Evart Newspaper items of note – special interest
Evart Review 12 Jul 1945
Tombstone Reveals Early Evart Burial
1872 GIVEN AS DEATH DATE OF CHILD ON STONE DISCOVERED MONDAY
A mystery was uncovered when a son of Peter John White, diffing postholes for a chicken fence
at their residence in the south end of townm uncovered a well preserved tombstone.
The stone, about 18 by 24 by 6 inche, bore the inscription “Igness, son of Wm & E. Gerard. Died
Aug. 18, 1872, 1 yr. 28 days.
The earliest recorded burial in forest Hill Cemetery occurred in 1880, according to W.BTurner,
City Clerk, and before that time a cemetery existed in the property across US-10 from the
fairground. One or two bodies were moved to Forest Hill when the cemetery was opened. No
Gerards were on the list for Forest Hill.
The Review was founded on October 10, two months after the death date given, and the village
of Evart was founded the same year, so no records are available for further checking.
Evart Review 26 Jan 1939 (Feb 1, 1889)
Public school teachers included Kate Lapham and Grace Snyder, A and B divisions of first
grade, Mable rose, second grade; Emma Birdsall, third grade; Emma Kimes, grammar room;
seventh and eighth grades, Belle Covert. N.H. Walbridge, supt.
Evart Review 5 April 1895
Evart teachers at this time were Kindergarten, Lillian McCutcheon; first grade, Fannie I. Allen;
second grade, U. Adeline Smith; third grade, Jessie Allison; fourth grade, E. Lozette Smith; fifth
grade, Julia A. Deane; second grammar department, Myron Jerome; high school, C.E. Maxwell,
principal, James H. Thompson, superintendent.
October 29, 1931
Superintendents, Teachers & Directors of Osceola County 1931-1932
Burdell Township
District
2
3 (Tustin)
Director
Teacher
Mrs. Nina Klok
Pupils transported
W. Payne Ward, Superintendent
O.P. Jensen
Buel Grice, Principal
Agnes Cryderman
Mrs. Payne Ward
Evelyn Erickson
Edna Echelberger
4
5
6
7
Charles Forsberg
Charles W. Swanson
Merle Ide
Elmer VanAntwerp
Pupils transported
Mabel Garringer
Allie Allen
Josephine Shore
Cedar Township
1
William O. Morris
2
Jerome Robinson
3
Dee W. Rehkopf
Annabelle Moffit
Naoma Clark
Dorothy Finkbeiner
Evart Township
1
W.R. Davis
2
Walter Johnson
4
Mrs. Maude E. Boyd
5
Mrs. Cora Owen
6
Emanuel Bristle
Nora McMullen
Lorene Jagger
Raymond Kneisel
Mabel Russel
Viola Comer
Hartwick Township
1
Ray Arndt
2
George Ransom
3
Oscar Nichols
4
Arthur Jensen
5
Sherman Booher
Thelma Friend
Louise Corey
Bernice Shanafelt
Mable Sharpe
Velma Williams
Hersey Township
1
Ray Pixley
2
Elmer Theil
4
Samuel Leach
5
(Hersey)
Frank McIntyre
7
Mrs. Eva Duesler
Highland Township
1
Fred Morred
2
Ed Fredericks
3
H. Jay Gould
4
Arthur Shank
5
Jared B. Nash
6
Gerrit Bierma
7
Eugene Johnson
8
Peter Booomstra
9
Frank McClung
Highland Christian
Rev John Holwerda
Ruth Haist
Ada Farrar
John Leach
William L. Schultz, Supt.
Elsie M. Gustafson, Principal
Morgan Dodder
Bertha Luek
Christina Johnson
Vena VanAlystyne
Lola Miller
Harriet Johnson
Herman Hamming
Madelyn Keller
Dorothy Thomas
Louise Michaels
Nedra Walcutt
Mattie Eastway
Gladys Lee
Mildred Mobley
Magdalens Yntema
LeRoy Township
1
Clarence E. Johnson
2
Herman Westman
3
Robert Tate
5 (LeRoy)
Mrs. Lulu D. Pegg
6
Ezra Bittner
Lincoln Township
1
Sanford Steig
2
Robert Greenwald
3
Arthur Briggs
4
Mrs. Pearl Miller
5
Herbert Lincoln
6
John Brandberry
7
Martin K. Witt
8
W.M. Gingrich
Marion Township
Harvey L. Dunbar
Middle Branch
1
Glen McNaughton
2
Robert Opper
3
Mrs. Grace Bozung
4
Albert Sneary
5
Michael Kipp
Orient Township
1
Albert Becker
2
John Arndt
3 (Evart)
Dr. G.D. Rowe
Earl Lickert
Garnet Nelson
Bernice Leemgraven
A.P. Bodary, Superintendent
Helen Hieber, Principal
Esther Cook
Grace Brill
Gertrude Hicks
Hazel Jensen
Wanda Diehlman
Hannah McLachlan
Pupils Transported
Ada Pepper
Margaret Finkbeiner
Esther Sprague
Mary Morlock
Mabel Williams
Edith Gingrich
Lyle D. Brundage, Superintendent
Earl G. Jewett, Priincipal
Irene Morton
Helen Purcell
Ida Kaikkonen
Margaret Gibson
Dorothy Coleman
Gertrude Jenema
Esther Brooks
Margaret Bruer
Betty Beversteil
Beryl Beaudry
Ada Hockey
Elma McCrimmon
Abbie Comstock
School discontinued
Ruth Ballantyne
Beatrice Conn
Steven J. Martin, Superintendent
Russell Wait
4
5
6
Homer Stein
William Stipek
Arthur Diehlman
Richmond Township
1
John Erler
2
Ernest Gerber
3
Ephraim Holquist
4
Alfred Baar
6
LeRoy McGregor
7 (Reed City)
M.E. Beecher
Nellie Smith
Minnie Erskine
John VanderWerf
Sam McClutchey
Virginia Thornton
Clemmie Yarhouse
Florence Dilts
Eleanor Pence
Hermiene Bigbee
Dortha Lozar
Lyle Rabb
Lucille Stephenson
Genevieve Comer
Helen Voller
Esther Baughman
Lucy Kirschbaum
County Norman Principal
Angeliine Landon
County Norman Critic
Agnes Lloyd
Genevieve Hubbard
Nina Diehlman
Sylvestra Zimmerman
Esther Peppler
Maria Gerhardt
Edna Ochs
Jessica Finch
Otto H. Olson, Superintendent
Louis W. Redemsky, Principal
L.C. Atkins
J.E. Hardimon
F.S. Furman
D.L. Adams
Carl Dechow
Gertrude Calkins
Mancelyn Barker
Agnes Herrgard
Helen Costello
Wilma Keller
Grace Witherell
Alma Corsault
Louise Pearson
Pearl Veltman
Mildred Denslow
Kathleen Merrill
Violet Bonsall
8
Albert Morlock
Lilliam Morlock
Trinity Lutheran
Rev. C.C. Koessel
Helmuth Keup
Rose Lake Township
1
Mrs. Mary F. Watson
2
Mrs. Nellie Nelson
3
Archa Furniss
4
Henry Steinhaus
Naomi Knapp
Julian Gorthy
Dora Neuman
Thelma Otto
Sherman Township
1
Gustaf Neuman, Jr.
2 (Dighton)
Duane Briggs
3
Harry Rees
4
William Franke
5
James Manhart
6
Mrs. Robert Johnson
7
Herbert Mitchell
Leonard Tacoma
Forest G. Williams, Principal
Lois Young, Primary
Albert Lickert
Marvin Witbeck
Margaret Lothrop
Genevieve Wallenburg
Elizabeth Mitchell
Sylvan Township
1
Alger Bragg
2
Andrew Anderson
3
Mrs. Hugh Crawford
4
Arley Reedy
5
W.H. Hawkins
Leona McDougall
Pearl Caldwell
Hazelle Paulson
Vera Seberry
Alice Richmond
March 1880
Hartwick Twp. New P.O. called Headland with John Parkman as Postmaster.
April 1880
Cedar Twp Penasa P.O. H.H. Smith, postmaster
James H. Thompson went to Lansing April 1911
2/1890 – James Cobena – Indian who lived with Penasa family at camps a mile east of town.
Hilled by a train.
7/1891 – Indian mounds dug up
5/09 Dist #6 Evart Twp new school lot I sec 7 north of River
9/1889 Dist #4 Sylvan will build new school
Eddy’s Corners in Sylvan Twp.
Evart Review 9/1927 John Blodgett Indian Campground across the river near the Hersey Bridge.
Little Joe – grandson of Penasa playmate for John. Indians made a canoe for John & Mrs.
Blodgett did not approve.
County Farm 1913 New bldg 1931
28 Jan 1884
High McIntosh
Edward Cowles
John Corbit
Lucy Hunt
Emma Shepherd & child
Lucinda cowls
Emma Weisenberger
1 insane Dane
10 inmates & 17 boarders families & men working on the farm bldgs.
Certificate #1102 Application 2539
Homestead 5 Apr 1872
Sec 28, T18N, R7W 160 acres
Mansel Kelley Jan 23, 1873 sold to county for $2,000 160 acres for poor farm.
Elon Boyce at county farm 30 Jan 1890-10 Apr 1891 63 weeks – poisoned on 30 Jan 1890
paralysis in hands and feet
11 Feb 1921 Evart Savings bank moved to new building Banks merged fall 1922.
Trucks –
Republic made in Cadillac
Transport made in Mr. Pleasant
Trojan made in Evart
Acme made in Alma
Evart Woman’s Club park 30 Jun 1911 They had DR Dow come to help with the planning. Was
probably Waterworks Park
7 Jul 1911
240 gal of water per person per day for each person in town.
List of Civil War vets buried at Forest Hill in 31 May 1895 Review
Teacher’s Pension about Feb 1935 first talked about in 1917.
2/1873 – If the bears come out of their dens on February 2nd and see their shadows there will be 6
more weeks of winter.
Dec 14, 1883 List of pensioners of Osceola Co page 1
Swede Charles Miller died Fri, Dec 7, 1883 train accident while drunk buried at Forest Hill but
not listed.