100 pupils per year. In 1870 there were 100 pupils enrolled; in 1883 sixty
were pres-
ent; and at present the enrollment averages about 25. The first families
settling
in Nero had many children while today the number of children per, family
averages
about three or four.
    School records indicate that the Wojtas, Lasts, Blahas, Lehrmans, Krachts
and
Bartas were prominent residents of this community in the past years. The
Wojta
family members have made names for themselves in agriculture, education,
and bus-
iness. Other families in this district have also had leaders in the fields
of farming,
teachings and business.
    The first school officers of which there is a record were: Clerk John
Eggert,
Treasurer John- Johnston and Director John Grengs. Officers who served for
years
were the Ignatz Wojtas, John Last and the Bartas. Their duties were changed
from
time to time by the state, but at all times these citizens tried in every
way to maintain
the best educational system for their communiy.
    Two Creeks No. 1 has a long list of teachers who made county, state and
national
reputations. In 1872 John Nagle, who became County Superintendent of Schools
and
County Philosopher, taught in this school. Thomas Walsh, who became q5. S.
Senator
from Montana in later years, taught in Two Creeks No. 1 in 1878. John Clark,
the
first principal of the two room school in 1916, became an outstanding principal
of a
large school in Milwaukee. Other teachers prior to 1900 were John O'Hara,
J. C.
Nazer, Wenzel Tomek and Miss H. Eberhardt. Teachers after41900 who became
peo-
ple of importance were: Louis Trossen, Mary Short, E. S. Mueller, Leslie
Guetschow,
Robert Guse, Clarence Silbersack, and Clarence Stangel. E. S. Mueller became
County
Superintendent of Manitowoc County schools, while Robert Guse became county
supervising teacher.
    During the first years in which school was maintained at Nero the district
voted
to have winter and summer terms. Often two different teachers were hiredto
conduct
the two terms. There is no evidence of the teaching of a forign language
in this com-
munity, due no doubt to the fact that the families settling at Nero were
immigrants
of varying nationaliies and religions. The first subjects taught were reading,
arith-
metic, spelling, writing, and geography. As in all schools at that early
period, there
was a Primary Form, an Intermediate Form, and an Upper Form instead of the
grades
as we have them at present. The three school buildings were often used as
commu-
nity centers, for spelling matches, and for school fairs. School programs
were held
yearly. During recent years the school has been used for evening card parties,
for
Farm Bureau meetings, and for 4-H Club meetings.
    The district has the ruins of the village of Nero as a place of historical
interest.
Nero was at one time one of the most important lake ports on Lake Michigan.
Lake
boats made regular visits to this port to take on cargoes of tan bark, lumber
and hay
for the port of Milwaukee. Ruins of the early settlement are still in evidence.
There
are remains of sidewalks, the pier, the sawdust from the logging industry,
basements
of early buildings, and-rails and cement blocks at the pier. Some of the
early business
places were a blacksmith shop, a tavern, a store, the post office, and warehouses.
The diitrict also has a small area of petrified forests at the lakeshore.
A more com-
plete history of the community by Professor Jos. Wojta, of the University
of Wisconsin,
a former resident of this district has been published.

                       TWO CREEKS 2- TWIN ELDER
                             Prin. Clarence Stangel


    Two Creeks school district
No. 2 was designated the Twin
Elder school in 1918 because of
the twin elders growing in front
of it. To older residents of Two
Creeks it was known as the
South school because it was the
school in the southern half of
the township.
    District 2 was first set up
as a part of Two Rivers school
district No. 6 in the 1850's when
Two Creeks was still a part of
Two Rivers township. The dis-
trict then consisted of sections
22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 34, 35, and 36
in the present township of Two
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