Hector High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Hector, AR)

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In the early days the Indians set- tled on the Illinois Bayou. They built their teepees on a high spot near the water where it never ran over. The first post office was estab- lished |uly 1, 1874 with Edward L. McCracken as the first postmaster. The first post office was located on Little Creek. Then it was moved to down- town Scottsville. Scottsville was once a bustling agriculture center for area farmers. It had two or more general stores, a barber shop, a cotton gin, grist mill, and blacksmith shops. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Caudle and pupils. The people of the community decided they needed a church and school. They built a two story build- ing, the Scottsville Masonic Lodge. Church and school classes were held in the lower part. They hand planed the planks for the ceiling. As the school grew to eight grades and the need for a new school was seen, a two room school was built 'A mile north of Scottsville. In 1930, when Scottsville consoli- dated with the Hector School, the three room brick building in the pic- ture at thfe left was built on highway 27, which was used for six grades until 1954 when they began bussing the students to Hector. 9 SCOTTSVILLE

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The community now called Appleton was started in 1848. It was first called Glass Village after Chief Glass whose tribe owned the land. Later the town was moved and renamed Sulphur Springs for the sul- phur spring flowing nearby. Finally, it was changed to Appleton for an old apple orchard which grew uncommon- ly big apples. The first school at Appleton was established in 1878 and taught by Pro- fessor Nath Kehun. A new building was soon built, because the first one had no ceiling. The building pictured above was built in 1935. Other early teachers were Bud Lawrence, James F. Montgomery, F. D. E. Montgomery, A. E. Vonn, Emma Mathis, and Green Bulloch. The first church established in Appleton was the Cumberland Pres- byterian Church in 1856. The first preacher was W. W. Strictland. In 1916, Appleton was a thriving community of 500 people. It had a hotel, an undertaker, a saw mill, a gin and grist mill, two doctors, five general stores, and a drug store. The hotel was run by Mrs. C. L. Brant and did a thriving business until the automobile came into use. Mer- chants delivering goods to Appleton didn’t need to stay overnight if they were in a car. Mr. Ed Wilson, Mrs. Ralph Maxey, Miss Ruth Burris, and Miss Bobbye Cathey are pictured with their students. APPLETON 8

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SCHOOL DAYS, THOSE GOOE Home economics classes were taught by Mrs. Mildred Hurley in this 1954 picture. The Wildcat cheerleaders for 1954 were Lojean Coffman, Shirley Tripp, Sue Goates, Carma Lawrence, and Peggy Bibler. 10