School: Merryvale (1912 Class Reunion -
1973)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Pietenpol, Wierenzenski, Frischman, Krejci, David, Manley, Dorst,
Shellman, Hales, Davis, Carlson, Hubing, Trewartha, Garvoille, Anderson,
Eibergen, Hales, Curtiss, Grabe, Alton, Wright, Osgood, Krause, Dankemyer,
Morris, Haskins
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 8/30/1973
Merryvale School (1912 Class Reunion - 26 August 1973)
‘We received a very good education in the little red brick school house!’
That was the consensus of opinion at the August 26 reunion of members of the
eighth grade class of 1912 and several others who attended District No. 3 (later
named the Merryvale School) in the Town of York.
It was the first such get-together, and many of the group had not seen one
another since before World War I. A noon potluck dinner was served at the York
town hall.
The eighth graders who gathered were Ruth Pietenpol and Frieda (Wierenzenski)
Frischman of Granton, Estelle Krejci and Bernard Pietenpol of Neillsville, Sara
Mae (David) Manley of Minneapolis, Mn, and Nell (Dorst) Shellman of Suring.
Schoolmates present were Verla Rose Hales, Granton; Ursula (Davis) Carlson,
Minneapolis; Lila (Davis) Hubing, Eldred Davis and Marjorie (Pietenpol)
Trewartha, Neillsville.
Guests included: O. T. Carlson, E. J. Shellman, Isabel Pietenpol, Mrs. Helen
Garvoille and Mrs. Lottie Anderson of Clearwater, Fl., Harold Trewartha and Will
Eibergen, husband of the late Ella (Hales) Eibergen, a class member. (Other
deceased class members were DeWitt Curtiss and Kenneth Grabe.)
The Merryvale Alumni not only went to school together, but as friends and
neighbors grew up in the last really peaceful era the world has known. They did
a lot of remembering, and concluded that while integration has without doubt
given the youth of today a broader education, the basic and more classic lessons
of the first decade of the 20th century have been used to excellent advantage by
their generation.
Mrs. Hales, whose late husband, Loren, also attended the school, brought some
old pictures which brought to mind the teachers: Ethel Alton, Bessie (Wright)
Osgood, Elsie (Krause) Dankemyer, Ors Davis and Blanche (Morris) Haskins. The
latter, lives in Neillsville and a card of remembrance was sent to her, signed
by her former pupils.
Mrs. Hales, Miss Pietenpol and Mrs. Frischman assumed the responsibility for
details of the reunion. Mrs. Shellman provided an appropriate table decoration
incorporating pine boughs and a red school building. Small booklets were
distributed to serve as souvenirs of a happy reunion.
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