Early in March, 1831, Hugh Jameson
of Lyons, one of the Commissioners of common schools, sent a notice to
School District No. 6, comprising Lyons and Arcadia, in regard to building
a school-house and on March 19, 1831, a meeting was held at the home of
Dr. Cyrus Jackson and it was decided to build a school house of
cobblestone laid in lime and sand and to measure 24 by 28 feet. The
land on which the school house was built was purchased from Sarah Van
Invagen.
The first officers elected were
Christopher Myers, Peter P. Ackerson and Reuben Penoyar, trustees; Dr.
Cyrus Jackson; Clerk; Peter Lott, Collector.
It was voted that each family furnish
one-half of a cord of wood, split and ready to burn, for each child they
sent to school. The total cost of mason and carpenter work was
$187. The building was finished late in 1831 and school began the
following April.
Students in 1911
Students in the 20's
The first teacher recorded is Clark Mason of
Lyons. The oldest living, is Mrs. Eliza Stuerwald of Newark and the
two oldest pupils living are Mrs. Katherine Westfall of Hillsdale,
Michigan; and Mrs. Adelia Tyler of Lyons, who is now living with her
daughter, Mrs. Bert Goodman. Two great-grandchildren of Mrs. Tyler,
now attend the school, Robert and Bernice Tyler, grandchildren of Thomas
Tyler. An electric line was recently completed through Pleasant
Valley and the schoolhouse wired. On Monday evening, Dec. 22, the
Christmas exercises were held and the lights turned on for the first time
on the new line.
