| Loucks Mills School House - 1920s | ||
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This picture shows the school as it appeared in the 1920's. The school was located near where the California branch flows into Pine Creek in Loucks Mills. Since the school appears to be quite old, it is reasonable to belive that Archie Loucks attended the school until he was ten years old, when his father married Frances Sherwood and they moved away to Mixstown hill and then to Westfield. When Archie was eleven years old, his family moved to Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania. The Loucks Mills school was closed in 1946. According to the "Potter County Historical Society Quarterly Bulletin, Number 82, October 1986", where David Loucks got the information about Hector Township schools, "because of poor roads and harsh winters, most of the schools in Hector were operated as summer schools. The students had their vacation during the winter months when travel was more difficult. School terms were not as long as they are now - seven or eight months was the average." |
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