Deer Creek History

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><div id="RootsBanner-SearchWrapper"> <a class="rweb-neutral" href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/"></a> <div id="RootsSearch-Wrapper" class="clearfix"> <a class="acom-neutral" href="http://www.ancestry.com/s33216/t10989/grid1000/rd.ashx"></a> <div class="SearchForm-Container"> <p class="headerSearch">Search billions of records on Ancestry.com</p> <form action="http://www.ancestry.com/s33216/SEARCH/grid1043/rd.ashx" method="get" class="rootsForm"> <div> <input type="hidden" name="gss" value="rootsweb"> <input id="FirstSearchBox" name="gsfn" type="text" size="16" value="First Name" style="color:#999999;" onblur="searchOnBlur1()" onfocus="searchOnFocus1()"> <input id="LastSearchBox" name="gsln" type="text" size="16" value="Last Name" style="color:#999999;" onblur="searchOnBlur2()" onfocus="searchOnFocus2()"> <input id="SubmitButton" type="submit" value="Search" style="color:#ffffff; background: #afbc22;"> </div> </form> </div> </div> </div> <div id="userContentFP" style="padding: 8px;"> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=196 BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="027c7c00erlcjm.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#666699" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Deer Creek History<B>   </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.rootsweb.com/~moschool/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.rootsweb.com/~moschool/"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Deer Creek"><U><B>Deer Creek School</B></U></A></div> <div> Dry Fork Sunday School Union met at the Deer Creek schoolhouse.</div> <bR> <div> Source: <I><B>The Carthage Banner</B></I><I>, </I>September 10, 1871</div> <bR> <div> Deer Creek History</div> <div> The Deer Creek school closed the doors to its 1-room frame building in the spring of</div> <div> 1960, joining the halls of history a growing list of other similar institutions of learning</div> <div> which were a hallowed part of an earlier, less competitive day.</div> <bR> <div> Students who live in what was Deer Creek district now travel via school bus, the symbol</div> <div> of the dramatic changes in educational methods during the last 50 years, to the town of </div> <div> Jasper and the modern, superbly equipped plant of the sweeping R-5 district.</div> <bR> <div> But the old Deer Creek school, 11 miles northeast of Carthage, remains a living part of </div> <div> the heritage of Jasper county.  Having served its purpose well for many decades, during</div> <div> a period when its methods and facilities were admirably suited to the needs of the people</div> <div> of the community, the school remains a fond memory in the minds of many.</div> <bR> <div> One of these is Orville Knight, 519 East Thirteenth, member of the Carthage city council,</div> <div> retired postal worker and a widely respected community leader.</div> <bR> <div> The building which still stands, now converted to use as a residence for the family of Joe</div> <div> Frerer, Jr., was sparkling new when Knight enrolled as a first grade pupil in the fall of 1902.</div> <div> His teacher that year was Lawrence Daniels.</div> <bR> <div> Among other teachers Knight recalls during the succeeding years, not necessarily in the</div> <div> order of their service, were Miss Susie Erwin, now Mrs. Davis of Bolivar; Charley Corder,</div> <div> now of Webb City; Miss Martha Keener, later Mrs. Bruffett and now deceased; Laura Tullis,</div> <div> now deceased; Alma Seidner, now of 805 Clinton; Miss Della Vincent, now Mrs. Jim Conroy,</div> <div> 950 Lillie drive; Miss May Stiles, who later married and moved to Texas; Miss Frances Bowman,</div> <div> now Mrs. Walter Campbell of northeast of Avilla.  Mrs. Pearl Kentner was the last teacher in the</div> <div> Deer Creek school.</div> <bR> <div> Deer Creek maintained high standards for its pupils and teachers.  Evidence of this is recorded </div> <div> in Joel T. Livingston's "History of Jasper County, " under "Sheridan Township", published in 1912.</div> <div> "Deer Creek district--Jesse Lauderbaugh, Daniel Bishop and James Brobert (sic), directors; J. T.</div> <div> Wolfe, teacher.  Term of four months began November 4.  District enumeration 50.  Enrollment </div> <div> over 15 years of age-5.  Total 31.  Present 25.  Building and furniture third class.  Seating capacity 28.</div> <bR> <div> "Class in mental arithmetic organized and doing thorough work.  Our schools need more mental </div> <div> work, more analysis in arithmetic and less prompting from the teacher.  "Mr. Wolfe has taught 12</div> <div> terms in Bates county, this state, and we are glad to give him a place in our Jasper county schools."</div> <bR> <div> The building in which Orville Knight attended classes was the successor to an earlier frame structure</div> <div> which stood for many years on the same 2-acre plot of land midway between Dry Fork and Deer</div> <div> creeks.</div> <bR> <div> Alumni of the little school are scattered far and wide throughout the district and elsewhere in the nation.</div> <div> The school, which has completed its task, lives on in their memory and in the fine modern schools </div> <div> which have replaced it and which, like Deer Creek in its day, served today's educational need in a most </div> <div> effective way.</div> <bR> <div> Article from <I>The Carthage Press, </I>1960's.</div> </td> </tr></table></div></body>