Greene County High Memories
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Memories told by Buren Jackson
January 13, 2008
In
1939 we lived 2.5 or 3 miles south of
I
was in the 5th Grade. Leola McDaniel was my teacher.
Her dad was
Sam
McDaniel who was my Grand Mother’s brother. On 1-1-39
We
Moved
to what the hill folks called the “Bottoms” or 4 miles
east of
Goobertown. We actually lived in Yopp school district. I was a 1 room
School and during any kind of wet weather the only way you could
get
there was by horseback. The teacher there had to ride a
horse to get
There.
He advised Dad to send us to Goobertown. It was a two room
School.
One through 4 in one room and 5 through 8 in the other.
There
was about 45 to 50 in the 5th through 8th
grade. I had over
50 in my 5th grade class before I left GCHS. I felt lost down there.
My
story when I was in the 7th grade my
teacher came to me and ask
Me to be the janitor. Build the fires in both stoves, sweep the wooden plank floors, keep
the
stoves in wood during the day. He wanted me to
Arrive
at the school by 7 AM to get the fires as students started
arriving
Around
7:30 AM . School started at 8 AM. Remember I had to walk
over
3
Miles to get there. There were no such thing as snow days
and here
Is
the big one. My pay was $6 per mo. Your story a day
or two ago I
Pulled
up about another school had a like story. I think it was
Miller
School
down north of
Reading
your stories.
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