I finally deleted that village and started over with a new one.
Don't forget you can have 5 different villages going before having to delete any

I know, but I couldn't help going back again and again to that frustrating village, so I decided to get rid of it. lol
It was my first, and I felt I'd really done everything I could with it. Also, it was frustrating not being able to make additional villagers Elders, even though they'd mastered 3 skills.