Rains County, Texas

Henrys Chapel School

                   Does anyone have pictures of this school?


1908- 1909
Miss Grace Cline (Rains County Leader, Apr 2, 1909)

1912
Clara Hebisen - teacher

1916 trustee - Harve Kinser

1917
new building erected
trustees - Roscoe Martin, L. Cowan

1918
Joe Anderson appointed Trustee
(Rains County Commissioners' Court Minutes, vol. 6/pg. 207)

1926-1927
Mr. Roy L. Patrick of Commerce (Rains County Leader, Dec 17, 1926)

1928-1929
Miss Cleo Middleton (Rains County Leader, April 5, 1929)

The Rains County School Board consolidated the Henrys Chapel District with the Emory District for the school year 1929-1930 due to the small number of students remaining at the Henrys Chapel District, the majority of the having been transferred to Emory before the consolidation. (Rains County Leader, Sept, 6, 1929)

1933 Henrys Chapel basketball team
Albert Coker, age 15
Walter Coker, age 16
Rayburn Burns, age 16
Marvin Cain, age 14
Campbell Rutter, age 17
Clyde Waldrop, age 11
Jim Leggett, age 19

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