OGEMAW COUNTY, MICHIGAN

OGEMAW COUNTY SCHOOLS
ATHERTON SCHOOL


Atherton School District #3 is located in the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 25, Township 22 North, Range 3 East on the corner of Henderson Lake Road and M-55 in Churchill Township, Ogemaw County. The district was annexed to West Branch Schools in 1964. Records are sparse on who donated the land, who built the school, and who taught there. There are, however, several class photographs available. Anyone having additional photos or who can identify students in the existing photos is asked to contact the Ogemaw County Coordinator, Grace Dooley.

Most of the existing records have been compiled by The Rose City Area Historical Society, Post Office Box 736, Rose City, MI 48654



ATHERTON TEACHERS:
1910 to 1911 - Harrison Dodds
1912 - Susie Richardson
1922 to 1923 - Grace Dodds Switzer
1923 to 1924 - Ansel Abbott
1924 to 1925 - Mrs. Lavina Jones
1926 to 1927 - Helen David
1927 to 1929 - Clarence Cooley
1930 to 1932 - Arzell Walker Williams
1932 to 1933 - Eugenie Rice McDonald
1934 to 1935 - Harry Kenyon
1935 to 1939 - Mona Mills Martin
1939 to 1941 - Donald DeMatio (killed in World War 2)
1941 to 1944 - Wenona Gibson Netzlaff
1947 to 1949 - Margaret Freeborn Howe
1949 to 1950 - Miss Eleanor Derenick
1950 to 1951 - Lorene Rakestraw
1952 to 1954 - Wilma Quigley
1954 to 1956 - Virginia Shimmons Clark
1958 to 1961 - Rosella Polmanteer Dennis
1961 to 1964 - Helen Sturtevant
Unknown Dates - Dora Boddy, Dennis Clark (1950s), Minnie Bennett Dodds, Edith Dralle, Anna Walker
Heath, Ada Quigley Norris, Florine Turner, Electa Withey


Atherton School, 1910 & 1911, Harrison Dodds, teacher:
Top row: Rissie Peterson, Jennie Myers, Grace Dodds, Gladys Dodds, Ola Bowman, Lena Myers, Helen Myers, Harrison Dodds (teacher), Earl Bowman.
Bottom row: Hattie Wyman, Myrtle Snooks, Pearl Myers, Elmer Dodds, Blaine Peterson, Dewey David, George Eastman, Wendel Mason, Mable Dodds,
Mabel Mason, Lila Norris, Viola Snooks, Ralph Bowman, Steve Mason.

Atherton School, 1912, Suzie Richardson, teacher:
Top row: Earl Bowman, Dewey David, Iva Eastman, Mary Sue Bowman, Susie Richardson (teacher), Rissie Peterson, Myrtle Allen, Ralph Allen.
Middle row: Hattie Wyman, Fern Mason, Mabel Mason, Lila Norris, Mable Dodds, Neva Eastman, Jennie Norris, Myrtle Snooks, Viola Snooks,
Mary Jane Snooks.
Front row: Elmer Dodds, George Eastman, Steve Mason, Wendel Mason, Blaine Peterson, Ralph Bowman, Johnny Snooks, Ezra Hostetler,
?? Richey, ?? Richey.

Atherton School, List of Students, 1918-1919:
Ralph Bowman (8th), Leighton Moats (8th), Verna Switzer (8th).

List of Students, About 1923 or 1924; Ansel Abbott, teacher:
Corrine Belanger, Emelda Belanger, Louise Belanger, Ada Good, Harold Good, Mildred Good, Orland Good, Orville Good, Wilbur Good,
Erma Horning, Marjorie Horning, Raymond Horning, Ruth Horning, Aliene Martindale, Alice Martindale, Viola Martindale,
Fern Mason, Harold Mason, Helen Migan, Edith Moats, Florence Moats, Lois Moats, Vera Moats, Zeta Moats,
Alla Norris, Jennis Norris, Elmer Payne, George Payne, Edith Phillips, Birdie Switzer, Charlie Switzer, Lucille VanWormer.

List of Students, 1924-1925; Mrs. L. Jones, teacher:
Harold Mason, Frances McClarey (returned to Indian River in March), Gertrude McClarey (returned to Indian River in March),
Edith Moats, Carel Norris, Leo Vanbuskirk, Lucille VanWormer.

List of Students, 1925-1926; Mrs. L. Jones, teacher:
Willard Atherton, Frank Holshoe, Edward Houck, Donald Mason, Edith Moats, Vera Moats, Carel Norris, Lela Norris, Maynard Norris.

Atherton School, 1931, Arzell Walker, teacher:
Top row: Willard Atherton, Howard Eastman, Dewey David, Edward Houck, Arzell Walker (teacher), Marion Dodds, Elaine Wyman,
Dorothy Switzer, Lila Norris, Velma David.
Middle row: Byron David, Frank Holshoe, Maynard Norris, Harold Bauman, Leighton Horning, Thelda Atherton, Hazel Houck,
Thelma Dodds, Ivadell Holshoe, DellaMae David.
Front row: Arthur David, Chester David, Donley Norris, William Thorne, Dean Rowe, Oren Atherton, Emerson Peterson, Mae David,
Agnes Holshoe, Lotamae Horning, Joyce Rowe, Arlene Norris, Viola Thorne.

List of Students, 1934:
Velma David (8th grade), Marion Dodds (8th grade), Victor Holshoe (8th grade).

List of Students, 1935:
Thelda Atherton (8th)

List of Students, 1936-1937; teacher Mona Mills:
Oren Atherton (8th), Harold Barnum (8th), Byron David (8th), Della David (8th), Jack Eastman (8th), Iva Holshoe (8th),
Pearl Peterson (8th), Dean Switzer (8th), William Thorne (8th).

List of Students, 1937-1938; teacher Mona Mills:
Donley Currie, Agnes Holshoe, Twila Mason, and Harold Switzer.

List of Students, 1938-1939: teacher Mona Mills:
Roy Bayn, Flora Best, Margaret Curry, Arthur David (8th), Chester David (8th), Janice David, Louis David, Richard Holshoe,
Bernice Hopkins (8th), Billy Hopkins (8th), Arlene Norris (8th), DeVere Norris, Donley Norris (8th), Joyce Rowe (8th), Howard Stone,
Dean Switzer, Alfred Thorne, and Viola Thorne (8th).

List of Students, 1939-1940; teacher Donald DeMatio:
Janice David, Wilbur Good, DeVere Norris, Floyd Peterson, Willard Peterson, David Ryan, John Ryan,
Howard Stone, and Dean Switzer.

List of Students, 1940-1941:
Mildred Barnum, Stella Barnum, Sonny Good, David Ryan, Howard Stone.

List of Students, 1943-1944; teacher Winona Gibson:
Stella Barnum, Duane Copeland, Florence Copeland, Wilbur Good, ??? Ryan, Alfred Thorne.

Atherton School, 1948, Wenonah Gibson, teacher:
Persons in these pictures include: Billy Good, Bobby Good, Jack Belanger, Goatbe girls, Florence Copeland, Alfred Thorn,
Stella Barnum, Sonny Good, Geraldine Good, Norene Holshoe, Geneane Good, Mildred Barnum,
Nancy Good, Barb Good.

List of Students, 1949-1950; teacher Eleanor Dereniak:

Atherton School, 1958

List of Students, 1958-1959; Rosella Dennis, teacher:
Duane Copeland, Florence Copeland, Sally Good, Sonny Good, Frank Holshoe, Jerry Holshoe, Jerry Joy, Sally Mason, Ralph Meir,
Doug Miller, Mary Ann Peterson, Bonnie Stone.

Atherton School, Unknown Date

Atherton School, Unknown Date, Minnie Bennett Dodds, teacher:
Back row: Steve Mason, Elmer Dodds, George Eastman, Tom Martindale, Leander ??, Leona ??, Viola Olson, Hazel Payne,
Gladys Olson, Minnie Bennett Dodds (teacher), Marcella Myers, Mae Payne, Alma Payne, Helen Myers, Esther Martindale.
Front row: ?? Ritchie, Earl Houck, Ralph Bowman, Elmer Payne, George Payne, Ezra Hostetler, Alla Norris, Mable Dodds, Eva Olson,
Neva Eastman, Hattie Wyman, Hazel Moats, Pearl Myers, Vera Moats, Kenneth Norris, Lila Norris, Helen David, Mabel Mason,
Ethel Olson, Ilene Martindale, Jennie Norris, Alice Martindale, Florence Moats, ?? Weiwork, ?? Weiwork, Louise Belanger,
Mabel Bowman, Ora Norris, ?? Olson, Birdie Switzer.

Atherton School, Unknown Date

Atherton School, Unknown Date

Atherton School, Unknown Date, Ansel Abbot, teacher:
Persons in this picture but not in order: Fern Mason, Vera Moats, Alice Martindale, Aliene Martindale, Lois Moats, Raymond Horning,
Birdie Switzer, Florence Moats, Alla Norris, Jennie Norris, Edith Moats, Lois Moats, Wilbur Good, Orville Good, Orland Good,
Harold Mason, Ruth Horning, Viola Martindale, Helen Migan, Mildred Good, Marjorie Horning, Charlie Switzer, Zeta Moats.

Atherton School, Unknown Date:
Persons in this picture but not in order: Louise Belanger, Alice Martindale, Aliene Martindale, Elmer Payne, George Payne,
Emelda Belanger, Corrine Belanger, Edith Moats, Raymond Horning, Ruth Horning, Marjorie Horning,
Erma ??, Florence Moats, Hazel ??, Wilbur Good.

Atherton School, Unknown Date:
Background: Ada Good
Back row: Aliene Martindale, Charles Switzer, George Payne, Alice Martindale.
Front row: Louise Belanger, Neva Eastman, Jennie Norris.

Atherton School, 1990s
As a residence

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