School Name: Central Point School School District Number: #045
Location:
Township: Twn40N Range: Rng16W Section: Sec02
Latitude: 38.255900 °N Longitude: -92.669400 °W
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Date Started: 1927 Date Closed: 1943
School Registers:
Clerk's Record: 1927-1940, 1940-1943
Teachers: Judge Jenkins lists the following teachers for the early years of the school:
| 1882-83 | Belle Smith | 1891-92 | ? | |
| 1883-84 | Mary L. Roark | 1892-93 | Maggie Skaggs | |
| 1884-85 | Elmer Bliss | 1893-94 | Ida Phillips | |
| 1885-86 | Thomas B. Cotten | 1894-95 | Leota Robertson | |
| 1886-87 | Florence B. Cotten | 1895-96 | Texanna Curty | |
| 1887-88 | Janie Cotten | 1896-97 | Gertie Wright | |
| 1888-89 | M. L. Tremain | 1897-98 | ? | |
| 1889-90 | Rosella Conner | 1898-00 | Anna Weaver | |
| 1890-91 | Geo W. Tremain | 1900-01 | Frank Greenway |
Later teachers included:
| 1928-30 | Sylvia Apperson | 1940-41 | Lucille Bunch | |
| 1930 | Beulah Breazill (partial term) | 1941-42 | Ruth Rustin | |
| 1931 | Eula McCoy (partial term) | 1942-43 | Desta F. Kidwell | |
| 1931-32 | Bessie Banner | |||
| 1932-34 | Mary Swofford | |||
| 1934-35 | Virgil Ponder | |||
| 1935-38 | Adolph Jones | |||
| 1938-39 | Lucille Graham |
Students in 1929 were:
| Name of Parent or Guardian |
Pupil |
Age |
Name of Parent or Guardian |
Pupil |
Age |
|
| Blankenship, R M | Gladys |
15 |
Blankenship, R M | Treva |
13 |
|
| Blankenship, R M | Basil |
9 |
Brewer, U S | Opal |
16 |
|
| Brewer, U S | Freda |
13 |
Brewer, U S | Dessie |
9 |
|
| Hutchison, H D | Foley |
9 |
Beach, H H | Clint |
20 |
|
| Beach, H H | Curtis |
17 |
Bunch, G M | William |
16 |
|
| Bunch, G M | Raymond |
13 |
Bunch, G M | Leonard |
11 |
|
| Bunch, G M | Ruby |
6 |
Platter, John | Nellie |
11 |
|
| Platter, John | Henry |
9 |
Platter, John | Roy |
7 |
|
| Waters | Clyde |
10 |
Waters | Hugh |
8 |
|
| Waters | Vaughn |
6 |
Conner, J W | Orvis |
16 |
|
| Kelsay, L B | Gladys |
16 |
Kelsay, L B | Lois |
13 |
|
| Kelsay, L B | Leland |
11 |
Kelsay, L B | Pauline |
7 |
|
| Kelsay, L B | Euell Conner |
9 |
Evans, J F | Melvin |
17 |
|
| Evans, J F | Arnell |
15 |
Students in 1943 were:
| Name of Parent or Guardian |
Pupil |
Age |
Name of Parent or Guardian |
Pupil |
Age |
|
| Bunch, G M | Helen |
15 |
Blankenship, R M | Selma |
17 |
|
| Blankenship, R M | Betty Lou |
14 |
Blankenship, R M | Eulah Rose |
12 |
|
| Blankenship, R M | Beulah Darlene |
9 |
Conner, Frank | Harold |
14 |
|
| Craig, Emery | Edward |
9 |
Schaeffer, L S | Paul |
10 |
|
| Wyrick, Bill | Laverne |
9 |
Wyrick, Bill | Billy Joe |
8 |
|
| Wyrick, Bill | Virgil |
6 |
| Year | Director | Year | Director | |
| 1929 | Schwinger, H A | 1930 | Hutchison, H D | |
| 1930 | Blankenship, R M | 1931 | Conner, Frank | |
| 1931 | Jobson, Samuel | 1931 | Hudson, Andie | |
| 1932 | Bunch, George M | 1932 | Jobson, S N | |
| 1933 | Schwinger, H A | 1934 | Stark, Earl | |
| 1935 | Wolverton, J B | 1936 | Schwinger, H A | |
| 1936 | Forrest, George | 1937 | Burlingame, Aubrey | |
| 1938 | Hendrix, Ivy | 1939 | Forrest, George | |
| 1939 | Stark, Earl | 1938 | Sullins, Otis | |
| 1940 | Strange, D W Burlingame, F W & Kehr, J W |
Directors usually served for 3 years but occasionally one would resign and another would take his place.
Presidents, Chairmen, District Clerks, Secretaries, Janitors and contractors hired for Central Point School were, R M Blankenship, H D Hutchison, Jessie Jobson, Thos Job, Ester Hutchison, J W Conner, H A Schwinger, Aubrey Burlingame, George B Forrest, Lennie Conner, Frank Conner, Lucy Conner, Earl Stark, Freda Brewer, Treva Blankenship, J R Johnson, Roy Platter, Glenn Hendricks, Wilma Burlingame, Rebecca Jobson, Betty Forrest, Betty and Eula Blankenship, Clarence Chidister, Henry Barclay, and Carl Justice.
As of 2017 a family is still living in the old Central Point School building.
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