MARMADUKE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
YEARBOOK
1952

AFTER THE OLD WOODEN SCHOOL BUILDING BURNED IN 1913 , THIS NEW MODERN SCHOOL BUILDING WAS ERECTED IN 1915. THERE WERE 45 SENIOR CLASSES GRADUATED FROM THIS SCHOOL. IF YOU LISTEN CLOSELY YOU CAN HEAR "UNCLE ALFORD " RING THE OLD SCHOOL BELL WHEN IT WAS TIME TO GO HOME . THE BUILDING WAS TORN DOWN IN 1978 AFTER OCCUPYING THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING IN 1975.
DONATED AND RESEARCHED BY
NAOMI JORDAN
THANK YOU !

THIS OLD SCHOOL BELL WAS INSTALLED IN THE NEW SCHOOL BUILDING WHEN IT WAS BUILT IN 1915. IT REMAINED IN SERVICE UNTIL 1978 WHEN THE BUILDING WAS TORN DOWN . FOR A FEW YEARS THE BELL DISAPPEARED AND NO ONE SEEMED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO IT. BY CHANCE BERL LEDBETTER FOUND THE BELL WHILE ON HIS GROCERY ROUTE . A STORE OWNER THAT HE CALLED ON COMMENTED THAT SHE HAD BOUGHT THE BELL OUT OF THE OLD MARMADUKE SCHOOL BUILDING . SHE SAID IF THE CITY WANTED TO BUY THE BELL , SHE WOULD SELL IT TO THEM BUT NOT TO AN INDIVIDUAL . BERL MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO BUY THE BELL AND RETURN IT TO MARMADUKE . THE BELL WAS MOUNTED IN FRONT OF THE CITY HALL AND STANDS AS A REMINDER TO ALL THE PEOPLE THAT EVER ATTENDED SCHOOL IN THE "OLD BRICK SCHOOL HOUSE." - SOURCE "THE OLD MILL TOWN BY DOYNE RASBERRY
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