ECHO SCHOOL

1. Echo School was located on the SE ¼ 32-47-10. It was a large, white,
2. fenced in, frame building standing in the middle of the lonely prairie. The
3. barn, wood shed and outhouses were the only buildings in sight.
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5. In January, 1926, I came to teach at this school. There were eight
6. children on the register: five Hollars and three Crouses. My boarding place
7. was three and a half miles from school with Bill and Ena Revill. They
8. supplied me with Daisy, a clever horse that easily outfoxed me many
9. times. Once during a blizzard, I simply got lost among the sloughs and
10. willow clumps. Someone had informed me of a horsersquo;s wisdom in being
11. able to always find the way home. So as a last resort, I gave Daisy her
12. head. After a right angle turn, she headed off confidently and we arrived
13. home safely.
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15. Like any other country school during these years there was an absence of
16. playground equipment. During the winter, noon hours and recesses were
17. spent making forts and having snowball fights. In the spring we had the
18. physical education program and Don Hollar’s horse to play with. So as you
19. can see they were a happy group.
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21. The highlight of the community was the school Christmas concert. I
22. remember one cold Saturday morning, Ena and I drove 15 miles to Viking in
23. a cutter to purchase a spruce tree. A great deal of planning went into this
24. event – costumes to be made, sheets to borrow for curtains, lanterns for
25. lights and locating Santa to pass our the treats. Such excitement.
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27. Because of the small enrollment, we became very close and my memories
28. of Echo School classes still are vivid although it was 56 years ago.
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30. (Written in 1983)

Echo School
Submitted by Mrs. Clara Brady (Abbott)

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