Centennial Year Teachers in Monroe County 1931-1932

Quite in contrast with 100 years ago, when Monroe county was without a single public school, Centennial year finds a school in easy reach of every home – 95 districts and many high schools.

The Centennial year districts and their teachers for 1931-32 follow:

1. Tillett – Miss Madolyn Powers.

4. Santa Fe – Miss Betty Rodgers.

5. South Fork – Fred Sullivan

7. Wafer Ash – O. P. Browing.

8. Dashner – Boyd Wilmarth.

9. Florida – Miss Mary Alice Wood.

10. Wommack – Miss Margaret Powers.

11. Poage – Miss Lou Bridgford

12. Bonsall – Miss H. Pauline Waller.

14. Casey College – Miss Kathryn Snell.

15. Hurd – Mrs. Beatrice Crabtree.

16. Hays – Miss Alleen Curran.

18. Hickory Grove – Miss Jennie Willer.

19. Tewell – Miss Gertrude Buckman.

20. Gibbs – Miss Edith Hilbert.

22. Clapper – L. Glen Elam.

23. Mudd – Miss Gladys Swan.

24. Buckman – Miss Lottie Swem.

25. Nolen – Miss Lucille Curran.

26. Peak – Miss Margaret Jelley.

27. Long Branch – Miss Lela Dickey.

28. Sharp – Miss Laura Emmons.

29. Gleason – Miss Mary Frances Phillips.

30. McKamey – Miss Faye Lowery.

31. Powers – Miss Kathryn Lowery.

32. Kirkland – Miss Lillian Bridgford.

33. Strother – Mrs. Frank Bealmear.

34. Marr – Miss Mary Virginia Callis.

35. Goss – Miss Bessie mae Pierceall.

36. Johnson – Miss Winnifred Wilkes.

37. Crutcher – Mrs. Chester Painter.

38. Wright – Miss Lyndell Elam.

39. North Fork – Miss Dorothy Jackson.

40. Deer Creek – Mr. Russell Bastian.

41. Greenwell – Mrs. Iva Sparks.

42. Cox – Miss Blanche Scobee.

43. McGee – Miss Georgia Norfleet.

44. Snell – Mrs. Hazel Mason.

45. Carter – Miss Alice Ashcraft.

46. Fuller – James Todd.

47. Foreman – Miss Frances Wills.

48. Oak Ridge – Mrs. Bertha Lou McGee.

49. Cedar Bluff – Miss Bess Scobee.

50. Bryan – Miss Maggie Dee Thornton.

51. Salem – Miss Frances Hardwick.

52. Smizer – Miss Sylvia Shumard.

53. Washington – Miss Kathryn Smith.

54. Heathman – Miss Cleo Bowling.

55. Cradle of Science – Miss Lorna Conley.

56. Adams – Miss Margaret Varney.

57. Greenwood – Mr. Weldon Ashford.

58. Combs – Miss Oneida Garrison.

59. Jacoby – Miss Stella Mae Nevins.

60. Tulip – Miss Clara Stauterman.

61. Starr – Miss Mary Margaret Guthrie.

62. Sanford – Miss Gladys Young.

63. Anderson – Mrs. Bess Coe.

64. Mason – Miss Evelyn Thomas.

65. Union – Miss Marguerite Reynolds.

66. Cross Hollow – Miss Particia Burnam.

67. New Hope – Miss Irene Hogan.

69. Mt Pleasant – Miss Della McGee.

70. Evans – Mrs. Irene Dry.

71. Ransdell – Miss Vivian Bridgford.

72. Turner – Miss Marguerite Wood.

73. Callis – Miss Laura Lusk.

74. Granville – Nelson Thompson.

77. Spencer Chapel – Miss Vivian Houghton.

78. Fairview – Mrs. Mary Acuff.

82. Afflick – Earl O. Farris.

84. Scott – Miss Josephine Crim.

86. Branham – C.O. Farris.

87. Harley – Miss Lillie Botkins.

88. Kirtley – Miss Blanche Gwynn.

89. Oak Ridge – Ercil Heathman.

90. Capp – Miss Phoebe Hill.

91. Pleasant Green – Mrs. Maydee Mallory.

92. Woodlawn – Miss Helen Glasscock.

93. Ash – Miss Nannie Gwynn.

94. Duncans Bridge – Davis Acuff and Mrs. Davis Acuff.

Consolidated Dist. No. 1 – G.J. Hamilton, Supt.; F. Bell, principal; Miss Gladys Dothage, assistant; Elsie Gerster, Mildred Jackson, Beatrice Teter, Alma Simpson.

Source: Centennial edition of the Monroe County Appeal dated 13 Aug 1931; submitted by MaryBeth Kirtlink.