McKain's Corners School
Pavilion Township
Location: District #1 – section 25, a little north of the northeast corner of S Avenue and 34th Street.
McKain’s Corners School, Pavilion Township, c.1928. Kalamazoo Public Library
McKain’s Corners, Pavilion Township (detail) c.1873. Kalamazoo Public Library
Teachers
1921-22 Stanley Haas
1925-26 Leola Bigley
1927-28 Marian Olmsted
1929-30 Marian Olmsted
1930-31 Mrs. Irene Wetters
1931-37 Neva Van Luke
1937-38 Mrs. Blanche Harsha
1938-39 Mrs. Elizabeth Cousins
1939-42 Mrs. Hazel Askin
1942-44 Mrs. Mary Berger
1944-52 Ruby Romig
1952-54 Evelyn Smith
1954-55 Mrs. Vera Graham
1955-56 Mrs. Judy Smith
1956-58 Meta Crouse
1958-59 no teacher listed in directory, school probably closed
1959-60 Genevieve Veldt (K-5th grades)
1960-61 Barbara Gill (K-5th grades)
1961-62 school no longer listed
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Kalamazoo Public Library Staff, April 2022.
Sources
Files
Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1962 (title varies)
- Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)