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History of Pleasant Hill District Number 23

District Number 23, under the name "Little Elm," was organized in 1893 by the consolidation of Districts Numbers 12 and 13. At this time the north boundary of the district was the Jones County line. In 1894 the size of the district was somewhat reduced and the old site on the Abilene-Merkel road, where the old Little Elm building still stands, was chosen. Shortly after the year 1900, the site on the Caps road was selected, other changes having been made in the boundaries of the district, and the new school was given the name "Pleasant Hill," because of its brighter prospects and its slight elevation. The patrons of the school raised sufficient money for a one-room building, but did not have enough funds for equipment. To raise additional money for this purpose a box-supper was held; it was a most pleasant and successful affair, though those present had to sit around on boxes and a few chairs, thus making it a "box"-supper in truth. The first teacher in this new building was Miss Bershia O'Neal. In 1911 another room was added, but because funds for its construction were very limited, a canvas curtain was used for a partition.

In 1919, a twenty-five hundred dollar bond was voted and the following year another thousand dollar bond was added and a fifty cent tax voted. The present building was erected in the summer of 1920; it is a modern three-room structure, the small room being now used for a library with the hope of its being able soon to be converted into a domestic science room. This building is well-arranged and well equipped. It has a good stage with a roller curtain and acetylene lights, which mean much for the success of school entertainments. Pleasant Hill now votes a seventy-five cent tax and has had this year, 1921-1922, a - very successful school, with Mrs. W. P. Welch and Miss Maurine Nisbett as teachers.

Class Roll

I don't know where these first two
names belong, perhaps Primer.
J. W Harrolson
Lee Savell
FIRST GRADE
Melton Roberts
C. L. Avery
Vernon Leverett
Harold Roberts
Garland Wood
Gordon Wood
Dorris Wetsel
Ida May Mason
Essie Thornton
Bessie Thornton
Fay Pennington
Oneita Spencer

SECOND GRADE
Clyde McCleskey
Alvie Dawkins
Chub Hardwick
Troy Lee Wood
Sherman Pennington
Judd Kennedy
Opal Avery
Lillian Walker
Lena May Savell
Thelma Graham
THIRD GRADE
Marlin Hardwick
Luke Wetsel
Tom Savell
Mabel Harber
Ima Lee Harber
Gomez Graham
Wilma Roberts
Leona Wetsel
Velma Pennington
Louvernia Spencer
Mason Hubbard

FOURTH GRADE
Claude McCleskey
Willie Graham
Charley Wetsel
Beaman Dawkins
Curtis Thornton
Aaron Archer
Nora Dawkins
Lynn Robinson
Marie Wood
Deiphia Kennedy
Beatrice Thompson
FIFTH GRADE
Bush McCleskey
Graydon Roberts
Ralph Mason
Pressley Thornton
Elton Wood
Pearl Harber
Bessie Savell
Trudia Pennington
Luther Kennedy
SIXTH GRADE
Gladys Roberts
Zenobia Graham
Anna L. Walker
Gertrude Roberts
Mabel Robinson
Arlene Hooker
SEVENTH GRADE
Clayton Hardwick
Leslie Roberts
Archie Roberts
Hobart Grahain
Loyd McCleskey
Pearl Graham
Lenice Wetsel
Rena Thornton
EIGHTH GRADE
Marvin Harber
Lee Robinson
Birdie Bourland
Nora Archer
Lena Roberts
Audrey Thornton

Reference: The Buffalo Trail, 1922, yearbook of Taylor County Schools

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