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Calamus # 6 Van Buren

Calamus Township

Year	Teacher	Students	Notes
1868	Mary E. Parry, L. Isabella McMillan, Lulu Belle McMillan		Contracts were given for 3 months only in 1800’s.
1869	Owen R. Jones, Elizabeth Williams,
1870	Sarah Rottenham, Mrs. Sarah Grinnel
1871	Linnie Aiken, Elizabeth Williams. Frank Hutchens, Emma L. Millard
1872	Henry Woodcock, Sidnak Roberts, Henry woodcock
1873	Sidnak Roberts
1874	John E. Jones, Lucy A Bogert
1875	Ellen Maria Green, Maggie Pritchard
1876	M. C. McGill, Maggie Pritchard
1877	Wm. H. Jones, Maggie Pritchard
1878	Thomas H. Connell, E. A. Williams
1879-1899	?
1901
1902	Mabel E. Boyd
1903
1904	J. J. Hughes
1905
1906	Miriam Owens
1907	Jennie Owens
1908	“
1909	Edna Foley
1910	Jennie Gilmore
1911	Grace Pautsch
1912	Effie Turck Hazel Baker Renatta Cymanski Alma Poepke		$38.00/Month
1913	Jennie Gilmore		340.00/Year
1914	Elsie Pructer	20
1915	Elsie Pructer & Mary Williams	14
1916	Mary Williams	14
1917
1918	Harriet E. Jones
1919	“
1920	Miss E. Hallie Shealer	15
1921	Ethel M. Austin	13
1922	“	18
1923	Idella B. Powers
1924	“	11
1925	“	13
1926	Anna O Connor	14
1927	“
1928	“	19
1929	“	16
1930	“	24
1931	Florence Warmke	21
1932	Helen L. Rose	21
1933	“	19
1934	Genevieve Duffy	25
1935	“	25
1936	Margaret L. Jones	17
1937	“	16
1938	“	25
1939	Mrs. Mabel Dunn	21
1940	“	23
1941	Mrs. Mabel Dunn & Mrs. Mildren Evans	12
1942	Miss Hyacinth Hendricks	14
1943	“	15
1944	Mrs. Margo Platz	15
1945	“	13
1946	“	19
1947	Mrs. Margarie Brownlee	24
1948	“	25
1949	“	29
1950	“	35
1951	“	17
1952	“	15
1953	“	13
1954	Mrs. Twyla Muenchow	17
1955	Mrs. Anna Kraus	18
1956	“	21
1957	“	25
1958	“	19
1959	“	25
1960	“	25
1961	“	33	Consolidated

Mrs. Margo Platz was teacher at Van Buren School/Calamus from 1944 through 1946

A visit with Mrs. Margo Platz [Danville School/Elba and Van Buren School/Calamus]

On July 14, 2012, a very pleasant visit with Mrs. Margo Platz took place at her apartment in Columbus, WI. She makes her home at “At Home Again” living center.

Margo told stories of her teaching days in the one room schools of Columbia and Dodge Counties. She taught at Van Buren School in Calamus Township. She said this was the first school where the girls and boys had indoor bathrooms and a furnace to heat the building.

She also taught at Danville School in Elba Township. Here they had oil heat so she did not have to start a woodburning stove in the morning. She said Danville was the second largest one room school in Dodge County. At one time, it had been a two room school, but due to dwindling students, one room was converted into a garage, so she could keep her car inside during the winter months. She said this was a blessing as it was so cold in the mornings during the winter. She also said that South Beaver Dam School was the largest in Dodge County at that time.

When she taught in Columbia County, her school was located on a side road and when she couldn’t get her car down the side road in the winter, she would park it near the highway at the schoolboard member’s home. She would then hike across the field to the school.

She told how one student at Danville gave her and her class a very hard time. She told superintendent either he goes or I go. She won that battle and the student was removed from school.

A very pleasant lady to visit with. She said she has pictures at her son’s home and when we get together again, we can go through the pictures and perhaps add some of them to our collection.

Thank you, Mrs. Platz.

1890 Plat Map