The Elm Ridge School was a rural
school district that was located east of Sandtown in the Little Elm
Creek watershed. It was an operable school taking the rural students
from grade one through grade eleven.
While I was visiting with J.H. Byrom this past week,
he showed me the photo that is featured this week. He has identified
the students as they appeared in 1915. The High School group is
identified as follows: (top row, left to right), Leo Hutson, Earnest
Hutson, Marrice Testment Reynolds, Cecil Warren, Charlie Currey, Cecil
Button, and Jodie Curry.
Students in the second row are unknown first name
Cunningham, Arelia Byrom, Lena Byrom, Bill Hutson, Iva Wilson, Mr.
Bruce (teacher), Dollie Byrom, Tommie Cole, Rubie Button.
Students in the third row are Mittie Taylor, May
Reynolds, Odesia Byrom, Buela Byrom, Ivy Button, Callie Wilson,
unknown first name Isom, and Viola Curry.
Fourth row, Clarence Reynolds, Perman Hutson, Burlan
Byrom, Charlie Wilson, Cole, Testment, and Hutson.
I received a wonderful compliment about The Town
Charter that I would like to pass on to Editor, Tim Leslie. I received
a letter from Mrs. Carl W. Duncan from Aspermont, Texas, she is Coach
Duncan’s grandmother. She said that she carefully reads The Town
Charter in its entirety each week and made gracious comments about the
editor and the stories that I share in this column.
May I take this space to express my appreciation to
Mrs. Duncan for her nice letter. I was so impressed with her beautiful
penmanship and look forward to more letters from her. My prayers are
with you Mrs. Duncan as you help your ninety-one-year-old brother who
is in the hospital.
In a recent illness that I experienced, I was told by
Chief, D.L. Hicks that he and others smoked the pipe in prayer for my
recovery. I am most appreciative of this prayer of the Native American
people and the custom of our people.