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(This is as appears in the July 25, 1946 edition of The Paintsville Herald
3,500 Estimated Enrolled In
County Schools
An
Estimated 3,500 Johnson County Children enrolled in the 75 one
and two-room schools which opened last Wednesday, it was stated
this week by Verne P. Horne county school superintendent. The other five
units of the county system, two consolidated graded schools and
three consolidate high schools, will open Aug. 12, said Mr.
Horne, with at least 1,000 students expected at the five schools. During the
first week of school in 1945, there were 3,200 students enrolled
in the 75 schools, said Mr. Horne, and a total of 4,344 in all 80
units during the first week.
In announcing the names of the teachers for
The new eight-month term was made possible, the superintendent
said, through an increase of three and one-half million dollars
to the school fund by the 1946 General Assembly. It will mean an
increase of 7 to 10 per cent per month, per teacher, in
The teachers
for the various school units were announced by Mr. Horne as
follows: Hager Hill:
Mildred B/ Collier, Paintsville; Bertie S. Music, Hager Hill.
West Van Lear: Raymond Conley, Collista; Mildred Ann
Preston, West Van Lear; Edna Earle Stafford, Oil Springs;
Katherine Jones, Paintsville; Mae Meade, Paintsville.
John’s
Creek: Delphine Blanton, Oil Springs. Lower John’s
Creek: Esta Mae Wells, Odds. Upper Daniel’s
Creek: Eula Mae Wells, odds; Janet Wells, Odds. Upper Miller’s
Creek: Lillian Craven, Paintsville. Head of Greasy:
Billy Edyth Ward, Boons Camp. Pigeon Roost:
Carmona Howell, Paintsville. Three Forks
Greasy: Nellie Mollette, Boons Camp; Hazel Preece, Boons Camp. Hurricane (Greasy):
Alma Meek, Boons Camp.
Meade: Mae Best,
Offutt: Eva
Lee Butler, Offutt. Whitehouse:
Mildred Mollette, Offutt.
Chestnut: Fay
Walters, Offutt. River: Ethel
Walters, River.
Thelma: Kay Ward, River; Carol Lee Butcher,
Slone:
Marjorie Slone, Winifred. Thealka: H. G.
Chandler, Chandlersville; Ray Conley, Wittensville; June Conn,
Paintsville; Ruth B. Sparks, Offutt; Imogene Ward,
Paintsville; Angie L. Ward, Paintsville. Mingo: Lizzie
Colvin, Thealka; Samantha A. Ward, Offutt. Baker Branch:
Maggie Daniel, Tutor Key. Wiley Branch:
Nellie Daniel, River. George’s
Creek: Ola Mae Grim, Lowmansville, Herschel Pack, Lowmansville. Rockhouse (Hood):
Gustava Bowlin, Kerz Mouth of Rush:
Emogene McClure, Wittensville; Margie Burchett, Stambaugh.
Head of Rush:
Stambaugh: John H. Rice,
Sycamore: Nellie Rice,
Sugar Grove:
Erma B. Lyons, Kerz.
Upper Frank’s Creek: Loretta Williams, Flat Gap.
Little Mudlick: Elizabeth McKenzie, Flat Gap; Ella Rice,
Puncheon: J. J.
Conley, Flat Gap. Flat Gap:
Arville Bailey, Flat gap; Roy Ross, Flat gap; Patterson:
Charlie Estep, Flat Gap.
Joe’s Creek: Clarence Brown,
Head of
Mudlick: Clara Sue Williams, Red Bush. Upper Keaton:
Bernice Ferguson, Red Bush. Lower Keaton:
Thomas Murray Bailey, Red Bush. Barn Rock:
Ernestine Conley, Flat Gap. Beech Branch:
Exer LeMaster, Flat Gap.
McKenzie Branch:
Low Gap: Buell Blanton,
Little Paint:
Mae LeMaster, Win. Little Mine
Fork: Edith Williams, Oil Springs. Hargus:
Avonelle Conley, Oil Springs. Pigeon:
Herschel Conley, Oil Springs.
Colvin Branch:
Earl Auxier, Manilla. Barnetts Creek:
Mary M. Stafford, Oil Springs.
Hurricane (Br.
Creek): Betty Jo Stafford, Oil Springs. Oil Springs:
Garcie Preston, Barnetts Creek; Edith Grace, Oil Springs; Bill Rice:
Wanda Lee Williams, Oil Springs. Green Rock:
Eschel Rice, Oil Springs. Riceville:
Jewell Patrick, Riceville. Long Fork:
Fanny H. May, Riceville. Mille Creek:
Foster Frazier, Riceville. Buckhorn:
Victoria Weddington, Leander.
Asa:
Middle Fork:
Gladys Salyer, Collista. Lick Fork:
Audrey Horne, Hager Hill.
Rockhouse (Paint):
Mayme Patrick, Leander. Drake: Ruth
Ferguson, Flat Gap.
Staffordsville:
Myrtie Horne, Collista; Stella Fyffe, Paintsville. Music: Virgie
Conley, Hager Hill.
Jenny’s Creek: Walter Vaughan, Leander.
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