Glenholm School District No. 2430
The compilation of this history was greatly facilitated by the writer
having access to the Minute Book of the Glenholm School District, which
included all the minutes from 1911 to 1938. The two names appearing
most often in the book were Mr. Joe Gulbraa and Mr. O. Steffenson who held
the offices of chairman and secretary-treasurer, respectively, for many,
many years. Thanks were extended to Mr. And Mrs. Gulbraa for the help they
were able to give and to Mr. O. Steffenson for making the minute book
available.
The first board meeting was held on May 15, 1911. Trustees were Messrs. W.M. Riley, W. Eaton and John Gulbraa. First secretary-treasurer was Mr. W. Bannister. Other trustees and ratepayers names appearing before 1925 were Messrs. W.H. Harper, Charles Reed, Joe Gulbraa, Wm. Reed, Cliff McKay, J.A. McDonald, O. Steffenson, C.J. Young, M. Knudson, A.A. Campbell and P. Harvey.
The minutes of Jan. 19, 1917 states, “the resolution was made that the trustees choose a site for the Glenholm School and submit same to the Dept. for approval.” The site chosen was on a hill on a piece of the SW ¼ 16-45-9 purchased from Mr. Joe Gulbraa.
At a meeting on Feb. 26, 1920 it was moved that tender by Sawyer and Askin for construction of the school be accepted. May, 1920 records that insurance was taken out on the building and by September it was apparently ready to perform its function.
It is rather interesting to note that on November 12 of the same year “it was moved that the teacher’s resignation be accepted and salary paid for three months.” On January 15, 1921 there was a motion “that a teacher be engaged as soon as weather more favorable.”
As far as could be ascertained the teachers before 1935 were Mrs. McPherson, Mrs. Christenson, Miss E. Kendal, Miss C. McFarlane, Miss Skogheim, Miss Jobb, Miss Townsend, Miss G. Murdock and Miss M. McFadgeion. In January 1930 the trustees considered 47 applications from teachers before making their choice.
Teachers since 1935 have been Miss I. Egedahl, (Mrs. N. Fluebog), Miss M. Kjos (Mrs. C. Smallwood), Mrs. Doris Likness, Miss M. Burpee, Mrs. Rodevoldt, Mrs. McLean, Miss M. Shotts (Mrs. Clifford), supervisor Miss Muriel Hill (Mrs. I. Thurston), teachers: Miss Darkes, Mrs. Ella McRoberts and Mrs. Louisa Prosser.
A few other interesting things gleaned from the minutes Jan. 10, 1931 – C. Jackman moved and J. Gulbraa seconded that our school join with the other schools for having a school fair in Irma this fall. July, 1938 – the school inspector, Mr. Goode, gave an outline of how the new larger school divisions would operate.
Glenholm School continued to function after many of the surrounding schools were closed. Finally in 1952, it, too, was closed and the pupils taken by bus to Irma. The teacher for the last two years that the school was in operation, Mrs. L. Prosser, requested that her grade four room in Irma be named Glenholm to keep alive the memory of this district.
The Glenholm School building was purchased by Mrs. Herbert and son Lloyd, in 1959 and moved to their farm northwest of Irma where they remodeled it for a dwelling. They had been living in it only a very short time when it met the fate of being almost completely destroyed by fire on April 16, 1960.
Some of the former Glenholm students who are still living in the district or nearby are Berge, Knute and Carl Gulbraa, Solvveig Raasok, Nan Larson, Charles Reed, Glen Hockett, Lily Erickson, Arthur Pedel, Francis Withall, Wareen and Nathan Fuder.
Glenholm School District No. 2430
Submitted by Louisa Prosser
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