May 14, 1904
H.A. Harris & Mrs. M.O. Harris sold 2 acres of the Willis Parker Survey to W.H. Clendenin, County Judge, for public school purposes. (Rains County Deed Records, vol. 31/pg. 314)The patrons of the Bright Star school district are erecting a new, modern school house on the Emory and Alba public road. The old school house was located a mile or so north of the road. H.S. Ellis, the contracting carpenter. (Rains County Leader, August 8, 1913)
Rains County Leader
August 18, 1916
Sell School Building
The Methodist people in the Bright Star community bought the Bright Star school building and will use the same as a house of worship. The trustees and patrons of the Bright Star school district have already gone to work on a new modern 2-room school building, which will comply with the requirements of the State educational department. This is a good piece of business for both the Methodist people and the school interests in that community.Dec 14, 1922 Trustees (D.S. Peoples, Noah Greer, S.H. Terry, Ed Toles) sold above mentioned land to A.J. Robbins for $50 (Rains County Deed Records, vol. 42/pg. 313)
1928-29 (pic. from Alexander Sale 3/27/92)
back row l to r: Mannon Murdock, Lyndell Huddleston, Jodie Hill, Artis Alexander-teacher.
front row: Curtis Woodson, Conard Woodson, Otha Woodson.
1933 (photos by Dorothy Louise Murdock Campbell- thank you much Dorothy for sending in this picture again!)
1st & 2nd grades : Mrs. Marie Sisk, teacher
back row: Arthur Ray Henson, Lloyd Ray Williams, Ivan______, Arlie V Strebeck, Lavone McAllister, Willard Gaby
Mrs. Sisk.
middle row: Vondyl Sadler, Louis Burleson, Jr, Cecil Hill, Dale Palmer, Lola B Murdock, J B McAllister.
front ro: May Lou Allen, Audrey Brummett, Bobbie Nell Eads, Mavis Hill, Dorothy Louise Murdock, Linnie Merl Strebeck,
Margie Day Bullard.
8th, 9th, & 10th grades : Roy Yandel, teacher
back row l to r: Loyal Henson, Ray Cooper, M L Henson, Glen Morris, _____ Wallace, Granville Poston, Prince Godwin,
Doyal Henson.
middle row: Loraine Davis, Opal fuller, Aliene Eads, Ruby Fay Wright, Erna Smith, Tommie Glass, Glen Sybert, Roy Yandell - teacher.
front row: l to r: Linnie Fay Murdock, Pauline Murdock, Willie Mae "Bill" Wright, Lucy Beth Eads, Johnetta Sybert, Fay
Nell Sadler.1934 (photo contributed by Dorothy Louise Murdock Campbell thanks for sending this again Dorothy!)
1st, 2nd, & 3rd grades - Mrs. Rubye McKeown, teacher
back row: Joyce Stone, Arthur Ray Henson, Lavone McAllister, Wallace Henry Presteridge, Mrs McKeown, Dale Palmer
Louis Burleson, Jr, J B McAllister.
front row: Margie Day Bullard, Georgia Ruth Spaugh, Dorothy Louis Murdock, Audrey Brummett, Cloetta Burleson, Bobbie Nell Eads, Mertie Jo Wright, Margie Henderson, Lola B Murdock.
? grade - Roy L. Yandell, teacher
Allen, Kenneth Glass, Tommie Patterson, Pauline
Bryant, Reba Chloe Henson, Viola Woodson, Aniece
Bullard, LaVeta Mae James, Dalton Lee Woodson, Faynell
Bullard, Olen Ray Lawson, W.M. Wright, Bill
Davis, Lorene Murdock, Linnie Faye Younger, James
Eads, Lucy Beth1938-1939
Gladys Meyer
Birdie Meyer
(Rains County LEader, Oct. 21, 1938)
1940/41 (photos contributed by Dorothy Louise Murdock Campbell thanks for resending these Dorothy!)
Girls' basketball team - H.E. (Jerry) Owen, coach
Juanita Watson, Bobbie Nell Eads, Ofeal Nutt, Audrey Brummett, Dorothy Louise Murdock, Georgia Ruth Spaugh, Linnie
Merl Strebeck, and Coach Owen in back.
Boys' basketball team (photo contributed by Dorothy Louise Murdock Campbell thanks for resending Dorothy!)
Jodie Hill, coach
back row: Junior Liles, Arlie V Strebeck, R L Miller, Coach Hill.
front row: Cecil Hill, Harold Henley, Paul Watson.1947-1948
Orbie Bloodsworth
(Rains County Leader, Sept 12, 1947)
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