The purpose of these Eddy area school webpages is to present, through
photographs, a visual history of the early schools that existed in both the Eddy
and Bruceville areas, from the late 1800's thru the mid 1950's, and to provide
the viewer with photos of some of the students, teachers, and faculty that made
up the population of these schools. Also represented on these pages, are early
photos of the school buildings and adjoining structures that were present at
each of these school sites. All of these schools were actually located in
McLennan County, Texas, but a large number of the students attending them lived
in nearby Falls County.
The effort to locate and document
early photos and details about these schools is an ongoing effort and the
contents of this page represent a work-in-progress. As in any type of research,
it is critical that the information presented is as accurate as possible. With
that in mind, I would encourage anyone who has additional information about any
or all of the schools identified here, to contact Falls
County Coordinator
at the Falls Co. website. This also applies to any errors that are detected in
the material presented on this webpage.-rlh
EDDY HIGH SCHOOL
1913 - 1939
In the early 1880's, there was a chapel located on the Dunning Ranch, just
northwest of Eddy, known as the Sage Chapel. Around 1881, this building was
moved into Eddy, onto property owned by J. R. Laughlin, across from the Eddy
Masonic Lodge. This structure initially served as the home of the Eddy Baptist
Church, until around 1885, at which time it became the first public school in
Eddy. This building burned down prior to 1910 and was replaced by a 6-room frame
structure that would serve as the Eddy school until a new school was built in
1913.
In 1913, construction began on a
two-story brick building that would become the new Eddy High School. The new
building was built on property believed to have been purchased from Jeff
Kincannon of Eddy. This property was located just off what was then called the
Eddy-Moody highway, a few blocks away from where the old Eddy High School frame
structure had been located. This structure was in use until around 1940, at
which time the remaining elementary grades relocated to the new Bruceville-Eddy
consolidated school.
(Note: Clicking on a title will open up a new window for viewing the selected
entry. When viewing a picture, be sure and scroll thoroughly in all directions
to ensure that you have seen all of the photo. Sometimes there are notes on the
picture that you may miss otherwise.)
| TITLE | DESCRIPTION | CONTRIBUTED BY |
| Sage Chapel School | Sage Chapel was built on the Dunning ranch, about halfway between the communities of Eddy and Moody, as a private chapel by a Mr. Sage, uncle of Mrs. Charles Dunning. The building was later moved into Eddy to serve as a meeting place for the Eddy Baptist Church. Later it became Eddy's first public school building. I believe this to be a picture of that building, as it looked while located on the Laughlin property in Eddy. | Robert L. Haddock |
| Early View | If you can ID any of these students, please let Falls County Coordinator know. | |
| Eddy High School | This picture was taken in the early 1900's in front of the frame structure Eddy High School building, and shows some of the instructors that taught at that school. | Robert L. Haddock |
| Teachers | (L to R) | |
| Professor Goodman, Miss Emma Nabors, Ms. Ethel Gordon, and Miss Mattie B. Brown | ||
| Early 1900's | ||
| Emma Nabors | An early photo of Miss Emma Nabors, longtime teacher in the Eddy area. During the course of her teaching career, Miss Nabors taught at schools in Troy, Moody and Eddy, before retiring in 1935. This photo was probably taken around 1912 to 1916. | Submitted by |
| Grace Ashley | ||
| Early Photo | ||
| Id provided by Robert L. Haddock | ||
| Eddy High School | This school photo was taken around 1910 in front of the frame structure school building that served as the Eddy High school, after the previous school was destroyed by fire. This building served the Eddy community until 1913, when a new brick high school building was built a short distance away. | Robert L. Haddock |
| Group Photo | (L to R) | |
| (Frame Structure) | Front Row: | |
| ca1910 | Barto Hodge, Earl Stone, Hugh Weir, | |
| Herbert Stone, Leslie Mixson, Tom Gaddy | ||
| Middle Row: | ||
| Unknown, Clarence Denney, Murray Hooper, | ||
| Arthur Cook, Ira Weir, Leonard Mixson, | ||
| Shelby Faulkner, Jim Faulkner, Bodie Bateman, | ||
| Laura Mixson, unknown, Nellie Mixson, | ||
| Unknown, Ora Gaddy (behind), Leota Cass | ||
| Back Row: | ||
| Sam Cole, Mr. Cook (teacher), Witt Harwell, | ||
| Linda Flowers, Louise Harwell, Lenora Cass, | ||
| Eulalia Mixson | ||
| If you can ID any of the unknown students or notice an error in the identification of any student in this photo, please let Falls County Coordinator know. | ||
| Eddy High School | This photo shows another view of the Eddy High School frame structure building, with the students standing on the front porch of the school. | Robert L. Haddock |
| Student Body | ||
| The only people that I can identify, with any degree of certainty, in this picture are: | ||
| ca1910 | (L to R) | |
| Top row | ||
| (standing) | ||
| Clarence Denney - Far left | ||
| Emma Nabors - Teacher (3rd from left) | ||
| Ethel (Gordon) Osborn - Teacher (4th from left) | ||
| Mattie B. Brown - Teacher (5th from left) | ||
| Professor Goodman - Teacher (6th from left) | ||
| If you can ID any of these students, please let Falls County Coordinator know. | ||
| Eddy High School | This photo was taken during the laying of the cornerstone during the construction of the new Eddy High School brick building, built sometime in 1913. Participating in this ceremony were Mrs. Dan Harwell (2nd from left) and Mr. Dan Harwell (3rd from left). The young girl in the bonnet is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Dan Harwell. The other individuals in this photo are not identified | Robert L. Haddock |
| (Brick building) | ||
| Laying the cornerstone-1913 | ||
| Eddy High School | This photo was taken sometime during construction of the new Eddy High School brick school building in 1913. | Robert L. Haddock |
| (Brick Building) | ||
| Under Construction-1913 | Please take note of the information written at top of photo-rlh | |
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| Student Body Photo | ||
| Student Body Photo | (Taken in front of the Eddy High School building) | |
| ca1913-14 | Identified students in this photo are: | |
| Front Row: | ||
| Ernest Denney - (4th from right) | ||
| Second Row: | ||
| Clarence Denney - (3rd from right) | ||
| Bryant Neely Tolbert - (5th from right) | ||
| If you can ID any of the other students, please let Falls County Coordinator know. | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| Class of 1914 | ||
| Class of '14 | Senior Class Photo | |
| Identified students in this photo are: | ||
| Back row: | ||
| Clarence Denney-(Far Left) | ||
| Bryant Neeley Tolbert-(Far right) | ||
| If you can ID any of the other students, please let Falls County Coordinator know. | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| Class of 1914 | ||
| Class of '14 | Commencement Program | |
| 5282 | ||
| Commencement | ||
| Cover Page | ||
| List of Graduates | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| 2nd & 3rd Grade Classes | ||
| 2nd & 3rd Grade | ca1918 | |
| ca1918 | This photo, of the 2nd & 3rd grade classes attending Eddy High School, was taken around 1918, in front of the school building. | |
| The boy listed as 'Albert' in this photo was Albert Denney. | ||
| If you can ID any of these students, please let Falls County Coordinator know. | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| Student Body | ||
| Student Body | ca1919 | |
| Photo | Photo of entire EHS Student Body. Taken around 1919 in front of Eddy High School building. | |
| ca1919 | Note: | |
| Attempts to enlarge this photo and retain the images of the individuals was unsuccessful-rlh | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| (Unknown Class Year) | ||
| Unknown Class Year | ||
| (L to R) | ||
| Back Row: | ||
| (1) Goober Anderson, (2) Red Cook, (3) Ernest Denney, | ||
| (4) Bill Scott, (5) Tom Moore, (6) Joe Elliott, | ||
| (7) George Ashworth, (8) Don Laughlin, (9) Charlie Carpenter, | ||
| (10) Mims Case, (11) Fussy Miracle, (12) Jim P. Wilkerson, | ||
| (13) Jack Roming, (14) Leroy Owens, (15) Herschel Fullbright, | ||
| (16) Carlton Smith | ||
| 3rd Row back: | ||
| (17) Albert Tunstall, (18) Dewey Laughlin, (19) Aubrey Willis, | ||
| (20) Elmore Gaddy, (21) Raymond Thompson, (22) Sam Elliott, | ||
| (23) Milton Thompson | ||
| 2nd Row back: | ||
| (24) Kate Williams, (25) Ruby Smith, (26) Pansy Harris, | ||
| (27) Ersie Carthorn, (28) Vivian Harris, (29) Virgie Conner, | ||
| (30) Ruby Isom, (31) Anna Mae Maberry, (32) Faye Duke, | ||
| (33) Allie Bradley | ||
| Front row: | ||
| (34) Dink Shillings, (35) Ethel Nixon, (36) Hinda Nabors, | ||
| (37) Kathleen Fagg, (38) Leta Laughlin | ||
| Note: | ||
| I believe that this photo represents either the Class of 1920 or 1921. | ||
| Print copy of photo | ||
| Please use this copy of photo when printing to hardcopy-rlh | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| 2nd & 3rd grade students | ||
| 2nd & 3rd Grade Classes | 1923 | |
| 1923 | ||
| (Future Classes of 1932 & 1933) | ||
| (L to R) | ||
| Bottom Row (seated): | ||
| Rodoneck Long, Billy Nabors, Fred Ricketts, | ||
| Louis Barth, Connally McKay, Billy Watson, | ||
| Ira D. Jones, Sam Wilkerson | ||
| Second Row: | ||
| Billy Burks, Thomas Cole, Alice Harris, | ||
| Dorothy Dilworth, Lola Mae Lewis, Hollis Harwell, | ||
| Margaret Dunning, Jennette Carney, Dorothy Nell Darby, | ||
| Margaret Greer, Doris Carter | ||
| Third Row: | ||
| Unknown, Aubrey Williams, Jake Williams, | ||
| Carol Stokes, J. C. Hargrove, Kammie Fulch, | ||
| Inez Hargrove, Ellen Carnes, Ruth Dyer, | ||
| Louise Casburn, Maudie Fitch | ||
| Fourth Row: | ||
| Red Huber, Alva Anderson, Lewis or Fred Elliott, | ||
| Mary Dell Dunlap, unknown, unknown, | ||
| Virginia Gaddy, Liza Hargrove or Inez Hortense, | ||
| Mary Lewellen, Margaret Owens | ||
| If you can ID any of the unknown students, please let Falls County Coordinator know. | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| Class of 1924 | ||
| Class of '24 | Senior Class photo | |
| (L to R) | ||
| Cat Connally, Clarence Battle, Cecil Allen, | ||
| Jesse Smith, Witt (Dude) Laughlin, Anderson Stepp, | ||
| Elmo Gaddy, Flex Honnoll, Hezzie Greenlee | ||
| Note: | ||
| The quality of this photocopy is very poor. The faces of Clarence Battle and Jesse Smith were not visible in the original. -rlh | ||
| Eddy Elementary | EHS | Billie Gage |
| Class Picture | ||
| Class Picture | ca1924-25 | Teacher ID by Robert L. Haddock |
| ca1924-25 | Bea's School, my Mother's sister, Beatrice June Woodard, is the child someone marked with a red X. Miss Emma Nabors, the teacher, who is standing in the back row, third from the right, wearing a sweater. | Charles Edwin Dunning ID by |
| Charles Edwin Dunning is on the 2nd row at the very end on the right. | Melinda Dunning McDowell | |
| Daughter of Charles | ||
| If you can ID any others in this picture or give a date, please contact Falls County Coordinator. | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| Class of 1925 | ||
| Class of '25 | Senior Class photo | |
| (L to R) | ||
| Front Row: | ||
| Joe McNair, Hazel Dyer, Lucile Smith, | ||
| Edith Sanders, Alva Mae Schleede, Zora Lee Greathouse | ||
| Top Row: | ||
| Aubrey Harris, Richard (Dub) Pryor, Alvin McNair, | ||
| J. T. McNair, J. D. Gordon, Lewis Warriner, | ||
| D. P. Tunstall | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| Class of 1926 | ||
| Class of '26 | Senior Class Photo | |
| (L to R) | ||
| Top Row: | ||
| Raymond Schleede, Edward "Dick" Appleby, Orville "Keggy" Morris, | ||
| Opie Williams, Arnold Harding, Albert Denny | ||
| Middle Row: | ||
| Elizabeth Coffee, Ethel Johnson, Mamye? Mangum, | ||
| Carey Allen Owens, Roy Scott, Wilma Maedgen, | ||
| Mabel Casburn | ||
| Front Row: | ||
| Clifford Honnell, Frances McKay, Robert Gordon, | ||
| Lorraine Tisdale, Carney Carpenter | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Billie Gage |
| Class of 1927 | ||
| Class of '27 | Senior Class Photo | Stewart & Watson ID by Robert L. Haddock |
| A handwritten list of the classmates of my Mother, Irue Woodard. She has them numbered but I'm not sure exactly how. However, her number is the number 4. She is located in the photo in the second row, first person standing on the left. | ||
| Carter & Allen ID by Lena Stone Criswell | ||
| The individual in the back row; 2nd from the left, is Grady Stewart. | ||
| I also feel sure that the girl on the far left, in the middle row, is Josephine Watson, who later married Cecil Miracle of Eddy. | ||
| Back row: 3rd from left, #14 - Mary Louise Carter, President. | ||
| Front row: 2nd from left, #7 - Benton Allen. | ||
| If you have any info on this picture, please contact Falls County Coordinator. | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| 5th Grade Class | ||
| 5th Grade Class | 1922 | |
| 1922 | ||
| (Future Class of 1928) | ||
| (L to R) | ||
| Bottom Row: | ||
| T. P. Ricketts, Kenneth Greer, George Maberry, | ||
| Freeman Carney, Charles Rufus Gates, Olin (Curley) Harris | ||
| Middle Row: | ||
| Oscar Porter, Cecil Huber, Dail Maedgen, | ||
| Madgie Lee Mayo, Mrs. Ethel Osborn (Teacher), Mary Jean Knight, | ||
| Katie Williams, Melba Bowers, Nelta Lynn Shilling, | ||
| Mary Lee Osborn, Beulah Huber, Virgie Crosby | ||
| Top Row: | ||
| Henry Huber, Bill Frosch, Robbie Keetch, | ||
| Cecil Gober, Mildred Battle, Faye Crosby, | ||
| Lee Maedgen, Alvin Hewitt, Paul Howell | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| Class of 1928 | McCoy ID was provided by Hazel McCoy Dooley | |
| Class of '28 | Senior Class Photo | |
| (Identified students) | ||
| (L to R) | ||
| Front Row: | ||
| Fred Stewart, Kenneth Greer, Garvin Shotwell, | ||
| Cumbee Allen, Ralph Phillips | ||
| Middle Row: | ||
| Dail Maedgen (Far left) | ||
| Top Row: | ||
| Albert Gumm (Far left), Bob McCoy (Far right) | ||
| If you can ID any others in this picture, please contact Falls County Coordinator. | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| Baseball team | ||
| Baseball Team | Spring of 1928 | |
| Spring-1928 | ||
| (L to R) | ||
| Back row: | ||
| E. O. Miller-Teacher/Superintendent, Garvin Shotwell, Alfred Gumm, | ||
| Todd Stewart, Lee Maedgen, Alva Anderson, | ||
| Leland Payne, John Moore-Coach | ||
| Front row: | ||
| Boyd Laughlin-Mgr., Kenneth Greer, Pete Shotwell, | ||
| Jake Williams, Olin "Curley" Harris, Cumbee Allen, | ||
| Fred Stewart | ||
| Note: | ||
| In the description, at the bottom of the photo, the name "Alfred Gunn" should read "Alfred Gumm"-rlh | ||
| Eddy High School | Photo taken at the 50th class reunion of the Class of '28, held in the banquet room of the Quality Inn, Waco, Texas on June 21, 1978 | Robert L. Haddock |
| Class of 1928 | Members of the Class of '28 | |
| 50th Class Reunion | Reunited | |
| 21-Jun-78 | (L to R) | |
| Standing: | ||
| Dail Maedgen, Ralph Phillips, Fred Stewart, | ||
| Boyd Laughlin, Bob McCoy, Alfred Gumm, | ||
| Cumbie Allen, Kenneth Greer | ||
| Seated: | ||
| Kate Williams Stepp, Katherine Elliott Rogers, | ||
| Mary Jean Knight Schwetmann, Josephine McNair Dobbins, | ||
| Mary Lee Osborn, Anna Laurel Maxwell Brown | ||
| Note: | ||
| The following article appeared in the Waco Tribune-Herald newspaper following the 50th class reunion of the EHS Class of '28. | ||
| Reunion Article | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| Class of 1929 | Jones ID from Tim Jones | |
| Class of '29 | Senior Class Photo | |
| McCoy ID from Jim Miller McCoy | ||
| (Identified Students) | ||
| (L to R) | ||
| Front row: | ||
| Bernard Emerson Stewart, Olin 'Curley' Harris, | ||
| Todd Stewart, unknown, Helen Roberta Nabors, | ||
| Mr. Elwell-Teacher, unknown, unknown, | ||
| Teet Martin | ||
| Back row: | ||
| George Andrew Jones, unknown, unknown, | ||
| unknown, Whitaker Herald, unknown, | ||
| Lucian McCoy, unknown, Clayborn Dunning | ||
| If you can ID any of the unknown students, please let Falls County Coordinator know. | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| Football Team | ||
| Football Team | Fall of 1928 | |
| Fall-1928 | ||
| (L to R) | ||
| Back Row: | ||
| Clint Keetch, Marcus Hamlin, Reginald Clark, | ||
| Leland Payne, Casey Barth, Winifred Hay, | ||
| Teet Martin, Bernard Allen, Wilson Maedgen, | ||
| Robert Hamlin, Alva Anderson | ||
| Middle Row: | ||
| Mr. Elwell (teacher), George Jones, Curtis Johnson, | ||
| Whitaker Herald, Ted Cormany, Jake Williams, | ||
| John Moore-Coach | ||
| Front Row: | ||
| Sherman Daniels, Curtis Clark, Todd Stewart, | ||
| Olin (Curly) Harris, Clois Stone, Clayborne Dunning | ||
| Eddy High School | EHS | Robert L. Haddock |
| Pep Squad Team Members | ||
| Pep Squad | 1928-29 | |
| 1928-29 | ||
| (L to R) | ||
| Front Row: | ||
| Margaret Owens, Lola Mae Lewis, Corine Gurley, | ||
| Madgie Lee Davis, Ethel Hairston, Norene Beard, | ||
| Doris Carter, unknown, Virginia Gaddy | ||
| Second Row: | ||
| Agnes Bufkin, Meda Venice McCain, Rose LaDene Cormany, | ||
| Annie Ruth Cook, Carlene Gunn, Helen Nabors, | ||
| unknown, unknown | ||
| Third Row: | ||
| Zara Shields, Ernestine Harrell, Florence Crosby, | ||
| Lucile McCoy, Carrie Harrell, Zola Elliott, | ||
| Ellen Carnes | ||
| Back Row: | ||
| Ruth Dyer, ? Hammons, Margaret Dunning, | ||
| Lillian Cousins, Lucile Appleby, Christine Spivey, | ||
| unknown, Mary Francis Morris, Cecil Johnson | ||
| If you can ID any of the unknown students, please let Falls County Coordinator know. | ||
| Eddy High School | By 1940, when this picture was made, this building, which was formerly Eddy high school, was being used strictly as an elementary school. The new consolidated Bruceville-Eddy High School stucco building had been built and grades 7 through 11 were moved there-lsc | Ken Gates |
| (Brick Building) | Info from Lena Stone Criswell | |
| ca1940 | ||
| Eddy High School | This photo shows a portion of an early map of Eddy (ca1915), part of the Albert Denney photo collection, that identifies the location of the brick Eddy High School building, built in 1913 and used until ca1940 when the building was torn down. | Robert L. Haddock |
| Early map showing location | Note: | |
| The site of the school, indicated by text, can be seen in center portion of map, near the old Moody highway, the main route of traffic between Eddy and Moody during that period. | ||
| Eddy High School | This picture, taken by me in 2000, shows what remains of the foundation and walls of the Eddy High School building in Eddy, McLennan County, TX. | Robert L. Haddock |
| Remains of school building | Note: | |
| The remains of the old school building can be seen in the center of the photo. There is a pile of bricks and, to the right of that, part of the front steps and concrete foundation-rlh |
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