Rains County, Texas Cody School no date
March 29, 1916
trustees, J.T Shaw and W.E. Chapman
purchased 2 acres from W.A. Anderson (Rains County Deed Records, vol. 34/pg. 379)
1922
front row: Daffine Frazell, unknown, unknown, J T Flowers, unknown, unknown, J B Mercer, Dale Oler
2nd row: unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Lennis Johnson, Clifton Johnson, unknown
3rd row: unknown, unknown, Evelyn Jones, Irene Porter, Ruth Fenter, Mrs Fowler-teacher, unknown, unknown, unknown,
Tommy Beasley, Hubert Strickland.
4th row: unknown, unknown, unknown, Georgia Hunt, Mr Claud Fowler-teacher, Marie Porter, Fay Porter, unknown,
unknown.
5th row: Mattie Little, unknown, Nadine Mercer, unknown, unknown, Aline McDonald, unknown, Louise Oler.
back row: unknown, L F Porter, Ferrell Johnson, Clarence Flowers.Rains County Leader, October 20, 1922
Cody School Starts Monday
Prof. H.P. SCOTT of Point was in town Wednesday and called at this office to announcement made that school will start Monday at Cody, and as the compulsory attendance is to be six months, it will be in effect from the date of the opening of the school. He will have as assistants his wife and Miss Bonnie Sparks.1924-1925
Buford Cates, Principal
90 students
(Rains County Leader, Feb 27, 1925)
1925-1926
Miss Marye Scott
(Rains Co. Leader, Dec 18, 1925)
1930
Primary Grades
front row: unknown, unknown, Charlie Rudd, Leonard Henley, unknown, Grady Hunt, Billy Joe Hodge, Authur Hendley,
Marvin Hendley, Milburn Harris.
middle row: unknown, Glenna Johnson, unknown, Inez Ogborn, unknown, unknown, Martha Flowers, Mrs Bessie McGowan, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown.
back row: unknown, unknown, E J Cunningham, unknown, William Edward Harris, Lewis Edward Hodge, Truett Johnson,
Burdette Flowers, Earl Ogborn.
1931
front row: Lennis Johnson, Dale Flowers, Roy Cannon, Hubert Strickland, Milford Jobe.
back row: Ruth Fenter, Rayford Hendley, Nadean Mercer, unknown, Louise Oler, Evelyn Jones.1933 Cody basketball team
Thomas Beasley, age 16
Clifton Johnson, age 14
Dale Flowers, age 15
Troy Mahan, age 16
Milford Jobe, age 17
Ray Cannon, age 14
Frazier Wray, age 17
Lennis Johnson, age 16
P. Cannon, age 15
J.D. Oler, no age listed
(Rains County Leader, Feb 3, 1933)
1933
Primary Grades 1-3
front row: Beulah Mae Partridge, Bessie Mae Hall, Dorothy Hunt, Wendell Hodge, Billy Bert Frazell, Billy Frank Hunt,
Carl Oler Jr., Buster Porter, Joann Porter.
Intermediate Grades 4-6
front row: unknown, unknown, Earl Ogborn, unknown, Pete Rudd.
middle row: Glenna Mae Johnson, unknown, Martha Ruth Flowers, Gerldean Porter, Kathryn Hodge, Inez Ogborn, Ada
Lee Partridge, Louise Partridge.
back row: Lewis Edwin Hodge, Bardette Flowers, Leonard Hendley, E J Cunningham, unknown, Joe Lane McGowan,
Grady Hunt, Miss Geneva Irwin.New school building built in Feb 1938, cost $2.023.00
Cody School pupils and teachers went to Lone Oak School after the school burned and while the new building was under construction. (Rains County Leader, Feb 25, 1938)
1938-1939
William "Bill" Kennemer
Mrs. Cecil Roberts
(Rains County Leader, Oct 21, 1938)
1937-1938
Billy Frank Hunt
John Lynn Patton
Wendell Hodge
Billy Bob Tucker
Aaron Cunningham
Betty Sue Hodge
Jack Smith
Jo Anna Robertson
1938-1939
William "Bill" Kennemer
Blanche Roberts
The Cody School was contracted to Point for the 1947-1948 school year (Rains County Leader, Sept. 12, 1947)
February 4, 1938 Ben Arnold received the bid of $2,023.00 on the construction of the Cody School. Other bids were submitted by George Bellah, White & Jenkins of Lone Oak, and Pete Coats of Point. The building was similar to the one destroyed by fire; it had 2 rooms with cloakrooms in from and sliding doors doors were used. (Rains County Leader, February 4, 1938)
The new Cody School building was nearing completion even though there had been discussion of not rebuilding the school. Cody School pupils and teachers went to Lone Oak School after the school burned and while they were building the new school.(Rains County Leader, February 25, 1938)
The Cody School was contracted to Point for the 1947-1948 school year. (The Rains County Leader, September 12, 1947) From the census information, approximately 36 students transferred to Point school.
Cody School census (school census on file in County Judge's office)
1936 62 students
1937 66 students
1938 67 students
1939 55 students
1940 56 students
1941 52 students
1942 54 students
1943 60 students
1944 38 students
1945 44 students
1946 no school census available
1947 56 students
1948 36 studentsCody school was on old Hwy. 69 between Lone Oak and Point. From Hwy 69 and 19 intersection in Emory, travel 10 miles on Hwy. 69N. Turn left onto FM Road 2726S. The Cody school sat approximately 1.5 miles down FM 2726 on the right.
