The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1959 Page: 6 of 14
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THe Comanche Chief :°°unty
In 1901 when Moore vu the sole (article i
teacher there of 49 pupil* iKobinsoi
School consolidations Increaaed j * * i
from year to year until 1949 when Mr. Moore, possibly know* more|
the far reaching Otlmer-Alkln about the early history of rural
law* were paaeed and speeded up!school* of Comanche County than
the progress until today there |any man now living,
are only four operating public * *
schools In Comanche County. j He taught 42 years, most
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the history of the i buttons to society
Springs School follow:
De Leon, Texas
December 4, 1959
Dear Mr. Wllkerson:
1 have read with Interest the
(article in The Chief about "50
- Years Ago ” I have appreciated | musician and band leador, bulld-
„ I these articles that remind us of ing up the band Interest at Har-
Neal Oreer. now retired and
living at Bangs, became the Sen-
ior Chaplain at the Texas Prison.
Another boy of this community,
Dewey Wtley, became s noted
the time In nwal^ichools^ taking times as they were then. dln-Blmmons University and took
Albln Fleming who writes some (this band on a tour of Europe.
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These, however, rank with the'opt time to spend two terms In
best schools m Texas and every | the Legislature After his j,poetry and sets some of it to playing a concert for the King
—w.. gotten out|of England He retired this year
the music department of
child tn the. county
portunity to attend
9-months school
MU MIW>
There. Indeed has been
For several years he was editor
great (of the State Pension Nows, pub-
Texa* public srtiuol* promise progress in rural education with-! llshed at Dallas, although he still
to be one of the moat Important jn the last half century, and in
topics for discussion during the order to make this progress, some1
I lived
in De Leon
Robinson Springs school and (Texas Tech
community. Another became a successful
As I was the teacher there at lawyer and State Senator In Ok-
that time, he seems to play me
up more than he does the place
lahoma.
Others made varying degree# of
success. However, some of course,
like myself, did not make out-
standing successes.
While this was something near
a typical school of that day, It
Church Dedication
Dedication services were
was not better. I am sure, than
others. I was able to see some
good In the schools as we knew
them 50 years ago
I was reared within a mile or
so of this school where I was
the teacher. When I was a child
there was not. so far as I can
recall, a farm or a fence in what
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. December 5 fnr —'
Mto, the
next few weeks after the CSirist- things, good within themselves,I Of the 49 pupils who attended [he*'hlsUn"^ of* the^nU^ k**/ „UP
sa.te«a^ssr *■ ^ ~
the Legislature to consider rais- • • Icipsl. only two still reside in the ,t .
ing taxes to Increase teachers Perhaps the local pride and, community. They are Mrs. Char- . ^ , y ™
pay. community loyalty Is not U Us Park the fonner Cora low-!^1 there was
That question also wlU be an strong as it used to be when thejrey. and Tom Poneat. 'good, sound teaching done then
issue in the short electioneering country school was the center of * , Out of this
period before the early May prl- the community life. In the prefare to the article
mary when there may be some * ’ about ttie history of the Robin- ‘ some
three or four candidates for gov- This, to a certain extent, how-[son Springs School, Mr Moore _
ernor ever, has In some Instances been says the younger generation will j ^
• • (replaced, and even Increased, by I forget the history of their fore- j '•
ah these candidates likely will organized community clubs, which I bears If some account Is not left 1
£aehcm* Ml- h“ve gained state-wide recognit-!by this generation "When I was
Mon for their neighborhoods, as a teacher, my chief Interest wasjj;
community came
successful men. that Is
who made definite contrl-
3 Blocks Out Brownwood Higta
RANSOM A MO S
way
ROOFING EXPERT
CARPENTERING
APPLICATOR OF
ASBESTOS SIDING
PAINTING
Phone Res. Z1S-J
Comanche
P.O. Box 735
INSURANCE To Meet Yo
Ur N.
It’* Your
Responsibility
A fa,|- Son,,.
A trip,
one injures himself
on your stoop. If,
responsibility.
your
But if you have i'„.
France, financial loss
is covered. CAM. Us.
Dorris Insurance
106 West Central
Insurance
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Estate l
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favor a rallse in teacners’ sat- —------------------------ ----------------- ‘When
nn''hou.0 the monev^L* ln the CMt‘ of *uch centers as devoted to the welfare and Im-
dlscussion on how the money is Nrwburg Sodft Sprln4fs Amlty, provement of rural schools." he
to be raised # ^ and 8tajr ^ said.
Issue of the
Li the morning i»«ue OI “*e W>- Just recently received an1 “All my contacts and all my
Port Worth Star-TelegTam on article from O. M. Moore of De associations were with rural peo-
December 11. an article appeared concerning the passing of pie, most of whom were God
on the editorial page by Dr. Ben- the old fashioned rural schools fearing. Industrious and worthy ^
jamin Fine, under the heading. of Comanche Coupty, citing Rob- citizens So. as I saw it. during *
■ The Llttfle Red 8chdol House Is lnson springs. The folder was my active years, that kind of j 5
About
Past
to Become a Thing of the j comapllod and published-by a7- people were 'the salt of the i :
jbert Fleming of Dallas (earth’.” Mr. Moore continued. j] ;
Just why these old i-ural school rt includes a picture of the The following letter received
v titidirufs were called “red” we Robinson Springs School, taken from Mr. Moore and the enclosed
do not know, as we never rmem-
Texas painted
her seeing one in
The ones Ttt knew
at all or were
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that color,
were not painted
painted ^ white. ^
Dr Fine points out that only
of these old rural school
houses remain to^ay Most of the
few such schools left have^ lost
their early Influence and educa-
tional leadership.
The school bus. the ~
to the rural schools that formerly
dotted the countrysides.
school
one-teacher e^ool buildings
Today fewer than 18,000 one-
teacher school houses remain In
the United States and scarcely
more Khan a dozen In
There are an estimated 18.000
pupd* attending the old
ed country schools of the United
States today as compared to
4.000,000 as late as 1920.
Dr. Walter H. Oaumnlt*. head
of Rural Research and Statistics
Unit of The Upited States Office
of Education, says these small
rural schools rendered yeomen
servloe to the American people
in the pioneer days when they
often were the only ways many
boys and girls could get an edu-
cation.
Thousands of people still liv-
ing toda can still retoember the
potbellied stoves in the center of
tbe rural school room, often
spouting out heavy smoke, caus-
ing students eyes to smart and
their lungs to cough in protest.
Sometimes a small stool stood
in the comer ready for the
“dunce", and of course a newly
cut hackherry switch was perch-
ed on nails on the wall near the
teacher's deak.
In the early days, only a few
of the teacher* were college train-
ed and very few teachers, even in
tn* city schools held degrees.
Today practically every teach-
er ln l'exas has a bachelor's de-
gree and a large percent hold
master's degrees and belong to
the highly organized State Teach-
ers Association
Founded in 1880, the teachers'
-■professional organization has
shared in much of the important
educational progress ln Texas.
History reveals that the first
statewide gathering of teachers
actually occured December 13,
1871, when the 8tate Educational
Convention met ln Austin and
organized "The Austin Teachers
Association” _
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SEU CARS
Have you ween OUR NEW and USED CARS lately?
We have traded for some and bought some. We like
these cars. Come by and try these, believe you’ll
like ’em, too!
—1957 CHRYSLER Windsor Sport Coupe, I-oaded.
—1957 CHEVROLET RelAir, 8-Cylinder, Powerglide,
R & H, Low Mileage, Extra Clean.
—1957 FORD 4-Door, 8-Cylinder, R&H,
Standard Shift.
-1955 CHEVROLETS, Two of These. Both BelAirs.
-1953 CHEVROLETS (2) Both 4-Doors, 210,
6-Cylinder, R*H, Regular Shift.
-1952 FORD Station Wagon, R&H, Overdrive,
8-Cylinder.
in
—1950 CHEVROLET 4-Door, R&H, Powerglide.
—1950 FORD Coupe
—1952 CADILLAC, R*H, Air Conditioned, Power
Steering, Power Brakes, Power Seats, Clean.
• GOOD USED PICKUPS •
—1959 CHEVROLET y*-Ton Pickup, 15,000 Miles.
—1956 CHEVROLET '/,-Ton Pickup,
3-Speed Transmission.
—1956 CHEVROLET '/,-Ton Pickup.
Long Wheelbase. 4-Speed Transmission.
—1954 CHEVROLET Vi-Ton Pickup, DeLuxe Cab.
—1953 CHEVROLET '/,-Ton Pickup.
—1949 INTERNATIONAL 1-Top Pickup,
Extra Clean, Ix>cal Pickup.
Some Older Cars at EXTRA SPECIAL SAVINGS—
Come On Out and Look Over These Cars and Pickups.
Illest Side lltatar
Swearengin
Buster White
Alvin Hafford
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Among the resolutions adopted
at that time was one calling fo*
the establishment of a State Uni-11
verslty. Partly In response toil
this, the University of Texas was.;;
established and opened for stud-1 j.
ents ln the fall of 1883. It was ;[
originally provided for by the1: .
Constitution of the Republic of {
Texas*
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The North Texas Teachers As-
sociation was organized at Dal- s j
his in 1877. s
* * ’ , „
Orowing out of the meetings ak Si
Austin and Dallas, a teachers' $
convention was held at Mexla ln
’ June 1880. when the Texas State
\ Teachers Association was organ-
ized. when the Austin Teachers
Association and the North Texas
Teachers Association were com-
bined.
School consolidations began ln
Texas soon after the turn of the
century Hie number of schools
In Comanche County reached its
maximum about 1908. when there
-were 107 school districts ln the
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T (FRUITS
FRESH SOLID TRUCKLOAD
From The Valley
Just
here
in—grapefruit, oranges, tangerines, etc.
from the Valley — plus apples, bananas and other
fruits.
Bv the box — or for the Christmas stocking — quality
fruits and money-saving prices at
Jesse and Thelma Cuthbertson’s
Produce
Across Street From REA
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*■’ o i. o i: r s
lb. Can
6 oz Jar 79c
Sugar
\l Wised
10 lbs.
Pure Cane
3 lb
CAN
SEE US
-- TREES
- (ANDIES
-- FRUITS
- NUTS
FOR
—
Pinto Beans
2 lb. Bag 19c
GOOD RICH
PEACHES
4 No. 21 Cans $1
Como TISSUE
4 Rolls 29c
Headquarters For
FRUIT CAKE
MIXES
KimbeM’s[ Peach
O 20 oz
_i_° JARS
t
Regular]
Ice
WWW
M4YHRD CORN.
2 (an Be
KIMBELLS
CHIU
No. 300 (an 49c
25 lb-
bag
WHITE SWAN
PORK & BEANS
2 Cans 25c
WILSON or HORMEL
RANCH STYLE
BEANS
2 Cans 25c
1 Onl]
Wostinghi
Electric
$125.1
OliEO lb.
Wilson or Normal
PURE LARD
BAKE-RITE
SHORTENING
8 lb (an $1.59 3 lb Can 69c
JFHeSH PRODUCE
Delicious APPLES, lb ISc]
APPLES, Christmas Box $4.?5|
GRAPEFRUIT, 20 lb. Bag $1-29|
PLENTY OF GOOD TURKEYS,
HENS and HAMS.
PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW !
BANANAS, 2 lbs. 25c
YELLOW ONIONS lb 8c
LETTUCE. Large Head 19c
CELERY, Stalk 17c
POTATOES, 10 lb. Bag 49c
FRESH DATES lb. 19c
Westii
Oven-
* All surface!
for easy cm
Miracle
keep temf
* Double Ov^
baking.
* Super Core
made.
299.!
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DOUBLE C » W GOLD STAMPS EACH WEDNESDAY
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South Side Grocery
Johnnis Living,,on 7- Blocks Out Goldtfcwaitc Hiway Fr«d Hunt*'
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 87, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, December 18, 1959, newspaper, December 18, 1959; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth904008/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Comanche Public Library.