STORIES & SCHOOL PHOTOS
~ P H O T O S ~
Clearwater's First Old Log School in McMinn County, TN, 1898 - 1899
Clearwater School Group in McMinn County, TN, 1899 - 1900
Students of Mouse Creek School, McMinn County, TN, ca. 1916
Coltharp School Group, Monroe County, TN, ca. 1917
Coker Creek Elementary School (old photo of long-gone school), Monroe County, TN
Miss Laura Lee's Third Grade Class of 1956 - 1957 at North City Elementary School, Athens, TN
Miss Fannie Spiggle's Fourth Grade Class of 1957 - 1958 at North City Elementary School, Athens, TN
Miss Elsie Taylor's Fifth Grade Class of 1958 - 1959 at North City Elementary School, Athens, TN
Principal Robert Benton and Some Teachers Tour Athens Plow Company, 1960 - 1961
Some Athens Teachers Tour Athens Press, In-service 1960 - 1961
Some Athens Teachers Tour Ridge Textile Mill, In-service 1960 - 1961
Some Athens Teachers Tour Mayfield Dairy Farms, In-service 1960 - 1961
Mrs. Ruth M. Clayton's 1961 Eighth Grade Class at North City School
Some 1961 Eighth Grade Students at North City School
North City School Students on 1961 Trip to Camp Oo-Tah-Nee-Noh-Chee
1962 Athens Kiwanis Club Scholastic Achievement Award at North City School
Miss Mildred Maupin's Sixth Grade Homeroom of 1969 - 1970 at Arnold Elementary School, Cleveland, TN
~ S T O R I E S & A R T I C L E S ~
"Tablespoon in the Teacher's Desk" by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
"What an Education Means to Me" by Sandra Nipper
"And Gladly Teach" by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
"It Was Time to Retire When . . ." by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
"North City Elementary School's 1961 Trip to Camp Oo-Tah-Nee-Noh-Chee" by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
Business Education Day for Teachers, Athens, Tennessee 1960 - 1961 edited by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
North City Students Honored at Special Awards Day Program, June 2, 1962 (DPA article)
Two Athens Schools Report on Scrap Metal Collections (The McMinn County Herald, September 17, 1942)
"The Last Soap Making in North Athens" (with photos) by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
"Living at the Chatsworth Hotel" by Sandra (Nipper) Ratledge
Principal Robert Benton's letter
Appalachian Pioneers (stories & anecdotes about my husband's ancestors and relatives)
Cherokee County, North Carolina ~ A History ~
Patchwork Pieces - Stories & Anecdotes (stories about my family)
Public Domain, but please include this site in your sources
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Graphics
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Sandra Ratledge
This site is dedicated to the memory of my mother,
Beulah Cline Nipper, a beautiful product of the Knobs.