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''A private school, called a select school, was organized in 1882 with a Board of Trustees including E. V. Filkins, Thomas J. Wood, George H. Reinhart, Charles E. Deitz, Peter S. Ball, and Edwin M. Shultes.''

The select school was first located in a small building that had been built by [[Edward Vincent Filkins]], Esq. as his [[E. V. Filkins' law office| law office]]. The teacher was his daughter Carrie Filkins.

''This school was successfully operated in a room over [[Settle's Store]] at the close of the century.''

Note: The building was a Post Office in the 1920's. The post master from 1915 - 1928 was Clarence Haverly, husband of Carrie Filkins. In 1929 the [[Berne Volunteer Fire Company]] was organized and the building became the first fire house.

Source: ''[[Our Heritage]]''

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Select School - Revision history

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