Working from records, David Parmer compiled a list, below left, of the teachers at the Orlando school. Some records for the early years are missing or incomplete.1 He has also provided, above, photos of many of the teachers listed. The photos of classes, below right, are described t the bottom of the page.
For teachers at other Oil Creek watershed schools see February '07 entry Schools & Teachers in the Oil Creek Watershed
1921-1922
John J. Singleton, Prin.
Azul Queen
Blyss Skidmore
1925-1926
Dewey Demison
J. Wesley Kidd
Laura McCoy
Inez Canfield
1928-1929
Lawrence D. Wetzel, Prin.
1929-1930 E.
J. Cox, Prin.
1930-1931
Lawrence D. Wetzel, Prin.
1935-1936
H. W. Auvil, Prin.
Virginia Marshall
Ernestine Hyre
1936-1938
Ralph Queen, Prin
Ruby Thompson
Beulah McPherson
1938-1940
Nathan D. Arnold, Prin.
Ida Moyers
Freeda Mick
1940-1941
Nathan D. Arnold, Prin.
Freeda Mick
June Amos
1941-1942
Nathan D. Arnold, Prin.
June Amos
Virginia M. Singleton
1942-1943
Nathan D. Arnold, Prin.
June Amos
Helen Hall
1943-1944
Nathan D. Arnold, Prin.
June Amos
Maerea Chidester
1944-1945
John W. Brown, Prin.
Edith B. Mayse
Marmel R. Brown
1945-1946
John W. Brown, Prin.
Edith B. Mayse
Mary R. McNemar
1946-1947
John W. Brown, Prin.
Ruth P. Morrison
Marmel Brown
1947-1949
John W. Brown, Prin.
Marmel Brown
Edith B. Mayse
1949-1951
John Brown, Prin.
Marmel Brown
1951-1952
John Brown, Prin.
Ruth P. Morrison
1952-1954
Robert Blake, Prin.
Inez Leggett
1954-1955
A. W. McNemar, Prin.
Beulah Conrad
1955-1959
Richard Parmer, Prin.
Inez Cosner
1959-1961
Hazel B.Hardman, Prin.
Inez Cosner
1961-1963
Lawrence Berry, Prin
Inez Cosner
1963-19666
Inez Cosner
Above on the right photos from the 3 room Orlando school over the years
First Lee Mick's class from the 1910s. back: Opal Jeffries, teacher Lee Mick. front: Leta Skinner, Bertha Rush, Myrtle Morrison, Gertrude Rush, Marie Rush, Lovie Bee
Second 8th grade, 1940/41 front: J. C. Foster, Althea Posey, Ruth Mick, Pauline Bennett, Kathleen Sharp, Jack Riffle. back: unknown, Claude “Clutch” Riffle, Claude “Bud” Mick, Jr, Worthington Hurst, Jr.
Third: Eight grade class from 1954.
Fourth: All classes in front of the school in 1954.
I attended the Orlando school during the time that Robert Blake was the principal (I think he only had one eye)it was said that he used a rubber hose to discipline the older boys(looking back I belive this was not true but used to frighten the younger boys. We played ball at the school and a foulball would go the the road down below if you hit it you had to go get it...You were a big boy when the teacher asked you to go get water(there was a pump on the porch of a preachers house)..and on Wendsday nights in the 5th thur 8th grade room movies were shown the price /$.10
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