School Name: Skinner School School District Number: #029
Location:
Township: Twn41N Range: Rng15W Section: Sec26
Latitude: 38.285900 °N Longitude: -92.551600 °W
School Photo:
Skinner School 2007
School Information:
Date Started: 1870 Dated Closed: 1954
School Registers:
Teachers: Judge Jenkins lists the following teachers for the early years of the school:
1874-76 Mary E. Walker 1889-90 Ira Reeves
1876-77 J. D. Tomson 1890-91 Basha M. Ballengee
1877-78 Thos. B. McCasland 1891-92
1878-79 Lucetta Roark 1892-93 Walter M. Haynes
1879-81 Josephine Russell 1893-94 Maggie Skaggs
1881-82 John D. Riley 1894-95 F. M. Haynes
1882-83 R. H. Green 1895-96 Carrie R. Evans
1883-84 Wm. M. Harrison 1896-97 James M. Norfleet
1884-85 Viola Norfleet 1897-98 F. M. Haynes
1885-86 Eliza Swanson 1898-00 Belle Babcoke
1886-87 Ellen Skinner 1900-01 I. G. Duncan
1887-88 Eliza Swanson
1888-89 S. R. Hoover
Other teachers included:
1902 C. B. Buster 1922 & 23 Virgil Atwell
1903 Ida Thompson 1924 John W. Vaughn
1904 Belle Scott 1925 & 26 Alice Watt
1906 Sarah Conner, 2 months 1927 & 28 Virginia Atwell
D. O. Templeton, 1 month 1929 & 30 Mildred Walterschiede
Mary Bunch, 4 months 1931 & 32 Emma Blaser
1907 Ida Thompson 1933 James L. Harrison
1908 Roy A. Brockman 1934, 35 & 36 Vera Busick
Lee Thompson 1937 & 38 Helen Heafey
1910 Lee Thompson 1939 Lucille Bunch & Erma Stark
1911 Goldina Bealer 1940 Ace Tyler
1912 Goldina Brockman, 2 mos. 1941 Mary Jo Berry
Lee Thompson 1942 & 43 Doris Clemmons
1913 Goldina Brockman 1944 Helen Heafey
1914 Gardie Swanson 1945 Lillie Bunch
1915 Lee Thompson 1946 Alice Bishop
1916 Emma Roher 1947 Margaret Peck
1917 Josie Enle 1948 & 49 Archie Whitaker
1918 Emma M. Artz 1950, 51 & 52 Frances Snodgrass
Stella Bealer 1953 & 54 Viola Terwillinger
1919 Stella Bealer 1955 & 56 building vacant
1920 Grace Foote
1921 Josie Babcock
Skinner School began in November 1870 when the board of directors purchased the land from James Skinner, Sr. and his wife, Lucy for $10.00 and other considerations. The first building was built just south of the present building and was district number three. In 1909, it was changed to district number 29.
Skinner School was closed at the end of the 1954-55 school year. From then on the students were bussed to Eldon. In 1957 the building and grounds were sold to Leonard and Helen Schulte and the school house was made into a rental dwelling. In 1986 it became the home of Skinner Ridge Plants operated by Joan Schulte, wife of Gerald Schulte and daughter-in-law of Leonard and Helen Schulte. After Joan’s death, the building once again served as a rental dwelling.
School Resources:
Front, L-R: Ruth Jackson, Mary Brockman,
Back: Grace Hill, Wilma Thompson
Skinner Students 1934-35
Skinner Students 1934-35
Skinner Students 1937-38
Skinner Students
Skinner Students
Skinner Students
Skinner Students 1939-40
Donald Strange, Danny Hasty, Jean Headley, Margie Arnold, Helen Headley, Nevada Pugh, Bonnie Wright, Junior Sears, Jimmie Skinner, Ray Arnold. The teacher this year was Lucille Graham.
