NEEDMORE District #81
SE1/4 SW1/4 of 5-12-23
This school was located about five miles south and two east of Cheyenne. Story goes that the first school was held in a cement cellar, then a one room schoolhouse was built, “Lone Star”. As it grew crowded they nicknamed it Needmore because they needed more room. Cement cellar is still there. Later a two room Needmore schoolhouse was built about 1 mile west of the first school. When the new school was built, some had hoped that the name Lone Star would return, but the name of Needmore could not be shaken.
In the spring of 1938, Needmore closed. Part of the district transferred to Cheyenne and the other to Berlin. A petition was presented to the County Superintendent calling for an election to be held for the purpose of annexing all of Needmore to Cheyenne. May 5, 1939 the election was held with twenty-eight patrons for and sixteen against the annexation. May 16, 1939, there being no appeal, Needmore attached to Cheyenne.
Needmore Students 1931 Teacher - Florence Casady
FRONT: Homer Allen Green, Roy Green, Raymond Green, Raymond Shay, ?? Audry, H.A. Taylor, Virgil Hambrook, Robert Jencks, Lyle Ivy, Roy Lee Fry. 2nd ROW: John Green, Lettie Hambrook, Goldie Shay, Bessie Duke, John Shay, ?? Mabra, Eunice Jencks, Marie Duke, ???, Addie Mae Bowers. 3rd ROW: Robert Green, Durlan Miller, Dessie Shay, Genevieve Ayers, Frankie Duke, Lila Majors, Alice Jencks. BACK ROW: Leslie Montgomery, J.B. Townsend, Oren Jencks, Nettie Green, ?? Maben, Burl Duke, ?? Cabler, ?? Cabler, Flora Aubry, Ruben Green.
TEACHERS:
| ALBIN, Iris | 1936 |
| BAGGETT, Cecil | 1928 |
| CALVERT, Edna | 1923 |
| CARR, L. B. | 1928 |
| CASADY, Florence | 1929-30 |
| CHAPPELL, Francis | 1932 |
| COLEMAN, Jewell | 1926 |
| CRAIG, Carl | 1932-36 |
| EVANS, Miss Joe | 1916-17 |
| GUY, Linnie BRIGHT | 1919-20 |
| HAIGHT, Tom S. | 1921 |
| HERIFORD, Alice | 1935 |
| HUNT, Juanita | 1931 |
| JACKSON, Ruby | 1924-25 |
| MALSON, Mildred | 1922-23, 26-27 |
| MATTHEWS, Jessie CHAPPELL | 1920 |
| MILLINGTON, Jewell | 1921 |
| MOAD, Edna | 1931 |
| ROSSER, Calvin | 1933-34 |
| SIMMONS, Jewell | 1925 |
| SPROWLS, Edith | 1930-31 |
| TRACY, E. E. | 1919 |
| VINCENT, Bonnie | 1922 |
| YETTER, Lois | 1918 |
| YOUNG, Della CANN | 1924 |
School Board
No record for 1931
| AYERS, J. M. | 1916-17 |
| BOWERS, T. A. | 1918-30 |
| GREEN, J. D. | 1940 |
| GREEN, W. R. | 1916-18 |
| JENCKS, C. A. | 1932-40 |
| MAJORS, J. E. | 1916-34 |
| MONTGOMERY, H. A. | 1932-40 |
| PARKS, F. B. | 1918-30 |
| WEST, H. L. | 1935-40 |