Rural Museum



Gone are the good old days!



Going to school in the one room school days



The Last Pupils





Anytime a visitor came who said they were a student in one of the schools I sat them in a desk for their picture and asked if they minded sharing a few memories! We are so fortunate to have a small collection here...



Beth (Hardesty) Bolte



Beth's mother and uncle had attended the Belleview School and she followed in their foot steps! Beth's own words "I cherish the memories of country school"



Ervin L. Urban



Ervin went to Belleview his first and second grades the years of 1936 and 1937. He is pictured in one of the historic pictures of the students and teachers in front of the school door, dated 1937. This picture can be found in the Belleivew school.



Imogene (Kloefkorn) Hilton



Imogene attended 4th grade through 8th grades at Belleview school. Her words: "Wonderful memories at Belleview!"



Corrine Ann (Corzine) Shutt



Corrine and her brother James Allen Corzine iii attended grade school at Belleview. As well as their father before them named James A. Corzine Jr. Corrine's descendants have been found in numerous places within the school records and school board minutes over a generation or 2!



Melvin Johnson



Melvin went to belleview with his brother clifford and is pictured in one of the historic pictures of the students and teachers in front of the school door, dated 1937. This picture can be found inside the belleview school. That picture was provided by Melvin. Melvin also attended school at district 99 knowledge Hilll along with his brother Clifford pictured to the right. Until it considated with the Belleview school in 1947.



Clifford Johnson



Clifford remembers walking home after school approximately 3 miles. He attended approximately years 1947-53. He has good memories of going to school in one room schools all 8 grades! He also attended school district 99 knoweledge Hill along with his brother Melvin pictured to the left. This picture can be found in the Belleview School.



Leroy Hovorka



Leroy has pointed out his initial carvings throughout Belleview! He has also told us about his stories of his orneriness! Such as the time he smoked overyone out of the school by sneaking up on top of the school to cover the chimney. He told us the teacher's got tired of his mouth and one teacher "kicked him in the butt"



Gene Turek



Gene attended the belleview school just before it closed the school year of 1955-56.



Gloria (Metzinger) Meyer



Gloria says that she attended the Belleview school in her first grade year. Her and her sister Delores kindly donated 2 original school desks that were used in Belleview!





Delores Ann (Metzinger) Brown



Memories Delores spoke of:
Delores attended the Belleview School all 8 grades. She walked 1 1/2 miles to school from the farm everyday.
Delores and others enjoyed sledding from back of the school across the road into Hovorka's field! Dad and neighbor's started the stove in the mornings before students came. The teacher lived with neighbors. One year, some of the boys tore the headliner out of a teacher's model A coupe car and the parents all got together and fixed it. That teacher never returned.

Games we played: Red Rover, red rover come over drop the handkerchief ring around the rosey softball and choosing sides.

On the last day of school we would have a picnic and all the parents brought pot luck meals!



Dale Metzinger



Dale attended belleview school for 1st and 2nd grades before the school closed the schol year of 1955-56



Metzinger siblings



Left to right:

Paul Metzinger (oops forgot to set him in a seat!! )

Dale Metzinger

Gloria (Metzinger) Meyer



Paul Miller



Paul Miller went by gordon miller and attended the Belleivew school from Spring of 1941 to fall of 1943. He attended 6th and 7th grades.



Lois (Youree) Akers



Lois attended 1st grade and 4th through 8th grades in the Spring Creek School as a student.



Lois (Youree) Akers



Lois Akers was also a school teacher inside of the Spring Creek School. Later on in war times there was a shortage of teachers so she got to teach in the Spring Creek school year of 1945-46. It was a pleasure to have her back inside of her ol school!!

A memory she shared was that during the winter that she taught school. her dad came to the school early to help get the wood stove going for the day!



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