Trimble County High School - Elbmirt Yearbook (Bedford, KY)

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Senior High JAMES CAUDILL B.S. Pikeville College Driver Training, Social Studies LUTHER CENTER B.S. Berea College Science NINA COFFIN B.A. Asbury College English, Speech VERNON CRAIG B.A., M.A. Georgetown College History, PE, Ass't. Coach DONALD HAWKINS B.S. Eastern Ky. State College Math, General Business DONALD HEILMAN B.S. , M. S. A. , Univer- sity of Kentucky Agriculture MARY EMMA PI LOW B.A. Asbury College English, Journalism GAIL RANSDELL B.A. , M.E.D. , Univer- sity of Louisville Guidance Counselor Business Education BETTY WEBSTER B.S. Berea College M.E.D. , Univ. of Louis- ville 1 2 Home Economics Junior High Faculty DONNA JO CALLIS Hanover College English, History WILLIAM HENDERSON B.S. Eastern Ky. State College Social Studies

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The gym was added in 1923. Outdoor basket- ball courts were used prior to this gym. Trimble's schools were now well organized and fairly well attended. Each district put up its own building, provided furniture and wood for winter fuel. School boys chopped the wood and kept up the fires. Water was carried from a nearby spring. Drinking utensils were a cedar pail and gourd dipper. The first schools were of logs, covered with white oak hand-riven boards. As these began to rot down in the 90's, they were replaced with white-weatherboarded buildings. A law of 1884 required districts with more than 45 pupils to have a five-month free term, extended to all schools in ten years. In 1904 the term was lengthened to six months and subscription schools disappeared. In 1914 the term became seven months. The Trimble course of study in the 70's and 80's included fundamentals. McGuffey's six readers and McGuffey's speller were used more than half a century. Butler’s grammar was a must. Ray's arithmetics-- primary, 2nd and 3rd parts--were without competition. Adept older pupils studied Ray's High Arithmetic. Stephen's history and a two-book georgraphy course were taught. Spelling and writing were the most important subjects. There was no high school or academy in Trimble prior to 1900, only occasional private schools for those ready for advanced training. One such school was conducted during the 70's in what is now the Miles-Ward Grocery. An independent Bedford Graded School district was created in 1903. With the grading, two rooms were added to the common school erected by a Mr. Dolly Voiers on the site of the present Western Auto Store. Primary grades had one room, grammar grades one, and the third was occupied by the County's first high school--called the Bedford High School. S. S. Robinson taught all the subjects. In 1908 Kentucky enacted a law requiring every county to provide a free high school, and later a compul- sory attendance law applying to children seven to thirteen. These laws were chiefly responsible for the estab- lishment of Trimble County High School. In 1910 the independent graded and county school boards joined to provide a new four-year high school. The Bedford High School was discontinued and its property turned over to the joint board. The graded district levied a 50-cent property tax for its part of the school support. County funds supported the high school. The principal named to organize the first TCHS was R. A. Edwards, just graduated from the University of Kentucky. Grade teachers were Misses Leah White and Edith Moneyhan, and Mrs. Carrie L. Hood. I. D. Mit- chell was county superintendent. Twenty-five pupils enrolled this first year in TCHS. Nineteen were ninth graders. The school inherited a good 400-book library from the old Bedford High, and added a science lab. In 1912 TCHS was approved as a Class B high school by the Association of Kentucky Colleges. Extra curricula activities included a literary society, an agriculture club, track, baseball and basketball. The first ELBMIRT was published in 1914. But a more adequate building was imperative, and realized in 1913 at a cost of $10,000. The county's half of the cost came from the tax fund. The graded school raised its half by selling the old school to the Red Men for about $1,500 and making up the balance by private subscription. Practically everyone gave and when the building was erected it was debt free. High school enrollment increased to 40 pupils the first year. This building served until 1932 when the present home of TCHS was completed. It is hoped that a later edition of the ELBMIRT can continue reviewing Trimble school history, including Milton High School and the rural feeder schools.

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Faculty DOROTHY CROPPER B.A. Transylvania College English CECIL FISHER B.A. Georgetown College English, Social Science DOROTHY GARRIOTT B.A. University of Ken- tucky Choral Music Director Math JOANN HANCOCK B.A. Western Ky. State College Social Studies, French HAROLD ROTHERT B.S. DePauw University M. A. , M.M. Indiana University Band Director J.W. SACHLEBEN B.S. Western Ky. State College Math BRUCE SPR1NGATE B.S. Eastern Ky. State College P.E. , Health, Basketball Coach EULA TINGLE B.A. University of Ken- tucky, M.S. Catherine Spalding College Librarian ALLAN WAYNE JACK- SON B.A. Eastern Ky. State College Social Studies JAMES MC MAHAN B.A. University of Ken- tucky Math SILAS STRATTON B.S. , Georgetown Col- lege Science, Social Studies LINDA YOUNG B.S. Eastern Ky. State College Science