Holly's 2nd Schoolhouse Teacher, Miss Gantke

Miss Emma Gantke, pictured here, was the 2nd teacher in the newly completed Holly School in 1922.
Photograph donated by Marcie Roscoe. — Miss Emma Gantke, pictured here, was the 2nd teacher in the newly completed Holly School in 1922. Photograph donated by Marcie Roscoe.

#31: Miss Emma Gantke, pictured here, was the 2nd teacher in the newly completed Holly School in 1922. Originally from Wisconsin, she taught across the Canal in Eldon before beginning her work in Holly. Miss Gantke, who never married, lived in the little cottage beside the school built for the teacher's use. By all accounts, she was well-loved and much respected and admired. She retired from teaching in the mid-1930s and left Holly. Photograph donated by Marcie Roscoe.

Correction
Emma Gantke was the 2nd Holly School teacher, coming in 1923. She was 53 years old in the 1930 census and single. No known descendants. She was born in Wisconsin. She had a boarder at the time of the 1930 census – an 18 year old young woman named Shirley Asch who was born in Washington state and was not working at the time of the census (4/8/30). Gantke lived in the small teacherage cottage on the property of the Schoolhouse. The first Holly School teacher was Mrs. Whaley.