"Just a memory that will live in the lives of those who once lived here".
Dickens High School 1890-1956
Dickens High School 1909 - 1934
New High School
The first school in Dickens was taught in a dugout on the northeast corner of the square in 1890 by Minor Wilson before the county was organized. Miss Sallie Mae Hale was the second school teacher. She also taught in the dugout.
In the summer of 1892 the school was moved into a nice white building on Lot 13, Block 38, where the church of Christ is now located. The building had a belfry and a big bell hung in it to tell the children that it was time to come to school. The lumber was hauled from Quanah by wagon train. Dr. M. S. Crow was the owner of the lot and he sold to the school for five dollars.
The old building was sold to W. C. Ballard in 1900 and he gave it o the Chruch of Christ and they used it until 1929. A new school building was erected in the east part of town, north of the present highway 82. It was a three teacher building. They used this building until 1909, when a new brick 10 room building was erected. It was the pride of the County. This building was used until 1934, when another new brick building was erected on the same ground. At this time there were over 400 pupils. It was a four-year accredited high school. As time went by, more people left the farms and small cities; therefore, Dickens was not exempt, so in 1958 the school district was divided between Patton Springs, Spur and McAdoo. They tore the old building down and hauled it away; so today, there is not a school at Dickens....
Source: Dickens County History...its Land and People 1986 by Dickens Historical Commission page 487
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Dickens Owls | A | |||
| Adams, Deward | Adams, Doris Mae | Adams, Raymond | |
| Aldredge, C.A. | Aldrich, Betty Jean (Fallis) | Allen, J.D. | |
| Armstrong, David | Armstrong, Estelle (Blair) | Armstrong, Nelda (Pendley) | |
| Armstrong, R.D. | Arrington, Fred | Arrington, Gladys (Borden) | |
| Arthur, Dean | Arthur, Ermal (Hoover) | Arthur, E.V. | |
| Arthur, Haunera (Pritchett) | Arthur, Lona Dell (Rogers) | Arthur, Georgia | |
| Atkinson, Betty (Hoover) | Atkinson, C.L. | Atkinson, Don | |
| Atkinson, E.J. | Atkinson, Wanda (Stanley) | ||
| B | |||
| Baber, Cleve | Baber, Edith | Bachman, Charlie | |
| Bachman, Paul J. | Bailey, Mrs. E.M. | Baker, Mrs. Charlie | |
| Baker, Louise (Perryman) | Baker, Vivian | Banowsky, Wade | |
| Barnhill, Virginia | Beebe, ? (Mrs. Carl Rush) | Beebe, Beatrice (Mrs. J.E. Stoall) | |
| Beebe, C.C. | Beebe, Paul | Beebe, Royce | |
| Beebe, Thenia (Koonsman) | Beechly, Emily (Mrs. Raymond Ware) | Beechly, Rachel | |
| Beechley, Annie | Beechley, Verna (Goen) | Berry, Mrs. J.E. | |
| Bilberry, Alvin | Bilberry, Ava Nell (Ponder) | Bilberry, L.D. | |
| Bilberry, Luther | Bingham, Rachel | Bird, Eulah Buchanan | |
| Bishop, Wayne | Bivens, Melvin | Blackwell, Jack | |
| Blair, Harold | Blair, Lora (Meadors) | Borden, Curtis | |
| Blair, Kate (Gipson) | Blair, Lucy (Lea) | Blair, Zelma (Lusk) | |
| Blake, Juanita (Borden) | Blakley, Zola | Borden, Hardy | |
| Borden, Howard | Bride,Jim | Bowerman, Aaron | |
| Brodge, W.J. | Bridge, Dumont | Brindle, W.L. "Slim" | |
| Brooks, Mrs. La Rue | Brooks, Mrs. Milton | Brown, Darla Jean (Seitx) | |
| Brown, Earlene | Brown, Leonard | Brown, Sharon (Green) | |
| Brummett, Dudley | Brummett, H.A.C. Jr. | Brummett, Winston | |
| Buchanan, Albert | Buchanan, Emma (Russell) | Buford, Lois Mae | |
| Burke, Mr. and Mrs. J.K. (Teachers) | Burnam, Nan Jo (Futch) | Butler, Annie Mae (Carroll) | |
| Butler, Charles Dale | Byrd, Geneva (Smith) | Byrd, Mrs. Henrietta (Teacher) | |
| C | |||
| Campbell, Della (Hagins) | Campbell, Velma (simmons) | Cathy, Ann | |
| Cates, Zeta Dean | Cates, Ollie Elle (Slaton) | Chatham, Jack | |
| Chesney, Bonnie Jo (Hudson) | Chesney, Jimmie Lea | Chesney, Marinea Ruth | |
| Chesney, Cleo (Lewis) | Chewing, Montel Elle (Hawk) | Christopher, La Nelle | |
| Clay, Elner (Gay) | Clay, Georgia Ruth (Beechley) | Clifton, Brenda (Reagan) | |
| Clifton, Demp | Clower, Ira | Cobb, Lloyd | |
| Cobb, Woodrow | Collett, Gay | Conaway, Betty (Johnson) | |
| Conaway, Jodie | Conaway, Mary (Reynolds) | Copass, Ira | |
| Copass, James | Copass, Jordan | Copass, Wesley | |
| Corty, Linda | Cowan, Thurman | Cox, Virginia (Mrs. C.W. Worswick) | |
| Crego, Edith | Cumbie, Bill | Cumbie, J.J. | |
| Cumbie, John J. Jr. | Cumbie, Sue (Farley | ||
| D | |||
| Dawe, Margaret (Mrs. S.D. Worswick) | Dawson, Carlton | Dawson, Effie (Hicks) | |
| Dawson, Wila (Davis) | Dawson, Willeta | Day, Durwood | |
| Day, Gordon | Day, Mavis | Day, Sharon | |
| Day, Ted | Day, Wallace | Deaton, Allen | |
| Deaton, Wendell | Deaton, Wilburn C. | DeGraw, Jimmy | |
| Denny, John F. | Denson, Mrs. | Dewesse, A.L. | |
| Dodson, Carlton | Donaghe, Mrs. Adam (Teacher) | Dozier, Elbert | |
| Draper, Fay | Draper, Gilberta | Drennan, Billy George | |
| Drennan, Ozella | Drennon, Voil | Driver, Charles | |
| Duncan, Paul Dl. | Durham, Gussie (Ludwick) | Durham, Loran | |
| Durham, Louise (Hamilton) | Durham, Opal (McBroom) | ||
| E | |||
| Edward, Don | Edwards, Gene | Edwards, Ira | |
| Edwards, Irene (Williams) | Edwards, Jack | Evans, Jessie (Edwards) | |
| Edwards, John Henry | Edwards, J.Q. | Edwards, Mary Jane (Nichols) | |
| Edwards, Maude (Swaringen) | Elliott, Kenneth | Elliott, Tony | |
| Ellis, Harry | Elmore, Leroy | Elmore, Lois Mae(Hammer) | |
| England, Jimmy (Latham) | English, Ava (Teacher) | Estes, Rachel | |
| F | |||
| Farley, Gerald | Faubus, Claude | Faubus, Dorothy | |
| Faubus, Janice (Henderson) | Faubus, James Wayne | Fellmy, Jan (Crafton) | |
| Forbis, Frank | Futch, Edna (Bilberry) | Futch, Nan Jo (Bennett) | |
| Futch, R.L. | |||
| G | |||
| Garner, Ella | Garner, Mauel (Morrison) | Garner, Peral (Jones) | |
| Garner, Mona | Gatlin, Francis, (Meadors) | Gay, John | |
| Gay, Loouise (Long) | Gay, Frank | Gillstrap, Syble | |
| Gipson, Donna Lou (Henderson) | Gipson, Foy | Gipson, Freida (Nichols) | |
| Gipson, Jack | Gipson, Selma (Mrs. A.B. Watson) | Gladish, Bessie (Stanford) | |
| Goen, Guy | Good, Buck | Goodwin, Val Dee | |
| Graham, J.D. | Graves, Sybil | Green, John L. | |
| Graves, Sybil | Green, Betty Lee (Maines) | Green, John L. | |
| Green, Mickey | Green, Nell (Davis) | Green "Speck" R.C. | |
| Green, Tommy | Green, Tom Merrill | Green, Worth | |
| Gunn, Lloyd | Gunn, Olen (Watson) | Gunn, Pearl (McWhorton) | |
| Gunn, Zada (Crawford) | |||
| H | |||
| Ham, Ellsworth | Ham, Erie (Foster) | Harkey, Berry (Lewis) | |
| Harkey, Doris (Van Pelt) | Harkey, Estelle (Niles) | Harkey, Leon | |
| Harkey, Lynn (Green) | Harkey, Marilyn | Harkey, Mary Lee (Stephens) | |
| Harkey, Mike | Harris,Pauline (Armstrong) | Harvey, A.J. | |
| Harvey, Mary (Randel) | Harvey, Polly(Dempsey) | Harvey, W.K. | |
| Hash, Elbert | Hash, Felix | Hash, Bert | |
| Hash, Bunny (Nash) | Hash, Novela (Vignois) | Hash, Wade | |
| Hawk, Randall | Hawk, Chewing | Hawley, Charlene | |
| Hawley, Curtis | Hawley, Hubert | Hawley, Jerry (Earnest) | |
| Hawley, Merle (Brown) | Hawley, Virlie (Day) | Hemphill, Billy Jack | |
| Hemphill, Freddie | Henson, Louise | Hext, Lillie Rose | |
| Hickman, Mrs. Sic | Holloway, Charlie Ray (Bennett) | Holloway, Dan | |
| Holloway, J.W. | Holly, Audry (Faubus) | Holly, Bessie | |
| Holly, Bill | Holly, Curtis | Holly, Darly Wayne | |
| Holly, Jean | Holly, Lloyd | Holly, Marie (Edwards) | |
| Holly, Odell | Horton, Artilla (Patton) | Horton, Charles | |
| Horton, Walter | Hulsey, Allie (Taylor) | Hulsey, Ethel (Griffin) | |
| Hulsey, Lois (Smith) | Hunt, Sandy | Hunt, Wylie | |
| Hurley, Hulen | Hyatt, B.A. | Hyatt, Ethel (Cornwell) | |
| Hyatt, Jessee | |||
| J | |||
| Jackson, Alene (Brindle) | Jackson, Amos | Jackson, Bobby | |
| Jackson, Foy | Jackson, Francis | Jackson, Grady | |
| Jackson, H.O. | Jackson, Juanita | Jackson, J.C. | |
| Jackson, Ike | Jackson, John | Jackson, C.C. | |
| Jackson, Victor | Jackson, Jennie Lou (Murphy) | Johnson, Clara (Street) | |
| Johnson, Helen (Young) | Johnson, Joyce (Mrs. Bob Slack) | Johnson, Vanzella (Murphy) | |
| Joyner, A.P. | Jones, Juther | ||
| K | |||
| Kennedy, Bob | Kennedy, Don | Kennedy, Goldie (Nichols) | |
| Kennedy, Hamp M. | Kennedy, Ida (Thomason) | Kennedy, Margaret and Jim | |
| Kennedy, Orb | Kennedy, Pearl Richey | Kennedy, Ruth (Partridge) | |
| Kennedy, S.M.Jr. | Kennedy, Vernon | Kerr, Lucille | |
| Kimmel, Curtis | Kimmel, Idell | Koonsman, John L. | |
| Koonsman, Johnnie | |||
| L | |||
| Lane, Ella B. | Laster, Austin | Latham, Nancy Kay | |
| Latham, ? | Lea, Kenneth | Lee, Barnard | |
| Lee, Dorine (Warren) | Lee, Veda (Hash) | Lewis, Inell (Atkinson) | |
| Lewis, Jerry | Lewis, Stanley | Lewis, Thurman | |
| Littleifield, R.C. | Lowens, Grace (Loyd) | Lockett, Clara | |
| Lockett, Katy | Lowerie, Dub | Luce, Emma (Davies) | |
| Lusk, Anna (Terry) | |||
| Mc | |||
| McBride, Bill | McBride, Linda (Sedgwick) | McCarty, Kenneth | |
| McClure, Lois (Meadors) | McCormick, Walter | McCormick, Ella Mae | |
| McCormick, Ellen, (Hrael) | McCormick, Joan (Dickinson) | McCormick, Johnny | |
| McGinleey, Velma | McKinney, Annie | McKnight, Calton | |
| McKnight, Thelma (Collins) | McLaughlin, Jack | ||
| M | |||
| Martin, Forrest | Martin, Harry G. | Martin, Kenneth | |
| Martino, Ernestine | Meadors, Cecil H. | Meadors, Cecil Hugh | |
| Meadors, Helen (Cozby) | Meadors, Olive (Spikes) | Meddleton, Ouida (Denny) | |
| Mimms, Don | Mimms, Jack | Mimms, Jerry | |
| Minnix, Bobbie Ruth (Blair) | Mohler, Beatrice | Morris, Hershel | |
| Moss, Dalton Lee | Moss, Wandell (Dyess) | Moss, Wylina (Roberts) | |
| Middleton, Charles | Murchinson, Paul | Murphy, Jane (Silkutter) | |
| Murphy, Mae | |||
| N | |||
| Newberry, Jackson | Newberry, Valera (Arthur) | Nichols, Benny | |
| Noland, Clayton | Noland, Geraldine (Putman) | Noland, Jewell (Holder) | |
| Noland, Curtis Dell "Jiggs" | Noland, John | Norris, Erna Mae and Herman | |
| O | |||
| Offield, Lessie | Ogle, Ronnie | Ogle, Forrest | |
| Ogle, Wayne | Ousley, Jean (Anderson) | Ousley, Ray | |
| Overstreet, Ben F. | Overstreet,Billie | Overstreet, Ruby Dell | |
| Oxford, Brown and Jewell | Oxford, Dick | ||
| P | |||
| Parks, Barbara (Ralston) | Parks, Josie Elaine | Parker, Arthur | |
| Parker, Doris (White) | Parker, Howard - wife (Jackson) | Parks, Elaine | |
| Partridge, Edd | Partridge, Jack | Partridge, June (Goodwin) | |
| Pate, C.W. - wife (Kennedy) | Payne, Cullen | Parnell, Clyde, Jr. | |
| Perrin, Jo | Perryman, Elvis | Peters, Lilian (Young) | |
| Pierce, Ardelle (Johnson) | Pierce, George | Pierce, Georgia Ruth (Booker) | |
| Pierce, Shirley (Cooper) | Pillow, Alta Mae | Pillow, Garland | |
| Powell, W.W. | Powell, Shorty | Pritchard, Jimmy Don | |
| Putman, Leonard | Putman, Louis | Pritchard, Willie (Quattlebaum) | |
| R | |||
| Rasberry, Melton | Reagan, Jake | Reid, John | |
| Reynolds, J.C. | Reynolds, Mary Dean (Smiley) | Reynolds, Polly (Jackson) | |
| Reynolds, Robert | Reynolds, Tookie (Mrs. Morris Cobb) | Richards, Patsy (Murray) | |
| Richey, Erie | Robinson, Robert Rex | Rye, Carl | |
| S | |||
| Sizemore, Blanche, (Street) | Sizemore, Fayne(Ogle) | Saton, Peggy (Stewart) | |
| Swaringen, C.C. | Swaringen, Betty Denson | Swaringen, Cristol | |
| Swaringen, Grady | Scott, Bill | Scott, Mr. and Mrs. G.W. (Teachers) | |
| Sizemore, Inez (Seabourn) | Shafer, Mary J. (Atchinson) | Sharp, Mr. and Mrs. A.C. | |
| Sharp, Elise (Crockett) | Sharp, James Robert | Shaw, Carl | |
| Shaw, Dean | Shaw, Donald | Shaw, Douglas | |
| Shaw, Lillie M. (Griffin) | Shields, Addie | Shields, Edith (Blackwell) | |
| Shields, Edna Greenway | Shield, Stella | Shields, Tom | |
| Simmons, Beth Blackwell | Sizemore, Bill | Slack, Nell (Bond) | |
| Slaton, Chloe (Mrs. Dempsey Simms) | Slaton, Tony Spears | Slough, Fay | |
| Slough, Maud (Gay) | Slough, Paul | Slough, Edd | |
| Smith, Mrs. C.V. | Smith, Conley | Smith, Dean | |
| Smith, J.C. | Speer, Effie | Speer, Frances Lee (Bivens) | |
| Spraberry, Opal Lee | Spratt, Rose (Mrs. Jack) | Stanford, Cecil | |
| Stanford, Edith (Cumbie) | Stanford, Ila mae (Curry) | Stanford, Paul | |
| Starrett, Loretta (Reid) | Starrett, Melba (Jackson) | Starrett, Paverance (Waldrep) | |
| Stephens, Kathleen (Warr) | Stephenson, Lucille (Stanley) | Stephens, Mary (Powers) | |
| Stephens, Peggie (Hunter) | Stephens, Tom Jr. | Stephenson, Charlie | |
| Stetson, Milton Q. | Stokes, Walter | Street, Mr. and Mrs. Bee | |
| Street, Charlie | Street, Dannie (Hudgens) | Street, Kenneth and Louise | |
| Street, Willow and Marguerite | Street, William | Stubblefield, Jackie (Jackson) | |
| Stubblefield, Minnie Pearl (Rorabaugh) | Swan (Mrs. Earl Dozier) | Swaringen, Betty (Denson) | |
| T | |||
| Taylor, Bobby Jack | Taylor, Charles A. | Tennison, Bobby | |
| Tenison, Curtis Wayne | Terrell, Don | Terrell, Linda (McCarty) | |
| Thacker, Dena (Kirby) | Thacker, Eva (Pierce) | Thacker, Opal (Howard) | |
| Thacker, Thelma | Thompson, O.D. | Thompson, Don | |
| Thompson, Gary Don (Sputter) | Thornton, Lilian | Terry, Harley | |
| Terry, Carl | Terry, Dick | Thompson, Clyde | |
| Turpen, Pansy (Welbourn) | Turpen, Patsy | ||
| V | |||
| Van Leer, Irene (Rogers) | Varnell, L.J. | ||
| W | |||
| Ward, Ailene (Lyle) | Ward, Bill | Ward, Olin | |
| Ward, Roy | Warr, Hollis | Watley, J.U. | |
| Welbourn, M.B. | Whatley, Charlotte (Laster) | Welch, Don | |
| White, Howard | White, Jim | Whitehurst, David | |
| Whitehurst, Franklin | Wiley, Louis | Williams, Leon | |
| Williams, Eugene | Whatley, Edith (Williams) | Williams, Imogene | |
| Winkler, Mary Lou | Winkler, Pat | Worswick, Bennie Nausbaum | |
| Worswick, ? (Mrs. Francis Harkey) | Worswick, Lena (Walker) | Wright, Billy (Smith) | |
| Wright, Norman | Wright, Wanda (Copeland) | Wyatt, Bill | |
| Y | |||
| Yarbrough, Mona | Yeates, H.I. |
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