Recalling rural schools

Posted 8/21/12

HONESDALE, PA — The first of the 2015 Plain Speaking talks at the Wayne County Historical Society’s Main Museum at 810 Main St. will be held on Friday, June 26 at 5 p.m. The speaker is Mimi …

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Recalling rural schools

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HONESDALE, PA — The first of the 2015 Plain Speaking talks at the Wayne County Historical Society’s Main Museum at 810 Main St. will be held on Friday, June 26 at 5 p.m. The speaker is Mimi Steffen, local researcher and author of several volumes about one-room schools. Her topic is, “Recalling the Rural Schools of Berlin Township.” Steffen will speak about Laurella School. The Plain Speaking programs are free and open to the public. Plain Speaking will continue on July 10 and on every Friday at 5 p.m. through August 21. All are welcome to attend.

Photo: Laurella School pupils pose in front of the school, June 1951. In the first row are Fred Davis, Rosie Davis, Dolly Rowan, Anne Rudloff, Florence Olver, Janet Gibbs, Donald Rowan, ? Wagner and Harold Smith. In the second row are Peter Leiss, Gerald Rowan, William Leiss, Ralph Smith, Jerry Emerson, Robert Leiss, Carl Davis and unknown (head turned). In the third row are Mrs. Theresa Lau, teacher, left; Joyce Smith; Kenneth Smith; Ruth Ann Garret; and unknown small boy.

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