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Because of the booming agricultural market, on Tuesday, September 9, 1912, Franklin County Agricultural High School was opened. It was located where Building A of the present Franklin County High School sits. Seventy students were the first to enroll for the 1913-1914 school year. Franklin County Agricultural High School was a boarding school and was located on 150 acres, fifty was in cultivation. Along with a male dormitory, female dormitory, dining hall, classroom facilities, a dairy and hog farm was located on the school campus. The school owned mules and other adequate tools for farming. Male students were required to enroll a minimum of two years of agricultural study. Female students were required to enroll a minimum of two years of home economics study. Students were also required to work a minimum of five hours per week on campus. The work performed was applied to the boarding costs. Any student who worked more than five hours a week was paid ten cents per hour. To be admitted to Franklin County Agricultural High School, prospective students had to present evidence of good character and willingness to learn to the principal. The cost of attending was $113.42. This fee included enrollment fees, room and board, and textbooks. There was also an extra dollar charge for music fees. Students who attended the school traveled by train and horseback from all over the county. The Great Depression ended Franklin County Agricultural High School. Boarding and agricultural operations were stopped at the end of the 1934-1935 school year. The following school year, the name was changed to Meadville High School. The first graduating class of Meadville High School was the Class of 1936.
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FCAHS 11th Grade Class of 1923-24 Click on photos for a larger view Front row, left to right: Lela Smith Halford; Bonnie Mae Jones Whittington; Maude Rush Sucich; Irene Emanuel Shaw; Florelle Garrett Jackson; Gussie Hancock Doughty; Lessie Sullivan Oglesby; Ailene Barlow Perritt; Ethel Oglesby James; Bonnie Whitehead Kelly Middle row, left to right: Lola Hutto Jeffries; Dorothy Martin Cherry; Louise McCully; Hubert Laird; Edgar McGehee; Jack Giles; Leslie Flowers; Jack Cupit; Cleon Cupit; Malcolm Aldridge Back row, left to right: Proby Magee; Edgar Lofton; Horton Little; Earnest Nations; Cecil Cupit; Archie Hemphill; J. H. McGehee; Lorelle Emanuel
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The Class of 1925 Place of residence in 1975 under names
First Name Last Name Married
Eva Wright Golson Baton Rouge, LA Lela Smith Halford Meadville, MS Bonnie Mae Jones Whittingon Gloster, MS Maude Rush Sucich Galveston, TX Lorelle Emanuel Church Hill, MS Irene Emanuel Shaw Port Isabel, TX Gussie Hancock Doughty Cleveland, MS Morton Little Luverne, AL Louise McCulley Irondale, AL Sara Lou Andrews Tylertown, MS Lessie Sullivan Oglesby Waterproof, LA Jack Giles Prentiss, MS Proby Magee Fairfield Bay, AR Malcolm L. Aldridge Jena, LA Jack Cupit LaPlace, LA Lula Hutto Jeffries Summit, MS Dorothy Martin Cherry Natchez, MS Hubert Laird New Orleans, LA Edgar McGehee Lacombe, LA J.H. McGehee Terry, MS Edgar Lofton St. Joseph, LA Leslie Flowers Meadville, MS Cleon Cupit New Orleans, LA Bonnie Whitehead Kelly Darling, MS Ethel Oglesby James Hattiesburg, MS Aileen Barlow Perritt Jackson, MS Florelle Garrett Jackson New Orleans, LA James Wentworth Meadville, MS Harry Mullins Meadville, MS Wilson Nichols Unable to Locate Deceased: Ernest Nations Julia Buie Cecil Cupit Archie Hemphill Leland Walker |
This page is lovingly dedicated to Nancy Florelle Garrett Jackson September 7, 1907 - January 20, 2003 FCAHS Class of 1925
"Mrs. Flo" was born in Union Church, Jefferson County, MS and graduated from FCAHS in 1925. She taught school for several years at Independence School in Franklin County. She was a lovely lady and will be remembered fondly by her many friends and family and by her former students. |
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