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WALLACE F. IlLER, JR., CHAIRM
OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COUMISSIONERS
LILLIAN V. MO'FFiT#,OVICE-CHAIRMAN
OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Tf;gert Page, Charm
Genes:I! Government COehmittee
My 18, 1978
Misc., Res. 8458
In Re: FRANKLIN SCHOOL
RESOLUTION OF COMMEMORATION
150111 ANNIVERSARY
FIRST SCHOOL IN SOUTHFIELD TOWNSHIP
By: General Government Committee
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
WHEREAS, IN 1828, THE FIRST SCHOOL IN SOUTHFIELD TOWNSHIP WAS
ERECTED IN FRANKLIN VILLAGE, THE TERRITORIAL COUNCIL HAVING THEN MADE
TOWNSHIPS RESPONSIBLE FOR EDUCATION; AND
WHEREAS, HISTORICAL RECORDS INDICATE THAT SOPHIE GOA WAS THE
FIRST TEACHER WITH 29 STUDENTS ATTENDING CLASS IN A LOG SCHOOLHOUSE
LOCATED NEAR THE BROUGHTON HOUSE; AND
WHEREAS, I N 1845, THE SECOND SCHOOLHOUSE WAS LOCATED AT THE
FOOT OF SCHOOL HILL AND THE THIRD SCHOOLHOUSE WAS ERECTED ON THIS
SITE LN 1869 AND DESTROYED BY FIRE IN 1922 AFTER WHICH THE FOURTH
SCHOOLHOUSE WAS BUILT ON THE SAME SITE AND SERVES TODAY AS THE VILLAGE
SCHOOL; AND
WHEREAS, THE DEDICATION OF THE HISTORIC MARKER HONORING THE
150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FRANKLIN VILLAGE SCHOOL IS BEING HELD ON
MAY Z0
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, THAT THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS HEREBY EXTENDS ITS CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FRANKLIN
SCHOOL ON ITS 150TH ANNIVERSARY, AND URGES THE CITIZENS OF THE
COMMUNITY TO JOIN IN THE OBSERVANCE OF THE DEDICATION OF THE
HISTORICAL MARKER HONORING THIS SYMBcL QF OUr.: PROUD AMERICAN
HERITAGE AND.DEMOCRACY.-
ATTESTED TO THIS _18TH DAY OF MAY, 1978, AT PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.
The General Government Commitjpe, by Robert W., Pageghairrnan,moves the