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Brinker, for a term of four and a half months, at eighteen dollars per month. Since then the school has been taught by Samuel (. Lee, Francis Schwartz, and John R. Sturm.
In the year 1880 the old school-house was sold by the board of directors to Henry Schelly for one hun- dred and forty-nine dollars; and the same year a large two-story stone school-house was erected on the hill above Vera Cruz. In this school-house a pri- mary and a secondary school were established.
This school has been taught by John R. Sturm (primary ), and J. J. Hanser (secondary ), and W. F. Bitting (secondary) since 1883, and Miss Rosie L. Downly (primary ) since 1883. The teachers are em- ployed for five months, at thirty-two dollars per month.
The school-house in Brunner's School District ( No. 3) is situated on the public road leading from Vera Cruz to Saucon, about half a mile northeast from Vera Cruz Station, in Upper Milford. This school was originally called Bildhaus school-house, and was established about the year 1818 by Jacob Bild- hans, in his private rooms, and Jacob Oberholtzer, a professional, was the first teacher. A few years after- wards a new school-house was erected in the neigh- borhood, and on the premises of William Brunner, in which school was continued by several teachers until 1844. In this year (May 31, 1844) the school-house was offered by two of the trustees-Abraham Mill and Thomas Reinbold-to the school board of Upper Milford for their use, and was accepted. In the year 1866 there was erected a new stone school-house, at a cost of nine hundred and eighty dollars and seventy cents. The first teacher employed by the common- ! school board was Solomon Fehr, for two terms, four and a half months cach, at sixteen dollars per month. The whole number of scholars in 1844 was forty-six (twenty-nine male and seventeen female), of whom twenty were studying German ; and in 1845-46 fifty- seven scholars (thirty-six male and twenty-one fe- male), of whom twenty-five studied German. The teachers employed at this school-house were L. M. Engelmau, Uriah Bruuner, William Behm, Edward Bitting, John B. Poener, William II. Weider, C. 11. Foster, M. W. Stauffer, Paul Wald, Addison Bern- hard, M. Schneiter, J. N. Bitting, E. S. Bitting, W. F. : Bitting, C. W. Buskirk, and J. J. Hauser, the present teacher. The last board of trustees in 1853 was Peter Brunner, Peter Stout, and Solomon Bachman.
Ortt's school (in District No. 4) is situated on the publie road leading from Zionsville to Coopersburg, and about one mile southeast from Vera Cruz. This school wasestablished, and the first log school-house erected, about the year 1820, by the people of the district, on the premises of John Ortt. The first teacher in this dis- triet was Philip Mumbauer, a professional teacher in the German as well as in the English language. John Hemert also taught in this school-house in 1820.
In the years 1822-25, James Tagert taught school
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in this school-house. He is reported a successful English teacher. In the years 1842 and 1844 school was tanght by James Ortt. In the year 1844 this school-house and district were accepted by the board of the common schools of Upper Milford as a sub- distriet, and they employed for the same year George Blank as teacher, who taught the last school in the old school-house. In the year 1845 a new school-house was erected by the board, about one-eighth of a mile farther west, on the premises of Jacob Schantz. Wil- liam Weidner was contractor.
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In this house school was kept by John Schell, Joshua Stahler, John M. Engelman, Charles F. Schantz, Sol- omon Schiffert, Charles H. Reinbold, J. G. Freed, A. H. Federolf, A. B. Keck, Daniel Klein, Joseph L. Romig, Clinton T. Engelman, Charles B. Horlacher, C. Z. Bassler, Charles Bitting, Oswin Erdman, Moses G. Weber, and William Weiss, etc., until 1872. In that year the third school-house was creeted in this distriet by the board,-a stone building which cost over one thousand dollars. In this new school-honse the following teachers taught: D. Bechtel, C. W. Berndt, W. F. Bitting, and A. II. Pearson (present teacher). In 1845 the whole number of scholars was sixty. five, -- forty-one male and twenty-four female, -of whom thirty-seven were learning German. In 1853 the whole number of scholars was fifty-three, -- thirty-two male and twenty-one female. From 1820 until 1853 this school-house and district was con- trolled by three trustees. The last board of trustees, in 1853, was Daniel Mohr, David Musselman, and George Walter.
In the year 1844 the school-house was offered by the trustees-Jacob Hillegas, John Wieder, and Jacob Schneider-to the board of directors, and was accepted, and Jacob F. Keil was employed to teach the school. He reported the whole number of scholars to be sixty- three (forty male and twenty -three female), of whom twenty-three learned German. In the year 1874 the school board purchased from Charles W. Wieand half an acre of ground for one Inmdred dollars, on which a large stone school-house with a steeple was erected, at a cost of over twelve hundred dollars. The okl school-house was sold by the trustees of the churches at public sale to the highest bidder, and within thirty days thereafter was taken away. The names of the teachers who have taught school at this place since 1844 are as follows, viz. : Thomas L. Worthing- ton, Aaron S. Wagner, Adam Snyder, Silas Christman, Jolin G. Glace, Thomas R. Lynch, Charles W. Wie- and, M. W. Stanffer, W. B. K. Johnson, J. R. Diller, Sallie Wieand, E. Strunk, Laurentius Weaver, J. W.
Stanffer, George W. Bassler, George W. Roeder, Leon Snyder, and J. D. S. Kneller ( present teacher). For the present year the teacher's salary is thirty-two dollars per month for five months.
The "Powder,"'or Schubert's, school-house (No. 6) is situated in the Powder, or Indian, Valley, on the public road leading from the Hereford and Shiners- ville turnpike to the Hosensack Valley, and about a ; quarter of a mile northwest from the village of Powder Valley. This school sub-district was established in the year 1855, and was formed from parts of the Kriebel's and Zionsville sub-districts. A school-house was built the same year by William Weidner, as con- tractor, for four hundred and fifty dollars, and the first teacher was employed at the same time for the term of four and a half months, at twenty dollars per month. The names of the teachers who have taught here are as follows : S. L. Butterwick ( first teacher), Fr. Scharter, Christian Schultz, J. B. Yeakel, M. V. Kunkel, Wil- liam Wieand, J. Y. Moyer, HI. W. Stauffer, A. E. Stahler, W. R. Fluck, and P. K. Mayer, the present teacher. The present term is five months, at thirty- two dollars per month.
The school-house at Kriebel's sub-district (No. 7) is situated on the Hereferd and Shimersville turnpike, and about one and three-quarter miles southwest from Zionsville. This school was established by the in- habitants of the district previous to the year 1810, and at the same time a school-house was erected on the premises of Christian Mensch (later those of Ben- jamin Kriebel), near the grist-mill at present owned by Charles W. Wieand, Esq., in the Perkiomen Val-
Zionsville school (No. 5) is situated in the village of | ley. In this house school was tanght over thirty-five Zionsville. It was established previons to the year 1760 as a "Gemein Schule" (church school), and no doubt as a nion school of both churches (the Re- formed and Lutheran congregations), and was con- tinued as a church school for many years, under control of the trustees of both churches.
years previous to the acceptance of the common-school law (18-44), by Benjamin Kriebel, Jacob Oberholtzer, Samuel Kriebel, Adam Schweiter, and others. The school was always controlled by a board of trustees. In the year 1844 this school-house was offered to the board of directors of the common schools of Upper Milford, and was accepted, and Charles Meckly was employed to teach the school for one term of four and a half months, at sixteen dollars per month. He re- ported seventy five scholars forty seven male and twenty-eight female), of whom forty learned German. The trustees of this school-house, with whom the agreement was made, were Jacob Rothenberger and William Weidner. Since 1845 this school has been taught by John Weider, Albert Bogen, Samuel Kriebel, M. W. Stauffer, Charles Snyder, and David B. Rothenberger. In 1853 the district of Upper Mil- ford was divided, and Kriebel's sub-district was in- eluded in the present Upper Milford. Since 1853 the school has been taught by the following teachers : Jacob Schneider, A. M. Stauffer, Albert M. Sigmund, Charles II. Buchecker, Martin K. Laudenschlaeger, J. Y. Moyer, George W. Roeder, W. H1. Leopold, and S. Y. Bortz, the present teacher. The present term is five months, at thirty-two dollars per month.
In the year 1882 the board of directors purchased
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from Benjamin Yoder about one-half acre of ground for one hundred and ten dollars, on which the present school-house was erected, at a cost of $996.01.
Koch's school ( No. 8) is situated in Upper Milford, on the publie road leading from Shimersville to Siesz- holtzville, about two miles west from Shimersville. This district was established by the school directors in the first year of the connuon schools in Upper Mil- ford (1844). The same year a school-house was . erceted by William Stauffer, contractor, for two hun- dred and thirty-six dollars. John Walter was em- ployed to teach the school the first term, for four and one-half months, at sixteen dollars per month. The first report of this school showed fifty-five scholars (thirty-six male and eighteen female), of whom twenty-eight were learning German. The names of the teachers who taught school at this place since Walter are llenry B. Sehleiffer, Samuel Kriebel. John Schell, Albert Bogen, Adam Schneider, Chs. H. Blank (nntil 1853).
In 1858 the district of Upper Milford was divided into Upper and Lower Milford, since which time the school has been taught by the following teachers, viz. : Thomas K. Zeislove, Uriah Burkert, J. J. Brunner, B. X. Schell, M. W. Stauffer, M. Neumoyer, O. F. Gery, M. Il. Brensinger, and others. In the year 1868 there was a large stone school-house erected in Koch's sub- district, at a cost of over one thousand dollars. The present teacher at this school-house is M. H. Bren- singer.
Kern's school (No. 9) is situated in Upper Milford, about one-quarter of a mile northeast from Shimers- ville, on the public road leading from Shimersville to Emaus. This school district was, no doubt, estab- lished by the people of that neighborhood previous to the year 1820, and the school-house, no doubt, creeted the same year. In this house school was tanght until about the year 1843, in which year a new school-house was erected. In the year 1844, May 31st, this new school-house was offered by the trustees to the board of directors for their use, and the board accepted the offer, and agreed to pay ten dollars rent for one term. The first teacher employed by the directors to teach school at this place was John Schell. He reported sixty scholars (thirty-nine male and twenty-one fo- male), of whom seventeen learned German. Ju the year 1846 the school-house was purchased by the directors for two hundred and fifty-three dollars. In 1865 there was a large stone school-house built at this place by the directors at a cost of about one thousand dollars.
The following persons have taught school at this place : Previous to division-John Schell, Johu Klein, Edward Schultz, Amos R. Heller, A. J. Brunner, George W. Weikel, J. W. Stauffer, and James Lynch. Since division-Charles H. Blank, W. W. Meckly, J. D. Eberhard, A. M. Schantz, Henry Longstreth, J. E. Hunsieker, M. V. Kunkel, Leon Snyder, Samuel C. Lee, J. B. Kerchner, J. W. Rothenberger, and
William S. Bachman, the present teacher. The present term is five months, at thirty-two dollars per month.
Miller's Mill school (No. 10) is situated on the public road leading from the Shimersville and Ma- cungie turnpike to Emaus, and in a straight line abont one and one-quarter miles northwest from Shi- mersville. This sub-district was established in the year 1844, in the neighborhood of Miller's Mill, by the directors of the common schools of Upper Mil- ford, and the same year a school-house was built by George Neumoyer, as contractor, for two hundred and twenty-eight dollars. The first teacher employed at this place was Albert Bogen, for four and one-half months, at sixteen dollars per month. The school had sixty-two scholars (thirty-three male and twenty- nine female), of whom thirty three learned German. The following teachers have taught here since Bogen : Joseph Needler, Samuel Kriebel, Thomas J. Lynch, Aaron S. Wagner, Edwin H. Blank (1853), George W. Hartzel, Levi Miess, J. A. Wimmer, M. R. Shaffer, A. S. Jordan, H. Hinkel, A. Bernhard, Martin Dif- fenderfer, O. D. Butterwick, and J. R. Sturm (present teacher).
The present term is five months, at thirty-two dol- lars per month. In the year 1873 there was created in this district a large stone school-house, at a cost of about twelve hundred dollars.
The school-house in the new sub-district (Geisen- ger's, No. 11) is situated near Zionsville Station. The sub-distriet was established by the directors of common schools of Upper Milford, in 1874, and was formed from parts of "Orth's," " Powder," and es- pecially from the Zionsville sub-district. About one- quarter of an aere of land was purchased from Abra- ham Geisenger, on which the same year a large stone school-house was erected, at a cost of about twelve Inindred dollars. The first teacher in this new school- house was John N. Bitting, employed in 1874, for a term of five months, at forty dollars per month. Since his time school has been taught by II. J. Schif- fert, Dan. Klein, B. X. Schell, and Morris L. Schantz, the present teacher.
Berger's (or Kemmerer's) School, No. 12, is in the most northern part of Upper Milford. The school- house is situated on a public road, about one-quarter of a mile west from Emaus. This sub-district school was formed by the directors in 1876 from parts of Schwartz's and Brunner's sub-districts.
The school-house was built the same year (a brick building, twenty-eight by thirty-two feet, with patent desks), at a cost of over twelve hundred dollars. The teachers who tanght here have been Oliver W. Bus- kirk, P. P. Nuss, J. D. L. Heister, and Milton II. Lehman, the present teacher. The present term is five months, at thirty-two dollars per month.
Hampton (or Sigmund) school, No. 3, is situated near the old Hampton Furnace. This sub-district was established in 1880, and formed from parts of
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Koch's, Kriebel's, and Zionsville sub-districts. In the same year the board of directors purchased from William Rausch one-quarter of an acre of land, on which a large stone school-house was erected at a eost of nearly one thousand dollars. The teachers here have been C. P. Heller, A. E. Heimbach, and others. The teacher for the present term is O. F. Gery.
Common Schools of Lower Milford .- At the first election in Lower Milford, held at the public-house of Solomon Kemmerer on March 18, 1853, for the elec- tion of their first township officers, the following gen- tlemen were elected school directors: Aaron Dubbs, one year ; William C. Roeder, one year; Daniel S. Yeakel, two years; Abraham Pearson, two years ; Samuel Stauffer, three years; Samuel Hottel, three years. On their first meeting, on the 11th of April, they organized as follows: Aaron Dubbs, president; William C. Roeder, treasurer ; Samuel Stauffer, sec- retary. Lower Milford School District was at that time composed of nine sub-districts, as follows, viz. : Dillingersville, Krauss', Klein's, Carl's, Johnson's, Dietz's, Dubs', Eberhard's, Schantz's.
The amount in hand of the treasurer, being one- half share of balance in hand of Charles Foster, treasurer of old Upper Milford District, which was paid William C. Roed, first treasurer of Lower Mil- ford, was $1162.251.
In the month of August of the same year nine ! teachers were employed for the first term, four and a 1 half months, at eighteen dollars per month.
During the next ten years the schools were eon- tinued as follows, viz. :
1851. 9 schools, 416
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lu the year 1863 there was formed a new sub-dis- triet in the most eastern part of Lower Milford, by the name of Engelman's sub-district. It was formed from parts of Dietz's and Johnson's sub-districts. The same year there was a new school-house erected in this sub-district, on the premises of Jeremiah Schleiffer, at a cost of over six hundred dollars.
In the year 1870 the sub-districts were numbered, and teachers employed as follows :
No. 1. Carl's .. Michael N. Weidner.
" 2. Klein's .. 1. C. Schoenly.
4 3. Krauss ... A. H. Erdman.
# 4. Schantz's. .J. W. Stouffer.
" 5. Eberhard's. B. X. Schell.
4 6. Dillengersville I. S. Bitting.
# 7. Johnson's. David Dielz.
1 .. S. Roeder.
# 9 Kogelman's. Chr. N. Bilting.
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William S. Erney.
The term was six months, at thirty-five dollars per month.
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In the year 1870 the amount of school tax levied was $1783.34 ; in 1875, $2210,51; in 1880, $1405.50; in 1883 it was $2934.73; and in the same year the build- ing tax was $1173.89.
The report for 1870 showed the whole number of male scholars as 231 ; whole number of female schol- ars, 160; total, 391; average attendance, 235; per cent., 633. In 1882, whole number of male scholars was 227; whole number of female, 169; total, 396; average attendance, 281; per cent., 96.
In 1877 number of sub-districts was changed. In 1882 the number of pupils in each was as follows :
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And in 1883 their condition was as follows :
No. of Scholars.
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43
2. Klein's
3. Kran-s' 433
1. Schantz's .. 31
5. Eberhard's
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10. Johnson's.
Whole number of scholars in 1883 367
The teachers employed for the term of 1883-84 are as follows : District No. 1, E. S. Rambo; No. 2, B. X. Schell; No. 3, E. E. Schantz; No. 4, H. W. Sterner ; No. 5, W. S. Erney; No. 6, John N. Bitting; No. 7, Calvin E. H. Davidson; No. 8, C. W. Urffer; No. 9, L. H. Jacoby ; No. 10, B. T. Gabel.
The present school board consists of: 1, Moses G. Weaver, president ; 2, J. D. Dillinger, secretary ; 3, Isaac S. Roeder, treasurer ; 4, Alfred Fried ; 5, 1I. H. Boyer; 6, Erwin S. Dietz.
Carl's sub-district, No. 1, is in the western corner of Lower Milford, and its school-house is situated on the public road leading from Hosensack to Hereford (in Berks County), and about one and a quarter miles (in a straight line) west from Hosensack vil- lage. This sub-district was established in 1844 by the board of directors of the common schools of
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Upper Milford, and the same year a school-house was erected on contraet by Nathan Gery for one hun- dred and eighty-one dollars. Samuel Kriebel was employed as the first teacher at sixteen dollars per month. By the division of Upper Milford this sub- distriet was included in Lower Milford. In 1882 there was a new school-house erected in Karl's sub- district at a cost of over twelve hundred dollars. The teachers at this place have been as follows: Samuel Kriebel, Aaron Schantz, A. S. Wagner, Chs. Stute, Joel Kriebel, Thomas Zeislove, John J. Brunner, Michael Weidner, Milton H. Mill, John N. Bitting, and others. The present teacher is E. S. Rambo. The school has now forty-three scholars.
The school-house of Klein's sub-district ( No. 2) is situated in the Hosensack Valley, on a public road, and about half a mile southwest from the village of Hosensack. This sub- district was established by the school board in 1844 (before division ). It was formed from a part of the old Hosensack District. A school- house was erected the same year on the premises of John Roeder, and near the house of George Klein. It was built by Nathan Stahl, as contractor, for $162.25. The first teacher employed at this school- honse was Levi H. Thomson, for four and a half months, at sixteen dollars per month. He reported sixty scholars ( forty-five males and fifteen females), twenty-one of whom studied German. In 1852, when Upper Milford was divided, Klein's sub-district was included in that part which was called Lower Mil- ford. About the year 1870 there was a new stone school-house erected at this place, at a cost of twelve .hundred dollars. The teachers who have taught school here since 1844 are as follows, viz. : Aaron S. Wagner, Reuben Kriebel, David Rothrock, J. W. Stauffer, Ab. S. Stauffer, Albert Bogen, John G. Glace, Henry Schoenly, E. S. Rambo, B. X. Schell, Michael Weidner, and others. The present teacher (January, 1884) is Michael Weidner.
Krauss' sub-district is situated in the most southern part of Lower Milford, and the school-house is in Kranssdale, on' the "King's high-road," and nearly two miles southeast from the village of Hosensack. This school was established by the people of that neighborhood in the year 1842, previous to the ae- ceptance of the common-school law, in 1843, and also previous to the division of Upper Milford (1853). A small tract of land was donated the same year by Jacob Kriebel, for school purposes. In the spring of 1842 Charles Hillegas and Abraham Stauffer were ! Sterner.
who taught three months, exclusively in the English language, and during the months of August and Sep- tember Miss Catherine Smith, of Philadelphia, was employed as teacher, and also taught exclusively in English.
In the year 1844 the board of directors of Upper Milford (before division ) made application for the use of Krauss' school-house for the use of the common schools, which was agreed to by the trustees. The first teacher employed by the directors to teach at this place was John J. Thomas, who taught four and one-half months at sixteen dollars per month.
Mr. Thomas reported forty-eight scholars (thirty males and eighteen females), of whom fourteen studied German. In the year 1846 the board of directors pur- chased the house from John Gery, John Krauss, and Samuel Stauffer, trustees, for two hundred and fifty dollars, Since the division of the township (Dee. 6, 1852) this sub-district has been included in Lower Milford. Before that year school was taught by Joseph K. Yeakel, Samuel Stauffer, A. S. Stautfer, John S. Schultz, D. W. Ehl, John JJ. Thomas, Henry B. Schleiffer, and others, and since division, by O. W. Erdman, B. X. Schell, E. F. Krauss, and others. In 1874 a large stone sehool building was erected by the directors, which cost about twelve hundred dol- lars. The present teacher is B. X. Schell; the num- ber of pupils forty-three.
Schantz's sub-district (No. 4) is situated in the southern part of Lower Milford.
The school-house is on the public road leading from the village of Hosensack to the Swamp Church and about equal distance (one and one-quarter miles) from either place. The district was established in 1850, and was formed from parts of Eberhard's and Klein's sub-districts. A school-house was erected the same year on the premises of John G. Schantz by David Gehman, at a cost of two hundred and eighty-five dollars. This school-house is still in use. The same year Solomon Schantz was employed as teacher, and taught the first term, for five months, at seventeen dollars per month. He reported thirty- three scholars (twenty males and thirteen females). By division of Upper Milford, Schantz's sub-district was included in Lower Milford. Since 1850 this school has been taught by the following teachers: Solomon Schantz, William T. Cramer, B. X. Schell, Jesse W. Stauffer, --- Hixon, A. E. Schantz, and others. The present teacher, employed in the fall of 1883, is II. W.
The school-house in Eberhard's sub-district (No. 5) is situated on the public road lending from Dillingers- ville to the Swamp Church, about three-fourths of a mile north from the latter. Eberhard's district was established in 18445, by the board of directors of the common schools, and was formed from the old Swamp by Nathan Gery, as contractor, for two hundred and sixty-five dollars; and the first teacher employed was
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