1946: A time when Cedar County had 119 schools and horses still ruled the harvest

The results of the 1946 Cedar County school census was reported in the Advocate of Aug. 7. Census takers counted 3,958 children between the ages of five and 21 regardless of whether they attended school or not. This was five more than the number recorded in 1945 and the first wave of Baby Boomers had not yet reached school age.