Interview with Judge R. Black, May 17, 1966 Page: 2
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Don Wilson: And what occupation was your father engaged in at the time of your birth?
Judge Black: Farming.
Don Wilson: And did you assist your father; you and your brother assist him in the
farming operations when you were young?
Judge Black: Yeah, by the time we was able to get to the cotton patch, we went to the
cotton patch.
Don Wilson: And what about your schooling, Judge, where did you start into school?
Judge Black: I went to school, it's a little county school called, later called Admiral.
Then I went to school in Scranton. At that time, they had a boarding school in Scranton,
and I went and attended that school.
Don Wilson When you first started there at the little school you mentioned in Admiral,
was this a one room school house?
Judge Black: A one room school house all time I went to it.
Don Wilson: And about how many grades did they have in that one room school house?
Judge Black: Oh, they finally, later, had eight or nine, up to eight or nine grades.
Don Wilson They had just the one teacher for all nine grades.
Judge Black: One teacher.
Don Wilson: Then when you went to school there in Scranton, was this also a one room
school house?
Judge Black: No, it was, they had to build a school there and they had two boarding
houses there at that time for students.
Don Wilson: Now, I understand there used to be a college too down around Belle Plain.
Is that correct?
Judge Black: That's right.
Don Wilson: And Belle Plain used to be a rather thriving community.
Judge Black: Yes, it was the county seat and the main town in the county.
Don Wilson: Belle Plain was the county seat then of Callahan County?2
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Wilson, Don & Black, R. Interview with Judge R. Black, May 17, 1966, text, May 17, 1966; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth865942/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Public Library.