Kendricktown 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="#A6CAF0" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="057c8c00eezzsc.jpg"> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#A6CAF0" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Kendricktown 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="id12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kendricktown"><U><B>Kendricktown School</B></U></A></div> <div> In January 1912 Kendricktown residents discussed building a new two </div> <div> room schoolhouse to replace the current building that the district was renting.</div> <div> A building site consisting of three lots was selected in July.  The land was </div> <div> purchased for $400.00 from Silvanus Keller.  Construction was started in</div> <div> the summer and the school building was completed in early December.</div> <bR> <div> Built of brick, the building contained two rooms, each 28x32 feet and a long</div> <div> hallway running through it.  Also constructed was a full basement that could be</div> <div> used for classrooms in case of overcrowding.  Total cost of the new school </div> <div> was $5300.00.  </div> <bR> <div> Miss Genevieve Slade taught the lower grades and Jesse Grundy, who was</div> <div> principal, taught the upper grades.  At this time, there were about 85 students</div> <div> enrolled in the Kendricktown school.   </div> <bR> <div> 1940 Carthage phone book</div> <div> Washington School, N of City, Carthage-2552</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <script language="JavaScript1.2"> /* Disable right click script II (on images)- By Dynamicdrive.com For full source, Terms of service, and 100s DTHML scripts Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com */ var clickmessage="Please send an email if you would like a copy of this photo." function disableclick(e) { if (document.all) { if (event.button==2||event.button==3) { if (event.srcElement.tagName=="IMG"){ alert(clickmessage); return false; } } } else if (document.layers) { if (e.which == 3) { alert(clickmessage); return false; } } else if (document.getElementById){ if (e.which==3&&e.target.tagName=="IMG"){ alert(clickmessage) return false } } } function associateimages(){ for(i=0;i<document.images.length;i++) document.images[i].onmousedown=disableclick; } if (document.all) document.onmousedown=disableclick else if (document.getElementById) document.onmouseup=disableclick else if (document.layers) associateimages() </script>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>