Contribution from Peggy Hubbell - Topeka

The story I have was told to me by a friend who is now deceased. Her name was Ruth Timken.
Ruth started teaching right out of high school. She was in a one room school between Ness City and Bazine. Her maiden name was Ruth Elaine Rigby.
She said they could see the big black cloud rolling in and knew what it was. Some of the parents would pick up their children, and if Ruth had her car she would take some to their homes. Everyone knew to drive on the wrong side of the road because you could see the ditch and that would guide you on the road.
One day she didn't have her car (actually her grandfather's car) and all the childrean had been picked up, but Ruth was left. She thought she was going to have to spend the night there, but some of the neighbors came on horseback and she rode double to go spend the night at their house - sleeping with the mother.
Ruth said that every morning she had to take the broom and sweep the dirt off the desks. (I wish I had asked if she had to shovel it off the floor.)
Ruth's daughter helped me pinpoint the school. She lives in Topeka.