History of Guion District Number 22

Some forty years ago there stood at Lemon's Gap a small one-room building which served the double purpose of a church and a school. This was the only school between Buffalo Gap and Winters. Some ten years later the district was divided and the school building moved to the A. L. Judkins place-now the Ben Middleton place. In those days the teachers held second-grade certificates and received thirty-five or fifty dollars per month for a three or four months term. Eleven years later the school was moved to the Hodges' place and a new one-room building erected. In 1906, this building was moved to the present site and another room added for a second teacher. It was named Guion from the little post-office nearby, which had received its name from a Mr. Guion, an old resident of that section. During Mr. M. A. Williams' principalship the school added another teacher, who taught in the I.O.O.F. Lodge room, which occupied the upper story of the school building. In 1917, the district increased its tax to fifty cents and voted bonds to the amount of $4400.00. A modern four-room brick building was erected and well-equipped Mr. C. E. Sims, who later became County Superintendent, assisted by Misses Clara Tasker and Katie Howell the first year and by Misses Catherine Ramsey (now assistant in the County Superintendent's Office) and Myrtle Cheney the next year, was the first principal in the new building. For four years the district has received State Aid, which has been of great assistance. Under the direction of Mr. Leo Coffman, Mrs.E. L. McAdams and Miss E. Reagan Griffith, the Guion School has had during 1921-1922, one of the very best terms of school the district has ever known. With a dollar tax election pending and the prospect of retaining the same faculty for next year, the outlook for Guion School is indeed promising.

Class Roll

Boys Team: Harrison, Capt., M. Jacobs, B. Jacobs, Best, Moody

Girls Team: Sutton, Capt. Moody, Alexander, Powell, Phillips, McMillion