CALICO RIDGE SCHOOL

Calico Ridge School, located on Calico Ridge, 4 mi. from SR 7, on Co. Rd. 92 in Jackson Twp., was opened in 1924 or 1925 at the closing of Upper Narrows Run and Barker Schools. The ground for the school was purchased from Joe Myers.

The doors of the Calico School were closed to teaching in the spring of 1953, making it possibly the last one room school house in the county.

The last teacher was Ruby (Dye) Price. Ruby started her teaching career at Calico in 1935 and taught there for a total of 14 years. She retired with a total of 35 years of teaching. The property was later sold and the building was converted into a home. The building and ground is now owned by Rubys son, Bill Price.

Known teachers at Calico were Roy Barker; George Williams; Otis Stern; Raymond Pfalgraf; Marjorie Sumption; Margaret Cumpson; Homer Craig; Ruby (Dye) Price.

Calico Ridge School

Taken about 1939

(Left to right)

Front: Gladys Jones, Eloise Riggenbach, Junior Schoonover, Lonnie Bolen, Wilda Forrest, Sterling Schoonover, Roger Tenley, Lonnie Bolen.

Row 2: Geneva Bolen, Waneda Bolen, Don Lisk, Jim Martie, Hazel Jones, Sylvia Schoonover.

Row 3: Don Martie, Ruth Schoonover, Alberta Hendershot, Harold Riggenbach, Bill Hendershot, Homer Riggenbach.

Row 4: Lawrence Martie, Junior Miller, Blanche Stewart, Mattie Bolen, Oma Martin, Florence Martin, Opal Schoonover.

Provided by Dorothy Bayes

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