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Carney School

Climax Township


Location: District #2 – Section 17, north side of Q Avenue between 38th and 40th Streets. School appears to have closed after the 1941-42 school year.

Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room

Teachers

1921-22 Pansy Powers

1925-26 Margaret Barber

1927-28 Lucile Peet

1929-31 Beryl Bates

1931-32 Mrs. Maude Barnes

1932-33 Helen Hilles

1933-34 Edna Heminger

1934-36 Melvin Vorenkamp

1936-37 Drucey Swem

1937-38 Roy Wetters

1938-41 Vivian Reese

1941-42 Mrs. Alzadah Borough

Sources

Maps and atlases

USGS topographic map for Kalamazoo County, 1918 (Leonidas Quadrangle)

  • History Room topographic map case, drawer 1B, folder 23

Files

Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921, 1925-1942 (title varies)

  • Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)

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