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Southwest corner of Delaware County - 22,400 acres - 7 miles long, 5 miles wide [S14, p 282]

Daleville:  Link

1874:  Sec. 36 (East) - Sec 5 - [S13, page 16] -

"In Salem township, in section 21, where David Van Matre had made settlement as early as 1826, the first school of the township was taught in 1828-29.  The teacher was Elza Watkins, ...  Before the next winter a schoolhouse was erected on the farm of John Van Matre, and as successor of Mr. Watkins James Perdiu taught the second term of school.  Rev. Abner Perdieu was also one of the early teachers of the township.  A school was taught in 1833-34 on the site where afterward was located school No. 7, three miles east of Daleville, the lot having been donated by Henry Miller."  [S10, p 246]

First Salem Township School bus driver was in 1900.  Transported students from Mt. Healthy to Crossroads and was paid $1.22 per day - [Album of Yesteryear, The Muncie Star, 7 June 1981]

"The Cross Roads school (No. 10) was already graded, having been made so in 1981, had two teachers and a two-room building.  IN 1900 the seven pupls in district No. 11 were hauled to Cross Roads and distributed among the grades, the most distant pupil living not more than five miles.  This accession to Cross Roads did not necessitate another teacher nor did it increase to an appreciable extent the burden of instruction or extension of facilities in the school; yet the advantages accruing to the No. 10 pupils from the consolidation were all that the advocates of the new system had claimed."  [S10, p 251, 252]

"In 1901 another district in Salem was dissolved, when the seven pupils of Pike's Peak school (No. 2) were conveyed, some to the Daleville school (a four-room school) and some to a neighboring district school."   [S10, page 252]

"In 1903 the Pike's Peak school (No. 2)  in Salem township was reestablished with its original limits, the patrons having become dissatisfied with consolidation, and at the present writing [1908] this district still maintains a separate school.  But to take the place of of No. 2, the Davis School (No. 9) was added to the Cross Roads school, and also No. 7 (Center school) was abandoned and its pupils distributed between the Cross Roads and the Daleville schools.  District No. 7 retained its boundaries and was re-established in 1905, and in the meantime as no wagon was used to convey its pupils, no real consolidation was effected."  [S10, p 253]

1904-05:  "In Salem No. 8 was consolidated with Cross Roads, making the latter the center of four original districts."  [S10, p 254]

1905-06:  "... a new division of districts was made, by which No. 7 was re-established and enlarged by the annexation of No. 8, which was taken from No. 10."  [S10, p 254]

1907:  New State law, effective spring of 1907 - any school with less than 12 students the school had to be abandoned - "... No. 12 had to be abandoned, the pupils now going to Daleville."  [S10, p 254]

1992:  Delaware County Historical Alliance Preservation Project - [S11] - [I1] -
   This building had originally sat further north on Bell Creek Road (See Google Custom Map) - It was moved south and to a farm on the west side of the road where it was used for several years as a tool shed.  DCHA dismantled the building, marking each piece, and stored it all in the old School #3 in Monroe Township.  The plan was to reassemble the school at a later time.
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"Then When I actually found a little time for myself, I found an extraordinary manuscript at my grandfather's house.  The cover sheet stated 'Stories of the Home Community of Joseph B. Jones, my father, written by his school teacher at White Oak School.'

Source:  "Seen and Heard in Our Neighborhood" by Ruth Hillman.  The Muncie Star (Muncie, Indiana), 31 Jan 1991
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-"A school was taught in 1833-34 on the site where afterward was located school No. 7, three miles east of Daleville, the lot having been donated by Henry Miller."  [S10, p 246]
-  "... No. 7 (Center school) was abandoned and its pupils distributed between the Cross Roads and the Daleville schools ..."  [S10, p 253]
-  "District No. 7 retained its boundaries and was re-established in 1905, and in the meantime as no wagon was used to convey its pupils, no real consolidation was effected."  [S10, p 253]
-  Teacher 1880-81:  P. F. May  [S14, p 286]
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Students of Hickory Grove School, Delaware County, Indiana (1897)
- Source: A souvenir for Hickory Grove School (District No. 7) in Salem Township, for the November 14, 1896 through March 2, 1897 school year
- Indiana Genealogical Society/ Members Only Databases: http://www.indgensoc.org/membersonly/county/delaware/hickory_grove_school_students_1897_results.php
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1904-05:  School No. 8 was consolidated with Cross Roads  [S10, p 254]

- "... the Davis School (No. 9) was added to the Cross Roads school, ..."   [S10, p 253]

- 1904-05:  School No. 8 was consolidated with Cross Roads, making Cross Roads the center of four original districts  [S10, p 254]

1907:  "... No. 12 had to be abandoned, the pupils now going to Daleville."  [S10, p 254]
1874:  Sec. 31 - [S13, page 16] -

"Pictures of Old Schools"  [S15, Center]

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Detail: Salem Township

Map Detail:  Salem Township, Delaware County

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Preserving History
Scott Zimmerman, executive director of the Delaware County Historical Alliance, and Brad Foster dismantle the roof of White Oak School, 5301 S. Bell Creek Road, as Robert (Bob) Kellems, president of the alliance, watches. The school was donated to the alliance by Steve Newnam, who believes it dates back to about 1832. The interior wainscoting and other materials are being stored and will be reassembled at an appropriate site at a later date.