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Commissioner's
court for District thirteen, Red Hill, 10 February 1908. According
to Mrs. Evans, SWISHER COUNTY HISTORY, p. 104, L. M. Tucker was
the first teacher. Other teachers to serve the school were: Mrs.
Betty Mulkey, Mrs. Barnett, Hazel Fort, Ruby Keeling, Vivian Walker,
Mrs. Bernice May, Eunice May, Miss Shafer, Mrs. Mattie Davis, Mr.
and Mrs. Baldwin, Mrs. Porter Anderson, Miss E. Foster, Tom Brown,
G. Mitchell, Albert Vaughn, Louise Gillam, H. D. Crane, Evelyn Culwell,
Mrs. Charles Welker, 1. L. Devin, Mrs. Blackwell, Elna Lott, Miss
Cobb, and S. A Vaughn.
McGUIRE
Thirteen May 1909, J. R. Hankins and others petitioned the Commissioners
court that a new Common School district be formed which would be
number seventeen and named McGuire, for an early resident of the
community. Mr. McGuire gave the land on which the school was located.
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McGuire
was a well equipped rural schools and served the community until
the consolidation in 1947. Mr. Painton was the first teacher. Miss
Nadeen Wrenn was the teacher in 1937. Trustees at that time were
C. G. Spicer, M. M. Carroll, and J. F. Whitsett.
HOUSTON
Fourteen February 1910 the Houston School district was duly approved
by the Commissioners's Court. It seems as if a Mr. C. D. Houston
bought land from Mr. George C. Keck. Mr. Houston came to the community
in 1890 and gave an acre of land for the school building. Miss Delia
Montgomery was the teacher in 1937. The district was consolidated
with Tulia, in 1947.
Some of the families served by the school were: J.
J. Boston, B. B. Burrow, C. J. Vars,
W. Boston, H. W. Sorrenson, F. M. Hilliard, Frank Vannerson,
Will Hearn, C. E. Dietrich,
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