Perfect Attendance in 1914.

--From Grandma Mildred (Robbins) Arnold Collection.

Drainage Commissioner

--Newspaper Clipping.

Highest Grade Attended

I was hoping to find more information some day on Grandma Arnold's education level.  Her younger sister Ethel's pic is included in a Thawville High School graduation photo; and I was hoping to find her graduating photo also.  But this census reports that Grandma's highest grade level was eighth. Second column from the right.  Grandma and Grandpa both made it through eighth grade, Frances is in third grade in 1940, and Dad has yet to start school. 

--Federal Census. 1940.

Lobdells in Melvin?

I had no idea there were Lodells in Illinois until Mom and I visited The Fort in Lexington, Illinois.  There was a handmade binder with the name Lobdell printed on the side.  I did a quick scan, but we did not have time to really investigate.  But here is Eleanor Lobdell teaching at the Melvin High School in 1943.  I got these images from Ancestry on January 16, 2021.  Really a surprise to me.