and thus the school became known as the Louis Corner school even though it
is not
in the village. To other residents of the county the school is often referred
to as the
Cedar Lake school since it is located only one-half mile north of the lake.
    The records about the first school building are limited. Just when the
first log
school was erected is unknown, but it must have been shortly after 1861.'
The build-
ing was equipped with long benches. Later on desks were made from boards.
The
first blackboards were pine boards painted black. After the school house
was re-
placed with a frame structure, the old log building served as a school woodshed.
Later on it was torn down and replaced by a frame woodshed. The first and
present
school houses were located on the present site which is the SW corner of
the SW¼A
of Section 24 town of Schleswig.
    The second school was built in 1878 at a cost of $525 according to records
in the
county superintendent of schools office. It followed the structural pattern
of other
schools built at that time.
    The building had windows on both of the long sides common to early schools.
Early in the 1900's the district remodeled the building by taking out the
windows in
the east v~all and by adding window space in the rear wall. This conformed
to the
new schoolroom lighting code and the district received special state aid
of $50 for
maintaining a rural school up to state rural school building standards of
that time.
    When Highway 149, which passes it, was paved in 1940 an extensive rebuilding
program was undertaken. The school was moved eighteen feet further back from
the
road, a basement was put under the building, a basement furnace installed,
a ven-
tilating system put in, new cloak rooms built, and a water system with indoor
lava-
tories installed. Electric service was provided in 1931 before the school
was remodeled.
In 1945 the patrons voted to install a stoker. The building is now one of
the more
modern ones of the county. When the school building was moved away from the
highway, the district purchased an additional tract of land to add to the
southern
boundary of the schoolyard from Mr. and Mrs. Louis Feldt.
    The Louis Corner school has always been a one room rural school. During
the
1870's and 1880's the enrollment of the school was very likely between 60
and 80.
Since the early 1900's the enrollment has been about 30. In 1945 twenty pupils
were
enrolled. The attendance has not decreased as much as in other county schools
be-
cause the school is some distance from parochial schools.
    Some of the early settlers of the district were Carl Thielke, John Zorn,
E. Heide-
man, Fred Able, Jacob Loos, Anton Schad, John Mueller, L. Landua, Jos. Schwartz,
John Kaemmerer, Anton Klemme, G. Salzmann, C. Herzberger, and Peter Maurer.
These were farmers who have family names still common to the district. The
Zorns,
Heidemanns, and Landua family members have held responsible positions in
the
town and on the county board. Louis Senglaub was a well-known businessman,
and the village of Louis Corner was named in his honor. The district has
sent forth
teachers, ministers, businessmen, and progressive farmers from its school.
The Heide-
mann family has produced a teacher and a minister. Others producing teachers
are
the Voland and the Voight families. The Thielke family established a cheese
factory
and a milk distributing plant well known in Schleswig and Kiel.
    The record book of early teachers and clerks found in the county superitendent's
office shows that among the early board membes we find these names for school
clerk: J. Loos, 1872, C. R. Zorn 1876-1881, Leonard Landua 1895-1899, J.
Schmidt 1904.
    There are no records of the first teachers except those kept in the teacher's
record
book in the county superintendent's office since 1872 by Mich. Kirwan and
some of
his successors, This record book indicates that there were no summer and
winter
sessions after 1872. The teachers listed from that date to 1906 are: Thos.
O'Neil 1872,
Carl F. Eller 1874, E. E. Kalmerton 1876, Fred Hillger 1877, T. H. Ward 1878,
Fay
Richardson 1879-80, James Danforth 1895-96, J. G. Crowe 1896, Otto Kriemann
1897-98
and Fred Sachse 1904. Herbert J. Zimmer taught nineteen and one-half consecutive
years in this school from 1923 to 1943.
    The school has always taken an active part in community activities. Spelling
matches, box socials, township school fairs, and home talent plays were popular.
The
district set the pace for other township schools in the school fairs held
during the
1920's. During the time that the school was taught by Mildred O'Neil a play
was
given by the young people of the district. Those in the cast were Harry Klemme,
Walter Schilling, Howard Prahl, Herbert Grabs, Hubert Mueller, Eleanora Haarman,
Elsie Voland, Adeline Feld, Nellie Grabs, and Mildred O'Nell.
    The district has scenic Cedar Lake within its boundary. The lake is almost
sur-
rounded with fine summer cottages owned by Kiel, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan
resi-
dents. A public beach is also available. Camp Ro-Ki-Lio, owned by the Sheboygan
Boy Scout organization, is situated on the eastern extremity of the lake.


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