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Local History

McElroy School

Texas Township

Location: Fractional District #4 – Section 24, south side of Q Avenue, east of 10th Street.

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

It was listed as Alford School in the 1947-48 and 1948-49 county school directories, although it may have used that name earlier.

Teachers
1898      Ray A. Palmer
1921-22 James H. McLaughlin
1925-26 Mabelle Bradford
1927-28 Jennie E. Teskey
1929-30 Jennie Teskey
1930-33 Mrs. Eleanor Burdick
1933-34 Helen Hilles
1934-35 Marian Downs
1935-36 Drucey Swem
1936-37 Mrs. Bernice Bissell
1937-38 Mrs. Sylvia Dodson
1938-40 Mrs. Dola Guernsey
1940-41 Marian McCormick
1941-42 Mrs. Marian Click
1942-45 Mrs. Olga Makara
1945-46 Mrs. Coral R. Hitson
1946-49 Mrs. Elizabeth Myland
1949-50 No longer listed in county directories.

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 12 April 2022.

Sources

Books

Manual of the Public Schools of Kalamazoo County, Michigan for 1898-1899

J. W. Hazard, Commissioner of Schools
Kalamazoo: Ihling Bros. & Everard, Printers, 1898
History Room Orange Dot File: Education (Kalamazoo County)

Maps and atlases

USGS Topographic Map for Kalamazoo County, 1922/1950 (Schoolcraft Quadrangle)

  • History Room topographic map case, drawer 5B, folder 37.

Files

Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1950 (title varies)

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

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