Oviedo High School - Oviedian Yearbook (Oviedo, FL)

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Salma! History I fx The institution now known as the Oviedo High School has an in- ' - school was organized with the children of three families, five h Lees, and one Bobbie Shafter. 'st fl iw 1- . g teresting history reaching back to 1876, when the first public n if ::!l ii if lang' The two Lees were Theo and Wiley. Mr. Theo Lee is living here today, and tells many interesting details of Oviedo's early school days. This first school was located on the old Orlando road near Old Bear Gulley, and was taught by Miss Julia Galden. The Nixes moved , and the school was closed, but was soon re-opened in the home of Miss Galden's mother, about the location now known as Clonls Quarters. A third school was soon opened in an abandon ed double-pen log house located in front of what is now Dick Mitchell's residence. This was taught by a lady of forgotten name from Georgia. The next year Miss Myrtle Harris from Sanford taught, but the next, not enough pupils were available for a school. Mr. Lee and his brother were then boarded down at Ft. Christmas for the next two years, so they might attend school there, Christmas being the nearest school to Oveido. This was in 1887. The third school house in Oviedo was built at Brack Pond on or near the site of the present handsome residence of Mr.Ted Estes. Later the building was , .. . changed into a residence, and it has recently been greatly enlarged - ' ' and emproved into an attractive residence, occupied by Mr. Thos. s 15' Q E Daniell, Sr. ' .5 This school on Brack Pond was taught by Mr. Wallace Somerville, l and he was followed by Mr. Jim Caruthers, who. HCC01'diDg 10 MI. LCS. chewed tobacco all the time. Miss Margaret Dart, a Canadian taught here later.

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Administration ix PROF. W. A, TEAGUE MRS. PAT LOWRY PROF. R. T, MILW EE Principal Office Secretary County Superinrende t School l6'iuldio1g

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In the early '90's, the building now occupied by the colored school was built south of town in the neighborhood of the Pat Brown residence today, but on the opposite side of the road, and a little farther south. This was a two room good frame building, and its first teacher was Miss Jessie Brown. In the summer of 1899, this building was moved to a new site east ofB. G. Smith's residence and was improved by the addition of a third room. Some of the oldsters here remember that Mr. John McCulley had the contract to move with it for the sum of 3100. A few years later this building was again lag! BPM moved to the present site of Oviedo High School. It is interesting j tlgff,-1.21, U t to recall the names of many of the teachers who labored in this building. They are the following: Miss Proctor, Miss Steinmeyer, the grandmother of warren McCall, Junior, who is a senior in O. H. S. this year, Miss Ruth Bumby, Mrs. Beyer, our own T. W. Lawton, Miss Ethel Delaney, Miss Rinalden, Mr. Dollins, Miss Annie Hinkle, Mr. M. J. Okerlund, Mr, Hatch, Mrs. Nita Crawford, Miss George Lee, Miss Julia Lee. In 1922, this building again was moved to the colored section of town, and made into a high school for progressive colored citizens. ln 1922, also our present brick building of four rooms and auditorium was constructed. It has had five more rooms added since, as well as an agricultural building, a gymnasium, a lunch room, and a shop. The whole splant houses a fully accredited high school today, as well as the elementary grades. The campus is spacious and contains excellent tennis courts, X baseball field, andample playgrounds for the elementary children. Mr. W. A. Teague, our popular and efficient principal, has served in his present capacity for nine years. He was preceeded by several excellent principals, who laid the ground work for a good high school. Notable among ,M these was, H. J. Laney, who was first to have the school accre- dited. He was followed by ten years of faithful and efficient work by Mr. R. F. Cooper, now one of the county school trustees. 1--li I ' 1 4. Our students make good in college, and at one time, Oviedo had 4- A' six students in college on scholarships won by competitive ex- Vmffvf H aminations. Some of the finest citizens of the town Of Oviedo, the county, he state, and the nation have been through Oviedo High School. Some of them are going to deserve a place in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA.