We've had quite a number of requests for the history of ole BHS since some stories of teachers was posted recently. The articles shown above are from the Weekly News on the date shown. The photos are part of an article published in the same paper by Gwen Norman at a different time. The top photo is the school known as the "three-gabled" building. It and the other pictured school were located downtown by the highway and on Main street. I remember the day it burned.
The school we knew in the 40s and 50s is pictured at the top of this blog home page. The modern school buildings can be seen on the school web site.
The page containing this story was very deteriorated and ragged. I hope you can get as much of the transition between the pages as possible. I'll try to find a better copy and re post it if I do.
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Very informative articles and photos. Thanks to all.
ReplyDeleteWhen I tell people that I and others went to a full school year of only 8 months, they didn't believe me. I now have the proof and have made a copy of the article to prove it.
ReplyDeleteWho all remembers the little school "pencil store" between the entrances to the bathrooms? Mr. Howard's son Martin ran it when I bought things there (Big Chief tablets, Write-Right paper with coupons, etc).
ReplyDeleteWhat became of Martin?
The stage curtain at Pratts school is not from that old school is it? We saw it on Okeelala festival day.
ReplyDeleteMartin Howard passed away in 1990,s I believe, from heart attack. He was controller of Ergon, Inc. in Jackson, MS.
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ReplyDeleteThe stage curtain at Pratts school is not from that old school is it? We saw it on Okeelala festival day.
January 19, 2010 12:23 PM
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That cannot be from the old Baldwyn school; for one reason, it advertises Henderson Chevrolet, and in the days of the old Baldwyn school curtain, the dealer was Ben Caldwell (Lucian's father).