Echols School 1936-1937 All Grades.

Back Row-Left to Right: Mrs. C. O. Brown, Bonnie Mae Tinsley, Joyce Maddox, Bill Phelps, Margie Bratcher, Judson Brown, Stoy Bratcher, Rexford Maddox, Violet Geary, Virginia Wilcox, Maline Johnson, Gladys Key, Kathleen Vinson, Harry Kincaid, Carl Ezell, and Mr. C. O. Brown.

Second Row (From Top)-Left To Right: Estill Geary, David Woodburn. Richard Hill, Marie Woodcock, Charles Ezell, Billy Bratcher, Frankie Hulse, Geneva Johnson, Nell Susan Curtis, Edna Mae Burden, Anna Rae Burden, Lizzie Woodcock, Hildred Porter, Mitchell Minton, Bert Neal Wilcox, Heman Johnson Jr., Irene White, Dorothy Farris.

Third Row (From Top)-Left To Right: Neal Decker, Freeman Loyd Jones, Paul Ezell, Evelyn Woodcock, Christine Hill, Edith Mae Hulse, Edwina Phelps, Virginia McCoy, Dorsie Lee Bratcher, Jeanette Burden, Lottie Belle Wilcox, Margaret Helen Porter, Opal Lee Johnson, Anita Minton, Flora Mae Johnson, Thelma Baize, Lorene Johnson, Rena Woodcock, James Farris, Charles Farris.

Fourth Row (From Top)-Johnny Hulse, Earl Ray Tinsley, Charles Vinson, William Earl Jones, Adriel Smith, Billy Gene Hicks, James Decker, Glendle McCoy, Johnson Kincaid, James Edward Curtis, J. T. Ezell, Hildred Brown, Andrew Geary, Clyde Morton Woodburn.

Ohio County, in the early years of the twentieth century, was a very large county, area wise. Population wise, it was not very large. Transportation, in those early years of the twentieth century, was just about non-existent except when powered by horse or by steam or by walking. Buggies, horseback riding, river and rail transportation were the main source of going just about anywhere other than walking. Transportation to a school building was normally done on foot or in some cases on horseback. Schools were built where the students were located and the students of Ohio County were located all over the county. Thus, there were many "One Room" type school houses and in some of the more heavily concentrated areas, a larger school was built. By the mid-forties, there were eight such schools including Rockport, McHenry, Beaver Dam, Hartford, Centertown, Dundee, Horse Branch, and Fordsville. By then, most of the "One Room" schools were gone. Prior to this time, and in the hey day of one room schools, they were located all over the county. The Echols area had at least four, McHenry area had several and on and on. It was just a means of getting the populace educated.

As mentioned before, the "One Room" school was one hot place in the summer and likewise, one cold place in the winter. Coal stoves help ward off the cold and a student could get comfortable once they arrived at school. There was not much of a means of cooling off the school in the summer except by opening windows. Notice the nice and clean looking school building in the background of the above picture. The windows were plentiful and high. When this picture was taken, it looks like all were open. The students did not allow the hot weather to bother them, as when they went home, it was hot there also. Everyone just got used to the hot weather and learned to tolerate. Getting under a shade tree or "Fanning" oneself seemed to help. That was just the way it was.

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~~~Pink Hall!~~~
Class of 1936-1937
Photo from the Burden Collection.
~~Old Picture enhancement by Dale Thomas.~~
Student Identity Taken From Shirley Smith's Book.
"History Of Rockport and Echols."

Thanks to all of those that have helped.