(Courtesy of The Beavertown Historical Society)

This building was constructed in 1880 by Moses Specht. It was 40 years old when this picture was taken. Notice each room had its own entrance. (Each was heated with a pot-bellied stove in the middle of the room. The toilets were outside. In 1915 one indoor toilet was put in the basement, but you had to go outside to get to it.) Also notice the solid doors, and the shuttered windows. There was no hallway. Also of interest is the old wooden fence around the Union Cemetery. This was replaced with a wrought iron fence shortly after this. This school was primarily used for the first 8 grades of education.

(What other educational use was served at this building? Answer next month.)

Answer to Last Month

In the Battle of Okinawa in April, 1945, Clair Musser from Troxelville was killed in action when a Japanese Kamikaze plane hit the stern of his ship and broke it off and was sunk. Vic and Emma, Clair’s parents were advised that Clair was missing in action and his whereabouts were unknown since 4/14/1945, but when and where and how were never revealed to them.

Fireman Luther Fessler came home on leave, and told Vic and Emma what happened. He knew of Clair being on the ship, the destroyer Sigsbee, DD502, but the pronounced his name as Mooser, and he never connected him to someone from back home until after his death.