Pattonville High School - Echo / Legacy Yearbook (Maryland Heights, MO)

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1 Back in 1845 the land from Olive Street Road north to Anglun and from the present Over- land west to the Missouri River was all one Township District. On May 5, 1845, the directors decided this district was too crowded. The District was then divided into,three parts, the eastern part, Mount Pleasant, the western part, Creve Coeur, and the northern part, District No. 2. A new one-room brick building, the first Fee Fee School, was built on the site of the present Pattonville Grade School in 1850. This school, about sixteen by twenty feet, was built on an acre of ground donated by Mrs. Long. In 1880 this small brick building was tom down to make way for a frame structure with a larger classroom. Then in 1907, due to damages, the district passed a bond issue to build a modern two-room brick structure. The Missouri Baptist Children's Home moved to Pattonville in 1909, bringing many new pupils to the district, and in 1925 plans were made for a new school.

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Mr. lfdward liuchner, Administra- tive Assistant, and his secretary, Mrs. Mildred Hopkins, are busy making the necessary purchases to keep our school operating effi- ciently. This is Mr. Buchner's fourth year at Pattonville. Mrs. Marie Daniels, Dietitian, plans the menus for proper nutri- tion. She is supervisor over all the cafetc-rias in the Pattonville Dis- trict. -- . MX A Mr. james Edwards. Administra- tive Assistant, will concern him- self primarily with curriculum study. He is a graduate of Mis- souri State Teachers College and has been with the Pattonville Dis- trict for three years. His secretary is Mrs. Charlotte Thomas. X ff

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