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White County schools and teachers span early roots to modern reform
The article traces White County education from 1830s subscription schools through 1965, noting exam records, land sales supporting schools, and early teacher origins. It highlights the White County Teachers Association founding in 1887, later leadership, and the impact of consolidation begun in 1948 reducing districts from over 100 to 13 by 1965, while praising ongoing educational reforms.
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White County
John Phipps
William S. Hay
Henry P. Anderson
Alexander F. Trousdale
R. S. Graham
CG. BE. McDowell
J. J. McClintock
Ahart Harsha
C. P. White
T. B. Fuller
Scotland
England
Australia
Germany
Ireland
Illinois
Big Wabash River
Hiram Philips
Daniel Hon
Thomas Pool
John L. Lawler
James Hood
Williamd. Ewing
William Davidson
James Ratcliff
John Winkler
Carmi
Emma
East
Hawthorne
Superintendent of Schools
East Carmi
St. Polycarp’s Church
Carmi City
Colored School
North Side
M. F. Carr
8. S. Henderson
South Side
Hattie Butler
Carmi Academy
Southern Ilinois Normal School
Commercial College
Thomas C. Jones
Carmi Township
Roy Jordan
White County Teachers Association
J. W. Marion
C. M. Pitner
M. Olive Bayley
Marie Gash
W. S. Brown
J.P. Raney
2. C
New Presbyterian Church
Enfield
A. J. Taylor
J. Cloyd Irvin
Anna Preher
Val W. Smith
Charles Mossberger
Frank Brown
Charles E. Moore
Malcolm Fairchild
Harry J. Blue
Stella Lawhorne
Maude McCord
Katie Allen
Bessie Binghan
Dora Blue
Mary B. Campbell
Violet
B. H. Questell
C. H. Rodgers
John Rush
John Smith
Bert Trusty
Ernest York
Everett McCallister
C. H. Mossberger
D. L. Boyd
R. C. McKinnies
Harry E. Puntney
Hubert H. Sutton
Walter L. Puckett
Richard Travis
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