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Edna Schools |
Public School Building, Edna, Texas
Southside School, Edna, Texas
Edna Independent School District
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GIRLS Melba Berryhill |
BOYS Charlie Dugger |
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Some of our new teachers have already been introduced to the patrons of the Edna public schools, while others need no introductions, but we will present them to you at this time in order that you might better know about their qualifications, training, experience and assignment. Mr. Eugene B. Massur is the new high school coach. At the time of his election last spring he was introduced in these columns, but we wish to tell you more about him at this time. Mr. Massur has eight years of teaching and coaching experience, seven years of his experience having been at Lockhart. He is a graduate of Howard Payne College where he made an outstanding record as a student leader and athlete. He will teach general science, world history and physical education. Mr. G. E. Key is a new teacher assigned to the Southside Elementary school. Many school people and patrons know Mr. Key since he has been affiliated with the schools of Jackson and Victoria counties for the past sixteen years. Mr. Key is a graduate of Southwest Texas State Teachers College at San Marcos. He will have departmental work in the upper elementary grades. Miss Anna Elizabeth Long is the new second grade teacher at the Northside School. She comes to us from Grapeland, Texas, being a graduate of Sam Houston State Teachers’ College. By virtue of her training, personality, and excellent recommendations, we expect great things of Miss Long. Miss Catherine Simons, new fourth grade teacher at Northside School, is an honor graduate of our local high school, and a graduate of Texas State College for Women, where she compiled an outstanding academic record. She has had three years of successful teaching experience at Weimar. Unable to Secure Band Director Mr. R. J. Kluge, band director and history teacher for the past three years, resigned on July 15 to accept a more lucrative position with the Sweeny public schools. We hated to see Mr. Kluge leave us, but realized the impossibility of paying him anything like the $2,200 he is to receive there. We trust that he has a successful year there. While here Mr. Kluge raised the Edna band to very high standards. His last year here, 1941-42, saw the band enroll approximately sixty pupils, about forty-five of these playing in the concert band. During his tenure here, several outstanding musicians were developed which vouch for the ability of Mr. Kluge. As soon as the resignation of Mr. Kluge was received, the board of education requested the superintendent to contact teacher replacement bureaus of colleges and universities, commercial teachers agencies, and superintendent in an effort to fill the vacancy. In our attempts to secure a band director from these sources, only one application was received, and this young man was classified by his Selective Service Draft Board as A-1 which would mean that he probably would be called this fall at the very latest. Faced with the problem of holding the thirty-odd band members together during the coming year, in order to salvage as much of their band training and financial investment as possible, the board of education has asked Mrs. Hayes to substitute until a band director can be located. Other members of the high school staff will teach Mr. Kluge’s four sections of history, and Mrs. Hayes will devote a half day to band work as a substitute teacher, no contract being tendered her. Mrs. Hayes made it clear to the board of education that she is not a band director, and that her willingness to work with the band is motivated by her desire to see music continued as long as possible. She has studied music for fifteen years, taking a Bachelor of Music Degree at Texas Women’s College with a major in piano and a minor in public school music. Too, she taught music in Merkel Public Schools during 1929-30, and in Edna during 1931-32 and 1941-42. During her college training she studied instrumentation and conducting, but plays no band instrument. We are registering with three commercial teachers agencies whose staffs are making every effort to locate a band director for us. We will appreciate the cooperation of all these concerned in our efforts to carry on the music program as long as possible. Many Resignations During Past Year Beginning with August 1941, we have an unprecedented turn-over in the teaching personnel of the Edna Public Schools. In order that our patrons will understand the unusual teacher situation resulting from the war, we wish to give the following information during the past year:
Hazel Fuller, August, 1941, to Texas City Other school notices will appear in subsequent issues of the Herald. Watch these columns each week.
BASCOM B. HAYES, Superintendent |
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Miss Loyce Commons, high school teacher of commercial subjects, wired your superintendent from Inglewood, California, on last Friday stating that it would be impossible for her to be in Edna this fall due to “reasons of a personal nature.” We have received no further word from her at this writing. We shall assign Mr. O. E. Rounds to teach the subjects taught by Miss Commons the last semester. Mr. Rounds is a major in business administration and did an excellent job in our commercial department last year when Mr. Zimmerman left us. He will continue as Southside Elementary School principal. Mr. Key will be assigned the arithmetic courses formerly taught by Mr. Bounds, and Miss Gayle will teach the courses originally assigned Mr. Key. At this time (Monday) I am unable to state who the new third grade teacher at the Northside will be. We will have an announcement in these columns next week about this assignment. Bascom B. Hayes, Superintendent
Edna Weekly Herald,
September 10, 1942 |
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Bascom Hayes, Superintendent
Edna Herald,
August 19, 1948 |
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Edna Public Schools will open their doors for the first time in the 1948-49 school year at 9:00 A. M. Friday Sept. 3, at which time books will be issued. This should not consume more than two hours, and pupils will be dismissed until 9:00 a. m., on Tuesday, September 7, when the first day of school will be convened. School Calendar for September
Sept. 12: Faculty meeting Registration of New High School Pupils On Friday, August 27, at 9:00 a. m, Mr. F. D. Ray, high school principal, will meet all high school pupils in the library of the high school building who DID NOT register on April 1, 1948, or later. This applies to NEW pupils entering the Edna Schools for the FIRST time. Teaching Staff Complete
Our teaching staff for 1948-49 has been complete for several days,
and the vast majority of the staff has been under contract since
May. With our increase in scholastics from 1,057 to 1,267, it has
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Grade 1: Miss Margorie Hayes, Mrs. Kathleen Strozier |
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Public School Music, Grades 1-6: Miss Cora Lawler |
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Administrative Assistant, Chemistry: F. D. Ray |
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Grade 1: Jennie Sayles |
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Oscar E. Bounds--Superintendent |
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L. W. McConachie--Principal |
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George R. Frazier,
Principal--Science |
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J. B. Williams,
Principal--6th grade |
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C. L. Sayles,
Principal--Math |
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Most schools in Jackson County will open Sept. 3 or 4 with a full day of classes, although the Industrial schools have their first full day Friday. Ganado will begin classes on Sept. 4. Many of the institutions expect a slight enrollment increase. Sept. 3 will be a full day for Edna students, with the buses running and the cafeteria open. Supt. Floyd Manry said it will be several weeks before an exact enrollment figure can be fixed, but an increase of some 100 is expected. Census statistics and the total at the end of last year indicate the Edna system will have 1,570 scholastics, compared with 1,471 at the end of September of 1956. There will be around 21 more in high school and 78 more in the elementary grades. Mr. Manry looks forward to a good school year, and said, “We will make an effort to get the parents and teachers working closer together in the education of a child since a real advantage can be obtained that way for the child and community. We believe the schools belong to the people and hope they will visit us and become acquainted with what we are attempting to do.”
The Edna
faculties are complete with the exception of one music teacher.
Manry released the following teacher list: |
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Norman E. Rath, principal |
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A. W. Stallings, principal |
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J. B. Williams, principal |
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Other Edna administrative personal
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Principal E. C. Johnson announced the faculties for both the Carver schools were completed with the recent employment of Dorothy Young as a second grade instructor. Carver High
Principal Johnson will also teach math Teachers in the elementary grades are:
Amelia Callis, math and language |
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The Edna School Board in recent session re-elected 78 teachers of the Edna school district for the 1960-61 year. Teachers Re-Elected
Edna Herald,
Thursday, March 24, 1960 |
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The old George Washington School epitomizes a time of great change, according to Frank Condron of the Jackson County Historical Commission. The school was once called the Edna Colored School that was attended by elementary, junior high and high school students and was located in a neighborhood where a majority of African-Americans lived during the early 1900s. "The history of Carver represents a great social change," Condron said. "America has changed a lot since the first colored school was opened in Edna." Recently, the George Washington Carver Community Center of Jackson County submitted an application to have the old school historically designated. Condron helped them with the application process. A narrative history also was needed in the process. During the day of racial segregation in Edna, white children attended a school where the Edna Junior High School Gymnasium is located, he said. He said the white school was a three story building. When integration happened, children of all races attended G. W. Carver School and Stephen F. Austin Elementary School. Some of the following information was found in a comprehensive pictorial book on the history of Edna schools, written by Roy Ortolon, local photographer and historian. The Edna Colored School was located at Washington and Harris Streets and served as the main campus until 1953. The land was gifted to Edna ISD in 1942. A few buildings from the Edna Colored School, including its auditorium and gym were removed from the land and moved to the George Washington Carver School Campus, The auditorium and gym was destroyed in 1966 by a fire. The name of the Edna Colored School changed at its original location to George Washington Carver School. It changed location to MLK Street and County Road in 1953 where the new Carver Elementary School was dedicated. After integration the school served as an elementary school until May 2008 and all students were moved to that location. The new Edna High School opened in the spring of 1958. This school was built on the property located at Apollo drive and Gayle Street. In 2001, the 53 year old high school was removed and replaced with a two-story structure in 2012. Condron said there are three kinds of historical markers: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, Historic Texas Cemetery and Subject Marker. He said the school will be a Subject Marker if the designation is approved. An RTHL is used for buildings and structures only that carry historical and architectural significance. The HTC is used for cemeteries only and the Subject Marker is used for all other topics, such as individuals, events, communities and institutions. The Texas Historical Commission reviews the application to see if the site qualifies and if so the commission charges $100, which has already taken place. Condron said after the Commission receives the $100 then they will review all details and see if the site is worthy of a marker. "If they approve that then they ask for approximately $1,800 for the marker," he said. "They take this narrative and they write the marker. They write the verbiage on the marker. They are going to send you the verbiage and let you proof it." Condron said if the THC approves designating the old school building there will be a dedication during the summer of 2015. He said once the building is designated, there are no restriction. "This marker is basically tracing the history of G. W. Carver School," Condron said. "It goes back to when the first started having colored schools back around 1905 or so." The education of African-American children during the late period of slavery, after 1800, was sporadic and unreliable in Texas as in other southern states, according to the historical narrative. Formal education was practically nonexistent for African Americans. Education most often consisted of on-the-job training in a variety of occupations, according to the narrative history that was submitted to the Texas Historical Commission. The first schools in Jackson County began operating before the Civil War. According to records from meetings of the Board of Education of the Edna Independent School District, schools in Jackson County were operated on a "two-race" school system up until 1965-66 school years. In the landmark Supreme Court decision of Brown V. Board of Education, the Supreme Court overturned the separate but equal Plessy v. Ferguson decision by ruling that segregation was "inherently unequal." Although the Brown v. Board of Education decision overturned all the segregation laws in the country, the enactment of integration was not immediate; it took many years, much turmoil, and even bloodshed to integrate the country. Condron went to the old school building in October and said it looks pretty much the same as it did when it first originated. The only difference is the additional buildings. "Originally there were other outbuildings that are gone, that have been destroyed and Hurricane Carla got one of them," he said. "But the main building is what they built back then."
Jackson County Herald-Tribune,
Wednesday, January 29, 2014 |
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Copyright 2018-
Present by Carol Sue Gibbs |
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Updated Jun 28, 2018 |
