LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel, Friday, April 16, 1920

DESTROYED BY FIRE

School House in Hancock Township Burns Down

The school house in Hancock township in district No. 1, was destroyed by fire between 6 and 7 o’clock according to a telephone message received by Miss Agnes Eyres, County Superintendent, from Miss Alice Swain, the teacher. Miss Swain lives in Sioux City. A number of books and other property belonging to the county and pupils were destroyed. School is being held in a nearby farm house until the building can be replaced.

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LeMars Sentinel
February 6, 1934

THIEVES HAUL OFF
MODICUM OF FUEL
FROM SCHOOL HOUSE

Thieves stole about five hundred pounds of coal from the school house in
district No. 1 Hancock Township, the night of January 29, according to a
report made by Theodore Soloman to the office of the sheriff last week.

A stalled car was found on the road about two hundred yards south of the
school house. The car bore a Woodbury county license.

The same evening about 10:30 a stranger, disheveled and dirty, called at the
home of Charles Baxter in the neighborhood and asked permission to use the
telephone. While in the house, he phoned to a wrecker company in Sioux City
calling for assistance.

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LeMars Sentinel, October 4, 1935

HANCOCK: (Special Correspondence)

Burglars broke into school No. 1 over the week end. The thieves picked the
lock on the new school desk and stole the teacher’s shoes.

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