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District No. 42 Swede Home School Taken in part from The History of the School Districts of District #42 was formed December 1, 1884. The school was located on Section 33, Township 4, Range 29. The school was given the name of Swede Home, being located in a neighborhood of people of Swedish nationality. The first school house was a one room sod building. It was built on the wide plains of Kansas. Children had quite a long walk to school. In 1892 the district built a one room frame building. The library was started in 1910 and baseball was the schools main activity. |
Students include: ? Johnson, ? Olson, Albert Dwight, ? Nelson, ? Peterson,
? Forsman, ? Johnson, Esther Lundquist, Mamie Alstrom, ? Forsman, Amy Phillips,
Hulda Anderson, ? Oberg, Mollie Alstrom, Hjalmer Alstrom, Victor Anderson,
Eugene Rydquist, Esther Nelson, Erhard Anderson, ? Rydquist, Emma Nelson, Hilda
Marcuson, Ellen Marcuson, ? Anderson, Lydia Forsman, ? Anderson, ? ?, Albert
Marcuson, Hulda Forsman, Adolph Nelson, John Sall, Edith Sall, Amelia Johnson,
Ruth Rydquist, Mamie Lundquist, Bernice Johnson
Sitting: Rudolph Anderson, Ewald Rydquist, Ehard Rydquist, Walter Alstrom,
Leonard Forsman, David Forsman, Walter Forsman, Oscar Lundquist, Enoch Anderson