Mountain Peak School

Contributed by Sarah E. Stead

 

Mountain Peak School - 1924


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On the back  of the photo is a description of the school as it was built in 1923, signed by my grandfather who was on the school board.
 

6th and 7th Grades in 1923-24
Mt. Peak Public School
Mountain Peak, Texas


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School Class, Mt. Peak, TX - ca. 1917

L to R, from top: 1. Charlie Wakefield, 2. Leroy Rotens, 3. Miss Ruby Goodmin (Teacher), 4. Milton Wakefield, 5. Sam Burney, 6. Sack Eckleberger, 7. Monroe Glasse, 8. ____ Swafford, 9. Clinton Edwards, 10. ____ Randolf, 11. Willie Smith, 12. Eva Archer, 13. Oleta Belew, 14. Lucille Morris, 15. ____ ____, 16. Lillie Freeman, 17. Maurine Morris, 18. Lometa Strickland, 19. Doris Burleson, 20. Edna Merrideth, 21. J. P. Braser, 22. Katie ____, 23. Ivy Farris, 24. Jessie Campbell, 25. Gertrude Adams, 26. Fannie Steward, 27. Lena Parker, 28. Myrtle Parker, 29. Grace Glasse, 30. Lee Ann Stansberry, 31. Maggie Braser, 32. Bill Parms, 33. Grady Morris, 34. Frank Strickland, 35. Winston Shaw, 36. J. D. Smith, 37. T. A. Agee, 38. ____ ____, 39. Joe Wakefield, 40. ____ ____, 41. William Smith, 42. ____ ____, 43. Beall Forbes

I estimate the time frame of this photo by my mom's (Lucille Morris) apparent age.

   


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Poem written on 1922 Stationary - Mt. Peak Public School
Midlothian (Rt. A) Texas

 

Board:

E. L. Eskridge, Principal

      Faculty:
     John Morris

     Miss Winnie Ree Kelly
     W. A. Forbes

Miss Helen Jackson

     Albert Littlejohn
     R. W. Stricklin

Music and Expression

     Miss Madge Reese
     Mrs. Lucy Herring
     Mrs. E. L. Eskridge
 


 

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