This
school continued to operate at this location until it burned in 1891.It was
then relocated in Slate Creek at the mouth of Oak Springs Canyon and became
known as Cooper No.16 School, or Slate Creek School. The Tonto No.7 was given
to a new school at Cline which began operation in 1891. This school was called
the TV School by those who went there since it was located on Milo Webb's TV
Ranch.
The
students at the TV School 1891 were :
Minnie
Webb, Clara Cooper , Laura Martin , Lum Martin , Lizzie See , Fannie See , Jay
Webb , Beulah See , Dollie Cline , Beckie See , Grace Webb , Cone Webb , Chris
Cline , Julian Journigan.
Student's
in 1896 at the TV School were:
Teacher
-Mr.Swan
Jay
Webb , Lum Martin, Cone Webb , Chico, Chris Cline, Hattie Sampson , Dollie
Cline ,Laura Martin, Martha Cline, George Cline, Ruth Webb ,Maggie Keith ,
Fred Cline , Floyd Martin.
In
1899 a third school started operating in Tonto at Greenback Valley called
Greeback No.16. The Instructor was J.N.Huffer,and he taught
six of Florence Packard's children,and two belonging to Andrew
Blake. The following year,1900,this school was discontinued and the
Packard and Blake children were taken to the Slate Creek School. This then
became known as the Reno No. 15 school.
The TV
School continued to operate at Cline,as it had for the past nine years,but its
official designation became Cline No.7.
Parent's
of school age children-1900,Reno No.15-24 stundents were:
H.B.Morris
,A.E.Hardt , T.P. Russell , Florence Packard, Andrew Blake , G.O.Scott , A.J.
Howell , J.Huffer.
Parents
of school age children-1900 , Cline No.7- 33 students were:
John
Cline , T.J.Cline , Thomas Cassanore , E.B.Cooper, Chas Edwards , Chas Hosfelt
, George Martin , D.J. Peter , John S. See , Robert See , W.D. Fisher , Steven
Tilley , M.C.Webb.
These
two school's continued to operate at these location for about the next fifteen
years.Teacher records during these early years are imcomplete,but in 1916-17
Henry Cate was shown as the teacher at the Slate Creek School. He was
followed by A.D.West , A.P. Boone , Rebecca Rodgers , and Mrs. C.G.
Bethurum in 1920-21 . Mrs . J . E . Fuel , was teaching at the TV
School in 1915 and she was followed by Alzina Boone , Hester Sampson ,
Adline Jarris , and Jessie Firth.
In 1917
another school opened on Tonto called Packard No.33. It was located were the
sheep trail is today. Leona and Maggie Fuel handled the
teaching chores at the new school the first year. In 1918 or 1919
the Packard School was moved to near were Jip and Frankie
Toot live today, and Henry C. Cate became teacher,
He was followed by Mabel Adams in 1920-21,and Edith
Croxen in 1921-22.
In
1918 or 1919 two schools changed locations in Tonto.Tonto TV School,which was
the only school in Tonto that had not been moved since it was started, was
moved to a new location in what is now called School House Wash. In 1919 the
Slate Creek School burned down and a new school was built on the mesa south of
Slate Creek.
In
1921 it was decided to again relocate Packard School. This time it was moved
to a site near the mouth of Park Creek. The three schools then operated
without another move until 1925. In that year it was decided that the Packard
and Slate Creek School's be combined. The old Packard School was moved to it's
present location near Reno Creek and became the new Packard School. The Slate
Creek was then closed and never reopened. The Packard School had 30 student's
in 1925,and Francis Cooper was it's first teacher. and still continues to
operate in this location today.
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on the image to inlarge.
Old
Packard School.
New
Tonto Basin School
Teacher's
Employed At Packard School No.33 from 1925-1970, were:
1925-26
Francis Cooper -1926-27 Francis C. Ruse-33
students . 1927-28 Leona G . Fuel -31 stundents. 1928-29 Claire
Collins - 27 students. 1929-30 Ruth Morris (Sept.3-
Sept.30 ). Verdell Blackburn (sub.Oct-May.) Charles
Rollins , Clarie Collins. 1930-31 Clarie Collins ,
(grades 7,8,9,10 ). Christine Strunk.1931-32 Clarie
Collins. Ruth Morris ( grades 4,5,6) .Charles E.Rollins.
1932-33 Stella Griffith (grades 1,2,3,4,5, )Cecil
McCullar .1933-34 Hester Packard . Zellie Hunter
(grades 1,2,3,4) .1934-35 Zellie Hunter ( grades 5,6,7,8) .Winona
Farmer1935-36 Winona Farmer , Lucy Bachman , 1937-38
Hester Packard , Claire Collins , 1938-39 Hester
Packard , Claire Collins , 1939-40 , Ruth Morris, Ethel
Whitton , Claire Collins, 1940-41 Claire Collins1941-42
Ruth Morris, Claire Collins,1942-43 Claire Collins ,
1943-44 Ruth Morris , Claire Collins , 1944-45 Betty
Webb , Claire Collins.1945-46 Anna L.Lamb.1946-47 Carlyn
M.Moore, Claire Collins. 1947-48 Grace Symers, Rita K. Arney
. 1948-51 Irene Stephens , 1951-53 Grace M.
Back, 1953-55 Edith Smith, 1955-60 Maude
Jennings, 1960-61 Francis E.Clapp.1961-68 Maude
Jennings , 1967-69 Mary Stansbury,
Teachers
Employed at Cline No.7 for the years 1927-37
1927-28
Clair McKee , 1928-30 records lost . .1930-33. Zellie
Hunter . 1933-34 Hazel L. Webb . 1934-37 Ruth
Morris.
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