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opportunity to advance their education.
In our research we have found accounts of the following
schools:
ADOBE WALLS
(Dist. No. 11)
The Adobe Walls School was on the townsite of
Adobe Walls. The school burned around 1920 and
was moved to the second floor of Billy Dixon's home,
on the Turkey Track Ranch. Later another school
was built. Burt Bryan of Stinnett, tells of teasing the
teacher, Goldie Pool (now Mrs. Byran Hash of
Pampa) about dragging her sack of cow chips out of
the burning building and she replied that he didn't
know what a hard time she had gathering them! Herbert
Butts taught here in 1912 for $45 a month or
until the school ran out of money.
ALPHA
(Dist. No. 14)
This was the original Parksdale school. The name
was changed to Alpha and it stood west of Pringle on
the Logan land. This district was later consolidated
with Pringle. The first school census showed there
were 27 students in 1913 and in 1926 there were
only 12.
CENTERVILLE
(Dist. No. 15)
This school was originally called the Womble School.
After the Womble family moved away the school was
renamed Centerville. It was located north and west of
Pringle on the old W.C. Womble place. Part of this
district consolidated with Morse and part with Pringle.
EILAND
(Dist. No. 2)
This school was also known as Plainview, but most
everyone remembers it as "Bug-tussell." It later
became the Hodges school. The student enrollment
was seldom over ten. Some of the early day teachers
were Fay Groves, Bessie Chassell, lone Berry and
Ona McCormick.
GEWHITTWas named for George Whittenburg. It was located
in the town of GeWhitt on the old Stinnett Highway.
There are no records from this school but many area
citizens attended this grade school.
GROVES
This school opened 1911 and in 1927 it joined with
Stinnett. Richard Groves had the school in his homefor a time. It was located just a short distance from
where the Clarence Wright family lives today. Two of
the Groves sisters taught here, Fay taught in 1912
and Hazel taught from 1919-21. The first year this
school was held was in a dugout and the owls
roosted there. Hazel remembers that all the children
called it the "Owl Hollar School."
HODGES
(Dist. No. 2)
This school was created around 1913 and consolidated
with Plemons about 1923. Sarah Hodges Scott
remembers that she drove the first school bus in the
county. After the consolidation she would pick the
students up and drive them to old Plemons to school.
The old Hodges school was located on the west part
of the J.T. Hodges land.
HARD SCRABBLE
This school began in 1904 in a dugout. The families
of Ernest and John Sheets started the school and
also used the building for a church. One Halloween
after the school was moved into a building, some
cowboys roped it and drug it off its foundation. In
1906 the children from this school began attending
the Holt School.
HOLT
(Dist. No. 8)
Ben Holt donated land for a school, church and a
cemetery. The school was built in 1906 and was the
hub of community activities. The school enrollment
fluctuated with as few as 7 students in 1928 to as
many as 57 in 1916-18. Holt consolidated with Pringle
and Spearman in 1949.
INGERTON
(Dist. No. 9)
Was located on Big Creek and was also known as Oil
City after the oil boom. In 1949, the Ingerton School
District consolidated with Stinnett. Shelby Fields
drove the school bus and when Big Creek would
have a rise after a spring storm he would have to park
the bus on one side of the creek and carry the children
across to the other side.ISOM
(Dist. No. 9)
Was located on the Weatherly land. Old county
records show that this school was operating from
1912 until 1927. The school may have operated earlier
than this because school records were not kept
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Hutchinson County Historical Commission. History of Hutchinson County, Texas: 104 Years, 1876-1980, book, 1980; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20204/m1/37/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hutchinson County Genealogical Society.