LAKESIDE SCHOOL
DISTRICT
(School District No. 13 in the Town of Lowell)
This school district was organized in 1849 when a group of twenty men met in the home of Jedidiah Clark for the purpose of organizing a school district and selecting a site for the school. Among the twenty men were: Dennis Kelly, Lawrence Yauman, William C. Penticost, Lamont Bartholomew, Emery S. Wilcox, John M. Jerred, John Kohn, Jedidiah Clark, Leonard Neuberger, Orsaurus Jay, Dennis O'Leary, Thomas Yauman, Martin R. Davis, Ebenezer Fischer, Constant Rice, Lawson H. Rice and Julius Wilcox.
Other actions taken at the organizational meeting in 1849:
| A. Leased a tract of land for the school from Jedidiah Clark at the sum of one dollar for 16 years. |
| B. Voted to raise of tax of $200 to build the new school building. |
| C. Decided to erect a frame schoolhouse that was eighteen by twenty-two feet in size with 5 windows and one row of desks. |
| D. Elected Jedidiah Clark, Dennis O'Leary and Orsaurus Jay to the first school board. |
| E. Hired Emily Marvin as the first schoolteacher at a salary of $18 for three months of teaching. |
In 1850 the school term was lengthened to 4 months and the teacher was paid $20 for this school term. The first male teacher, A. Marvin, was paid $15 per month whereas the female teachers were paid $5 per month. The teacher usually lived and boarded with his/her pupils. The teacher contracts varied in length but generally the female teachers were hired for the 4 month summer term whereas a male teacher was engaged for the winter term of three months, which usually began on the first Monday in November.
In 1867 the school district purchased land from John Waters and erected a new school building. This building remained in use until the district merged into the Reeseville school district. A woodshed and hall were added to the structure over the years. In 1902 the district drilled a well to provide the pupils with fresh water. This school building was eventually razed in the late 1990s.
The school board members at the district's 50th anniversary in 1899 were Henry Hamann, clerk; C.A. Buss, treasurer; and J.W. Griffin, director. The school board members at the district's 100th anniversary in 1949 were Arnold Kohn, director; Hilbert R. Kohn, clerk; and Reinhold R. Klug, treasurer.
Teachers over the first 50 years (in order of engagement):
Emily Marvin, Eli Marsh, Waty Ann Sweet, L.C. Mattice, Lydia Jillson, Lafayette
Damp, Harriet Pool, Maria L. Young, A.R. Marvin, R.W. Johnson, Clarissa Sweet,
Eliza A. Patrick, Sarah Dugan, Mary Perkins, Martha Hazeltine, Martin L. Blair,
J.M. Allen, Mary Blair, Miss Sawin, Harriet Bond, Thomas Layton, Charles
Bartholomew, Miss Green, Kathie O'Meara, Katie Solon, Katie Murphy, Maria Burns,
Lizzie Burns, Nellie O'Leary, Anton Katzenmiller, Adel Burgess, Ella Ruedig,
Nellie Hughes, John Hughes, Albert jorris, Minna Rubenhausen, Annie Bagott,
Josephine Robinson, Robert Wobing, William Griffin, Julia Kirnan and E.R. Nash.
Teachers over the 2nd fifty years of the district's existence (in order of
engagement):
Frances Roth, W.T. Rudolph, Nellie Kelly, Laura A. Mulich, Ruegen J. Buss,
Amanda Beerbaum, Lillian Gramzow, Leonard Gernetzke, Clara Dauffenbach, Gertrude
Muscheid, Stella A. Murphy, Nellie MacNeill, Selma Kohn, Leora L. Huebner,
Louella M. Hutto, Lucille Meyers, Gertrude Lau, Madeline Dauffenbach, Vivian
Zuern and Frances Militzer.