PITCHIN SCHOOL
Pitch-In School 1896 - Louisa County, Iowa#3
Picture identification by Boyd Jennings - 1972 - his comments included.
Left to Right: Back Row: Howard Strauss (Always wanted to go with Lois but Alvin ran him off), Ben Wagner, Joe Gipple (Married Margaret Allen, their boy is Tom at Conesville), O. C. Buffington (Lois' husband), Frank Gipple, Roy Aringdale (Nellie Pierce's husband-she worked at the Gazette office in Columbus Jct, ), Everett Bozman.
Middle Row: Eva Bretz (Teacher, lived at Faler home walked to school daily),Edith Hill, Maud Pearson (Married Levi Metzger, their daughter is Verda Jones), Lois Jennings, Lula Buffington (Carl's sister), Emma Bozman, Bruce Jennings.
Front Row:Marsh Hill (1ived on farm east of Boyd Jennings farm, known
as "The Ranch"), Ed Peiffer (Moved in from Waterloo, Cedar Rapids,
or someplace), Howard Hill (Doctor in California), Nettie Chamberlain,
Mav Hill
(Lived on "The Ranch"), Verdie Jennings, Winnie Gipple (Lou Hall's
wife), Ruth Hall (Would come over to ride Boyd's hobbv horse then
he would wash it after she left), Elsie Aringdale .
Pitchin School Photo
Old Pitchin School before it burned.
Picture identification by Boyd Jennings-1972. Photo prob. taken about
1905-6
Pitch-In School (Before the fire) Louisa County, Iowa
Left to Right: Back Row:
Nettie Chamberlain, Clara Whicher(Teacher),
Winnie Gipple (Hall), Blanche Bush, Ruth Hill
Middle Row:
Sarah Chamberlain (Jennings), Bess Aringdale, Clyde Gabriel (lived
on Olin Jennings Farm, became a barber in Muscatine), Boyd Jennings.
Front Row:
Jake Thomas, John Thomas (moved to Clear Lake later on, their
father hauled dirt in for our yard.), Taylor Gipple (Joe & Frank’s
brother), Jim Thomas, Ruby Aringdale (He bought the Mc Cann farm - for
$10 per acre sold it to Bob Moore for $40) , Last boy on end is Donald
Jennings (b. Nov. 1899).
NEW SCHOOLHOUSE
Photo taken June 15, 1907
See photo below to identify above students
Spring Run School Reunion, June 15, 1907 #1
(1907 Picture Identification
by Bessie & Helen Aringdale)
Left to Right Back Row:
Pearl Fletcher, Sarah Chamberlain (Jennings), Bessie Aringdale, Gladys
Patten, Nettie Chamberlain, Earl Bush (Esther Jones' brother), Francis
Bucher, Harry Hall (Lived on Burdette Jones farm), Francis Bucher (County
Treasurer), Elsie Aringdale
(Olinger) with hand on Fred Aringdale, Blanche Bush, Boyd Jennings
(12-13 yrs. Old).
Middle Row:
Laura Buffington, Hattie Lane, Edna Buffington, Hazel Jones (Harry Fletcher's
wife), Verdie Jennings (Dick Buffington's wife)
and holding her son, Berch, Zella Jones (Hayes oldest girl), Lois Jennings
(Carl Buffington's wife holding Mildred), Amy Roland (Teacher at Pitch-In
School), Lucy Metzger with Frank Aringdale and Crossley girl in front of
her (Simon Metzger's wife, lived on farm east of Boyd Jennings', referred
to as "The Ranch"), Mrs. John Bucher, Mrs, Phronia Jones (Dewey Jones'
mother), Lula Crossley Mc Kee (Lived in Muscatine),
Front Row.
Clinton Buffington, Florence Buffington (Willard Davis' wife), Cora
Chamberlain, (Mrs, Ernest Evans), Donald Jennings, Dewey Jones, Ruby Aringdale,
Ralph Hall (Jasper's boy), Laura Hall and Clarence Crossley