ANTHONY SCHOOL

Many years ago, our educational system included rural country schools which dotted the landscape for many years. When these schools were annexed into neighboring city schools in the late 1950s and 1960s, the country school phenomenon became a part of history. There remain great memories however, for those persons who attended a "country school."

This week we'd like feature one of the Albion area's country schools, Anthony School. Erected in the 1880s, it was located on the southeast corner of F Drive North and 24 Mile Road in Sheridan Township. The school was named after the Anthony family. Thomas Anthony (1847-1906) donated the land upon which the schoolhouse was built. His father Silas (1787-1885) had settled the 250-acre farm in 1865.

This schoolhouse was used continuously until its district voters approved annexation into the Albion Public Schools on April 26, 1965 by a vote of 24 to 16. Final classes were held in June, 1965. The former Anthony School building was transformed into a private residence until it burned in January, 1989, and was demolished.

From our Historical Notebook this week we present the students of Anthony School, 1955-56 school year, courtesy of Garry Weaver, who appears in this photo.

Front row, left to right: Debra Owen, Kay Barry, Tom Short, Nancy Hart, Philip Barry, Don Jenkins, Martha Music, Joyce Ball, Rita Lewis, Brenda Music, A. Jenkins, Mary Winter, Steve Young. 2nd row: Don Lewis, Terry Short, Garry Weaver, Louis Lewis, Alan Young, Lucille Neal, August (Jr.) Short, Donna Lewis, James Walters.

3rd row: Kenneth Frazier, Donald Young, Mary Griffin, Jim Hart, Terry Eddy, Tom Neitzke, Sandra Owen, Martha Ball. Top row: Teacher Mable Hogle, Shirley Ball, Rita Frazier, Charlene Kellogg, Larry Carlson, Phillip Chapman, Keith Chapman, Chris Lewis, Carol Young. How many of our readers remember any of these students?

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