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History of Westchester County, New York, Vol. II

Scharf, J. Thomas, ed. History of Westchester County, New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. II. Philadelphia: L.E. Preston & Co., 1886. Passage 1012 of 2132 267 words

That old sod house was used until 1896, when a new sod building was put up in the north edge of town near where the old stone building now stands. John Twiford taught in this building in 1903, and Laura Laycock taught one of the last terms of school in the old "Soddy." The stone building consisting of two rooms was erected in 1905. It was quite a pretentious building at that time, but soon became too small. In the fall of 1910 the primary grades were moved into a small frame building on Fish

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street, just north of the railroad track. Here Bonnie Twiford taught. During the summer of 1911. a small frame building was built in the yard with the stone one. Here Jessie Lee Colyer taught the primary grades in 1911-12.

The next fall the schools were crowded, Miss Mina Vance taught the fourth and fifth grades in a room over Quelle's Hardware store. Nellie Olson taught the primary grades in the frame building. Katherine McCusker and Mr. Samuelson taught the higher grades in the stone building. _ ■

Oshkosh school soon had outgrown its quarters. The eleven grades needed more room so a commodious brick building was erected in 1914, giving ample space to accommodate the school for some years to come. But now, 1920, that building is filled to its full capacity, employing seven teachers for the pupils of the first eight grades. The teachers are: Nellie Coffin, Superintendent, Kate Waters, Mrs. G. M. Robison. Beulah Wilson, Edith Miles, Mrs. Harriet Hall and Fannie Matson.

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