Central City School History

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#CC9980" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="019c8c00eoxqee.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#CC9980" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Central City School History<B>   </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>  </B><B>  </B><A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Central City School"><U><B>Central City School</B></U></A></div> <div> Located at Central City Road and West Seventh Street from Joplin.  The </div> <div> original school burned in 1929.  The building was rebuilt and closed in 1950. </div> <div> <IMG SRC="09b620b0.jpg" border=0 width="610" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Fire destroyed the old Central City schoolhouse east of Galena Monday and menaced</div> <div> a new $10,000 building under construction.  There was a loss of several thousand dollars, </div> <div> although part of the loss is covered by insurance. The fire was caused by an overheated stove.</div> <bR> <div> The 110 students who attended the school were to have begun their quarterly examinations Monday morning.  </div> <bR> <div> They have been quartered temporarily at the home of Mrs. John Malang, a mile distant and will </div> <div> complete their tasks there.  Two rooms of the new building probably will be ready for occupancy soon.</div> <div> <I>The Galena Evening Times, Tuesday, March 12, 1929, page 1, column 5.</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="09b620b0.jpg" border=0 width="610" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Schoolhouse Burns at Central City</div> <bR> <div> Fire, which yesterday morning destoryed the old Central City schoolhouse and menaced a new $10,000</div> <div> building under construction, caused a loss of several thousand dollars, although part of the loss is covered</div> <div> by insurance.  The fire was caused by an overheated stove.</div> <bR> <div> The 110 students who attended the school were to have begun their quarterly examinations yesterday morning.</div> <div> They have been quartered temporarily at the home of Mrs. John Malang, a mile distance, and will complete their </div> <div> tasks there.  Two rooms of the new building probably will be ready for occupancy soon.</div> <bR> <div> Residents formed a bucket brigade and dashed water on the new building until Joplin firemen arrived.  The firemen</div> <div> laid a line of hose to a mill pond nearby and used their pumper to throw water on the new building.</div> <bR> <div> The old building was a three-room structure, and also was used as a church.  All books, desks and a piano in the</div> <div> building were destroyed.  A small storehouse near the school, containing furnishings belonging to Mrs. J. S. Penny,</div> <div> who lost her grocery store in a fire which destroyed the Central City church two months ago, also was destroyed.</div> <bR> <div> The Central City school was built in 1880, and was believed to be the oldest one in the county.</div> <bR> <div> Fireman answered seventeen runs Sunday and yesterday in addition to the fire at Central City.  Most of the fires</div> <div> originated in dry grass and only the ones cause serious damage.</div> <bR> <div> A fire early Sunday morning badly damaged the old Owl restaurant building near Seventh street and Virginia avenue.</div> <div> A number of shoes belonging to Sol Rosenblum, which were in the building, also were destroyed.</div> <div> <I>The Joplin Globe, March 12, 1929, page 4</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="09b620b0.jpg" border=0 width="610" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0b98ec00.jpg" border=0 width="654" height="448" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>The Joplin Globe, March 3, 1940.</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="09b620b0.jpg" border=0 width="610" height="11" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0babd550.jpg" border=0 width="445" height="597" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="0bba3380.jpg" border=0 width="419" height="568" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Joplin News Herald, 1958</div> </td> </tr></table></body>