Debra Walker, just for your information, St. Paul school district #50 was established on March 7, 1889. During the 1934-35 school year, enrollment had grown to 99 students and the district employed 2 teachers. One of these teachers was my great-aunt Elsie (Calvert) Schug. Total revenue received that year was $1001.00. The total assessed valuation of the district was $48,205,00. This district was consolidated into the Dixie school system July 4, 1938. -----Original Message----- From: Tina Easley <tina@grnco.net> To: ARGREENE-L@rootsweb.com <ARGREENE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 9:51 PM Subject: Re: [ARGREENE] High school >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. > > >============================== >The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/