SCHOOLS IN THE TOWN OF ALEXANDRIA

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The following is after Mina King's articles in The Thousand Islands Sun, courtesy of Jeanne Snow, editor. Quotation marks indicate Mrs. King's own observations.

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DISTRICT NUMBER 4

was one of the early schools. "I have no dates, but I did find from an old Jefferson County History that Thomas Benton Marshall had taken up a farm almost to the county line on Route 37, and was married to Sarah Jane Peck." It is possible that this school flourished before 1860. As a William Schnauber family lived at the junction of the road and near the schoolhouse, the name Schnauber was given to the district.

Most of the early settlers there were German families who took up land to clear and produce a good living. They prospered: the schoolhouse was larger than most rural buildings, having three windows on each side and two in the rear. The school was used for worship, as there was no Lutheran church. From all reports, the services were conducted in German.

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An unidentified clipping from the Town Historian's office states: The Schnauber's Corners school district number 4 annual meeting was held on Tuesday night, May 7 [1963?] at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Flath. Twenty three voters were present. Officers elected were: Merrill Hunneyman, trustee; Laura Flath, collector, and Louis Panunzio, clerk.

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SEPTEMBER 4 1912

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