Maroa/MF High School Principals

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Notes

Principals were verified through Maroa-Forsyth High School yearbooks, when available. Additional resource: Catalogue and Course of Study of the Public Schools of Maroa, Macon Co. Ill. Maroa Board of Education, 1901, pp. 445-69. For all additional years, see notes below for citations.

J. T. Sutton: (1) The Champaign County Herald. Urbana, Illinois, 15 June 1881. (2) The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinios, 13 September 1882, p. 4.

George Beatty: (1) Bruce Waller Diploma. MF School Archives, Maroa, Illinois. (2) The Clinton Public. 1 February 1884, p. 3. (3) Decatur Daily Republican. 1 August 1884, p. 3.

B. F. Shipley: (1) The Clinton Reigster. Clinton, Illinois, 3 June 1887, p. 2. (2) Maroa Sesquicentennial Book. Maroa, Illinois, 2004, p. 163.

D. Frank Faucett: (1) The Decatur Herald.Decatur, Illinois, 29 November, 1896, p. 2. (2)The Clinton Register. Clinton, Illinois, 25 May 1906, p.3

William Fry: The Decatur Daily Repubican. Decatur, Illinois, 5 May 1898, p. 2. (2) The Clinton Register. Clinton, Illinois, 20 May 1899, p. 8. (3) "Maroa School Societies." Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois, 9 March 1902, p. 5.

George S. Morris: (1) "For the Summer." Decatur Herald. Decatur, Illinois, 24 March 1903, p. 2. (2) Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois, 24 May 1903, p. 2. (3) The Clinton Register. Clinton, Illinois, 25 May 1906, p. 3.

Lela Lockett: Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois, 14 June 1908, p. 2.

John McLeod: (1) The Kenney Gazette. Kenney, Illinois, 11 June 1909, p. 5. (2) The Clinton Register. Clinton, Illinois, 18 June 1909, p. 5.

Leona Bowman: (1) "Lectures on Maroa School Work." The Daily Review. Decatur, Illinois, 28 September 1912, p. 1. (2) "Miss Bowman Chosen." The Clinton Register. Clinton, Illinois, 12 May 1911, p. 8.

Erna Reller: (1) Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois, 22 May 1918, p. 2. (2) "Maroa Briefs." Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois, 25 March 1916, p. 13.

Claude Lells: Decatur Daily Review. Decatur, Illinois, 25 July 1919, p. 9.

Roy F. Steele: Blue and Gold [Student Newspaper]. October 1930, Box 20xx.01/1.1, File: October, MF School Archives, Maroa, Illinios.

George A Cross: Blue and Gold [Student Newspaper]. October 1930, Box 20xx.01/1.1, File: October, MF School Archives, Maroa, Illinios.

E. H. Menke: (1) Blue and Gold [Student Newspaper]. October 1930, Box 20xx.01/1.1, File: October, MF School Archives, Maroa, Illinios. (2) Blue and Gold [Student Newspaper]. April 1931, Box 20xx.01/1.1, File: April, MF School Archives, Maroa, Illinios. (3) Decatur Herald. Decatur, Illinois, 14 April 1933, p. 3.

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