Greetings Pendleton List: My grandmother, Bessie Vandevander Thompson, b. 1904, Circleville, still living, has been a great help to me re my Pendleton research...why?...it appears that no one in her family ever through anything away, her closets and drawers have been a goldmine to help get me started... Yesterday while looking thru her college scrapbook from Shepherd College, I found a Christmas souvenir pamphlet...my grandmother taught school in Pendleton County, this pamphlet's contents include info I would like to share with the list in case someone recognizes a family relative... FAIRVIEW SCHOOL Sub-District NO. 11 Pendleton Co., West Virginia 1922 Bessie L. Vandevander, Teacher School Board Rhymer Calhoun, President W. S. Dunkle, Secretary Charlie Warner, Commissioner Cleat Phares, Commissioner Pupils (separated by girls & boys) Annie Arbogast Leafy Arbough Freda Arbough Margie L. Johnston Nola M. Nelson Mary Nelson Boyd Arbogast Glavis R. Arbough Jimmie Arbough Arno E. Lambert Earl Day Onie Lambert The above info is located on the center pages and there are a few pages of Christmas carols and poems to fill out the rest of the pamphlet...it was a wonderful find and I am sure anyone doing genealogy would consider it a great Pendleton keepsake... In my copy of Pendleton County, WV Past and Present, page 36-37, under Schools, it states that Fairview School was located in Circleville District east of Circleville on State Route 28/6 in the Pike Gap. It stood near the present residence of Bennie Sponaugle. Some stones still mark its location. It goes on to state that land was deeded in 1884 to the school for $1.00 by Z. M. Nelson who owned the property. The school was closed in 1938. There is a list of other teachers and family names of pupils who attended the school...if anyone is interested I could list that info... Caroline Lyles