   Ambrose
schoolhouse was located in the town of Ambrose and in the D. Montague
Survey No. 788 very near old Fort Warren where one of the first
schools in North Texas was established. The number "79"
was formerly for Needle Ridge School but was evidently discarded; but
later applied to Ambrose District. The district was named for
Ambrose Bible, early settler.
In 1903, the Ambrose Community citizens met to make plans for a school. The decision was made to accept donations. William Holder, and others, would walk to homes to pick up donations which were sometimes as large as one hundred dollars. A school building was erected on the location set aside for a school by Ambrose Bible in his original plot. The school was a one-room school. It opened in September 1904. Samuel Gabriel held the position of principal and teacher for one year. A partition was used to make it a two room grade school. The school term of September 1917-1918 began in a new three room concrete building which had a flat top. This was for convenience if more class rooms needed to be added. A few years later a steep shingle roof was added.  In the new three room school building, a folding door partition was used between the two west class rooms to make an assembly room which had a permanent stage across the north end. Later, a temporary stage was set up outdoors to accommodate the large crowds that gathered for the close of school activities. The assembly room was, then, the social center of the community, being used for Christmas, community talent plays, homecoming dinners, etc. School activities included Friday debates, spelling bees, baseball, basketball, drop the handkerchief, etc. Ambrose School was operational from 1904 through 1958. Ambrose School History sources: Grayson County History Volume II Section 1, pg.78-79, Mrs. Tony Pace Lincecum, Jerry and Peggy A. Renshaw. Remembering School Days. Sherman, Texas, c2005 Schools Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |