Hello One-Room Schoolhouse Enthusiasts -

Please be reminded that the call for proposals is open for presenters interested
in country schools.  This year the conference will be held on June 15, 16 and
17, 2009 at Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, PA.   The conference will also
include one-room school house tours on June 17, 2009.  Please follow the link
below for detailed information.  Don't miss this one-of-a-kind opportunity!
http://www.stvincent.edu/csaa2009

Veronica
--
Dr. Veronica I. Ent
Education Department Chairperson
Saint Vincent College
300 Fraser Purchase Road
Latrobe, PA 15650
Internal Phone: X2586
Phone: 724-805-2586
Fax: 724-805-2024
veronica.ent@...

Hello,I am Rory! I am new to the group.I am holding a 1820 U.S.army
canon heater for my sister.She is wanting to know what is sells for.if
anyone can give me info on it,or a website I might check out,I would
really apperciate it.

Tomorrow Iowa Public Television debuts its new special on one-room schools. Read
about it here:
http://tinyurl.com/bqeay4
but be quick its from the Cedar Rapids Gazette and they don't leave stuff
available on their site for long.

Or read its official webpage at:
http://tinyurl.com/crtb8b
View a preview of the show there.

Sarah S. Uthoff


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Hello all - my wife and I are the owners of a former schoolhouse in
Woodside, CA.  The  name of the school was the Pharis District.  It was
used a schoolhouse in late 1800's and up to at least 1912.  The
building was then used a doctors's county ranch, and a hunting lodge ,
before being convertred back to  residence in the 1940's  Original
structure was built in 1853, occupied by a gentlemen named Purdy Pharis
who was the Shingle King of California and was probably murdered in the
house in the late 1800's.

Interested in hearing from this group about the history of these great
structures.

Dan and Katy Katzenberger

Hi Dan---How neat it is to hear from someone interested in one-room schools
from your state.   The school I represent in this organization is called the
McGee-Brick School and is located near Manchester, Iowa...in east-central
Iowa....It is one of only 3 brick one room schools still standing in our
state.   It was built in 1868.   Our organization was begun in 1999 so we
have been at the restoration project for 10 years now.   If we get the grant
I just applied for, we will finally complete restoration of the intereior
anyhow.   It was in very bad shape when we took it over....There was a hole
in the back wall from the peak of the roof...down about 10 feet.   We had to
find old matching brick in Dubuque where they were tearing down old brick
buildings.   They just let us have them and we got a man who was into
restoration lay the brick and re-tuckpointed it.   We also had a Eagle Scout
bring his troop out to lay the wooden shingles for the roof...the chimney
had to be replaced.   Another scout group gutted the interior because the
original walls were all covered with writing, etc and holes were kicked in.
We have had desks donated to us and one of the original ceiling (hanging)
electric lights....We plan to have a school day in the 1880's for some kids
that want to do that when it is all restored....Keep up the good
work.....Sharon Cook  Take a look at our website: www.mcgeebrickschool.org
Enjoy!!

On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 1:52 AM, dankatzenberger
<dankatzenberger@...>wrote:

>   Hello all - my wife and I are the owners of a former schoolhouse in
> Woodside, CA. The name of the school was the Pharis District. It was
> used a schoolhouse in late 1800's and up to at least 1912. The
> building was then used a doctors's county ranch, and a hunting lodge ,
> before being convertred back to residence in the 1940's Original
> structure was built in 1853, occupied by a gentlemen named Purdy Pharis
> who was the Shingle King of California and was probably murdered in the
> house in the late 1800's.
>
> Interested in hearing from this group about the history of these great
> structures.
>
> Dan and Katy Katzenberger
>
>
>



--
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gmasharon@...
gmasharon56@...
sharon@...


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Hello All:
The couple from San Francisco Bay area in CA certainly started a terrific topic
for discussion! The Pharis District School has quite the checkered past and some
fun details! I hope they consider attending the CSAA conference in PA in June to
meet schoolhouse types from around the country.

I represent the District #1 Schoolhouse in Nashua, New Hampshire, working as a
schoolmarm in a living history program for the city's 4th graders. Our brick
schoolhouse with two front doors, was built in 1841 and used until 1921 when
closed for consolidation. It sits in the middle of the Old South Burial Ground
where heros of the Revolutionary War are buried, a young woman named Elizabeth
Weld was buried in 1687 (our oldest stone), and where eight young men, all
friends, are buried in a common grave dated September 5th, 1724, having been
"slew, all in a day, by the Indiens (sic)." Imagine that carved in stone!!! It
was restored in 1976 for the Bicentennial and has been used continuously for
this 4th grade program. It is curated and cared for by a small local chapter of
the Benevolent Association of the Daughters of the King and is in near perfect
condition. Recently we noticed the floor was sinking near the front foyer and
called in a historic architectural engineer. Thinking it was going to be
devastating news...we waited for his verdict. Come to find out, the schoolhouse
had been propped up by one boulder sitting on top of another to hold up a vital
floor beam. The top boulder had simply cracked in half. One hydraulic jack and a
new boulder later and the schoolhouse was back in perfect shape. Yankee
ingenuity!!!! $600 was a pittance compared to what we thought it would cost!! I
will post pictures in our photo section as soon as I figure out how. Many of our
readers visited our schoolhouse when we hosted the 7th Annual CSAA Conference in
2007. Keep your stories coming......
Regards,
Susan Fineman
Nashua, NH
--- In oneroom@yahoogroups.com, "dankatzenberger" <dankatzenberger@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all - my wife and I are the owners of a former schoolhouse in
> Woodside, CA.  The  name of the school was the Pharis District.  It was
> used a schoolhouse in late 1800's and up to at least 1912.  The
> building was then used a doctors's county ranch, and a hunting lodge ,
> before being convertred back to  residence in the 1940's  Original
> structure was built in 1853, occupied by a gentlemen named Purdy Pharis
> who was the Shingle King of California and was probably murdered in the
> house in the late 1800's.
>
> Interested in hearing from this group about the history of these great
> structures.
>
> Dan and Katy Katzenberger
>

This came across the ALHFAM listserv and I thought it was a really good
suggestion, so I'm reposting it here with permission.

Sarah S. Uthoff
uthoff@...


A photo of the volunteer at work and placed in a simple frame with your
site logo would be a great volunteer thank you gift, especially for a
docent who guides tours or who works in living history. So often these
volunteers have no time or opportunity to take photographs of what they
do. You could start with a name list and make sure to take one good
picture of each volunteer with a digital camera. If your site has a
photo printer it would be even easier.

Elizabeth Barber
Lead Interpreter
Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site
Colorado Springs, Colorado



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Behalf Of Jessica Sawinski Couch
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 7:11 PM
To: alhfam@...
Subject: Re: [ALHFAM] Recognizing Volunteers


Thanks to all who shared their recognition methods.

I'm going to pass these ideas onto the rest of the staff, but any other
suggestions are welcome!

Jessica


> Jessica Sawinski Couch
> Curator of Education
> Washington County Historical Society
> West Bend, WI



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New Jersey's oldest schoolhouse on its original site is celebrating 250 years of
education
250th Anniversary Celebration at the Old Schoolhouse Brainerd St Mt Holly NJ

Sunday June 27 2009

?11 AM -3 PM

Join us for this special event which includes an opportunity to experience an
18th century?lesson led by a costumed interpreter. Children can?dress in
colonial garb and play?period games as well as participate in a "make & take"
craft.

Also included is an musical entertainment of the colonial period, an exhibit,
presentations and?light refreshments.

?Admission is free and public parking is located on adjacent Paxton Street.

All are welcome!



Maureen O'Connor Leach
Executive Director
NSCDA-NJ
Peachfield
180 Burrs Road
Westampton, NJ 08060
609-267-6996
www.colonialdamesnj.org


?



Maureen O'Connor Leach
64 Bernice Drive
Freehold NJ 07728
732 462 0703









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Dear CSAA members,



I will be conducting a workshop entitled "preserving visual images
through the eye of the lens" at the upcoming 2009 CSAA conference.

This is the tentative format for the 90 minutes workshop. I would like
to spend approximately

1.       30 - 40 minutes in the arts of seeing - the elements of design
presentation.

2.       40 - 50 minutes discussing the photographs you will send me. I
call it "Photography in context: Architectural (interior and exterior)
interests, Human interests, and Environment interests of the country
schools".  At the same time, I hope to compare the existing and improved
photographs based on the arts of seeing presentation.

For those who are interested in attending the workshop, I would like you
to send me 3-6 digital photographs of your best for the 40 - 50 minutes
discussion.  A number of you have taken photographs in the school house
tours in the past conferences. You must have one or all of the
categories mentioned. Please send them. I would like you to give me
permission to crop them if needed and load the original and cropped
copies on a PowerPoint presentation to start our discussion.  The names
of the photographer will remain anonymous. In case if I don't use all
your photographs because of the time constraint, please forgive me.

I look forward to receiving your photographs as soon as possible and
meeting you at the conference.  If you have any questions about the
workshop, please let me know.



Terry Tang



Dr. Terry T. Tang,

Teacher and Elementary Education

School of Education

Husson University

One College Circle

Bangor, ME 04401



Phone #: (207) 973-1014

Email: tangt@...





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Would like to have a source for inkwells.  The ones with the lip that fits into
the hole on  desks are needed.
We cannot afford to have a glass plant make the mold and then produce.  Has
anyone found a place to buy even reproductions?

Thank you.
www.neweraoneroomschool.com
West Virginia

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I have not seen any reproductions of these little ink wells.Has anyone?  I
remember them well. They had a little slliding lid you could open to reveal a
hole to get ink when you were using a dip pen. Filling these little reservoirs
was reserved for the most trusted older students!

I had the ends of my pigtails dipped into one once. Did the boy behind me ever
get it when my mother talked with his!

As far as I know, you best bet is to watch in antique shops and even auctions.
We picked up enough to put in our larger desks for older pupils that way. Good
luck!                  Fay Stone

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Welcome back to me. I’d like to apologize to everybodyfor dropping out of
sight online for the last couple of month. There has beensome sickness going
around here and I’ve had it, but good. It’s been adifferent kind of illness,
it’s been mostly stuck in my head. I’ve had aterrible time concentrating and
getting blinding headaches if I tried to readand concentrate, especially online.
Every time I thought I was better it cameback and hit me again. I finally got to
the point where I’ve at least read allmy e-mail and I hope that I can slowly
catch up with some of the things that Ithought and in some cases said that I’d
have done by now. I still have to getin fairly short bursts, but now I’ve
started again. I hope that I can playcatch up. Again sorry for disappearing, but
in one of the best pieces of adviceI every learned is from the bee story on
Captain Kangaroo, “The best I can dois the best I can do and I’m doing the
best that I can” and I’ve been followingit.



Sarah Sue

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Hi Sarah.....So sorry you have been hit with this headache problem & hope
you can find some way to diagnose & treat it.....I have missed you
online......

I wanted to tell you that---#1,,,,the McGee-Brick School will be doing it's
last phase of interior restoration very shortly....We applied for a local
grant that has been offered through the racing & gaming dept....but we did
not get it, for the 2nd time that we applied....We are going to try to
handle the charges for the plastering with our own funds...It will be close
but we feel we can handle it....We've had an ongoing project for 10 years
now so it is time to get the job done....
After the plastering is complete, volunteers will do the painting of the
walls & wainscoting & will finish the floor by applying the tung oil, as
recommeded by our historical consultant.....#2---We will be having a fund
raiser on Sunday afternoon, July 5 at the Manchester Tirrill Park band
shell....In case it rains, we have it reserved for the following Sat., July
11....Our program will be Patriotic with a special guest portraying Abraham
Lincoln....Local musicians will be providing the music---a ladies' trio, a
mixed quartet & some instrumentalists.....I hope that you can come---There
is no admission charge.....We will have a can out for free-will
donations......In the meantime, please visit our website at:
www.mcgeebrickschool.org......Thanks<http://www.mcgeebrickschool.org......thanks\
/>bunches,
Sharon Cook, Chariperson

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Sarah Uthoff <suthoff@...> wrote:

>
>
> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Welcome back to me. I�d like
> to apologize to everybodyfor dropping out of sight online for the last
> couple of month. There has beensome sickness going around here and I�ve had
> it, but good. It�s been adifferent kind of illness, it�s been mostly stuck
> in my head. I�ve had aterrible time concentrating and getting blinding
> headaches if I tried to readand concentrate, especially online. Every time I
> thought I was better it cameback and hit me again. I finally got to the
> point where I�ve at least read allmy e-mail and I hope that I can slowly
> catch up with some of the things that Ithought and in some cases said that
> I�d have done by now. I still have to getin fairly short bursts, but now
> I�ve started again. I hope that I can playcatch up. Again sorry for
> disappearing, but in one of the best pieces of adviceI every learned is from
> the bee story on Captain Kangaroo, �The best I can dois the best I can do
> and I�m doing the best that I can� and I�ve been followingit.
>
> Sarah Sue
>
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>
>
>



--
Sharon Cook
gmasharon@...
gmasharon56@...
sharon@...


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I thought maybe those of you in Iowa would be interested in this and might be
willing to pass it along.

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum in Burr Oak  is againsponsoring a bus
tour to “Little House on the Prairie – the Musical”. On Wed., Oct. 14,
they will arrive in time for a specialpre-show in the Lobby at 6:30, with the
play at 7:30. After the showthere will be a special Talkback with the cast. The
plan is departDecorah at 3 pm and return around 1 am. Tickets at the Ordway
arehigher than the Guthrie, so no meal will be included. The bus tour is$120 per
person. It includes the ticket, travel, and a snack on the wayhome.

Sarah S. Uthoff

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I'm passing this along in case anyone on the list is interested.
Sarah Uthoff
-------------- Forwarded Message: --------------
From: Kandie Carle <kelrac@...>
To: alhfam@...
Subject: [ALHFAM] Round Oak Stove
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:54:24 +0000


I got a notice from the Enfield CT Historical Society They are
offering their 1895 Round Oak Stove for the taking. Please contact
Paul Batchelder below for more info.

Kandie Carle
aka The Victorian Lady
www.KandieCarle.com

The Enfield Historical Society, Enfield Connecticut, recently
completed a restoration of their one-room 1800 schoolhouse. They
were donated a stove that more closely fit with the school's time
period. Therefore, they are interested in donating their current
historic Round Oak stove manufactured in 1895. It is 24 inches round
and 48 inches tall. There is a crack in it that would have to be
welded if it is to be used for heating otherwise it would make a nice
display/interpretive item.

If interested or have questions please contact Paul Batchelder
directly at p.batchelder@....

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Hello, All!

If you are traveling to Ohio, I think you would enjoy an overnight in
our one-room Dunkle Schoolhouse!  It's one of our restored historic
guest lodgings, and is in southeastern Ohio's beautiful  and scenic
Hocking Hills area.

The building was a school from 1885 -1939, then was "home" to several
people who lived without water or electricity.  I acquired it about a
year ago in a totally derelict condition, just about ready to fall down
a hill into the road.  The interior was intact, but almost everything
else had to be recreated and reproduced.  Over the year, I collected
schoolhouse artifacts, and now it is part "museum" and part Guest
lodging that will sleep two people in a king bed.  The plumbing was a
challenge, but worked out with the acquisition of two acres across the
road to install the septic system.

In fact,  restoration was accomplished in a very "green" way with all
our  lodgings, and we have received "Green Certification" from the
Hocking Hills Tourism Association.

See this and the other Historic Hosts, on the website below.  Although
you can book online, please phone as I'd love to hear from other lovers
of one-room schools!

Come see us sometime!

Sue Maxwell

www.HistoricHost.com <http://www.historichost.com/>     click on "Dunkle
Schoolhouse"

Historic Host Vacation Rentals

tollfree:  877-do-History     877-364-4786







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I was recently sent a request for help tracking down a photo of a particular
one-room school. I e-mailed her back and suggested she contact the local county
historical society, but on the off chance someone here has one or has any other
suggestions, I'm forwarding it to the list.

Sarah Uthoff


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From: Norma Michels <normatea@...>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:35:15 +0000


Hello,
My name is Norma (Thomsen) Michels from Sequim, Wa. and I am trying to find a
picture of my one room school house in Jones Co. Iowa.
I had attended from 1952-57.....(I'm guessing on that)
I found this info on your web site.....is there any way I could get the email
address of the Rollers?
I know my old school house is gone. Replaced by a field and I long for a picture
of it.
The last time I saw it was in the 80's and it was at that time a corn crib....so
sad.
Please give me any information on these two schools as I suspect one is my old
school....there was another school house about 2-3 miles south of mine.
Thank you for whatever info you can share with me.
Norma

Jones County


Castle Grove # 9 - Hardscrabble # 5  (1959)
Closed in 1959 and preserved as was
Contact Information: Ed & Sharon Roller, 18912 Hardscrabble Rd.,
          Monticello IA 52310
Phone: 319-465-5281
Location: Located 7 miles west of Monticello on D62 and
          north 1 1/2 miles on gravel road, 225th Ave.
Hours: By appointment only
P,M,H,CC



Have a  WONDERFUL day.

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They are both listed on the iowajones.org site under schools.

--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Sarah Uthoff <suthoff@...> wrote:

> From: Sarah Uthoff <suthoff@...>
> Subject: [oneroom] please help me find a picture
> To: "Oneroom" <oneroom@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2009, 10:08 AM
> I was recently sent a request for
> help tracking down a photo of a particular one-room school.
> I e-mailed her back and suggested she contact the local
> county historical society, but on the off chance someone
> here has one or has any other suggestions, I'm forwarding it
> to the list.
>
> Sarah Uthoff
>
>
> -------------- Forwarded Message: --------------
> From: Norma Michels <normatea@...>
>
> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 03:35:15 +0000
>
>
> Hello,
> My name is Norma (Thomsen) Michels from Sequim, Wa. and I
> am trying to find a picture of my one room school house in
> Jones Co. Iowa.
> I had attended from 1952-57.....(I'm guessing on that)
> I found this info on your web site.....is there any way I
> could get the email address of the Rollers?
> I know my old school house is gone. Replaced by a field and
> I long for a picture of it.
> The last time I saw it was in the 80's and it was at that
> time a corn crib....so sad.
> Please give me any information on these two schools as I
> suspect one is my old school....there was another school
> house about 2-3 miles south of mine.
> Thank you for whatever info you can share with me.
> Norma
>
> Jones County
>
>
> Castle Grove # 9 - Hardscrabble # 5� (1959)
> Closed in 1959 and preserved as was
> Contact Information: Ed & Sharon Roller, 18912
> Hardscrabble Rd.,
> � � � ���Monticello IA 52310
> Phone: 319-465-5281
> Location: Located 7 miles west of Monticello on D62 and
> � � � ���north 1 1/2 miles on
> gravel road, 225th Ave.
> Hours: By appointment only
> P,M,H,CC
>
>
>
> Have a� WONDERFUL day.
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
> � � mailto:oneroom-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com
>
>
>

I'm going to paste in the information from the brochure below. A pdf version is
saved on the oneroom webpage which as a list member you can sign in and access
or contact Bill Sherman and I'm sure he'll be glad to e-mail you a copy. Please
note that I'm going to be presenting on lunch in the one-room school. :-)

Sarah S. Uthoff

The 10th annual Iowa One-Room School Workshop, sponsored by the Iowa Historic
Preservation Alliance will be held Oct. 2-3, 2009. It will be held at the
Heartland Acres Agrihibition Center in Independence, Iowa. The first day is
sessions and the second is a tour of nearby schools. I'm going to be presenting
a version of my school lunch program.


Friday, Oct. 2 AGENDA


8:00 a.m. Registration � Events Center, lower level

9:00 a.m. Welcome and Conference Overview -

Bill Sherman, IHPA Board Member

9:15 a.m. Country School Preservation in Norway

- Leidulf Mydland. Norwegian Institute

for Cultural Heritage Research

10:00 a.m. Creating a Country School Curriculum

and Generating Visitors � Dale Williams,

Reed School Director, Wisconsin

Historical Society

11:00 a.m. How Networking Can Help Your Country

School � Caroline Bredekamp, Jackson

County Preservationist

11:30 a.m. What's for Lunch at the Country School

- Sarah Uthoff, Country School

Researcher

Lunch

12:30 p.m. Tourism and Implications for Country

Schools � Carrie Koelker, Eastern Iowa

tourism Director and Candy Streed,

Program Coordinator Silos & Smokestacks

1:00 p.m. Amish Schools Today � Mark Dewalt,

Winthrop University, South Carolina

1:20 p.m. Rewards and Incentives in Country

Schools � Susan Webb, Birmingham,

Alabama

1:45 p.m. Planting Around a Country School -

Sheryln Hazen, Buchanan County

Roadside Manager

2:00 p.m. Creating the Agribition Center and

Tour � Mike McGill, Evens Manager and

Leanne Harrison, President of

Buchanan County Historical Society

3:00 p.m. Tour Summit School

3:30 p.m. Visit Wapsipinicon Mill and Little Red

Schoolhouse Antique Shop in

Independence

5:30 p.m. Dinner and Country School Video

Program


Saturday, Oct. 3 TOUR


8:15 a.m. Meet in Heartland Acres Parking Lot to

Begin Tour

We will visit a public and private Amish school and

travel north to Fredericksburg where we will visit a

country school museum. Lunch will be at the Farm


********************************************


CONFERENCE COSTS:


$30 Includes Friday lunch, museum tours

and handouts

$15 Includes Saturday tour, lunch and

wine tasting


Please return registration form with

check made out to the Iowa Historic

Preservation Alliance (IHPA), by Sept.

24th to:

Mike McGill

Heartland Acres

2600 Swan Lake Blvd.

Independence, IA 50644


For questions or more information contact:

Bill Sherman (IHPA), 1-800-434-2039,

or email wsherman41@...

or

Amy (Heartland Acres), 319-332-0123


MOTEL INFORMATION:


Country Inn & Suites

2100 Swan Lake Blvd., 800-456-4000

Rush Park Motel

1810 First St. W., 800-429-2577

Super 8 Motel

2000 First St., 800-800-8000

Camper parking available in Heartland Acres

parking lot

Tenth Annual Country School Association of America Conference

June 21-23, 2010 Chickasha, Oklahoma

Blazing the Trail:
Education Among the Earliest Americans

The 2010 CSAA Conference will take place on the campus of The University of
Science and Arts of

Oklahoma on June 21-22 with an optional bus tour to several one-room schools in
the Oklahoma City

area on June 23. Visit a fully restored African American one room school in
Chickasha, Oklahoma.

You are cordially invited to participate in and/or lead a panel discussion,
present a research paper, conduct a workshop, present a play, organize a
symposium, or give a demonstration on country schooling. Decide which topic most
interests you and submit a brief proposal. The following topics may spark your
creativity.

Topic such as: volunteers, promoting the project, collecting artifacts,
preserving a restored school, preparing for and/or recovering from a natural
disaster, etc. Envisioning the restored country school, raising money,
recruiting and managing community, the process of digging up the history of a
school, oral history-making, the architectural significance of one-room schools,
the supervision of one-room schools, teacher training for one-room
schoolteachers, the consolidation movement, educational methods (maps, music
education, nature study,reading charts), etc.

Native American and African American one-room schooling, teachers and the rural

Programs:
reenactment or living history programs, etc. Videotapes and other resources are
welcome.

Stories, camp, holiday celebrations, music schools, musical instruments,
dramatic

Memory Makers:
related to country schooling, etc.

Presentations related to the conference theme will be noted in the program.

Come and share your memories, photographs, artifacts, books, facts and fiction

Proposal Formats


Proposals should not exceed three double-spaced, printed pages. Add a cover
sheet with title of the proposal, names and affiliations (if any) of
participants, and the address, email address, and phone number of each
participant. If you want to discuss your topic before submitting a proposal,
contact CSAA
Executive Director Lucy Townsend (815-753-1236 or ltownsend@...). Proposals
are due March 1, 2010.

E-mail your cover sheet & proposal to:
Loretta Jackson Lewis


For updates on the conference, visit our website at:

lyjackson1@... and Richardrichard.lewis@... Or send 2 copies of
your proposal and two self-addressed, stampedLoretta Jackson, P.O. Box 2044,
Chickasha, OK 73023.www.countryschoolassociation.org

Sorry to post this off topic, but I am at my wit's end here. This isofficially
driving me nuts. I’m trying to remember the nameof a Western I read about 10
years ago. I thought it was a Zane Grey,but none of the descriptions on Amazon
of his books sound anywhereclose. (I checked Louis L’amour and just using
keywords from the plottoo and no dice.) The story was about a spoiled brat of a
young womanwho is kidnapped and taken out into the wilderness. Eventually we
findout that her father hired the kidnapper to keep her from marrying thistotal
idiot in a fit of rebellion. They end up having to stay out inthe wilderness
longer than originally planned because of a flood. Sheresists, but they fall in
love. She finds out her father was behind itall and pretends she doesn’t
really love the guy who kidnapped her, butmakes him marry her “to protect her
reputation.” She then hires somethugs of her own to kidnap him and throw him
on the train with her ofthe end, to get them back on an even footing. It’s a
true love happyending. The two scenes I remember the best is one near the
beginningwhere she meets the guy before the kidnapping and says she likes
himenough to leave him alone and not try to make him fall in love with herlike
she did with many other guys and one during her getting her ownback where he
tells her he's going to just take what he needs and givesher a glorious kiss
that totally kills her resolve, but he walks awaywithout looking at her again
and doesn't see it. I know I read it atleast twice and I think it may have
hadCanyon in the name somewhere, but I'm not sure about that and I’m
justhitting dead ends. It was abook on tape. Any ideas anyone? I hope this rings
a bell with somebodywho puts me out of my misery.

Sarah Uthoff
suthoff@...

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If you find it, let us all know.  I would like to read it!

Hugs,
Pat McMillion


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Sorry to post this off topic, but I am at my wit's end here. This
isofficially driving me nuts. I’m trying to remember the nameof a Western I 
read
about 10 years ago. I thought it was a Zane Grey,but none of the  descriptions
on Amazon of his books sound anywhereclose. (I checked Louis  L’amour and
just using keywords from the plottoo and no dice.) The story was  about a
spoiled brat of a young womanwho is kidnapped and taken out into the
wilderness. Eventually we findout that her father hired the kidnapper to keep 
her
from marrying thistotal idiot in a fit of rebellion. They end up having to
stay out inthe wilderness longer than originally planned because of a flood.
Sheresists, but they fall in love. She finds out her father was behind itall
  and pretends she doesn’t really love the guy who kidnapped her, butmakes
him  marry her “to protect her reputation.” She then hires somethugs of her
own to  kidnap him and throw him on the train with her ofthe end, to get
them back on  an even footing. It’s a true love happyending. The two scenes I
remember the  best is one near the beginningwhere she meets the guy before
the kidnapping  and says she likes himenough to leave him alone and not try to
make him fall  in love with herlike she did with many other guys and one
during her getting  her ownback where he tells her he's going to just take
what he needs and  givesher a glorious kiss that totally kills her resolve, but
he walks  awaywithout looking at her again and doesn't see it. I know I
read it atleast  twice and I think it may have hadCanyon in the name somewhere,
but I'm not  sure about that and I’m justhitting dead ends. It was abook on
tape. Any ideas  anyone? I hope this rings a bell with somebodywho puts me
out of my  misery.

Sarah Uthoff
_suthoff@..._ (mailto:suthoff@...)

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To: oneroom@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:54:34 AM
Subject: [oneroom] CFP: National One-Room School Conference 2010

�
Tenth Annual Country School Association of America Conference

June 21-23, 2010 Chickasha, Oklahoma

Blazing the Trail:
Education Among the Earliest Americans

The 2010 CSAA Conference will take place on the campus of The University of
Science and Arts of

Oklahoma on June 21-22 with an optional bus tour to several one-room schools in
the Oklahoma City

area on June 23. Visit a fully restored African American one room school in
Chickasha, Oklahoma.

You are cordially invited to participate in and/or lead a panel discussion,
present a research paper, conduct a workshop, present a play, organize a
symposium, or give a demonstration on country schooling. Decide which topic most
interests you and submit a brief proposal. The following topics may spark your
creativity.

Topic such as: volunteers, promoting the project, collecting artifacts,
preserving a restored school, preparing for and/or recovering from a natural
disaster, etc. Envisioning the restored country school, raising money,
recruiting and managing community, the process of digging up the history of a
school, oral history-making, the architectural significance of one-room schools,
the supervision of one-room schools, teacher training for one-room
schoolteachers, the consolidation movement, educational methods (maps, music
education, nature study,reading charts), etc.

Native American and African American one-room schooling, teachers and the rural

Programs:
reenactment or living history programs, etc. Videotapes and other resources are
welcome.

Stories, camp, holiday celebrations, music schools, musical instruments,
dramatic

Memory Makers:
related to country schooling, etc.

Presentations related to the conference theme will be noted in the program.

Come and share your memories, photographs, artifacts, books, facts and fiction

Proposal Formats

Proposals should not exceed three double-spaced, printed pages. Add a cover
sheet with title of the proposal, names and affiliations (if any) of
participants, and the address, email address, and phone number of each
participant. If you want to discuss your topic before submitting a proposal,
contact CSAA
Executive Director Lucy Townsend (815-753-1236 or ltownsend@niu. edu). Proposals
are due March 1, 2010.

E-mail your cover sheet & proposal to:
Loretta Jackson Lewis

For updates on the conference, visit our website at:

lyjackson1@suddenli nk.net and Richardrichard. lewis@nasa. gov Or send 2 copies
of your proposal and two self-addressed, stampedLoretta Jackson, P.O. Box 2044,
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This weekend was the annual Iowa One-Room School event sponsored by the Iowa
Historic Preservation Alliance. Thanks again to Bill and Faith Sherman for
organizing a great event. I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I got a
list of people to invite and sometime in the next week I'll be sending out
invitations to join. If you accidentally get a request to join when you already
belong, go ahead and delete it.

Sarah S. Uthoff
List Mistress
suthoff@...

Does anyone know or have a source for information on old wood stoves?  We've
been offered the loan of a Monitor #30 Ford Foundry Wood Stove for our
schoolhouse.  We did a little looking on line but couldn't find much.

A volunteer will be making our benches/desks over the winter in preparation for
our school classes next year.  The desks will be similar to many we've seen in
other schools, most notably our neighbor in Nashua NH, where my desk top is
hooked to the back of your seat.

Do any of you have replica desks that were made?  If so, do you know what kind
of wood they are made out of?  Our volunteer is leaning towards pine as a
readily available material of the era (mid 1800s) but wonders if a harder
material may be better.  Any thoughts?

Kathie Northrup
Head School
Hooksett NH

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I was really happy with the guy who found our rare, jacketed 1910 Smith System
Convection Heater for our school three years ago. He also restored, delivered
and set it up for a reasonable cost. Tell him Julie in Marshalltown, Iowa
referred you. Here's his contact information:

Gerald Wagner
Antique Stoveworks
E13970 Cty Road F
Ontario, WI 54651
Phone 608-337-4600


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   Does anyone know or have a source for information on old wood stoves? We've
been offered the loan of a Monitor #30 Ford Foundry Wood Stove for our
schoolhouse. We did a little looking on line but couldn't find much.






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We've found that real desks are available and have been able to acquire enough
to furnish the classroom.  Through antique malls, yard sales, etc. maybe you
will be successful with this too.

www.neweraoneroomschool.com

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I've outfitted our homeschool schoolroom here at home (my ex-dining room)
with four such desks, all gotten in the last month or so, for about $50
apiece, through our local Craigslist. They seem to pop up on Craigslist
about once per week (or at least they do around here).

Susan
http://one-room-homeschool.blogspot.com



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We've found that real desks are available and have been able to acquire
enough to furnish the classroom.  Through antique malls, yard sales, etc.
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www.neweraoneroomschool.com

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Back in August,something reminded me of a book I had read a LONG time ago. I
asked andposted it everywhere in hopes somebody else could help me identify
thebook. Thanks to everybody who sent a suggestion or a possible author.Finally,
I got the correct answer Thanks to “Needle in a Haystack”online newsletter,
although some of the other suggestions I got wereclose. It was Lost Pueblo by
Zane Grey. I was wrong that itwas a dude ranch, not her father’s ranch, and
we, and the heroine,Janey Endicott find out about the set up nature of the
kidnap a lotearlier, but other than that it was just like I described. The hero
isan archeologist named Phil Randolph I’m including the description Iposted
before below so you’ll remember which one I mean. Thank you verymuch.


Sarah S. Uthoff
suthoff@...


Ok, this is officially driving me nuts. I’m trying to rememberthe name of a
Western I read about 10 years ago. The story was about aspoiled brat of a young
woman who is kidnapped and taken out into thewilderness. Eventually we find out
that her father hired the kidnapperto keep her from marrying this total idiot in
a fit of rebellion. Theyend up having to stay out in the wilderness longer than
originallyplanned because of a flood. She resists, but they fall in love.
Shefinds out her father was behind it all and pretends she doesn’t reallylove
the guy who kidnapped her, but makes him marry her “to protect
herreputation.” She then hires some thugs of her own to kidnap him andthrow
him on the train with her of the end, to get them back on an evenfooting. It’s
a true love happy ending.

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