Walker Co., Ga. School, 1921
Schools
in Walker County, Georgia 1921
Reference:
Program Booklet: "Chattanooga Valley Kiwanis 22nd Annual
Barbecue, Saturday, June 12, 1971"
This
Program Booklet includes School of Walker County in 1921 and
advertising by local businesses.
Booklet
contributed by Eudine Morgan Britton, transcribed by Dorothy
Duff.
Rossville School |
Teachers: Mr. Whiteside,
Miss Chambers, Mrs. Benson and Miss Leonard. |
Location:One and
one-half miles from Dry Valley; one and a quarter miles
from Lakeview;three miles from Mission Ridge. |
Grounds:Area, one lot;
title in trustees; rough; sanitary drinking fountains;
flower boxes in windows; surface toilets. |
Building:Value,
$5,000.00; four rooms; poor condition; very well kept; no
cloak room; painted inside; brick outside. |
Equipment:Double and
single patent desks; poor blackboard; some maps; no
charts; reference dictionary; some globes; a library; an
organ |
Organization:Four
teachers, eight grades; 278 pupils; eight months' school
year. |
Maintenance:$3,150.00
per annum. |
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Shiloh School |
Teachers:Miss Rebecca
Bomar, J. C. Young, Jr., Lafayette, Ga. Route 3. |
Location:Three miles
south to Plesant Hill |
Grounds:Area, one acre;
titles (?); wooded; small play grounds; no gardens; one
surface toilet, in good condition. |
Building:Value, $500.00;
two rooms; insufficiently lighted; leaks badly; well
kept; no cloak rooms; unpainted. |
Equipment:Single patent
desks; good blackboards; no maps; no charts; no pictures;
no library; no reference dictionary. |
Organization:Two
teachers; eight grades; 45 enrolled. six months' school
year. |
Maintenance:(No entry in
reference) |
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New Prospect
School |
Teachers:Mr. Jones, Miss
Kitchem. |
Location:Five miles
north from Cedar Grove; two miles west from Kensington. |
Grounds: Area _; titles,
_; rough play grounds; no gardens, one surface toilet. |
Building:Value, $900.00;
two rooms; no cloak rooms; in fairly good condition; very
well kept; unpainted inside; painted outside. |
Equipment:Double patent
and home-made desks; teachers' desk; insufficient amount
of blackboard; no maps, no pictures; no charts; no
globes; no library; no reference dictionary. |
Organization:Two
teachers; 76 pupils; 67 recitation periods; programs
posted. Six months' school year. |
Maintenance:$630.00 |
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Peavine School |
Teachers:Herschel
Powell, Miss Alma Conley |
Location:Three Miles
north of Rock Springs. |
Grounds: Area, two
acres; titles in church; neglected;ample play grounds; no
school gardens; water secured from spring; two toilets in
neglected condition. |
Building:Value,(No
entry); two rooms, improperly lighted; no cloak rooms;
painted inside, umpainted outside. |
Equipment:Double desks;
blackboards; a U.S.map; no charts; no globes; no library;
some framed pictures. |
Organization:Two
teachers; seven grades; 53 enrolled; a corn club; six
months' school year. |
Maintenance:(No entry) |
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Villanow School |
Teachers: W. N. Morgan,
Mrs. Ewing Reed. |
Location:(No entry) |
Grounds: Area, two
acres; titles in trustees; ample play grounds; no
gardens; one surface toilet. |
Building:Value (No
entry); one large room (curtain); improperly lighted; no
cloak rooms, well kept; in good condition; painted inside
and outside. |
Equipment:Double patent
desks; fairly good blackboard; no maps; no charts; no
globes;no library; a few pictures; a reference
dictionary. |
Organization:Two
teachers; nine grades; 86 pupils. Seven months'school
year. |
Maintenance:(No entry) |
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Garrett's Chapel
School |
Teachers:Mrs. Amanda
Pierce, Chickamauga, Ga. |
Location:Three miles
southwest from Wallaceville; three miles west from Oak
Grove. |
Grounds: Area, __;
titles __; no play equipment; no gardens; one toilet, in
very bad condition. |
Building:Value, $800.00;
one room; poor lighting; very good condition and well
kept; no cloak rooms; painted outside but unpainted
inside. |
Equipment:Home-made;
poor blackboards; one map; no charts; no globes; no
pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. |
Organization:One
teacher, six grades; 53 enrolled; no program posted; 30
recitation periods; corn, pig and potato clubs; six
months' school year. |
Maintenance:$258.00 per
annum from county. |
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Noble School |
Teachers:Mss Irene Glass |
Location:Two miles south
of Rock Springs; three miles north of Warren; three miles
west of Center School. |
Grounds:Area, one acre;
titles in Board of Education; unimproved; no playground
equipment; no school garden; water secured from
neighbor's well; two surface toilets. |
Building:Value,
$1,200.00; one room; improperly lighted; well kept; no
cloak rooms; painted inside and outside. |
Equipment:Double patent
desks; no charts; no globes; a few pictures; no library;
one map; insufficient amount of blackboard. |
Organization:One
teacher, seven grades, 40 enrolled; no program posted; a
pig club; six months' school year. |
Maintenance:(No entry) |
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Wallaceville
School |
Teachers: Miss Patsy
Glenn, Mrs. Ella Buchanan. |
Location:three miles
west from Robertsville; three miles northeast from
Garrett's Chapel; three miles north from Oak Grove. |
Grounds: Area, one acre;
titles (?); hilly; not enough play ground; two toilets,
in poor condition. |
Building:Value,
$1,000.00; two rooms; unilateral lighting; well kept; in
very good condition; no cloak rooms; painted outside;
unpainted inside. |
Equipment:Double patent
desks (old); insufficient amount of blackboard; no maps;
no charts; no globes; no pictures; no library; a
reference dictionary. |
Organization:Two
teachers; seven grades; 78 pupils; program posted. |
Maintenance: $750.00 per
annum from county and local tax. |
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Pond Springs
School |
Teachers:Miss Lilly
Morgan and Mrs. Ada Shankle. |
Location:Four miles
north from Kensington; three miles south from Oak Grove. |
Grounds: Area, ___;
titles in trustees; rocky, no equipment; no gardens; two
toilets. |
Building:Value,
$1,500.00; two rooms; very good condition; well kept;
painted inside and otuside. |
Equipment:Double patent
desks; rough blackboards; no charts; no maps; no
pictures; a library; a reference dictionary; covered
water cooler. |
Organization:Two
teachers; seven grades; 43 recitation periods; program
posted; six months; school year |
Maintenance:$708.00 from
county and patrons. |
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Naomi School |
Teachers:Mr. B.D. Keown,
Miss Ella chapman, Miss Annie Justice. |
Location:Four miles east
from LaFayette;;three miles northeast from Corinth; four
miles from Catlett. |
Grounds: Area, one acre;
titles in Board of Education; hilly, not improved; no
gardens; one surface toilet, in fairly good condition;
water secured from church cistern. |
Building:Value,
$2,000.00; three rooms; cloak rooms; insufficient
lighting; well kept and in good condition; unpainted
inside; painted outside. |
Equipment:Double patent
desks in two rooms; single patent in one; plenty of good
blackboards; no maps, no charts; no globes; some framed
pictutes; covered water cooler in each room. |
Organization:Three
teachers. seven grades. 127 pupils; six months' school
year. |
Maintenance:$1,206.00
per annum from county and local tax. |
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Rock Springs
School |
Teachers:Mr. R. L.
Powell, Miss Lucile Payne |
Location:Three miles
north from Noble; five miles south from Peavine; three
miles northwest from Center Grove. |
Grounds:Area, one acre;
titles in trustees; level; no equipment; no gardens; two
surface toilets. |
Building:Value,
$1,500.00; two rooms; improperly lighted; fairly good
condition; well kept; no cloak rooms; painted inside;
needs new coat of paint outside. |
Equipment:Double desks;
teachers'table;insufficient blackboard;a few maps; no
charts; no globes; a few framed pictures; a covered water
cooler; a reference dictionary. |
Organization:Two
teachers; seven grades; 123 pupils; 41 recitation
periods; six months' school year. |
Maintenance:$738.00 per
annum from county and patrons. |
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Kensington School |
Teachers:Mr. W. C.
Bowman, Miss Ilah Williams |
Location:Two miles east
from New Prospect; four miles south from Pond Spring;
five miles north from Cedar Grove. |
Grounds: Area __;
titles__; very good condition; no play equipment; no
gardens; one surface toilet. |
Building:Value,
$1,200.00; three rooms; well lighted; fairly good
condition; cloak rooms; very well kept; unpainted inside;
painted outside. |
Equipment:Double patent
desks; rough blackboards; no maps; no charts; no globes;
no framed pictures; no library; no reference dictionary. |
Organization:Two
teachers; seven grades; 57 pupils; programs posted; nine
months' school year. |
Maintenance:$1,350.00
per annum. |
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Old Bethel School |
Teachers:Mrs. Edith
Goodson, Chickamauga, Ga. |
Location:Three miles
east from Pond Spring; five miles northeast from Rock
Springs. |
Grounds: Area, __;
titles, __; level; no play equipment; no gardens;two
surface toilets. |
Building:Value,
$1,200.00; one room; no cloak room; improperly lighted;
fair condition; well kept; painted. |
Equipment:Double patent
desks; a teacher's table; fairly good blackboard; no
charts; no sand tables; no globes;; no framed pictures;
no library; no reference dictionary. |
Organization:One
teacher, six grades; 41 pupils; 32 recitations periods;
program posted; six months' school year. |
Maintenance:$258.00 per
annum from county. |
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Catlett School |
Teachers:J. C. Jones and
Thomas McGill |
Location:Four miles from
Naomi; three miles east from Pine Grove; two south from
Center Grove. |
Grounds: Area, one and
one-half acres; titles, in Board of Trustees; level, but
unimproved; good spring; no play equipment; no gardens;
two surface toilets. |
Building:Value, $800.00;
one room; improperly lighted; fairly well kept; no cloak
rooms; unpainted. |
Equipment:Long,
home-made desks; 20 feet of good blackboard;no maps; no
charts; no globes; no reference dictionary; no library. |
Organization:Two
teachers, six grades; 91 enrolled; thirteen recitation
periods to each teacher; six months' school year. |
Maintenance:$690.00 from
patrons and county. |
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Fairview School |
Teachers: Mrs. R. C.
Linn |
Location:Three miles
north from Chattooga; four miles south from Burnt Mill. |
Grounds: Area, one acre;
titles (?); hilly; no play equipment; no gardens, no
toilets; water from spring. |
Building:Value,
$1,200.00; two rooms; no cloak rooms; in very good
condition; fairly well kept; unpainted. |
Equipment:Double patent
desks; insufficient blackboards; no maps; no charts; no
pictures; no library; no eference dictionary. |
Organization:One
teacher; five grades; 78 enrolled; 30 recitations
periods; program posted; sx months' school term. |
Maintenance:$258 per
annum. |
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Sunnyside School |
Teachers:Miss Grace
Bowen |
Location:Four miles west
from Pine Grove; two miles east from LaFayette; three
Miles south from Bethel. |
Grounds: Area, ___;
titles, in private individual; hilly, unimproved; no
equipment; no gardens; no toilets; water from a spring. |
Building:Value, $100.00;
one room; very poor condition; well kept; no cloak room,
unpainted. |
Equipment:Long,
home-made desks; insufficient blackboard; no maps; no
charts;; no globes; some pictures; no library. |
Organization:One
teacher; seven grades, 34 enrolled; 24 recitation
periods. |
Maintenance:(No enrty) |
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Oak Grove School |
Teachers:Miss Thelma
Parker |
Location:Three miles
from Garrett's Chapel; three miles from Pond Spring. |
Grounds: Area, ___;
titles, ___; grounds hilly and rough; water from a
neighbor's well; no gardens; one toilet, in bad
condition. |
Building:Value,
$1,000.00; one room; lighting poor; good condition and
well kept; no cloak rooms; painted inside and outside. |
Equipment:Double patent
desks but very old; ample blackboard; no maps; no charts;
no library; no reference dictionary; some framed
pictures; a globe. |
Organization:One
teacher; six grades; 27 enrolled; program posted; 28
recitation periods; six months' school year. |
Maintenance:$240.00 per
annum from county. |
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Cedar Grove School |
Teachers:Mr.
J.D.McFarlin, Mrs. J.D.McFarlin, Miss Eva Roper, Miss
Elsie Andrews, Mrs. Lona Mai Powell, Mr. Westbrook. |
Location:Six
miles south from Kensington. |
Grounds: Four acres;
title in board of trustees; level; fairly good play
grounds; no school gardens; sanitary toilets. |
Building:Value,
$20,000.00, new building built by approved plan. |
Equipment:Single patent
desks; teachers' tables; good blackboards; no maps; no
charts; no framed picture; globes; a small library; a
reference dictionary. |
Organization: (No entry) |
Maintenance:(No enry) |
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Transcriber Note: Each
school included a picture of the school. In addition to
the above schools, other schools named without any
information are Osborn School, Ascolon School,
Dillon School, and Pittsburg School. |
Edited 06/21/04
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