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 COLUMBIA AND MONTOUR COUNTIES Susquehanna U niversity, at Selinsgrove, Fa., serves the con gr^ation r^ iila rly. T h e LvangcJical Church at Greenwood set­ tlement w as organized in 1880 by Rev. W. H. L illy, at the home o f E li W elliver. The fol­ lowing year, through the cfTurts o f D avid /Ubcrtson and Wilson K ram er, the present church w as built. T he appointment is filled from W aller. EDUCATIO.SAL

With the Friends religion and education w ere closely connected. One end of their first meetinghouse w as partitioned off for a school­ room and in 1798 Elizabeth E v es here in­ structed the children of the vicinity. Jesse H aines and John Shirley were her successors. T h e first scboolliousc in the township w as on the farm o f Jacob Gerard, in the eastern part. I t w as subsequently removed to Rohrsburg. O ther schools were from time to time c sta ^ lished in convenient parts of the township. In 18 5 1 the Friends erected the Millville high school, William Burgess being made principal the following year. 1Ic opcncu it in the autumn o f 18 52 with an enrollment o f thirty, and con­ tinued to be the head fo r twelve years. In 18 6 1 the Greenwood Sem inary Company, with a capital slock o f $5,000. was organized, as­ sumed all the liabilities of the high school, added to the buildings, and placed the insti­ tution on a firm basis. P ro f. T. W. Potts, o f Q iester county, look charge in 1865. and in 1866 the property was leased to C. W. W alker. T hree years later W illiam Burgess rctumcd, and remained until 18 7 2, being succeeded by R. H. Whitcacre. D uring the winter o f 1874-75 the school was conducted by Florence Heacock, o f Benton. S h e w as followed by A rthur W. Potter and R. H. W hiteacrc. From 1878 to 1885 the school w as conducted only in the summer, the teach­

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ers being John M. Sm ith, H arold Whitcacre, M. C. Turrell and A. L. Tustin. In 1886 the Fishing Creek Monthly Meeting o f Friends again became the lessees, and opened the school with seventy-five pupils, under the principalship o f Anna C. Borland, o f Philadelphia. Subsequent principals have been Edith H. Cut­ ler, 1887-89; lic n r y R. Russell, 1890-93; Je n ­ nie K ester and Ellen Russell, 1894-95; H arry W. E ves, 1896-1900; W ilmer W. Kester, 19 0 10 9; Kathryn E ves, 19 10 -13. M any men and women who attained prominence in the vari­ ous w alks of life have been attendants at this institution o f learning. T h e buildings are now in a state o f disrepair and the school is poorly attended. M iss M ary Ridgw ay is the last principal. T h e present M illville high school was built in 1900 and already in 19 14 an addition has been built to accommodate the increase o f at­ tendance. The structure is a large two-story brick and is strictly modem in every respect Present county superintendent E van s is of Q uaker descent and takes particular pride in this school. There were eleven schools in Greenwood township in 19 12. with 2 7 1 pupils in attend­ ance. T he school directors a r e : A. W. Eves, W. F. Kline, Ralph E v es. J. W. Bowman. C. F. Derr. T h e school directors o f M illville a r e : J. B. W ellivcr, Grant Johnson, C. H. Henrie, Charles Bnim stetler, C. A. Kream er. rOPULATION

T he population o f Greenwood township in 1820 w as 1, ^ 8; in 1 ^ 0, 1, 1 1 0; in 1840, 1 ,2 17 : in 1850. 1.2 6 0; in i860. 1.4 7 0; in 1870. 1,58 5: in 18S0, 1 ,7 1 0; in 1890, 1,8 76; in 1900, 1,30 7; in 10 10, 1,2 2 1. The population o f M illville w as 593 in 1900 and 6 t t in 1910.

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