KURTH SCHOOL (Picture)-- Kurth School was founded in 1884. George Brooks was the first clerk and F. J. Vine, the chairman. In 1888, fall term-two months of German was required. At the first school meeting they raised the teacher's wage to $150.00 and $50.00 for incidental expenses. They paid $.82 for a year of insurance, Clerk's salary was $5.00. The present school building was built in 1905. About 1960, the district was consolidated with Neillsville and Granton.

This school was located where the Vic Braatz residence is now. This school was used until consolidation with Granton Public Schools in 1961. Some of the teachers were Bettie Kuhl, Alice Kissling, Margaret Ruddock Hrasky and the last teacher was Edith Haske."

Source: Page 20-21 of Granton Community Memories 1856-1976.

The two articles are confusing but below I listed the facts chronologically. It sounds to me that there are five school buildings mentioned in the above paragraphs:

1. the first school was built on a half acre of land purchased in 1877 from Fernando Wage,

2. land leased from William Schlinsog in 1880, a new school [Roder?] was built but destroyed by fire in 1926 

3. a little later, Kurth School was built one mile west of first school and founded in 1884,

4. a new Kurth School was built in 1905, and was in use until 1960,

5. in 1926, a new [Roder?] school was built on land bought from Albert Schlinsog; it was used until school district consolidation in 1961.

I'm guessing the one built in 1880 and rebuilt after a fire in 1926 was the Roder School. Please contact me if you can furnish additional information.

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