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HISTORY OP THE MAY'S LICK CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL 1909—1951 In 1908 the legislature of Kentucky passed a law providing for the establishment of a high school in each county of Kentucky. The only high schoi in Mason County was in Maysville. Mr. C. D. Wells was the county superinten- dent at the time the plan for consolidation was proposed. Mr. W. E. Pyles, retired farmer and widely known poultryraan, was the county board member from District Pour, in which May's Lick was located. Five schools composed this district. There was much speculation as to a probable location for the new high school. The various board members were interested in locating the '•hool in their respective localities. The main issue at stake was the financing of the newly suggested plan. Mr. Pyles submitted to Mason County Board of Educa-i tion a statement signed by fifty residents of the May's Lick community, pledg- ing to pay the amount of 5»000 if the school were located at May's Lick. This offer of financial assistance was the deciding factor in locating the first consolidated school in Kentucky at May's Lick. May's Lick people organized a stock company known as The May's Lick improvement Company. This corporation furnished 32,000 with the agreement that the Mason County Board of Education was to pay 3,000 rent annually—to be applied on the debt. The building was to become the property of the county, once the debt was paid In full. This was the first time a public building was financed by a holding company. The second building, in which the gym and additional class rooms are housed, was open for occupancy in the fall of 1929. Transportation was the big problem in the early days. After court action and an appeal to the legislature by Mr. Pyles. May's Lick School became the first school south of the Ohio River to provide transportation for its atudents. Thirteen men have served our school in the capacity of principal. They are as follows; J. R. Lancaster, R. P. Gaither, E. L. Dim, Gordie Young, G. H. England, J. C. Boling, E. L. Howton, Emery White, Clark Cheanut, H. H. Jones, Henry Martin, Charles Kincer, and Edwin Jones. During our interesting and colorful history ten men have represented our school on the Mason County Board of Education. They are; W. E. Pyles, Robert Turner, C. C. Arthur, Shelby Blatterman, C. A. Collins, J. S. Laytham, Dr. Gillespie, Harvey Rice, W. W. Robb and James L. Pyles.
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