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Presidents Letter

Inside this issue:

Pleasant Ridge Rural School 2-3

Just up the Hwy 63 4

2013 In Review 5

Moore Marriages 6

Member Biographies 7-8

Membership Dues 9

What is your 2014 Goal? Do you block off time to work on genealogy, only to reach the end of the day with a mere frac-tion of your goals accomplished? Do you feel pressured by a lack of time, lack of energy or lack of focus? Instead of letting time manage you, you need to learn the skills to manage time your way.

Me too, Help! Let’s pledge to make time regularly for our hob-

by. Keep a log, are you getting the time for you? Plan to organ-ize. Stick to it, treat yourself. This is a lot like kicking a bad habit or losing weight, you’ve got to be dedicated. Set goals to take down that brick wall, plan-ning and dedicating time is the first whammy. The 2nd part is to celebrate the takedown! Let us know your celebrations!

See Page 7-8, please return!!

P O Box 94

Bloomfield, IA 52537

October November December 2013 Volume 30, Issue 4

Davis County Iowa Genealogy

2013 wraps up as a fruitful year for us. We continue to hold together as a Society, Stand strong with Volunteers, and nev-er lack the ability to trace down and preserve family heritage.

Many Societies have discontinued their newsletter. To me, this [the newsletter] should be the lucky charm in the cereal box. The compilation or treasure of some-thing not available to every other visitor or researcher. This newslet-ter should give insight to rare doc-uments and data that may or may not have been compiled in such a fashion before. And at a later time benefit other researchers, as it is to be shared and archived.

Next on the agenda is to Index a

decade of newsletters, any Volun-teers?

Our Membership numbers about 60. Volunteers about 12.

2013 wrapped up with our Holi-day meeting in December and good companionship. Officers will remain the same, Plenty to do going forward.

We had many new acquisitions, and continually look to enhance our collections.

2013 is the 4oth year to be estab-lished as a Society. 2014 the 40th year as an Iowa Charted Society. There fore, Celebrations to come!

Stop on over!!

Deb Barker ~ President & Editor

DCGS Meetings are Held the 3rd Thurs-day of the Month @ 7 PM,

Old School, Library

200 W Locust

****************NOTE *****************

Winter Hours

December 1 thru February 28

Mon, Tues, Wed Closed

Open Thurs, Fri 1—4 PM

Saturday 10 –12

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April 7th, 1940 Pleasant Ridge School, Lick Creek Township

The children at Pleasant Ridge school, didn’t

know how distinctive their school was until

workmen started to tear it down. And then it

was revealed to them they were attending a log

cabin school of true pioneer variety– a fact for

many years hidden by plaster on the inside and

a clapboard exterior.

A new building recently [1940] was complet-

ed for Pleasant Ridge School and with the pass-

ing of the old structure, Iowa department of

public instruction officials believed the state

has seen the departure of the last log cabin

school — a type that once dotted the prairies.

The Pleasant Ridge School which records

shown was completed in 1863, remained just

as sturdy as it was the day its square-sawed

logs were joined together. But its interior was

considerably crowded when its 30 pupils were

assembled.

1950

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1950

ABOUT 1940 PLEASANT RIDGE

About 1928,

Front Row- - Facing East towards Hwy

63, Annabell Lester, Dorothy Perry,

Gertrude Perry, Lloyd Pilcher, Dorothy

Clark, Ausman Perry, Evelyn Ware,

Jess (Bud) Lester, Everett Amelang,

Roy Mitchell

2nd Row—Eugene Pilcher, Carl Ame-

lang, Mildred Jones, Bill Lester, Clar-

ence Ware, Frances Perry, Lucille

Pilcher, Oval Brechenridge, Harold

Ware, Sylvia Pilcher, Madeline Jones,

Marie Amelang (Boas), Opal Pilcher,

Paul Jones,

Teacher in back is Howard Rupe

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On Old Hwy 63 between Midway and

North County line, there was a special

stop. A fella could get a bit of fuel, a

cold soda, and the days news from the

proprietor. That would be Henry Dyer in

this case. Charles Henry Dyer member

of F O E 114 & A O U W, lived in Davis

& Wapello counties. Born to Wm H &

Lydia Foster Dyer, Married to Flora B

Yoder, February 7, 1960.

April 28, 1888– December 20, 1955

TORNADOES

STRIKE @ FLORIS

May 1949, A Tornado struck in the Midway Community,

west of Floris, about 4 PM Saturday, wrecking or dam-

aging a number of farm buildings and unroofing part of

the service station and store operated by Harley Barker.

The worst damage was at the O A Dooley farm, a mile

east of highway 63, where a large barn was flattened, a

hay loader blown on top of the wreckage, the garage

demolished, the 2nd barn extensively damaged and a

tree uprooted. At the Charles Bride farm 1/4 of mile to

the east, the barn was shifted off its foundation, a shed

unroofed and a brooder house demolished. There was

also slight damage at the Aaron Emanuel and Les

Before 1925

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2013 In Review

Great Kinship, stories, and

finds; We thrive to pre-

serve family stories,

charms and cultures.

DCGS pledges to manage

& archive historical family

information for genera-

tions to come.

New acquisitions:

IOOF Digital Photos, see at iagravestones.org

Bloomfield Mercury

Oval Photographs of General Weaver & wife, Mr Wonn & Family

Floris photo’s

1958 Band Booster Calendar

Gile Genealogy

Chicago Tribune

2012 Obituaries, Marriages & Births

Oak Spring Country School documents

Pleasant Ridge Country School documents

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