School Name: Cooper School School District Number: #028
Location:
Township: Twn41N Range: Rng15W Section: Sec29
Latitude: 38.282000 °N Longitude: -92.610500 °W
School Photo
November 30, 1910.
The school which contained grades 1-8, was located approximately six miles south of Eldon on the Cooper Farm.
Front row L-R: Cressie Vaughan (Mrs. Edward Zestrow), Ellen Prewitt (Mrs. Ed Duncan), Velma Staples, Grace Bonanan, Josie Babcock, Hazel Jones, Nellie Babcock, Cora Prewitt (Mrs. W.B. Lake), Opal Staples, Everett Parson.
2nd row: Wesley Vaughan, Norman Staples, Zida Buchanan, Elmer Crum, George Jones, Hillard Crum, Theodore Heil, Homer Son, Clinton Vaughan, Dutch Bohanan, Ruth Sun, Dora Jones.
3rd row: Minnie Bohanan, the teacher Mrs. Emma Dennison, Isaac Crum, Frank Crum
See student listing below.
Front Row L-R: Kenneth Martin, Jackson Dusenberry, Edward Vaughan, Charles Slaven, Johnnie Boan, John Summers, James Boan, Harold Tompkins, Eugene Peck Carl Brown.
2nd row: Lorraine Dusenberry McGowan, Neta Bell Vaughan Bunch, Geneva Meredith, Pauline Pruitt Thomas, Opal Martin Allen, Anna Slavens, Lois Pruitt Hutchinson, Jewel Caldwell, Wanetta Meredith Brown, Lela Mae Tompkins Strange, Paulene Vaughan Stanton, Ruby Vaughan Sorgea, Dorothy Brown, George Peck, Francis Mills, Mary Elizabeth Pruitt King, Margaret Peck Jones-Maxine Dusenberry in front of Lela Mae & Paulene Vaughan.
3rd row (rear): Herman (Mutt) Scrimscher, Dennis Summers, Raymond Dusenberry, Bernard Martin, Clarence Brown, Gail Meredith, Harley Vaughan, Frank Cotton, Leeman Brown, Lloyd Pruitt, Emily Mills, Blanche Caldwell, Arlene Brown, Sylvia Slavens, Ruby Martin, and Mary Bunch-teacher, Mrs. Goldnia Tracy was the teacher in 1937-38
School Information:
Date Started: Date Closed: 1947
- Clerk’s Record: 1899-1908, 1905-1915, 1924-1928, 1928-1939, 1940=1945, 1943-46, 1946-1947
- Attendance Record: 1909-1915
- Daily Record: 1906-1909
- Minutes Book: 1943-1946
- Teacher’s Register: 1933-1937, 1937-1940, 1941-1944, 1945-1947
Teachers: Judge Jenkins lists the following teachers for the early years of the school:
| 1874-75 | James P. Wright | 1888-89 | Annie E. Tremain | |
| 1875-76 | T. B. McCasland | 1889-90 | W. A. Cotten | |
| 1876-78 | David McComb | 1890-93 | Dosie Souther | |
| 1878-79 | Albert C. Bond | 1893-95 | Fannie Duncan | |
| 1879-80 | LeRoy S. Wadley | 1895-96 | Vona Harrison | |
| 1880-81 | J. W. Son | 1896-97 | Frank Bunker | |
| 1881-83 | R. P. Lamb | 1897-98 | Mary L. Vaughn | |
| 1883-84 | J. W. Son | 1898-99 | Dora Allen | |
| 1884-87 | George W. Wolfe | 1899-90 | Afred Duncan | |
| 1887-88 | Henry Phillips | 1990-01 | W. A. Duncan |
Later teachers included:
| 1901 | Lamont Roark | 1930-31 | Nellie Small | |
| 1901-02 | Eva Vaughan | 1931-32 | Mrs. Will Bunch | |
| 1902-03 | C. L. Roark | 1932-34 | Durward Douglas | |
| 1905-07 | Sarah Connor | 1934-39 | Goldia B. Tracy | |
| 1907-10 | Emma Cooper | 1938-39 | Norma Bunker and | |
| 1914 | Mary Bunch | Helen Agee | ||
| 1914-15 | Marie Stone | 1943 | Mrs. Rita Hill | |
| 1915-16 | Elzer Cooper | 1943-44 | Anna Lee Hunsaker | |
| 1928-29 | Grace Marriott | 1944-45 | Gertrude Martin Maylee | |
| 1929-30 | Alma Apperson | 1945-47 | Mrs. R. B. Maylee | |
| 1946-47 | Thelma Brewer |
Mrs. Charles Russell was hired to teach the 1947-48 school year, but she did not complete requirements to obtain her certificate. The Board agreed to transport the children to Eldon.
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