BOLDO SCHOOL

 

 

The first school at Boldo was erected 1878. It was a little log one-room building located about 1/2 mile south of where the present 69 Hwy/Boldo Cut off Road is. They called it the Wildhog School. The students sat on roughly-hewn log benches, marking their lessons on slates. Mr. John B. Hughes was the teacher.

In July, 1885 the school burned. A new one was erected in a more central location (north of present 69 Hwy close to the present Primitive Baptist Church).  In 1911 a newer building with more class room was built close by. On February 24, 1941 the school once more caught fire and burned to the ground. Senator Lister Hill obtained funding for the construction of a new school at Boldo. It was built directly across the 69 highway where it remained until the Boldo and Union Chapel schools were combined and named Valley School.

Left to right: seated front: Beatrice Harbin, Lesta Haywood, Edith Payne, Harley Hocutt, Lawrence Hardin, Garland Tucker, Chester Green, Arnold 'Fuzz' Courington, Daniel Barton, Raymond Richardson, Joe Allred, Hulett Richardson, Vert Banks, Gene Snow, Jim Allred, Randel Black, Ruby Gunter, Gladys Barton, Louise Murray;

2nd row (on knees): Alvin Richardson, Lawrence Courington, Jack Snow, Crandle Murray, Virgil Phillips, Andrew Kilgore, John Henry Kilgore, Thurman Tucker, James Smitherman, Hubert Hardin, Allen Brown, Wilson Shepherd, Woodrow Hocutt, Edna Shepherd, Ruth Hardin, Annie Richardson, Zeebell Murray

3rd row: Lottie Robinson, Opal Hardin, Ruby Rowe, Louise Black, Pauline Payne, Virgie Banks, Elva Richardson, Kathleen Myers, Addie Green, Velma Haywood, Myrtle Allred, Pearl Kiker, Annie Dreher, Effie Black, Clara Payne, Audrey Brown, Velma Black, Mary Brown, Mary Allred, Hazel Hardin, Ettafair Allred, Ellen Payne, Myrtle Barton

4th row: Effie Richardson, Ruby White, Christine Portzer, Bessie Kiker, Pearl Robertson, Estelle Brown, Ruby Butts, Esther Kiker, Hazie Black, Stella Powell, Ora Hardin (partially hidden), Jim Green, Fred Allred, Dennis Allred, Otis Mitchell

5th row: Henry Drummond, Howard Dreher, Willean Smitherman, Cecil Turman, Lonzo Richardson, Dexter Tucker, Lois Snow, Haley Haywood, Linnie Cottrell, Rosie Dreher, Gene Handley, Eria Shephard, Rusha Robinson, Bertha Robinson, Dorman Dowdey, Joe Williams, Chester Black, Orvil Calloway, Llyellen Tucker

6th row: Albert Todd Green, Columbus Allred, Garvie Black, Ike Drummond, Gene Robinson, Richard Hardin, Sammy Drummond, Alton Phillips, Woodrow Dowdey Teachers: Velma Myers, Hazel Sheppard