History of Rainey District Number 48

Rainey District, named from the Rainey Creek, which crosses the district a few miles north of the school building; was organized from a section of land cut from the Colony Hill District Number Two in 1908. The building is located about six miles southeast of Abilene and three miles south of Elmdale on a slight elevation, overlooking a beautiful level prairie country. From the first the buildings in use have been erected by donations of patrons of the school, the district never having been bonded. The present building, which is modern and meets all state requirements for one-teacher schools, was erected in 1917; at this time a fifty cent tax was voted for the district and it became eligible to receive State Aid.

There have been a great many different teachers in charge of the school since its establishment, but some very efficient work has been done. Miss Ethel Coffman was the first teacher she was followed by Miss Dora Peters. The next year - 1911 - there was no school in the district, conditions seeming to demand its temporary discontinuance. Miss Estell Scarborough was an charge of the work the following year; after her came Misses Hattie Noble and Gladys Lindley. In 1916 Thomas Minton began work, but unfortunately, a storm so badly wrecked the school house that it was necessary to rebuild it; the work was discontinued for a brief time hut resumed later under Mr. Minton. He was followed he Miss Ella Stone, Mrs. Alice Blanton, Miss Iva Briggs - a former pupil of the school - and Mrs. Iva Gamel. Miss Bonnie Carey Duke has had the school in charge this year, and the progress of the work has been good.

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