There was also the Miller School in the coffman community but I don't know if it was a school then it waswhat is now the Mulberry Church except the old church house. Were I went to church and grew up . Tina Easley surnames:Morton, Easley, Lambert,Gladish, Reddick, Marsh, Coggins, Reaves, Lenderman Greene County Arkansas http://www.rootsweb.com/~argreene/greene1.html Come Take A Trip in History!!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "R & D Walker" <rdwalker@grnco.net> To: <ARGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 9:36 PM Subject: Re: [ARGREENE] High school > Carol, > > The school on Highway 412 East (east from Paragould) toward the > bootheel of Missouri, between Tom Kirk Chevy-Olds and the St. > Francis River was originally called Lakeside School. It might have > included the high school grades at one time, but in the 60s it only went > through grade 8. Later it became East Elementary (part of the > Greene County Tech School System), and a few years ago it was > abandoned as a school. > > South School, on Highway 49, south of Paragould, was once, I think, > Greene County High. It too was part of the Greene County Tech school > system. It is now a vo-tech school. > > I believe all of these schools were built by the WPA during the depression > and were probably all high schools until the smaller school districts > consolidated. > > Seems like I remember reading that in the early years, there were no > public high schools. Schools were formed by "subscription," meaning > that the residents paid so much money to pay a teacher and to buy > supplies. There were "school houses" in just about every community, > many did double duty as churches. My parents, for instance, went to > St. Paul School which was in the Schugtown Community. I think > my mother told me there was only one teacher for all the students. > That would have been in the 30's. > > Debra > > > > > > > ============================== > Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. > http://pml.rootsweb.com/ > Brought to you by RootsWeb.com.