Perryville High School - Mustang Yearbook (Perryville, AR)

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 HISTORY OF PERRYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL Our first public school was founoed in 1876. This was A ONE ROOM 8UIL0ING WHICH WAS ALSO USEO FOR A CHURCH. SCHOOL WAS IN SESSION THREE MONTHS IN THE WINTER AND THREE MONTHS IN THE SUMMER AN 0 ANYONE WHO WISHED COULO ATTENO. IN 1882 A SUBSCRIPTION SCHOOL WAS BUILT ACRO SS THE STFEET FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BY A WEALTHY MAN NAMEO JoHnL.W. MATH- hyu0e. This school was in session nine months of the year AND ONLY THOSE WHO WERE FINANCIALLY ABLE ATTENOED. Later there were two rooms adoed to the public school. The country crew in population and wealth and in 1916 a brick BUILDING WAS BUILT TWO BLOCKS NORTH EAST OF THE COURT HOUSE, THE SITE OF THE PRESENT HIGH SCHOOL. A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING WAS CO N S TR U C T E D CXIR I N G THE YEARS 1947-48 AN 0 WAS REAOY FOR OCCUPATION WHEN SCHOOL OPENED THE FALL OF 1948. IT IS LOCATED TWO BLOCKS NORTH WEST OF THE HIGH SCHOOL

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