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Benson County North Dakota Genealogy
Aurora Township North Dakota
Flora
Flora Elevator
Schools
Flora Public School District #17
1917-18 & 1920-21
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School Officers: |
Clerk: Even Lamen | President: O. E. Gutterud | Directors: I. J. Hvinden & P. J. Moen |
Iver J. Hvinden and Even Lamen served on the board until the new brick school was built in the early 1930's.
Teacher: Joseph A. Duckworth
Biography: In 1914 at the age of 19, Joseph Duckworth travelled from Mt. Vernon, Indiana to
Esmond, North Dakota. He taught school in Isabel Township in Benson County, North Dakota
at School #3 in 1914-1915, 1915-16 and 1916-17. The next year, 1917, he taught school at the Flora school in Aurora
Township. Joseph and his wife Agnes left North Dakota, apparently after the 1917
school year, and returned to Mt. Vernon, Indiana where both sets of parents were
living. Joe enlisted in the Army on June 17, 1918 and Agnes taught school
nearby. Joe served as a Corporal with the 309th Engineer, Company D in France
until the wars end.
They returned to North Dakota after the war. Joseph was a principal and Agnes was a teacher in Aurora Township in 1920. They returned to Posey County, Indiana where Joseph became an athletic coach at Poseyville High School around 1926.
1917-18
School Souvenir Booklet
Special thanks to Gail Prewitt, granddaughter of
Joseph A. Duckworth
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| Pupils | ||
| Lydia Chamberlain | Myrtle Shipley | |
| Frank Chamberlain | Stella Shipley | |
| Guy Chamberlain | Mildred Newcomb | |
| Ruby Hvinden | Walter Moran | |
| Oliver Hvinden | John Moran | |
| Jenning Moen | Gertie Solbakken | |
| Lilly Moen | Sigrud Solbakken | |
| Cora Jacobson | Alvina Peterson | |
| Florence Larsen | Helmar Holey | |
| Elsie Larsen | Earl Sullivan | |
| Helga Larsen | Josephine Sullivan | |
| Dorothy Pope | William Sullivan | |
| Violet Norqual | George Sullivan | |
| Duncan Murdock | Edna Parsons | |
| Ella Murdock | Margurite Parsons | |
| Mary Murdock | Harold Parsons | |
| Douglas Murdock | Clifford Miller | |
| Orvil Shipley | Lila Rehling | |
| Mary Shipley | Ruby Rehling |
Photos from 1917
These photos have been provided by Gail Prewitt, granddaughter of Joseph Duckworth. The photos are identified as written in the Duckworth photo album. If anyone can confirm identification or make corrections, please contact cgoltz@loretel.net . Click on the thumbnail for a larger photo.
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| First Sunday in Flora |
Flora, ND | Unknown Girl | Last day of school May 30, 1918 |
Unknown man & baby Likely Aurora |
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| "Puffy" McFadden | 1920 Census |
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Colleen Goltz
Benson County Coordinator
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