Lonoke High School - Jackrabbit Yearbook (Lonoke, AR)

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J. B. ABRAHAM Superintendent Sfrzculty fl sf' R. W. WILSON MRS. J. B. ABRAHAM MRS. MAIZIE BENTON Principal Librarian Mathematics 1 rye 'i 1 'lil-ana HAROLD BOWIE MRS. HAROLD BOWIE BRENDA CORN MRS. FRED ELLISON Agriculture Home Economics Commercial English

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ffzstary Someone has deflned a school as the wtll of the people ot a dlstrlct to provrde eclucatuon tor therr chrldren The detrnrtron rs especlally appllcable to Lonoke where the maternal assets ot the drstrrct have often changed but the will for educatron has rcntarncd exceecllngly strong The frrst rn Lonoke was a subscruptuon grammar school founded James P Eagle who became Governor ot Arkansas In T889 and l C Hicks who also founded the Lonoke Methodust Church The teacher was W P Fletcher Sr Dr Isaac Folsom was Presrdent ot the ftrst School Board whxch operated a publuc tax supported school In T879 land was purchased and a school burlt and supported by assessments One hundred nlnety seven puprls were enrolled In nine grades with four teachers J J Doyne was Prrncrpal Between T880 and T884 a hugh school was added wrth O F Russell Superintendent J J Doyne Principal and Lettuce M Dodge Eduth Brngham Jennre Farrow and Jennle Reneau Teachers Mr Russells annual salary was S900 The members ot the flrst graduatrng class rn T886 87 were Unrty Barnes QMrs Mrnnre Sanders CMrs Joe Eaglej Ida OKelly CMrs C A Blackwoodj Beulah Tatune QMrs Davresj Mrs Robrnson stall lrves un Lonoke Her husband rs a Lonoke resrdent and has been a lrte long supporter ofthe school Another veteran teacher Mrss Drxre Stokes served from T904 T948 and IS strll an active PTA member The burldmgs were destroyed by ture In T885 T900 and T929 In T92T J B Abraham loaned the faculty He was apposnted Superrntendent rn T937 and has held that posrtron contrnuously srnce The drstrrct now covers 204 square mules and Includes the Lonoke Oldham James Farrvlew and Unuon white schools and eleven colored schools Lonoke IS a member of the North Central Assocnatron A survey has shown that an average of 470 of nts graduates attend college The school IS known throughout the state for the beauty of tts burldrngs and the hugh standards maintained The school board members for T95T 2 are Mrs Bessre Branstord W W McCrary Jr Presldent Burney Whrtfleld Dr J Wm Moore Secretary and Emmett Rrchey 0 , . . . , ' 1 . - , ' ' 1 - , ' I I l ' ' I E. R. Robnnsonj, Lena Rorle QMrs. Lena Branstordj, Floy O'KeIly CMrs. J. Swaimj, q ' . 1 f T I ' f , , , . - - ' , - . , -, ' 1 ' ' , . . . , 5 ' .

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garulty -W 1 We I i i: ROBERT LAWRENCE MRS. ROBERT LAWRENCE MRS. DON LAWSON HAROLD LOCKARD Coach Commercial History Mathematics 'IM MRS. HAROLD LOCKARD MRS. H. L. STEVENS MRS. EDWARD WHEAT Science English Social Science