1916 Munsey School
 
 

Submitted by  Darla Marbut

 
 
   
Ft Row, l-r: Gertrude Ball, two unidentified girls dressed a like, Thelma Smith, 3 girls unidentified, Tice Prier, Alvis Ball.

2d Row: Warner Prier, Tina Prier, Herman Ball, Unidentified girl, Joe Ball, May Ball, two unidentified boys, two unidentified girls.

3d Row: Ilus Ball, Leonard Prier, Lenzie Smith, Dora Ball, Jean Ball, Daught Brewer, a space, John Prier, Ethel Ball.

4th Row: Mona Ball, Eva Prier, Lou Brewer, Ora Prier, Edward Ball

5th Row: Eldon Ball, Teacher, Homer West, Billie Reed

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The Ilus Ball family has the original and sent by way of Geneva Ball Intermuehle.

If anyone knows the identity of the unidentified, please contact Donna Haddock Cooper. 

 
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The Munsey School house was located in front of what is now the Munsey Cemetery near Eagle Rock, MO. The school house stood on what is now the parking lot. The land was donated by the Munsey family for a school and cemetery. There once was a field across the road where the students played bal but it has washed away.

At the end of the field was a swinging bridge that the children used when Roaring River flooded. The swinging bridge is all gone now - except for a support that still remains, which now stands in the middle of Roaring River.

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Swinging Bridge photo from the photo files of Jim Ball