson and Amey P. Pierce.
1883-Hannah K. Nelson and Nellie W. Winslow.
1884-Margaret A. Walker and Abbie Alden.
1885-Josephine G. Thaxter (2 days), Annie C. Heart and Margaret A. Walker.
1886-Mary E. Dean.
1887-Viola N. Clark and Annie H. Weston.
1888-Annie H. Weston.
1889-Annie H. Weston and Anna S. Dawes.
1890-Anna S. Dawes, Bessie B. Dawes, Myra Cushing and Carrie E. Chap- man.
1891-Lillian B. Alden, Rilla E. Alden and Mary A. Young.
1892-Mary A. Young and Florence E. Thompson.
1893-Florence E. Thompson and Annie T. Blackman.
1894-Annie T. Blackman.
1895-Emma E. Chubbuck.
1896-Emma E. Chubbuck, Julia M. Taylor and Ruth May Petti.
1897-Kate Farlin and Clara A. Furbush.
1898-M. E. Bemis and Sara E. Howard.
1899-Sarah E. Howard.
1900-Sarah E. Howard and Eliza C. Howland.
1901-Eliza C. Howland and Mabel Sampson.
1902-Mabel Sampson, Anjie Rose, Eve French and Grace Baker.
1903-Grace Baker.
1904-Grace Baker.
1905-Grace Baker.
1906-Grace Baker and Mary Bump.
1907-Mary Bump and Sarah Holland.
1908-Sarah J. Holland and Laura Bump.
1909-Laura Bump.
1910-Laura Bump and Emma L. Handy.
1911-Emma L. Handy.
1912-Emma L. Handy and Margaret M. Murril.
1913-Eula C. Bryant.
1914-Beatrice E. Drake.
1915-Effie D. W. Tucker.
In 1914 the new school house was built at North Lakeville.
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HASKINS SCHOOL - No. 2
The Haskins School stood on the right side of Rhode Island Road, northeast of Harrison Avenue. In 1890, school was held just one week of the spring term, and then the children were transported to No. 4, which was the Washburn School at the center. The schoolhouse was sold at auction and first moved to Bedford Street across from the Nellie Horr place. Later, Wil- liam DeMaranville bought it and used it as a carriage shed and cow barn. The marks of the desks against the walls can still be seen today. Some of the teachers who taught at the Haskins School were:
1853-Betsey Kensley and Cassandria Shaw.
1854-E. A. Thompson and Sanford Weston.
1855-Paulina T. Wood and Sarah B. Thatcher.
1856-Sarah B. Thatcher and Myrick Haskins.
1857-Report of H. Bradford Leonard who was the prudential committee for that district: Summer school, eight weeks, $32.00; winter school, ten weeks, $45.00; wood furnished by Levi Recd, $5.00.
1858-H. Frances Seekell and Cassandria W. Shaw.
1859-Maria E. Wood.
1860-61-62-63-Not available.
1864-Betsey Kinsley.
1865-H. E. Williams and H. T. Montgomery.
1866-Clarinda Macomber.
1867-Lizzie B. Hathaway.
1868-Susie M. Nichols.
1869-Addie R. Lawrence.
1870-Myra F. Cudworth.
1871-Mary A. Haskins and Mary A. Montgomery.
1872-Cassie M. Barrows and Erestina Whittier.
1873-Josephine R. Randall.
1874-P. Hattie Peirce and Georgiana Peterson.
1875-Georgiana Peterson.
1876-Frank Copeland.
1877-Alice B. Southworth and Lucy E. Gassett.
1878-Alice B. Southworth and Annie F. Richmond.
1879-Hattie S. Thatcher.
1880-Alice V. Winslow.
1881-Alice V. Winslow and Lizzie S. Cushman.
1882-Lizzie S. Cushman and Ella J. Read.
1883-Ella J. Read and M. J. Bump.
1884-M. J. Bump, Hannah K. Nelson and Rudora Lawrence.
1885-86-Sarah Crane. 1887-Sarah Crane and Rhoda W. Peirce.
1888-Rhoda W. Peirce and Annie S. Dawes.
1889-Annie S. Dawes and Bessie B. Dawes.
1890-Bessie B. Dawes, one week in the spring.
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UPPER CORNERS- No. 3
The Upper Corners schoolhouse was located on Main Street near the Upper Four Corners and it was District Number 3. Information and pictures of this school seem to be scarce.
UPPER CORNERS SCHOOL
Girls: Addie Swift, Ada Rogers, Elsie Morgan, Viola Letcher, Mary Bump, Carrie Shockley, Susie Bump, Lucy Swift, Ethel Norris, Mildred Moody, Alma Bennett, Zilpha Letcher and Gladys Shockley.
Boys: Henry Davis, Charles Bump, Kenneth Morgan, Marcus Bassett, Harold Griffith, Earl Card and Herbert Norris. Picture taken about 1898.
Some of the teachers down through the years have been:
1853-Sarah C. Coombs and Caroline T. Wood.
1854-Betsey Kinsley and Ansel Richmond.
1855-Esther Delano and James H. Weston.
1856-Sarah J. Tisdale and James H. Weston.
1857-The teacher's name is not given. J. C. Bump was the prudential committee.
1858-Elvira F. Clark and Alden B. Chase.
1859-Sarah J. Tisdale and W. Anna Harding.
The reports for 1860-61-62-63 are not available.
1864-Lucia A. Drake.
1865-C. R. Dean and Lucy A. Cushman.
1866-Helen R. Townsend.
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1867-Carrie W. Leach and Lurana L. Smith.
1868-Sarah B. Cobb and Lizzie Cobb.
1869-Lizzie Cobb and Jennie Patten.
1870-Lucy H. Pickens.
1871-Mattie W. Morton and Sarah A. C. Play. 1872-Sarah S. Bump.
1873-Sarah S. Bump and Laura H. Pickens.
1874-Laura H. Pickens and A. L. Hinckley.
1875-M. Jennie Bump.
1876-A. A. C. Harvey and L. M. L. Jackson.
1877-Emma F. Darling and Alice B. Southworth.
1878-Emma F. Darling and Lucy E. Gassett.
1879-Lucy E. Gassett.
1880-Belle F. Macomber and Mary E. Churback.
188 !- W. Anna Harding and Annie F. Cummings.
1882-Annie F. Cummings and Ellen P. Chace. 1883-Sarah Crane.
1884-M. Jennie Bump and Margaret A. Walker.
1885-Records are missing.
1886-Annie C. Hart, Ella C. Robinson and Susie E. Walker.
1887-Susie E. Walker and Mary R. Burke.
1888-Bessie B. Dawes, Rhoda W. Pierce and Lillie B. Andrews. 1889-Lizzie Leonard.
1890-Marion P. Alden.
1891-Marion P. Alden, Adele Floyd and Stella S. Baker.
1892-Stella Baker.
1893-Edith C. Holland.
1894-Edith C. Holland, Sarah Biffin and H. S. Fawell. 1895-H. S. Fawell.
1896-Maymie Hanson and Sarah J. Holland.
1897-Ethelwyn Rea and Lizzie B. Thomas.
1898-A. R. Bailey and Ida J. Hardy.
1899-Ida J. Hardy and Effie D. Williams.
1900-Effie D. Williams and Florence Hathaway.
1901-Effie D. Williams.
1902-Effie D. Williams and Abbie G. Pattle.
1903-Abbie G. Pattle and Blanche Tillson.
1904-Mrs. John Beldon.
1905-Mrs. John Beldon.
1906-Mrs. John Beldon and Grace Baker.
1907-Grace Baker and Mrs. Elmer Swift.
1908-Winnie R. Swift.
1909-Winnie R. Swift and Elizabeth H. Benson.
1910-Winnie R. Swift and Elizabeth H. Benson.
1911-Elizabeth H. Benson.
1912-Elizabeth H. Benson for the spring term.
In the fall, school was started at the new Assawompsett School.
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After a few years, the Upper Corners schoolhouse was re- modeled and is now the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hill of Main street.
WASHBURN SCHOOL - No. 4
The Washburn School was located across the road from the Town House where the Public Library is today. The land was deeded to a Levi Haskins for the Town of Middleboro by Amos and Luther Washburn in consideration of $54, with the stipula- tion that it be used for a school. When the schoolhouse was moved to Precinct, the land reverted to the owners of the Old Washburn House. A quitclaim deed, signed by Emma Hinds and Fred C. Hinds, June 29, 1912, was given to the Town of Lakeville.
WASHBURN SCHOOL
Left to right: Bessie Deane, Smith, Smith, Mabel Sampson, Will Anderson, Charlie Reynolds, Mabel F. Brown, Ruth H. Cushman, Lillie Brown, Elsie Staples, Elsie Sampson, and Ralph M. Bassett. Taken about 1892.
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In the records of October 8, 1866, there was some damage done to this schoolhouse by the gale, which caused the school to be closed for a week. In 1883 the school was again closed for the lack of scholars.
Following is a list of some of the teachers and the dates when they taught at the Washburn School:
1853-Abby Canedy and E. Washburn Coy.
1854-Mary E. Mason and Abiel W. Nelson.
1855-Tamah Webb and Matilda P. Briggs.
1856-Hannah K. Peirce and Sarah Thatcher.
1857-The report of the prudential committee: J. M. Sampson shows the school was open for ten weeks in the summer and ten weeks in the winter at the cost of $90.50.
1858-Fanny P. Williams and H. Frances Scekell.
1859-Fanny P. Williams and F. H. Hodges.
1860-61-62-63-The reports are unavailable.
1864-S. A. T. Pickens, in the summer, and no winter school.
1865-Elvira F. Jenny and S. A. Pickens.
1866-67-Eudora M. Allen.
1868-Matilda J. Bump and Jennie Bassett.
1869-Bertha L. Thurber.
1870-Mary E. Allen.
1871-Celia L. Deane, Myra A. Keith and Annie J. Woodward.
1872-Ella F. Spooner and Lillie T. Clark.
1873-Lillie T. Westgate and Emma F. Darling.
1874-Emma F. Darling.
1875-Mary F. Hagen and Lizzie J. Wilson.
1876-Lizzie J. Wilson.
1877-Henrietta Hamblin and Lura S. Sawin.
1878-Emma F. Darling and Lucy E. Gassett.
1879-80-Nellie W. Winslow.
1881-Bessie Chace and Alice V. Winslow.
1882-Alice V. Winslow and Lizzie J. Wilson. 1883-Lizzie J. Wilson.
In 1885 the school committee decided to move No. 4 to a point midway between that location and School No. 6, which was the McCully School, so that all children in that territory could be accommodated. Thus the Washburn schoolhouse was moved to Highland Road, just to the cast of the Old Town Pound. After the schoolhouse was moved, it was found that there was no water for the children to drink. This caused quite a discussion, and one of the school committee, James P. Peirce, suggested that the old town pump, which was at the Town House, be moved to the new location.
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It was only a few days after the town meeting which voted the moving of the schoolhouse, that another town meeting was called and a vote passed to move the schoolhouse back from whence it had been taken.
1886-Mary E. Sampson.
1887-88-89-90-91-92-Annie C. Hart.
1887-Clara A. Tolman.
1892-Eloise A. Hafford, Bessie Eaton and Sarah W. Mendall.
1893-Sarah W. Mendall and Sarah J. Holland.
1894-Sarah W. Mendall and Katie D. Heath.
1895-Katie D. Heath and Delia K. Kingman.
In 1896 the Washburn School was moved for the last time to Precinct at a cost of $126 and became the Precinct School.
THE NECK SCHOOL - No. 5
The Neck School, which stood for 116 years at the end of the Old Back Road on the Turnpike, was built in 1796. It was a familiar landmark and was widely known. It was built as a meet- ing house for the Baptists. Rev. Stephen Nelson served the people as the pastor on the Sabbath and as schoolmaster on week days. When the structure was first erected it was thought best to have a bell. Accordingly one was secured and placed in a small cupola. The fact that bells were scarce in those days is said to have caused the citizens to call this particular school the "Bell School." The bell remained as long as the schoolhouse and was used to call the tardy scholars back from their play at recess. In the records this school is referred to as the Neck School, because this part of the town was known for years as Assawomp- sett Neck.
There was a hog-back stove in the building, which was one of the most curious heating arrangements in existence. The stove greatly resembled a hog, with its long oval body mounted on four small legs. It was cast in Assonet, over a century ago, by Captain Job Peirce and it has stood the test of time. On one occasion the scholars tried to blow it up, having partially filled it with powder, but they could not do it. After the closing of the school, the old hog-back stove disappeared and found its way
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to heat a garage in Middleboro. Its disappearance was the sub- ject of a heated town meeting discussion and it was requested that the missing stove be returned at once.
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THE BELL SCHOOL HOUSE AND CLASS OF 1902
First row: Elizabeth Quell, Joseph Quell, Pearl Brooks, Blanche Morse, Clarence DeMaranville and Myrtle Pittsley.
Second row: Archie DeMaranville and Mildred Manton.
Third row: Teacher, Ethel Lowry; Pierce DeMaranville, Elmer Brown, Fred Gifford, Leroy Brooks, George Gifford, Edmund Brooks, and Carrie Manton.
In the report for 1883, the Neck School was shingled and re- paired at the cost of $185.86.
Zebulon L. Canedy bought the building at auction and then sold it to Clifton W. Nelson. Mr. Nelson purchased the school- house because of historic associations, as his granduncle, Rev. Stephen Nelson, was the first pastor and had also taught school there. The building was moved to a lot on the Nelson farm and made into a dwelling house. The carpenter, while working on it, found a rattan between the partitions.
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In January, 1946, John Crowther bought the building and tore it down to use the lumber.
With very few omissions the following is a list of teachers and dates:
1853-Mary A. Phillips and Matthew H. Cushing.
1854-Fanny P. Williams and A. A. C. Harvey.
1855-Priscilla C. Pratt and A. A. C. Harvey.
1856-Palmie R. Canedy and Lucy S. Jackson.
1857-No record.
1858-Palmie R. Canedy.
1859-A. A. C. Harvey.
1860-61-62-63-School report missing.
1864-Eliza P. Shaw and Sarah A. Dunbar.
1865-M. W. White and Patience P. Morton.
1866-Lizzie M. Howland and Amelia F. Keene.
1867-Lillie E. Haskins.
1868-Nellie M. Thomas and Patience P. Morton.
1869-Patience P. Morton.
1870-Mary H. Craps and Abbie T. Barrows.
1871-Abbie T. Barrows and Lillie T. Clark.
1872-Lillie T. Clark and M. Ella Benson.
1873-M. Ella Benson.
1874-Alice E. Emery and Irene E. Hathaway.
1875-Irene E. Hathaway.
1876-Mary B. Pickens.
1877-M. Jennie Bump.
1878-Amelia F. Keen, Maria Brownell and Anna L. Soule.
1879-Nellie W. Winslow and Lottie C. Nichols.
1880-Nellie Peirce and Hattie Peirce.
1881-Annie L. Soule and Bessie Chase.
1882-Edvinna R. Dow and Nellie W. Winslow.
1883-Sarah Schwall, Carrie Hatch and Belle E. Lincoln.
1884-Sarah Crane and Eudora Lawrence.
1885-Record missing.
1886-Edith B. Ashley.
1887-M. Janette Hervey, Mary R. Burke and Susie W. Snow.
1888-Ellen J. Byrne and Emily B. Stefan.
1889-Emmilie B. Stefan, Ellen S. Mitchell and Ida J. Hardy.
1890-91-Ida J. Hardy.
1892-Ida J. Hardy, Lucy A. Lovell, Nellie T. Alden and Laura A. Cun ningham.
1893-Laura A. Cunningham and Nettie C. Page.
1894-Nettie C. Page. Amy B. Smith. Grace E. Putnam and Nettie C. Page.
1895-Grace E. Putnam and Lizzie B. Thomas.
1896-Lizzie B. Thomas, Alice R. Roberts and Ethelle E. Westgate.
1897-E. P. Westgate and Ada Grover.
1898-Ada Grover and Lillian M. Blinn.
1899-Lillian M. Blinn and Lillian Haynes.
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1900-Lillian Haynes and Alice Clapp.
1901-Alice Clapp and Ethel Lowry.
1902-Ethel Lowry and Faith Garland.
1903-Faith Garland and E. C. Wadleigh.
1904-Edith C. Wadleigh and C. L. Turner.
1905-Charlotte L. Turner and Etta E. Greenleaf.
1906-Etta E. Greenleaf and Mary Otis White. 1907-08-Mary Otis White.
1909-Mary O. White, Helen H. Lane and Elizabeth Benson.
1910-Elizabeth Benson and Zora P. Maxwell.
1911-Zora P. Maxwell, Frances B. Dodge and Flora Keen.
1912-Etta A. Horton.
McCULLY SCHOOL-No. 6
The McCully School which was District No. 6 was located on Highland Road across the street from Preston Robbins' home. In 1885, Miss Mary G. Shaw was paid twenty dollars for rent of room for school for one term. In another report of the school committee it is found that No. 6 had been taught in the school- house formerly owned by the town, but later was private property.
Teachers whose names are available down through the years have been:
1853-Susan S. Canedy and E. W. Barrows.
1854-Alma J. Shockley and Mary D. Williams.
1855-Mary Baker.
1856-Fanny P. Williams.
1857-The teacher's name is not given. P. C. Dean was the prudential com- mittee.
1859-Averick T. Shockley and E. W. Sampson.
The reports for 1860-61-62-63 are not available.
1864-Marie L. Burt.
1865-Betsie Perkins and Hattie S. Hagen.
1866-Julia B. Burt.
1867-Amey L. Parris.
1868-Jennie A. Richardson.
1869-Jennie A. Richardson.
1870-Mariva G. Paull and M. Ella Benson.
1871-Emma C. Nichols.
1872-Emma C. Nichols and Patience P. Morton.
1873-Sarah A. Gibbs and Lillie T. Westgate.
1874-Amy H. Peirce.
1875-Amy H. Peirce, Cora E. King and Alice B. Southworth. 1876-Maria F. Allen.
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1877-Miss P. H. Peirce and A. H. Peirce.
1878-J. N. Peirce.
1879-J. Nellie Peirce.
1880-Lottie C. Nichols and Ella J. Read.
1881-Ella J. Read.
1882-Ella J. Read and Alice V. Winslow.
1883-Alice V. Winslow, Helen C. Allen and Annie M. Wilson.
1884-Mary S. Fisher, P. Hattie Peirce and Annie L. Edwards.
1885-School report missing.
1886-J. Nellie Peirce, Isabel F. Winslow and Chester Ashley.
After 1886 the McCully School was closed. The schoolhouse was purchased by George DeMaranville and moved to his res- idence.
CANEDY SCHOOL -No. 7
The Canedy Schoolhouse was located on County Road north of Freetown Street.
Some of the teachers have been:
1853-Mary B. Canedy.
1854-Martha Y. Leach and M. P. Briggs.
1855-Sarah W. Alden and Lavinia W. Harlow.
1856-Phebe H. Macomber and Alden L. Hathaway.
1857-J. W. Canedy was the prudential committee.
1858-Annie M. White and Myra F. Paull.
1859-L. Augusta Walden and Joseph E. Beals. The reports for 1860-61-62-63 are not available.
1864-Eliza E. Brow and L. Helen Bassett.
1865-Myra S. Rounseville and Helen E. Williams.
1866-Nancy A. Barrows and Sarah B. Winslow.
1867-Martha W. White and Mary F. Paull.
1868-Lizzie B. Hathaway and Myra F. Cudworth.
1869-Myra F. Cudworth and Ida A. Noyes.
1870-Patience P. Morton and Addie R. Lawrence.
1871-Lucia A. Thompson and Minnie E. Chace.
1872-Irene E. Hathaway.
1873-Irene E. Hathaway.
1874-Ella J. Read and Laura S. Delano.
1875-Laura S. Delano, Seth Macomber and Hattie E. French.
1876-Amelia F. Keen.
1877-Amy H. Peirce and M. Jennie Bump.
1878-Amelia F. Keen and Ella M. Pierce.
1879-Amy H. Peirce. 1880-Amy H. Peirce.
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HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF LAKEVILLE
1881-Jennie M. Cowen.
1882-Lucy A. Warren.
1883-P. Hattie Peirce taught the fall term.
At this time there were only four scholars attending this school, therefore the school was discontinued and transportation was provided to School No. 6 which was the McCully. The children were transported for only 50 cents. Some of the residents claimed that the expense was needless and that the children could walk the short distance. For the fall term they walked. Before the winter term commenced a petition was presented asking that the Canedy School be re-opened. A meeting was held December 26, 1883, at the schoolhouse and was largely attended. It was decided to continue to have the children of District No. 7 go to school at the McCully schoolhouse. The parents were dissatisfied and said that their children would neither ride or walk to No. 6, that they wanted the Canedy School re-opened. On December 28 another meeting was held and at last the school was re-opened. 1884-Ella J. Read was teacher.
In 1885 again there was more trouble about moving the school- house. It was decided that if School No. 7 was moved halfway between No. 7 Canedy School and No. 9 which was Beech Woods School, all the children could be accommodated. A committee was appointed to select the lot, set the schoolhouse there, and the vacant schoolhouse was to be sold at public auction.
The fall term was held in the new location, County Road at the head of Kingman Street, on land owned by Jim P. Pierce.
But there was an opposing party, and it was only a short while after the Town Meeting which voted to move the schoolhouse, before another Town Meeting was called and a vote passed to move the schoolhouse back. This was done.
1886-Amelia F. Keene.
1887-Amelia F. Keene.
1888-Minnie E. White.
1889-Minnie E. White and Bessie E. Chace.
1890-Bessie E. Chace.
1891-Bessie E. Chace.
1892-Minerva E. Dean and Eliza H. Cushing.
1893-Alton W. Reed, Eliza H. Cushing and Susan Howland. 1894-Susan Howland.
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1895-Eloise A. Hafford and Alice P. Cromack.
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