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    1. Re: [ARGREENE] High school
    2. R & D Walker
    3. 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

    03/29/2000 02:36:03