Year or origin of Helena No. 2, was 1899. From January 9, 1899 to June 23, 1899, D. Smithers was the teacher with 20 students in enrollment. The last term of the school was August 1961 through May 29, 1962. .
Teachers of Helena No. 2:
| 1900 |
Daisy Williams |
| 1903 |
Anna McGrecoy |
| 1913 |
Senora Fogderud |
| 1913 |
Lillian Blackwell |
| 1913 |
Ruth Crawford |
| 1914 |
Henrietta Baumey |
| 1915 |
Elizabeth Jeardeau |
| 1916 |
Fannie Newbeary |
| 1917 |
Henrietta Baumey |
| 1918 |
Edith Sinclair |
| 1919 |
Lena Begner |
| 1920 |
Hazel Peterson |
| 1921 |
Hazel Peterson |
| 1922 |
Nina Byington |
| 1923 |
Eleanor H. Cederson |
| 1924 |
Myrtle McWethy |
| 1925 |
Thelma Armstrong |
| 1926 |
Thelma Armstrong |
| 1927 |
Clarella Kolberg |
| 1928 |
Eugenia Nelson |
| 1929 |
Ella Youngbeck |
| 1930 |
Nina Keyes |
| 1931 |
Nina Keyes |
| 1932 |
Lillian E. Beattie |
| 1933 |
Belle Beattie |
| 1934 |
Belle Beattie |
| 1935 |
Belle Beattie Glesner |
| 1936 |
Alph Westley |
| School closed from 1936 to 1945 |
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| 1945 |
Myrtle Amundson |
| 1946 |
Mrs. Leo Wathne |
| 1947 |
Margaret Heyerdahl |
| 1948 |
Margaret Heyerdahl |
| 1949 |
Betty Jane Dahl |
| 1950 |
Lorraine Haugen |
| 1951 |
Lorraine Haugen |
| 1952 |
Miss Violet Dahl |
| 1953 |
Mrs. Maurice Haugen |
| 1954 |
Mrs. Glen Broten |
| 1955 |
Robert Cresap |
| 1956 |
Robert Cresap |
| 1957 – 1962 |
Mrs. Conrad Fogderud |
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 58
Bartley Consolidated School was built in 1918. We, Florence Beattie Jacobsen and Lillian Beattie Steffen, attended between the years 1924 and 1930.
We started attending school in Bartley when they started bussing children to school. The children were packed four deep in the car, a Model T Ford, that served as a bus. But the trip went faster than the horse bus, which was used in the winter. The moon was in the sky when we got on the bus in the morning and was shining again when we returned home in the evening.
Chill Blanes were the bane of our lives, but one year a small stove was installed in the bus. The ride to and from school became fun. We toasted bread on the stove top and placed a table board on our laps and played games.
The two class rooms in Bartley School were separated by three big roll-up doors. Oh! The thrill of those doors going up for Valentine's Day, PTA, or Christmas programs.
We always had two teachers to teach the grade children one through eight. Later two years of high school was taught.
The highlight of the year was the Christmas program. Much work went into the productions. Never a performance curtain goes up but what I feel again the thrill of Bartley's programs.
The community put on three-act plays. Once four of us little girls dressed up in paper dresses with fancy umbrellas, danced and sang "Just Let a Smile be Your Umbrella" between the acts ...the thrill is wonderful to recall.
YCL meetings were held and carried out exactly according to parliamentary procedure.
Students from Bartley always took part in declamatory contests and reached the finals in Cooperstown. Spelling contests won by a certain Bartley girl for several years. We all spent time giving her words to spell and encouraging her.
The floats we entered in parades often won. We especially remember the "Four Seasons" float.
Recess and noon hour breaks were filled by playing ball. We even played it in the basement when it was too cold to be outside. All this running paid off on play day when we took part in the many races and made our spending money for the day.
All these special activities taught us to feel good about ourselves. Also, we felt a lot of pride for our school.
When thinking of all the fun, one would wonder about those final state exams in the spring. Then we knew what school was all about. The proof of the quality of that education was that we all passed ...and left Bartley.
1963
The grand finale came at the big Bartley reunion. People came from all over the USA, folks who had gone on and made good, and I realized that there was much more to Bartley than the six years I spent there. Everyone said, "We must do this again." But in our hearts we knew that this was the last big production at Bartley School.
Bartley School has since been torn down, and all that remains are the memories.
Bartley School was located along the south edge of Section 16, in Bartley Township.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 59
A Salute to the early citizens of Bartley Township for their interest in organizing schools.
A Salute to the early teachers who walked to school in very cold weather, sat around the "red hot" bellied stove with the youngsters while their backs were freezing and managed through all of it to teach a great deal of information and the children being able to absorb it through it all.
A Salute to Bartley for having one of the two consolidated schools in the whole county. Fate played a part no doubt, as the tornado took the little one-room school, but it was a step forward.
A Salute to the county superintendent. Their job of keeping in touch with all the schools in the county was a big one.
The article was found in some writings by the late Belle Beattie Glesner.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 60
The Stromme School (Greenfield No. 1) was located in Section 11 of Greenfield Township just north of the Carl Stromme (now Oscar Stockeland) farm.
Records were found at the courthouse for the Stromme School beginning with the year 1897, and continuing through 1946. The first term ran from July 1, 1897, to July 28, 1897, with 26 students enrolled and Belle M. Sinclair as teacher.
Enrollment for the second term (a longer period) was 49 students, ages 4-19. This term was from November 8, 1897, to July 7, 1898. We could wonder if all 49 could be contained in the building at one time, but perhaps were not all in attendance at the same time. Enrollments through 1903 were all above 25, and many of the years were above 30.
Persons who attended the school remember the double desks, with sometimes three people sharing them. Other memories also included helping to keep the Birchwood fires burning, walking long distances to school, walking to the Haugen School (over three miles) for practice and programs together, and playground experiences.
When the school closed in 1946, enrollment for the year was down to six students, and it is believed three of them had moved on before the term ended. Thelma Ouren (Mrs. Otto Wathne) was the last teacher.
A sale of the building and its contents was held in 1963. The school house remained on that location until Harley Fogderud moved it to his farm in the fall of 1965, where it was converted into a machine and welding shop. It continues to function as a community building where Harley does repair jobs for himself and neighboring farmers.
Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page 60