Country School: One Room - One Nation

Forest Grove Trivia Night Fundraiser Friday the 13th in Davenport

Forest Grove School's Third Annual Trivia Night Fundraiser will be held on Friday, February 13th, 2015, at the Golden Leaf, 2902 E. Kimberly Road, Davenport.  Doors open at 6 p.m.

Each year the successful event draws crowds eager to raise money to save the Bettendorf one-room school icon.  Progress on the school is incredible and inspiring.

The evening will include a showing of the documentary short film "Forest Grove Memories" by Tammy and Kelly Rundle of Fourth Wall Films at 6:45 p.m.  The fun-filled event also features a silent auction and the popular pie auction.

The cost to take part is $10/pp or $80/table. Make reservations by emailing FGS1873@gmail.com or call Sharon at 563.349.7805.

To donate to the Forest Grove restoration project, visit Forest Grove School Preservation at www.forestgroveschool.com.

Work Continues in Saving Forest Grove Schoolhouse

Sealed up for the winter and waiting for the next exciting renovations.

By Alma Gaul, Quad City Times

The nearly 8-foot-long piece of wood doesn't look like much, but it's enough.

The piece is what remains of the front door from Bettendorf's circa-1873 Forest Grove School, and — coupled with old photos and millwork catalogs — it contains enough clues to give the people at Carver Custom Millworks in Milan the direction they need to create a replacement.

Besides the length and thickness dimensions, the door piece contains depressions where hinges once were, dowels that supported horizontal panels and cove (concave) and bead (rounded) milling.

Getting the school's front door replaced is one of many upcoming projects for the Friends of Forest Grove School, a group that organized three years ago in an attempt to save the one-room school that closed in 1957.

For the first time since the project was announced, the school is "buttoned up" for the winter, with a new roof and shingles installed over the summer and the window and door openings boarded up. Replacement windows are waiting in the wings, though, just in need of paint, group organizer Sharon Andresen said.

Fundraising also is ongoing, with a trivia night fundraiser scheduled for Friday, Feb. 13, at the Golden Leaf, 2902 E. Kimberly Road, Davenport. The evening will include a showing of the film "Forest Grove Memories" by Tammy and Kelly Rundle of Fourth Wall Films, plus a pie auction.

To read the full article, visit the Quad City Times link HERE!

To donate to the restoration project, visit Forest Grove School Preservation at www.forestgroveschool.com.