 John
L. Camp donated land for a school around 1882. The men in the
community built the first school house. While putting on the roof, they
discussed a name for the school. While putting the roof on the new building, they were
discussing what to call the school. One man suggested calling it
South Gale because the wind was blowing so hard from the south.
by Jemima Louise Clement WeaverAt first South Gale was a subscription school which required each parent to pay a designated fee and buy their children's books. Later came the free schools. Late it became a free school. Because the community was small, it was combined with the Starr School to make a school district with a school at South Gale and a school at Starr. A new two-room school building was erected in 1925. For a few years, two teachers taught to the eighth grade. The school was closed in 1952 and students were bused to the Central Ward School in Denison. Some of the teachers were:
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