Jeffrey I could not find anything on a Prater E. Smith in the 1948 Muse/Pine Valley School District records. I did find the following though: PARENT POST OFFICE/ADDRESS SCHOOL DISTRICT AGNES SMITH Muse, OK 63 Student: Charles Hal SMITH White Male Born Jan 21, 1935 Age 13 This was the only SMITH family that is on record in the 1948 School census for the Muse/Pine Valley/ Whitesboro school district. Ordinarily the father was the one that enrolled the student on the school census in this period of time. In the absence of a father, the head of the household is listed as the parent or guardian, which may be the mother of the student. In this case, for some reason, the father did not enroll the student. Maybe the father was dead, divorced, out of town, or many other possibilities exist why he did not register the student. There was a total of 32 students in the school. It looks like this info might "muddy the waters" a little bit. I hope this helps in some way, good hunting. Tom S PVGS