purchased, additional blackboards, electric lights, and a new fur-
nace installed, and modern teaching aids purchased. During 1946
a modern, fully-equipped kitchen to make possible the serving of
a complete hot noon lunch was added to the schoolroom.

     In 1856 to 1865 the enrollment was about twenty-five. This in-
creased from year to year as more children took advantage of the
education offered to them. The largest enrollment was in 1917 with
sixty-three pupils. At that time a special meeting was held to
discuss ways and means of coping with the over-enrollment situation.
A suggestion to add a second room and making the building a graded
school was voted down, and it was decided instead to enroll no
child below six years of age. This plan brought the attendance
below sixty. By 1948 the enrollment was down to twenty-four,
since many district children attended St. Wendel parochial school.
The first census record taken in 1867 lists a total of 134 child-
ren of school age, 67 boys and 67 girls.

     The Centerville assessment roll of 1856 lists the following
settlers living or owning land in this district: F. Benkard, John
Schneider, Charles Bogenschutz, T. Ahrens, and Joe Schneider.

     The first school officers were C. Jaehnig, C. Mayer, and T.
Kiefer. Treasury records show that in 1857 the clerk received
twenty-five cents to attend a meeting and thirteen cents to post
notices of the annual meeting. Some district settlers who served
terms as school officers were Frank Nennig as treasurer for
twenty-five years, Frank Arends as clerk for twenty-four years,
Wm. Arends as clerk for twenty-one years, and C. Toepel as treas-
urer for twenty-one years. Records from 1946 list Joe Hansen,
Victor Heinz, John Duesing, Karl Omsted, Henry Matthias, and
Herbert Schwoerer as school board members. From 1951 to 1961
Kenneth Schnell and Herbert Lorfeld also served.

     When District No. 4 was attached to the Sheboygan School Dis-
trict July 1, 1962, Center School remained open as a kindergarten
for Cleveland area children until the new Cleveland Elementary
School opened in December, 1968.

     The school building was put out on bids and purchased by the
Cleveland Auto Sales. The building still stands, and is being
used as a family dwelling.


                  CENTERVILLE NO. 5 - RED ARROW

     Centerville district No. 5 was located in the old village of
Centerville, later known as Hika, and now the Village of Cleveland.
It was named the Red Arrow school in 1919 in honor of the famous
Red Arrow, or the 32nd division to which many of the local boys
belonged during World War 1.

     Centerville district No. 5 was organized on January 19, 1852
as Centerville district No. 1. In 1856 the school districts in