Bicentennial Story #39-First Dickinson teachers

Bicentennial Story #39-First Dickinson teachers

Description of the first school and teacher in Dickinson in 1883.

6/24/1975

3/24/1976

Jim Randall
Jack Hjort

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audio reel, analog, 1/4 inch polyester tape

English

BS-039

Dickinson, ND

Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center

In September 1883 the newly organized school board of the Dickinson School District secured the Baptist Church as a temporary classroom. It was north of the present Price—Lisko Funeral Home. The minutes state: "Fall term to be what time there was between the present and winter holidays." The first teacher was Mary L. Grantier who was a grand aunt of Mrs. Florence Tollefson and Mr. Leone Hayes. The records show that later that school year Mary Davice taught for three months, and Nellie E. Thurber taught the last three months, March to June, 1884. It seems that all the children in Dickinson fit into one classroom, and that the teacher's salary was about $40 per month.

This is Bicentennial Story No. 39, prepared by Jim Randall, for the Stark County Historical Society, Jack Hjorte at the piano.

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Bicentennial tape #3, Bicentennial stories 23-45