OGEMAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN

OGEMAW COUNTY SCHOOLS
GREENWOOD SCHOOL


Greenwood School District #1 was located in the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 21 North, Range 2 East, Greenwood Road, Horton Township, Ogemaw County. The District was annexed to West Branch School in 1964. There are no records on who donated the land, who built the school, or when it closed. If you have any information concerning the Greenwood School, you are asked to contact the Ogemaw County Coordinator, Grace Dooley.

Most of the existing records have been compiled by The Rose City Area Historical Society, Post Office Box 736, Rose City, MI 48654


GREENWOOD SCHOOL TEACHERS:
Approximately 1908 - Phoebe Moss
1918 to 1919 - Cordie Rusher Nichols
1923 - Alice Harper
1928 to 1929 - Elizabeth Knepfler
1932 & 1935 - Lavina Meir
1936 - Robert DeMatio
1936 to 1939 - Thelma Hayes
1952 to 1958 - Leona Holt Cascadden Riley
Unknown Date - Flora Scheele Rau
Unknown Date - Elizabeth Horton Tovatt
Unknown Date - Addie Kerns

Ogemaw County Herald, October, 1936:
26 Years Ago (1910): Hennessey & Son have secured the contract for the construction of a new school building in district number one, Horton township, known as the Greenwood school. The structure will be of cement blocks with double walls, 24 by 32 feet in dimension, with an 8x10 foot vestibule and eight foot walls. Work will be started at once.

Greenwood School, Date Unknown

List of Students, 1933-1934:
Ralph Allen (8th), Robert Allen (8th), Kathleen Hoffman (8th), Thelma Merrick (8th), Ardath Sheldon (8th), Donna Sheldon (8th), Robert Smith (8th).

List of Students, 1935-1936; Robert DeMatio, teacher:
Jack Allen (8th), June Hall (8th), Louis Hoffman (8th), Betty Sheldon.

List of Students, 1937-1938:
Katherine Allen (8th), Marian Allen (8th), Wilford Allen (8th), and Junior Hall (8th).

List of Students, 1938-1939:
Walter Hoffman and Clara Munn.

Greenwood School, About 1990

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