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Irma Erwin Poppler and Alice Duffy set a high standard for keeping wayward kids and social decorum in check.

Irma Erwin Poppler and Alice Duffy set a high standard for keeping wayward kids and social decorum in check.

Irma Erwin Poppler and Alice Duffy set a high standard for keeping wayward kids and social decorum in check.

It was the place to go for students to grab a bite between classes, but the deadly 1957 tornado tried to put an end to that.

Written by Merry Helm May 24, 2021 - When school let out on this date in 1986, People magazine had already been to McLeod, in Ransom County, to cover the story. There were only 14 one-room schoolhouses still operating in the state, and McLeod’s was closing its doors. Of the three students still attending in 1986, two would be moving up to seventh grade, and there was no way to keep the school running for the youngest remaining child. The story of the Salund School was used as the lead “Up Front” story in People and was ten pages long. It was the first time the magazine led an i...