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One of Baker's cows turned up nussmg in 16m ano ne se<
out in search of her. Soon he could hear the sound of an axe final years that it had two rooms. The elementary whorl
reverbratiug through the forest. Turning his attention to its which stands today between the Center and Me. 79 is part of
source, Baker came to a clearing where he made the the Ithaca School system. Befdre centralization, however,
Enfield Center School had the follo%ing students in 1901-02: from left. seated, Horace Wright, Charlie Wil"r
and James Harvey; front fow, Leiand Bailey with ,Jessie "Hassey directly Lehind, Carl Palmer with DeVoe
Rumsey behind and partiaily hidden. Ina Wilcox. Nellie Harvey, Bessie Harvey and Nora Jones (Dodd! with
Irene Miller �Brownl behind her, George Hines and Nellie Wilcox ; back row, Lynette Wright, Fanny Curry
Thmrza Babcock. 'llarearet mine, the teacher Will Miller, Asa (',wnmings, Clayton Bailey and Hugh i urn.
in IFA5. There was a new ceding, new lathe. plaster ana
paper. Tl'ie 90ri fee! of '%sswrood cefl►ng cost 522.50 and a :-oil
of plaster board 41.90 The delivery charge for them ',*'as
11.75 and whoever went to Ithaca to ouy it was paid 62 cents
for what amnuntai to a half day's labor. The same rmount
was paid for the same ornod of time needed to put ^ti on t, t
row ceiling. In addition. it cost t1 e disr'.ct 11.40 to board the
rmn while they placed the new cei mg and another $5.931or
their wages.
The dli;,.r�ct was charged $1 for tearng off old lathe and the
same for pamung the wall and o+asteruig. Zig'ttt double rails
of wa1i caner cost 1i.A one gallon and three p?nts of print
^canoe tc i'1.16. 20 words of -.ails. 31 tends w.,th paste for
papenrg and -labor for same, V_ : our 3or r sills cost 80 cents.
r�i .x1e^. h`aecSoarCs, n lylt, c-ost 11.-,�C for :urn,*,r and
V.16 for waiting anti :nsta;::^g
Some cf :.be district costs a: Applegate-s szone school tell a
sN:;', wG- _ 6: paid :or nr-np g a stove iron,n Ithaca and
sett;rlg i1 --.p, au cents !SK, a ,A=p ..and imrgs" iron,
i �zsnar KLtsz arxi {�, V:_09 a= for %=ing ;t in. 50 cents.
?.lso. in 139'9, :� -oae. A ceps "for *i .g ptanp twice, 25
certs�' : '!SM. for well coain. bLckas, :ir aatl ark dipper, $1.17..
;u1a 'rr -ne glebe, x, cents', or cca sxuxel sicl, and wash
i 1 5t, crr.t : 1941. slating for Mari board. 50 cents, latch for
ilea-, `_5 M-L af+d acti f-it for �3oolnouse, 35 cents.
Sometimes ;pie aisL ct ?'ts:� "nade" a little money
tawara:. ar►-sses b% selling 'he hay' .r the school yard. The
rt;rer cust^r.+.ar+jy did his own :.wing. District 6 received
.W cents for its hay in 13i9.
Irst:.�ance or::`rz atr��cr.:e �� en cast 311.62. When the X�
plegate pupils w-e: a *aktu to Ensield for schooling in 19K
C'u:I --e U:S 1l'.L aWUL J1W, paid to twv tdd-
ferent men "ac��a-r.rg t�; Lcatzact". for two terms.
'.i e tha: `I: s. ;Y, ;�T : ee hiller t far her help in
gather -ma tit, s trfil^'1a'1cn Inc:dentally, she was both pupil
and teacher at Enfield Center tr a eeriad of time. It wa:
her grandfather V iW UtilliCd -he P-esoy?.er,ark Church for
store, m��vuig it to his lOt. i ton, e w2.S jl]r'•• Bolin: Jt ti
Presbv, Brian Cernetem
In the store was aLso % ortman's undertaker astaolts
tnent. living quarters and. ups -airs, a public hall. Arether
Wortman's e^deavors �: caninet-maicirg�+ palm-sc
h wooden box. shaped like a heart. formed iron two or th
woods (Ni different i- oaF of Mrs. Brown's mess. pr.
�;;sessicns, uemonstratirg ills a'Gility alongthesa lines.