The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1878-03-27

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! City; but the appcllation was after
t ward changed. and at present it bears
, the name of Meyersdale A few OF
the earlier settlers cleared q spot OF
, ground, and built q school house
about seventy-live yards from where
. the school house now stands, as early
} as 1872 This was round log house,
and tie furniture consisted of split
logs, with legs in the oval side. The
school was taught by William Shoeky,
Peter Engel, and others but, as the
settlement grew rapidly. it became
necessary to erect larger house,
about tie year 1922, which was stu
ated on the present school grounds.
4 This mouse was reftted in 1912, and
supplied with new furniture, after
which, it was called, the "Old Red"
Among those who impaired knowl-
edge in this house, were Gen. VIM.
IL. koontz, c. g. Stutzman, George
Knee, and C.. C. MusselmaD. A
large brick building took the place of
the "Old Red" in 1861. The means
for the completion of this house was
procured partly by subscription and
partly by donations. VIM. Beachly,
Peter Mey ers, Doctor U. NJ. Beachly,
and few others, were the most ac-
tive and liberal in this enterprise.
Five rooms in this building are now
occupied, and the schools are in good
condition
Elklick township was settled at an
early period, and is one of the oldest
townships 10 the county. A German
school was taught by Peter Fabrny,
in an old house, on the farm where
Christopher Garlets now lives, in
1894. The English school was taught
| by jackson Griffith, in an old dwell
ing, on the farm where John J. Keim
now resides, in 1910. This was
probably the first English school in
the district. There were no desks in
the old house at Mr.. Keim's, and in
order that this Inconvenience might
be obTiated, the citizens of the neigh
borhood made a few tables of rough
boards, and put them in the room !;
but when the teacher (Mr. Turney)
came, aud found these tables in the
house, be became indignant, and
threw them out, stating that desks
had tendency to make lazy pupils.
The hrst school house was built on
Samuel Lichty's farm, about the year
1880. But few school houses were
built prior to the adopting of the com
mon schools, which was not until
1911; but since then, the schools
have made rapid progress. The peo-
pie are intelligent, and the school d.
rectors, through their strenuous eff.
forts, have succeeded in elevating
their schools to a standard second to
no district in the county.
Salisbury formerly belonged to
Elklick, and was not incorporated )
borough until 1862. The lot Of
ground upon which the school-house
stands was donated by Joseph Mark.
ley, about the year 1900, and a round
log school-house, with clapboard
roof, was built upon it the same year
This house, when completed, cost
about ten dollars, and Mr. Warfeld
vas The first teacher in it. The
school was afterwards taught by Mr..
Mcconnell, who understood music,
and made himself useful among the
people. Peter Welfey, citizen of
the town, taught number of terms,
and was considered a very good
teacher. The school was then placed
under tho control OF Jost j. Stutz-
man, who, on account of his prof.
cheney in grammar, received the ap-
pellation of Grammar King" He
taught at different other places in
the county, but, as Salisbury was his
home, his attention was turned more
particularly to that place. Forty
live years of his life were devoted to
the teachers profession, and under
his supervision the school at Sails
bury was wrought up to high grade,
from which, | am happy to say, it has
never fallen: but under the control
of such teachers as L. A. Smith and
j. ID. Meese, it has steadily improv-
ed, and at present the people of Sal
isbury have Just reasons to be proud
OF their scholastic attainments.
Quemahoning was one of the origi-
nal townships at the time the county
was formed, and extended from near
where Barron's mills now stand, on
t1e south, to within three miles of
Johnstown, on the north. In this
township, as many others, the first
schools were taught in private
houses, and almost invariably by
Germans or Englishmen, who were
employed by some man for the spec
ial benefit of his own family A few
school-houses were built as early as
1925. Little attention, however, was
given to education before 1910, at
which time the common school sys-
tenn was accepted Since that time
education has received due proper
tion of the peoples time and atten-
ton, and at present the township
stands among the first in the county,
both in the character of her schools
and in the number and nestness OF
her school-houses. Stoystown was
incorporated in 1919, but the charter
was forfeited by neglect of duty On
the part of the borough officers, and
It remained part of the township
until 1888, when it was re-chartered
and has since been borough Hen
ry Staufer taught school in a
church that stood near the old ceme-
terry, about the year 179S. This
church was burned few years after
wards, through the carelessness of
the teacher who then occupied it.
An old dwelling on the lot where
Paul b. Schlag now resides, was
next used as a school l-house, and in
the year lS0S Judge Michael Zim-
norman went to school 10 this house,
to Henry Staufer
A round log-house was built on
the lot where the school-house now
stands, in 1910. This house was
torn away in 1928. The third house
was erected on the same site in 1860.
Among the best qualified teachers
who taught in Stoystown before the