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HISTORY OF LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
was under the control of the Reformed Church, and was established very carly, and continued for years, and then closed for a long time.
In 1820 there was built from the material of the old church a new school-house on the same premises, and school was re-established and continued for twenty-four years, under Philip Mumbaner, John Oberholtzer, Elias Schaffer, and other teachers.
In 1844 the school board of common schools of Upper Milford adopted this school-house, but for only one year. Mr. Zacharias Wagner was employed to teach the school four and a half months, at sixteen dollars per month. This school was since discontin- ued, as the location was considered not a convenient one.
Weber's, or Miller's, school-house was situated in the northeastern part of Upper Milford (now Lower Milford) township.
Of the carly history of this school-house the writer is not able to give anything at all. In 1844 it was an old and ruined school-house, and was no doubt at that time at least fifty years old. It was erected by the inhabitants of that neighborhood, without any doubt, previous to the year 1790.
The school board of Upper Milford, in 1844, adopt- ed this school-house as a sub-district, but for only one terin, and employed Willoughby Artman as teacher for four and a half months, at sixteen dollars per month, and this was the last school kept in this building. The last trustees who had control over this school-house were Jacob Weber and Jacob Miller.
A Mennonite school was held in the old Mennonite Church in Upper Milford, near the present village of Zionsville. This school was established as a church school previous to the year 1740, and continued for many years, but was discontinued previous to the adoption of the common-school system. It was under control of the trustees of the church or congrega- tion.
Berkenstoek's school was situated in Upper Milford (now Lower Milford), on the premises of John Berk- enstock, on a public road near the present village of ! Limeport. It has been reported that this school was established by John Berkenstock, elder, in time of the Revolutionary war, and was sustained by his neighbors. A log school-house was erected, in which school was kept for a period of nearly seventy years. In 1844 the common-school board of Upper Milford adopted this school-house, but for only one year. Henry B. Schleiffer was appointed teacher, for four and a half months, at sixteen dollars per month.
The Berg (or Hill) sehool (later St. Peter's Church school) is situated on the same premises as the St. Peter's Union Church. The land was purchased by the neighbors from Jacob Bortz about the year 1805, for the use of a burial-ground, and no doubt this school-house was erected on the place soon after- wards. It is a stone building, and very small. Of the earliest teachers, only a few are mentioned : An-
dreas Lap, Jacob Oberholtzer, - Bast, and George Gehman. This school was discontinued previous to the adoption of the common-school law, as the loca- tion of the school-house was too inconvenient.
The Dillingersville school-house is situated about one-quarter of a mile southwest of the village of Dil- lingersville, in Lower Milford, on the public road leading from Dillingersville to the village of Hosen- saek. The tract on which it is located contains two aeres, and is a part of the premises of the old Upper Milford Lutheran congregation. According to the history of the congregation, a so-called " Gemein Schule" was combined with the old congregation and kept in the old log honse, erected as early as 1734 or 1735, in which the congregation held their religious meetings. The house was always called " Das Ober Milforter Schulhaus" (the Upper Milford school- house), and has been in constant use every winter since it was built. School was taught exclusively in the German language. Reading, writing, arithmetic, and religion were the only branches which were taught. After the discontinuance of the above-men- tioned congregation in 1791, the school-house was exclusively used for school purposes. In the year 1799 a meeting was held in the old school-house and rules were adopted to make the property-which was from its commencement exclusively Lutheran-a union property for the use of the Lutheran, Reformed, Mennonite, and Schwenkfelders' denominations.
In the same year a new stone school-house was erected, combined with a dwelling-house, and with the timber of the old log house a barn was erected. In 1845 a new Swiss stone barn was built, in 1848 a new school-house, and in 1850 a new dwelling-house.
In 1845 the present school system was adopted by the inhabitants of Upper Milford. Until that year school-teachers were paid partly by the rent which was obtained from the dwelling-house and partly by the parents. In 1867, in the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County, a society by the name of " Union School and Church Association" was incorporated. In 1870 a petition was taken to the State Legisla- thre and an aet was passed authorizing the corpora- tion to sell the real property, which was done April 1, 1871. Twenty-seven acres and ninety-seven perches were sold at publie sale to John V. B. Bitting, at four thousand and fifty dollars. The school-house, with two acres of land besides the graveyard, was reserved. The money was put at interest. The annual net receipts, inelnding rents, etc., amount to about two hundred and fifty dollars.
The act provides that in no event shall a less sum than one hundred dollars be appropriated in each year for school purposes, exclusive of repairing and rebuilding. This sum is to be expended for school (during the summer months), "other and additional to that provided for by the common schools." This, with what the township provides, gives the sub- district an annual school term of eight or nine
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months, the school-house being rented to the public i school board at fifteen dollars per annm.
The extent of the sub-school district is, according to the charter of incorporation, a circle with a radins of one and a half miles from the school-house.
After the adoption of the common-school law (1844), until its incorporation as a sub-district (1867), school was taught here by Joshua Stahler, Aaron Schantz, Solomon Schantz, David Oberholtzer, Charles F. Schantz, William Eberhard, and others. And since the district was formed by incorporation as a sub-dis- triet (but only for school during summer season ), school was taught by several teachers, among them E. S. Bitting, Benoville X. Schell, Milton H. Mill, Henry Schiffert, but the usual teacher has been John N. Bitting.
This is without doubt the oldest school in Lehigh County. It was established in 1785, and has never ! since been discontinued.
The summer schools are controlled by a board of three trustees, elected by the members of the associa- tion on the first Saturday of March each year for a term of three years. The present board is composed of Lewis S. Roeder, one year; Henry S. Stauffer, two years ; and P. W. Flores, three years.
Common Schools before Division .- The common- school law of Pennsylvania was passed in the year 1834, and was accepted by the majority of the voters of Upper Milford at the annual township elcetion, held at the public-house of Solomon Kemmerer, on Friday, March 17, 1843. One year afterward, on the 15th day of March, 1844, at the annual township election, the first school board of Upper Milford, six directors, was elected, as follows : William Mittel and Daniel Stahler, for one year; Willoughby Gabel and Saul Wieder, for two years; David Kern and Anthony Kranss, for three years.
Pursuant to previous notice given among the above- named directors, they met on the 3d day of April, 1844, at the public-house of Henry Dillinger, in Dil- lingersville, in said township, in order to organize and choose their officers according to law.
It was agreed that the officers be chosen by ballot, and after counting the votes it appeared that the fol- lowing-named persons had the highest mmuber of votes, and were therefore elected as such for the en- suing year, viz. : Willoughby Gabel, president; Wil- liam Hittel, secretary ; Anthony Krauss, treasurer.
On May 6, 1844, another meeting was held by the directors at the public-house of Solomon Kemmerer,
for the purpose of levying a school-tax according to law, and the first school tax so levied on the inhabi- tants and real estate owners in Upper Milford was $426.60.
Several other meetings were held during the summer
Of the teachers who taught school in the earliest ! of 1844 by the directors and the trustees of the respec- years at this place only few are known, such as John tive school districts of Upper Milford, at which build- ing contracts and agreements were made between the board of directors and the trustees of the several school-houses for the use of the same for at least one termi. Jacob Loeser, John Friederich Vigera, John Bal- thasar Goetz. (In one of the records it is stated that Goetz died in the school-house, and was buried on Easter Monday, 1759.) Of the later school-teach- ers there we find some mentioned, such as John Golconci, Jacob Oberholtzer, Philip Mumbauer, and Samuel Kreibel.
It was also resolved to establish five new sub-dis- tricts, to build four new school-houses, and to estab- lish one school, to be established in the private rooms of Daniel Schantz.
Thirteen old sub-districts were accepted from their respective trustees by the directors, and agreements were made with contractors to build four new school- houses, as follows, viz. :
1. At Miller's Mill, built by George Neumoyer, as contractor, at $228.00.
2. At Henry Koch's, built by William Stauffer, as contractor, at $236.00.
3. At George Klein's, built by Nathan Stahl, as contractor, at $162.25.
4. At George Carl's, built by Nathan Gery, as con- tractor, at $181.00.
There were also cighteen schools established in Upper Milford by the school board for the first year, and teachers were employed as follows, viz. :
1. Dillingersville school. Joshua Stahler, teacher.
2. Zionsville school. Jacob F. Keil, teacher.
3. Schwartz's school. Edward F. Reinhard, teacher.
4. Brunner's school. Solomon Fehr, teacher.
5. Ortt's school. George Blank, teacher.
6. Kern's school. John Schell, teacher.
7. Kriebel's school. Charles M. Meckly, teacher.
8. Krauss' school. John J. Thomas, teacher.
9. Swamp Church school. Joseph Convoer, teacher. 10. Chestnut Hill school. Zacharias Wagner, teacher.
11. Berkenstock school. Heury B. Schleifer, teacher.
12. Jacob Weber's (or Miller's) school. Willoughby Artman, teacher.
13. Ruch's school (private rooms). M. II. Albright, teacher.
14. Daniel Schantz's (private rooms). Owen
Rhoads, teacher.
15. Miller's Mill (new school-house). Albert Bogen, teacher.
16. Koch's (new school-house). JJohn Walter, teacher.
17. Klein's (new school-house). Levi H. Thomp- son, teacher.
18. Carl's (new school-house). Samuel Kriebel, teacher.
Agreements were made with the above-named teachers for four and a half months, of twenty-four
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days each, at an average salary of $16.08 per mouth ; schools to be opened on the first Monday of Novem- ber (1844).
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The first report of the directors of the district of Upper Milford for the year ending the first Monday in June, 1845, was as follows, viz. :
Whole number of schools, 18
Average number of months taught .. 414
Number of male leachers ( no females)
18
Average salaries per month ..
$16.08
Number of male scholars,
584
Number of female scholars.
Number learning German
407
Average number of scholars in cach school.
5.3.
Cost of teaching each scholar per month
$0.53 4
Amount of tax levied.
$129 66
Received from State appropriation ....
6857.26
Received from the collector of school tax
403.76
Cost of instruction.
1301 75
Cost of fuel and contingencies ..
334. 1816
Cost of school-house purchasing, building, rent- ing, repairing, etc.
1059.52
Rent was paid for school-houses as follows, viz. :
To M. H. Albright, for school-room ... $10.00
" Jolin Dubs, for Swamp Church school-house, 12.50
" Samnel Stanifer, for Iranss' school-honse. 15.00
" David Kein, lor Kein's school-house. 10,00
$17 50
The school board for the year 1845-46 was con- stituted as follows: Willoughby Gabel and Saul Wieder, one year; David Kern and Anthony Krauss, two years ; Charles Foster and Samuel Stauffer, three years. Willoughby Gabel was re-elected president, Charles Foster secretary, and Anthony Krauss treas- urer.
During the summer of 1845 four new sub-school districts were established and five new school-houses erected, agreements for which were made as follows, viz. : 1, in the Ortt's (old district), to build a new school-house, the contract was given to William Weidner at $250; 2, Johnson's (new distriet), con- tract to John Schaffer and Enos Nace at $271; 3, Dietz's (new district), contract to Samuel Derr at 8288; 4, Eberhard's (new district), contract to Nathan Gery at $265; 5, Dubs' (new district), contract to David Hill at $209.
The following six districts were discontinued, viz. : 1, Swamp Church ; 2, Chestnut Hill; 8, Berkenstocks; 1. Weber's (or Miller's) ; 5, John Ruch's; and 6, Daniel Schantz's, leaving sixteen sub-districts for the next school term; for which the following persons were employed as teachers: 1, Dillingersville, Joshua Stahler; 2, Zionsville, Thomas L. Worthington ; 3, Schwartz, Edward F. Reinhard; 1, Brunner's, Sol- omon Fehr; 5, Ortt's, John Schell ; 6, Kern, John F. Klein ; 7, Kriebel's, John Wieder; 8, Krauss', Joshua K. Yeakel; 9, Dubs', Philip Mmmmbouer; 10, Carl's, Sammel Kriebel; 11, Dietz, John J. Thomas; 12, Eberhard's, Joseph Conover; 13, Johnson's, Wil- loughby Horlacher ; 14, Klein's, Aaron S. Wagner ; 15, Miller's Mill, Albert Bogen; 16, Koch, Henry B. Schleiffer. The term was four months, at an average salary of $17.061.
The report for the year ending the first Monday of June, 1846, was as follows :
Number of schools, 16
Average number of months taught .. -1
Number of male teachers. 16
Average salary per month ...
$17.061 545
Whole number of male scholars ... Whole number of female scholars ... Whole mnumber learning Germs
369
374
Average number of scholars in each school ...
5714
Cost of each scholar per month ...
Amount of lax levied, $733.11; received from Stale appropriation, $343; tax received from collector, $659,94; cost of instruction, $1091,35; building and repairing, $1 102.44; rent, $15; fuel, etc., $207.58; balance in hand, $3415.34.
For the year 1846-47, the school board stood as fol- lows, viz. : David Kern (one year), president; An- thony Krauss (one year), treasurer; Charles Foster (two years), and Samuel Stauffer (two years), Daniel S. Yeakel -(three years), and Joshua Stahler (two years), secretary. This year no alterations were made in the sub-districts, with the exception of purchasing the school-house in Kern's, and one in Krauss's district, each at two hundred and fifty-three dollars. Sixteen teachers were employed to teach the different schools at seventeen dollars per month, for a term of four months; to commence on the first Monday in November, 18-16.
For the year 1847-48, the school-board was Samnel Slauffer (one year), president; and Charles Foster (one year), treasurer; Joshua Stahler, secretary ; and Daniel S. Yeakel, each two years; Lewis M. Engel- man and Charles Burkhalter, each three years. The board employed sixteen teachers for four months, at eighteen dollars per month. The male scholars num- bered 512; female, 361; total, 873; learning English, 537 ; learning German, 336. Cost of instruction, $1152; cost of each scholar per month, 853 ;; tax levied, $847.
For the year 1848-49, the directors were Heury Mohr (president ), three years; Joshua Stahler (seere- tary), one year; Daniel S. Yeakel, one year; and David Gehman, three years ; Lewis M. Engelman and Charles Burkhalter, each two years. Sixteen school- teachers employed at eighteen dollars per month, for a term of five months.
For the year 1849-50, the school board was John Miller (elected in place of Lewis Engelman, who moved out of the district), one year; and Charles Burkhalter, one year; David Gehman, and Henry Mohr (president), cach two years; Charles Foster (treasurer), and Joshua Stahler (secretary), each three years.
The school board for 1850-51 consisted of Henry Mohr (president) and David Gehman, each one year ; Joshna Stahler (secretary ) and Charles Foster (treas- urer), each two years ; John Miller and Henry Jordan, each three years,
In the year 1850 a new sub-district was established, and a new school house built by David Gehman, con- tractor, at two hundred and eighty-five dollars. The district was called Schantz's. Seventeen teachers were employed for five months, at eighteen dollars per month.
In 1851-52 the following persons constituted the
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school board: Charles Foster (treasurer) and Joshua Staller (secretary), each one year ; John Miller (presi- dent) and Henry Jordan, each two years; Abrabam Pearson and Samuel Stauffer, each three years.
The school board for the year 1852 consisted of Henry Jordan and John Miller (president), each to serve one year; Abraham Pearson and Samuel Stauffer (secretary ), two years; Charles W. Wicand and Charles B. Shimer, three years; Charles Foster (treasurer, but not director). This was the last board of directors of Upper Milford, previous to its division.
During the summer of 1852 one new school-house was built in Schwartz's sub-district, for which agree- ment was made with George Neumoyer, as contractor, at two hundred and seventy-two dollars. A new sub- district, called Schantz's Mill, was also established, and the school-house was built by three trustees, John Ortt, Jr., William Schantz, and Daniel Klein, Jr., for the amount of $351.41.
The district was now composed of eighteen sub- districts, as follows :
Districts.
Teachers.
1. Brunner's.
John B. Perner.
2. Carl's ..
Thomas Zeislove.
3. Dielz's .. Lewis M. Engelinan.
J. Dillinger's .. Chs. F. Schauts.
5. Puls'. Toplman Schmoyer.
6. Eberhard's
M. 11. Albright.
7. Klein's
John Glace.
8. Johnson's.
Urias Engleman.
9. Kindas' ..
Daniel W. Ehl.
10. Kern's.
James Lynch.
11. Koch's ..
Chs. H. Blank.
12. Kriebel's
Daniel Rothenberger.
13. Ortt's.
Solomon Schittert.
14. Miller's Mill
Edwin 11. Blank.
15. Schautz's Mill .. George William Brinker.
16. Schwartz's Jared Ott.
17. Schantz's. William T, Cramer.
18. Zionsville
Thomas Lynch.
The report of the schools was as follows, viz. :
No. of schools.
18
No. of months' school ...
41
No. of teachers (all male).
18
Salaries per month ....
$18.00
No. of male scholars,
533
Na. of female scholars ..
-101
Learning German.
285
Average No, of scholars in each school.
518
Cost of teaching each scholar per month, Tax levied.
$1200.00
Received school-tax
1211.68
Cost of instruction.
Fuel and contingencies.
Buildflug, renting, etc ..
Received State appropriation
325.00
Badlanen in hands of treasurer.
2320.505
On Dec. 6, 1852, the district was separated into Upper and Lower Milford, a line being run through the middle of the district, from northeast to south- west. Each of the separate districts contained nine sub-districts.
The following amounts were paid for the eduea- tion of the poor children of Upper Milford (before division ) :
1828.
$5.53 $61,80
1830.
41.00
1838 1.18, 12
1834.
16,39
1839 211.17 1835 108.80
Upper Milford (before division) drew the following appropriations from the State for the public schools :
1844
$6,857.26
18415 ... .. (interes1) 1.12.80 1850 329.20
1845
143.00
1851 325.08
1846 350.00
1859
325.08
1847
350.00
1853 151.20
325.51
$10,009,50
Schools of Upper Milford (after Division) .- On the Gth of December, 1852, Upper Milford was divided into Upper and Lower Milford (two equal districts).
Upper Milford School District contained after division nine sub-districts.
The school board for 1853-54 was constituted as follows: David Hiestand, to serve three years ; Frid- erich Sigmund, three years; Peter Henninger, two years; John Ortt, two years; Charles B. Shimer, one year; Charles W. Wieand, one year. The board elected C. W. Wieand, president; Friederich Sig- mund, secretary ; Charles Foster, treasurer.
For the same year (1853-54) the board employed the following gentlemen as teachers: 1, Bruuner's, William H. Wieder; 2, Kern's, Chs. H. Blank; 3, Koch's, Thomas K. Zeisslove; 4, Kriebel's, Samnel Kriebel; 5, Miller's Mill, George W. Hartzell; 6, Ortt's, Solomon Schiffert ; 7, Schantz's Mill, George W. Brinker; 8, Schwartz's, Solomon Danbert; 9, Zionsville, Charles W. Wieand. All were employed for four and a half months, at eighteen dollars per month.
The report showed,-
Balance in hand of treasurer, as per statement of off Upper Milford board. $1162.25
Tax levied, ele., and collecled.
From other sources ... 297.55
Cast of instruction. $729,00
All other expenses. 128 82
Balance in band of treasurer. 1233.29
$2091.11 In the year 1855 there was a new sub-district estab- lished in Powder Valley, called Powder or Schu- bert's distriet. A new school-house was also built by William Weidner, a contractor, for four hundred and fifty dollars. Ten teachers were employed for four and a half months, at twenty dollars per month. Male scholars, 256; female, 215; average attendance, 252.
In 1856-57 the sub-districts, with their respective teachers, were as follows :
No. 1 .- Schwartz's. .S. J. Pambert.
2 .- Schantz's .. .Samuel C. Lee.
4 3 .- Brunner's. Rdwnot Bitting.
= 1 .- Orle's ... 1. C. Freed.
5 .- Zionsville.
M. W. Stanffer.
= 6 .- Powder ..
.S. (. Butterwick.
= 7 .~ Kriebel's ... .1. W. Stauder.
" 8 .- Koch's.
Uriah Buckert.
= 9 .- Kern's ... Abr. M. Schaut%.
10 .- Miller's. J. A. Wimmer.
The teachers were employed five months, at $24.30 per month (average).
In 1882-88 the number of schools was fourteen. Teachers same, for five months, at thirty-two dollars per month. The cost of instruction was two thou- sand four hundred and forty dollars.
The duplicate of the school-tax was 82368,03; building tax, $1015.54.
$310.37
1848
1837 112.04
1833
$0.313
$201.11
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Schwartz's sub- district school (No. 1) is situated on the northern part of Upper Milford. The present school-house is situated on the public road leading from Emaus to Shimersville, and about one and one- eighth miles southwest from Emaus. In this sub-dis- triet there was a school established about the year 1800, in an old distillery building on the premises of Christian Steininger (or later Lynn), and kept there for several years. About the year 1812 there was an- other school established, and a school-house erected on the premises of Peter Schwartz. (This old school- house is still on the premises of Francis Schwartz, and is situated about one-quarter of a mile southwest from the present school-house, but it is in ruins. ) The teach- ers who had employment there were David Baszler, - Gerhard, Jonathan Dorward, Charles Miller, Henry Fusz, J. Adam Schneiter, Philip Mumbauer, Chs. W. Wieand, Charles Mohr, John Berndt, John Fingado. In the year 1844 the common-school board of Upper Milford made application to the trustees of this old school-house-William Shantz and Philip Dany -- for the use of the school-house. The school board employed as teacher in this sub-district Edward Reinhard, for a term of four and a half months, at sixteen dollars per month. The first report of this school was: whole number of scholars, seventy-three (forty males and thirty-three females), of which thirty- three studied German. The school board used this old school-house for the use of the common schools for eight years, until 1853, during which time school was taught by the following teachers (from 1841-52), Edward Reinhard (1844-46), John Finkada (1846-47 ), Josiah W. Stauffer (1847-48), Edward Il. M. Sell (1848-49) William Behm (fifty-five days), George Fetter (twenty-four days), and James 1. Tool ( forty- one days (1849-50), Chs. Blank (1850-52), and Jared Ott (1852-53). In the year 1853 there was a new school.honse erected by the board-George Neu- moyer, contractor-for two hundred and eighty-five dollars. This house was erected about one-quarter of a mile northeast from the old building. David Klein, Peter Henninger, and David Schaffer were trustees, Since the erection of the new school-house school has been taught by the following gentlemen, viz. : Solo- mon J. Daubert, George M. Kunkel, Wilson Hart- zell, M. H. Lchmau, and C. H. Jordan, the present teacher. The present school term is five months, at thirty- two dollars per month.
Schantz's Mill school (No. 2) is situated on the publie road leading from Vera Cruz to Emaus, in Upper Milford, about one-fourth of a mile north- west from Vera Cruz. This district was established in the year 1852 by the board of directors of common schools of Upper Milford (before division). It was formed from parts of Ortt's, Brunner's, and Schwartz's i Districts. A school-honse was built the same year by the trustees, at a cost of three hundred and fifty-one dollars and forty-one cents. The first teacher em- ployed at this school-house was George William
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