Martin Street School, Former Champion District No. 12;
Part Two
The affairs of District No. 12 underwent a decided change in 1916, when it resolved at the annual meeting to quit sending the pupils away and to build a new schoolhouse on the site of the old one. At a special meeting on August 21, 1916, it was voted to borrow $2,400 to erect a new building. Bonds were issued in a series of 12, one bond to mature each September10, starting in 1917. They would bear interest at the rate of 5 percent The old stone schoolhouse which had stood on the site for about 97 years was last used in the 1916-17 school year.
Total expense of operating the school in 1924 was $1042.76. The teacher's salary in 1925 was $900. It was voted to install electric lights in 1929 (it wasn't done for some reason, for the 1931 meeting again voted "to have the school wired") and to have the furnace repaired or replaced. It was decided to paint the schoolhouse and grade the yard in 1930.
Bus transportation for high school students was considered unnecessary at the 1932 meeting. Storm windows were installed for $39.50 Bus transportation was again proposed in 1933 and it carried. A vote on whether the teacher should be married or single was overwhelmingly in favor of a single teacher. A motion for a single teacher was carried again in 1934. A motion for a music teacher was voted down, but the 1935 meeting reversed this decision. Transportation cost $265 in 1936.
A motion to close the school was voted down in 1937 and 1938. It was decided, however to transport seventh and eighth graders. The music teacher was disposed of by a vote of 19-10.
Roll of Teachers:
1917-18, Ruby Canfield; 1919-20, Rena M Compo; 1920-21, Clarissa M Frasier; 1921-23, Mabel Carter; 1922-23, Mrs. Cherri B. Countryman; 1923-26, Mary E. Slaid; 1926-27, Dorothy Grosjean; 1927-29, Inez M. Arnold; 1929-31, Dorothy Grosjean; 1931-32, Inez Rowley; 1932-22, Francis Fritz; 1933-35, Marion Bradish; 1935-36, Mrs. Ethel Lewis; 1936-37, Ralph L. Patchin; 1937-38, Mrs. Ethel Lewis; 1938-39, Mrs. Minnie Rounds.