Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 162, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 31, 1954 Page: 14 of 24
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FIRST MUSIC CLASS.—Music has been an essential part of community life since the beginning. __
class in Qladewatir. It was taught by Mis» Beulah Blackburn of Hawkins in June, 1891. The picture was made available by Mrs. L. J.
Everett and contains the signature of the late L. J. Everett. Students were John Jeter, Minnie Jacobs, Ada Allison, Maude Watkins,
Ida Allison, Elma Victory, Lola Brown, Ena O Byrne, Mrs. L. J. Everett, Jim Morgan, Lena Buckboltz. Sam Smith and Miss Blackburn.
The children are 1X;11 and Katie Lee Everett. The piano used by this group was the first one in town. It was bought for Miss Black-
burn to teach music on and the studio wa> in the L. J. Everett home. The lessons lasted an hour and were given every other day
at the cost of 30 cents per week.
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Traughber Served
Local Schools
For 15 Years
Jimmy j. Trough bar .SHI..-1
at Sulphur Bluff, Movembar 20,
wns oom
1*04 where he finished grammar
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school. He finished high school at
Commerce, Texas, attended East
Texas Teachers College from 1928
to 1927 receiving a Bachelor of
Science Degree.
He served as principal and coach
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Mrs. Everett Recalls Early Days
• Editor’s Note: Mtny of the
huinnrou: comments in the story
below were explanations and
jdentficetion.s maoe by Mrs. L.
J. Evert tt to a Mirror reporter
when the pictures above was
borrowed for use in this coition.'
On January 29, 1901 pupils at-
tending the Gladewater sc 100I
lined up With their superinten-
dent, J. H.nry Smith, to have the
above picture made. The prdty
miss selected to hold the slate
bearing the memorial was Gussie
Sandefer but she was much more
pleased than her express.on indi-
cated.
Others assumed different roles.
A favorite was to depict the stu-
longingly into it while the photo-
grapher flashed his menacing
powder.
Superintendent Smith who was
t letted to serve a* the first coun-
ty superintendent when Gregg
County became an independent
ehool district in 1907, was a ver-
satile person who had the reputa-
tion of w.-nting to learn about any-
thing he didn’t understand. At this
time he began to study h.vpotism
in older to see if the practice Was
a hoax. He came to be so pro-
ficient at the art of hypnotizing
that he almost broke up school.
One of his favorite subjects on
which he practiced was Roy Braz-
zil. Roy, a student of his for sev-
tious pupil by opening one of the j era! years, had great faith in the
Look* available
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L. F. Benson Past
Superintendent 01
Glade Schools
L. Fi Benson was born on a farm
in Titus County, 55 years ago and
is a resident of Ml. Pleasant. He
is now associated with Honorable
if
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ability of his teacher; therefore,
he was a willing guinea pig. One
of the first hypnotism acts was
Roy, stone stiff, placed with head
on one chair and his feet on an-
other. A student would be allowed
to sit on him in order to prove
his rigid state. The fetes proved
entertaining if nof too educational.
The school building which was
located on the present elementary
school campus, was a two-story
frame building. The downstairs
was divided by two long hails that
separated the four large drafty
classrooms. One of these rooms
was used for a toacheruge in the
early days of the school's history.
The upper story was un assem-
bly room that was used as an in-
door play room on rainy days. One
of the men teachers almost lost
his job because he attempted to
teach the young boys tumbling
during some of tlie bad weather
days. This was considered a waste
of time and a dangerous practice.
This was the day of slates and
tin buckets. There was plenty of
country liam, biscuits and bottles
of syrup to pack in the lunch
pails. Baked sweet potatoes and
tea cakes were common and for
rare treats, fried fruit pies were
added Sinee most of the children
came frbm rural areas, and had
to walk for miles they were happy
for a cloud to come up in order
that they might stay in town with
some oi their friends. This bad
weather might last a week and the
“made-down” beds remained until
the sun would show its face.
There was always room for one
more. Milk was carried in bottles.
The girls’ school dresses were
made of calico, yards and yards
of it. They could wear a dress for
a week. Perhaps because they had
few dresses and had learned to
take care of them. They were care-
fully removed and hung separate-
ly as soon as the pupil arrived
home. These dresses were difficult
to iron and that fact possibly made
them merit extra care, too. The
girls wore sun bonnets to school.
When lunch time arrived groups
L. F. BENSON
i, K Ward, the first District
Judge of the 76th Judicial District
of Texas and has been since 1937
cxc< pt for the time served in the
military service. Some will re
momhci that he served Gladewa-
tcr In the capacity of school super-
intendent from 1919 In 1921 lie
holds a B. A and M. A degree
from the University of leiss, uui
his U<. B and J D
from Mat ketone College oi
Chicago, Mintnr'.
is »MI verv active in
in Ml. Plimsunt.
T. J. STURDIVANT came to
Gladewater In 1924. He served
on the School Board from 1931
to 1936. He and his wife now re-
side at 618 W Quitman and he
is still actively engaged in the
sin
ni invited end will at-
I trie
bring held in tne
harboring business, having his
own shop on South Martin. Mr.
und Mrs. Sturdivant had four
children of their own and reared
one other girl who was orphan-
< d. All these children attended
the Gladewater schools. Sturdi-
vant remembers that they had
a difficult time while he .was on
(hr- lioard finding n suitable lo-
jcttinn (or the high mIiooi and
sc I tool due to the den-
otl ,W4lin ■■■snwws
WALTER BENNETT, SR., came
to Gladewater In 1931 and set dp
business in a tent with sawdust
for a floor until he couTd get A
building erected. His flrgt build-
ing was, the present Strange
was associated with Ford motor
Company for 45 years as the
Gladewater dealer. BenncN serv-
ed on the school bonrd from 1982
until 1938 and It was during his
tenure in office that the Weldon /
school, additions to the elemen-
tary school and high school add
Bear Stadium were erecte<L He
recalled also that football eiasai-
fication was changed from B to
A during that time. IU and his
wife reside at Lee Apartments
and fee is still actively engaged^
In tbisincKH, owning and operat-
ing Bennett New and Used Car
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ARLAN WOODS has been Ifl
Gladewater or this vicinity .All
his life, having been born in
/Smith County. He is maryfed to
the former Miss Iriona Bales.
They have two childrdh, Arlan,
Jr., and Nancy, both of whom
are enrolled In tit* Gladewater
schools Woods served on xhc
Gladewater School Board from
1948 to 1951. At present time he
■ is employed-os Tax Assessor and
Collector for Gladewater County
Line Independent School Dis-
trict. His office Is in the muni-
cipal building.
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T. W. LEE’s name first appears
on the board meeting minutes of
the school year 1932-33 and ia
recorded ' ough the school yeur
of 1938-8*. A portion of this
time he served as chairman of
the. board. At the present time
he is owner of the- Gladewater
Dally Mirror and Radio Station
KSIJ. Lee is a native and life-
long resident of the East Texas
oil metropolis. He has extensive
oil interests in East Texas as
well as out of the state. Lee is
married and he and his wife
make their home on Center
street here.
J. J. TRAUGHBER
of Edge wood High School from
1927 to 1929. He was superinten-
dent of schools at Dundee, near
Wichita Falls, from 1929 to 1931.
He came to the Gladewater schools
in the fall of 1931 as head of the
science department.
During the early days of the oil
boom the school was o|ierated on
one half day basis. Traughber
orove a school bus during this
period along with a full time
teaching load, and assisting with
coaching athletics. He was later
employed to be principal of the
elementary_»cbooh When the pres-
Wk/ti.
J. W. BEAVER8 moved hia fam-
ily to Gladewater in September
1936. The following Sunday
they Joined the First Baptist
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wit Junior-Senior High Sch___
completed, Traughber served as
principal of the Junior High
School from 1939 to 1941 ami as
irincipol of the Junior-Senior
iigh School from 1941-1942. He
was then elected as Superinten-
dent of Schools and served In this
capacity from 1942 to 1945 making
a total of fifteen years In the serv-
ice of the Gladewater Schools.
He attended Southern Metho-
dist University and graduated with
a Master of Art* Degree in 1933.
He alao attended the University
of Texas taking considerable work
toward a doctor of philosophy de-
gree.
While serving in the Gladewater
Schools, Traughber was a mem-
ber of the P. T. A., Texas State
Teachers Association, National
Education Association, and num-
erous other organizations.
Traughber ia a deacon in. the
First Baptist Church, Member of
the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary
Club. He is married to the former
Church and on the Monday fol-
lowing their two children were
enrolled in the Gladewater
schools. Beavers is the DeSota-
Plymouth dealer here In Glade-
water. He and his wife reside
at 704 Holly street. He sarved
on the Gladewater School Board
from 1988 until 1941. During his
tenure of office the athletic field
ut the Rodeo Grounds was built
for practice purposes and the
present school bus garage was
erected. Gladeites will remem-
ber that this building was ori-
ginally built to house the N.Y.A.
PRESTON M. GEREN, SR.
graduated from Texas A 4c M
College in 1912, majoring in
architecture and engineering.
For several years he worked in
the field of private architecture
then served in the U. S. Army,
after which he became a pro-
fessor at the University of Okla-
homa A & M. Later Oeren or-
ganized his own firm which he
has maintained and officed ih
Ft. Woith, to the present time.
The Oerens are working on the
construction of new school
buildings here.
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LEON WAGGONER has been
chairman of the Board of Edu-
cation since tile school year of
1951-52, having been elected to
the board in 1948. He is owner-
operator of Waggoner Cleaners.
He came to Gladewater in 1936
from Henderson. Waggoner is
married and the father of two
Children und resides at 604 Vir-
ginia Drive. The Waggoners are
members of the First Christian
Church.
W, W. BRADLEY came to
Gladewater in 1907. He and his
wife live on the old Tyler high-
way. The Bradleys maintain an
office «>n West Upshur dealing
in oil properties. Bradley served
on the Gladewater School Board
back in the early 1900’s. He has
recently retired from active life
due to illness.
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have one daughter. Syntha Jane,
who is sophomore in the Gladewa-
ter High School.
The three great generals in tils
tory who were nerei» defeated
were Alexander the Great, Julius
Caesar and the Duke of Welling-
Jpn.
PRESTON M. GEREN, JB.. be-
came associated with his father
after graduating from Georgia
Tech in the field of architecture
and engineering. The Gervn* are
best known ail over the south-
west for the work they have
done in school house construc-
tion. Possibly the most outstand-
ing work accredited to the Geren
Field is the recently completed
Carter Field Airport in Port
Worth. This field ia known as
“the airport of tomorrow.” The
Oerens ure presently working
with the Gladewater schools in
the construction of a new color-
ed a c h o o I, new elementary
school end new gymnasium.
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were formed and lunches were
spread together, picnic style.
This school boasted of a well
on its campus but the earlier
schools were often built near
branches fed by Ice cold springs
that was the source of water sup-
ply.
Some of the students identified
are: Katie Lea Everett, Edna Ric-
key, Robe Victory, Wallace Nor-
ton, Mary Hamilton, Lee Wu.seom,
Alice Shtpperd Dickson, Annie
Murphy, Albeit Murphy, Virgil
Allison, Belle Armstrong, Oma Al-
lison, Ida Allison, Euna Allison,
Vesta Siieppcrd Hawkins, Alton
Brazzil, Ena Allison, Bell, Minnie
Clements, Sam Wright, Lucy
Wnght, Lucille Bcamer, Albert
Foshce, Virginia Tapp, Craig Vic-
tory, Ashford Hendrix, Mary Tapp,
Augusta Johnston, Clutter Sande-
fer, A. F. iDoci Shepperd, Ethel
York, Ralph Watkins, Lena Walk-
er, Florence Shepperd, Dee Shep-
perd, Ruby Bruce Kay, Dell Ever-
ett, Reuben Victory and Bert Nor-
ton Bray.
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ATTENTION BOND STREET
SPOKANE, Wash. <U.R)—Walter
Nye, executive accrctary of tha
Dude Ranchers Association, may
have started «* trend in formal
western attire. Nye, toastmaster at
the group's annual convention
banquet, appeared in a denim din-
ner outfit cogiatoiir wllh sutif to-
poll and »atm-in ifiwl trousers, a
white ahtrt, black string
Salute
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Gladewater Schools
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We Are Proud Of
Our Local Schools
And The Progress
Of The Public
Education System
In Our Town!
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ON THIS THE 100th BIRTHDAY OF TEXAS PUBLIC
EDUCATION, WE ARE PROUD TO PAY TRIBUTE TO.
THE TEXAS SCHOOL SYSTEMS
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Belk, Jeanne. Gladewater Daily Mirror (Gladewater, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 162, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 31, 1954, newspaper, January 31, 1954; Gladewater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1021314/m1/14/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lee Public Library.