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Terral Public School
The
first school in Terral was 6-room, two-story building located in the
southeast part of town on what is now the ballfield. After searching
the available records and talking to the few oldtimers left that might
remember, we were unable to establish the year of its
construction. We estimated it to be in the 1890's. It was opened
on September 2, 1907 as a state funded school. The
principal was J.P. Scott and his wife was the primary teacher. school
trustees were J. W. Colburn, Chairman, W.L. Hill, L.G Taylor, A. M.
Brown, H. Winningham, and E.O Barnett. From what information we could
gather, this building became unsafe for some reason and the students
finished the 1921 school year in the Baptist church. Commencement
exercises were held in the church that year according to a document we
have found. This old school building was later torn down.
The new
school building was completed in 1921 at our present location and the
students moved from the Baptist church into the new building. This
school was built on land donated by two old bachelors: Lee & Bill
Stanfield. Our present auditorium is named for them.
These
old buildings were replaced with our present high school building in
1973 and the grade school was replaced in 1984. Our last senior class
graduated in May of 1987. Members of that class were: Randy Croxton,
Ronnie Duke, Lynn Hill, Corey Johnson, Elsa Lleverino, Chuck
Scheffield, Steven Tallon, and Kenn Wilkerson. Our high school
consolidated withRyan at this time. We now have Kindergarten;through
eighth grades. Our present superintendent is Don Garrison and our Board
of Education consists of: Phil Bryant, President; Kendell Fleming, Vice
President; and Cash Langford, clerk. The Teachers are: Gay Roper,
Kindergarten; Barbara Lewis, First; & Second Grades; Kay Martin,
Seventh & Eighth Grades; and Vivian Parnell, Special Education and
Computers. Support employees include: Wayne Jackson, Custodian; Melba
Croxton, Secretary; Louise Morrison, Head Cook; Yolanda Castillo, Cook;
Midge Martin, Cook's Helper; Andrea Pollan, Aide; and Wilma Maartin,
The Bus Driver. Sally Garrett is our district treasurer.
Past
Superintendents include: J.P. Scott, 1907 - 1911; George Bond, 1912 -
1013: M.A. Courtwright, 1914; T.G. Napier, 1915 - 1916; C.H. Davis,
1917 - 1919; J.E. Crowder, 1920; J.T. Daniels, 1921 - 1922; H.S.
Edwards, 1923; Paris Persewell, 1924 - 1925; L.M. Hobstadt, 1926 -
1937; John Pryour, 1938 - 1940; Howard King, 1941 - 1945; Arthur Smith,
1946 - 1950; Hancel Light, 1951 - 1953; Joe Montgomery, 1954 - 1955;
George King, 1956 - 1958; Clifton Edwards, 1959 - 1961; J. F. Ragland,
1962; Ralph Cordes, 1963 - 1965; James Howard, 1966 - 1969; Hoyt Scott,
1970; Eldon Moffitt, 1971 - 1972; Joe Fogelstrom, 1973 - 1974; Frank
Harris, 1975 - 1976; Calvin Clary, 1977 - 1980; Greg Holleyman, 1981;
William Wallace, 1982; Bill Thrasher, 1983 - 1985; Jim Crowsen, 1986;
Charles Mason, 1987 - 1988; Don Garrison, 1989 - present.
ubmitted by Sam Cottrell
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