Published in the Frost Enterprise May 26, 1939

Posted by Virginia Crilley
Notes by Ed Williams

The records in the Courthouse at Corsicana recite that the League Common school district number 60 was established and named League January, 1884.

Frost Common school district number 60 was established and named Frost May 1890.  W.R. Cain, H. C. Henry and D. W. Smith were appointed presiding officers to hold a trustee election.

In July 1892 Grimes school district #82 was created out of part of the territory of the Frost District.

Professor J. E. Nowlin was probably the first superintendent of the Frost School. Miss Lula Morgan, now Mrs. Ethridge of Frost, taught with Professor Nowlin one year. The school building at that time was a one room wooden structure. Mrs. Ethridge states that they both taught in one room. Professor Nowlin instructed the larger children in the North end of the room and she taught the smaller ones in the South end of the room. The school was not graded at that time.

Miss Morgan drew a salary of $35 a month and managed to save a good portion of her salary. She did not then hold a certificate to teach.

Mrs. Ethridge states that Mr. G.A. (George) Hughes was one of the trustees.  She thinks R. A. Mitchell and "Rile" Williams were the other members of the board.

Just prior to the organization of the Frost district Mr. Benn Palmer taught a private school in a building located where Curtis Patterson now lives.

Professor E. J. L. Wyrick was superintendent 1890-95. Assistant teachers during this time were Miss Sallie Carpenter (now Mrs. W. A. Wofford of Dallas), Miss Tommie Lacy of Corsicana, Miss Frankie Long who later married a superintendent of the school. At this time the school consisted of three large rooms. The lower floor of the Masonic hall was used for the primary department.  In writing of Professor Wyrick,  Mrs. A.L. Kelton says, I was a student under Professor Wyrick. He was the outstanding educator of my high school days. All subjects preparatory for college entrance were taught. He was thoroughness to the extreme--a natural born teacher."

During 1896-97 and 1897-98, W. T. McGee and his cousin J. S. McGee, headed the school as co-principals and Miss Lula R. Rice had charge of the primary work. She had on the roll 90 pupils ranging in age from  to 12.

In 1898-99 Berry McGee served as superintendent. Miss Hassie Cobb was primary teacher during the school year 1898-99. Mr. "Rile" Williams was one of the trustees.

The trustees during the school term of 1896-97 and 1897-98 George Utley and Mr. Henry Hyer.

In 1900 Mr. Mike Howard was were Mr. George Hughes, Mr. head of the school. 

**This is exactly as it is printed in the paper....looks like there is a
line missing**

Mr. G. W. Gable served as superintendent for one year, the school year 1903-04. His brother, Oscar Gable, served as principal.

Mr. L. V. Stockard succeeded Mr. Gable. Mr. Stockard headed teh school from 1904-05 through 1907-08, a period of four years. 

 **There is a letter printed from Mr. Stockard who in 1938 was Assist Superintendent with the Dallas Schools.  This gives a history of the school as he remembers it. ***

Class of 1905
First class to graduate, Sam McCord, Allen Skelton

Class of 1906
Clara Porter, Pearl Calhoun, Bessie Jones, Fred Shelton, Joe Sheppard

Notes:

• Pearl Calhoun (Oct 3, 1889 - Apr 21, 1973) bur at Frost Cemetery

• Bessie Amazon Jones (Jul 27, 1888 - Jun 19, 1948) bur at Frost cemetery.  Married to Walter Freeman Sanders
   

Class of 1907
Lola Mae McDullough, John Goodman, Jane Riden Smith, Ether Hightower, Lora Stockard, Illa Rice, deceased

Notes:

• Jane Riden Smith (1887-1977) dau of George Campbell & Mary Davis (Riden) Smith married John Benton Fulton
   

Class of 1908
J. B. Jones, Elmer rm, Oscar Merf, A. E. Calhoun, Frank Slay, L. C. Morgan, Ollie Spencer

Notes:

• Ollie Spencer, b. 1880, Married Amos Lee Carroll on Dec 16, 1919 in Navarro Co., TX.
   

Class of 1909
No graduates
 

Class of 1910
Sam Slay, Amon Scott, Robert Moore
 

Class of 1911
Jerome Robertson, Willie Mitchell, Bessie Hollingsworth, Rilla Holcomb, Mills McCord, Lula Calhoun, Cora Porter

Class of 1911 Notes:

• Lula Calhoun dau of E. Harper Calhoun & Georgia Bryant (both buried at Frost).  Lula married Dee Williams

• Rilla Lee Holcomb (1893-1970) dau of William Jordon & Nancy Elizabeth (Mitchell) Holcomb married Walter Hayes, Sr. SHERIFF.  Bur at Oakwood Cemetery in Corsicana.

• Willie Mitchell - I think this is William Robert Mitchell b. Feb 25, 1891, son of Robert Alexander Mitchell & Susan Jane Swell who are both buried at the Frost Cemetery

• Cora Armstrong Porter (1895 - ? ) married George Eddie Moore (1844-1973) on 19 July 1914

Class of 1912 (born 1894)
Lawrence Chamberlain, Grady Robertson, Irvin McCullough, Clara Orme, Elizabeth Howell, Eula Slay

Class of 1912 Notes:

• Clara Elizabeth Orme (1895-1926) dau of Phillip Brackenridge & Sallie Ida (Miller) Orme, married E. T. Porter)

• Jane Elizabeth Howell (1894 - ?) dau of Andrew Washington & Mollie (Periman) Howell

• Eula Lee Slay (1894-1948), married Joseph Barton (Doc) Jones

Class of 1913
Sudie Hunter, Zella Hamby, Rena Holcomb, Ollie Calhoun, Lovelace Hatcher, Lee Mitchell, LeRoy Gadberry, Bruce Thompson, Jane Thrailkill, Durwood Lattimore

Class of 1913 Notes:

• Sudie Hunter (1903-1963), dau of  W. W. & Fannie L. Hunter.  Married Alva Clyde Smith, bur Frost Cemetery

• Rena Ophelia Holcomb (1895 - ?), married John Drake Ramsey

• Ollie Calhoun, dau of Harper & Georgia (Bryant) Calhoun

• Bruce Thompson, son of Benjamin and Ollive V. (Buchanan) Thompson

• Durwood Bryan Lattimore (Apr 20, 1898 - Feb 6, 1986) married Alice Beck on Mar 25, 1919 in Frost, Navarro Co., TX

Class of 1914
Claude Skelton, Lee Brown, John Slay, Pork Bromby, Lynn Roebuck, Iva Searcy, Mable Porter, Lucille McFarlen, Ray Morgan, Beulah Neece, Esther Bruner, Lonie Merrell, Imogene Grimes, Fay Griffin, Boyd Dicus, George Port

Class of 1914 Notes:

• Pork Bromby [ NOTE ]

• Iva Mae Searcy (1895-1977), dau of Charles O. & Minnie Lee (Weier) Searcy, married Frederick Miller Grimes III & Joseph Barton

• Imogene Evelyn Grimes (1896-1979), dau of Frederick Miller Grimes II & Lydia Arvalene Hightower, married Claude Jinks Ruffin Sr., Sister in law to Iva Mae Searcy

Class of 1915
Ordway Mitchell, Donovon Magee, Bryson English, Clarence English, Murl Patterson, Earl Smith, Vera Robertson, Allie Strain

Class of 1915 Notes:

• Ordway H. Mitchell (1896-1970) son of  John Luther & Lither Elizabeth Mitchell married Edith Ross (Class of 1915)

• Clarence Owen English (Dec 26, 1894 - Aug 11, 1956) married Alva O. Nichols, died in Dallas, bur at Hillcrest Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas Co., TX

• Allie Strain (b. abt 1907) dau of Alexander Hunter & Almedia Thomas (Greer) Strain, married Ross Smith

W.F. Howard was Superintendent and C. L. Brown, principal.
 

Class of  1916
Inez Orme, Cannie Jack Gray, Mable McGarity, Edith Ross, Ben Templeton, Corbin White, F.C. MaGee, Bernard Griggs

Class of 1915 Notes:

• Ellen Inez Orme ( abt 1897-1976) dau of Phillip Brackenridge & Sallie Ida (Miller) Orme, married Fred Hunter

• Edith Ross (1896 - ?) dau of H. P. & Mary Lulu Ross. She married Ordway H. Mitchell (Class of 1915)

• Jerrell Bernard Griggs ? if this is the same Bernard Griggs, then he passed away on Jan 26, 1982 in Dallas.  Need to verify this information

S. J. Norvell was Superintendent and S. B. Hands Principal.
 

Class of 1917
George Skelton, Estelle Willis, Audie Willis, Anna Belle Howelle, Lucile Bennett, Thelma Keathley, Carl Bruner, Porter Johnson, Leo Chamberlain, Dewey McCord, Buell Hensley, Fannie Strain, Minnie Pearl Collins, Fae Jones, Erin Ross, Carl Slay

Class of 1917 Notes:

• Minnie Pearl Collins - (May 4, 1898 - Sep 2, 1983; married UNKNOWN Brady, buried at the Frost Cemetery, Frost, Navarro Co., TX

• Audrey May Willis  ( 1901 - ? ) dau of George Bunyan & Ella (Cook) Willis. 

• Robert Estelle Willis ( 1899 - ? ) son of George Bunyan & Ella (Cook) Willis

• Thelma Keathley ( 1899-1983 ) dau of Flem Story & Myrtle (Beaty)Keathly, married Glen Smith

• Leo Anderson Chamberlin ( 1899 - 1996 ) married Fae Jones (graduate of this class)

• Buell Hampton Hensley, Sr. - (1899 - ?) son of John Douglas & Susan Connell (Moseley) Hensley married to a Ms. Hamil and also a Ms. Hopkins.

• Fannie Strain ( 1898-1938 or 39 ) dau of Alexander Hunter & Almedia Thomas (Greer) Strain, married Roy Reeves, bur Frost Cemetery

• Olelia Fae Jones ( ? - 1983 ) dau of  Samuel Felix & Mary Elizabeth (Johnson) Jones, married Leo Anderson Chamberlin (graduate of this class) They moved to, and died in Dallas.

• Erin Ross (Dec 1899 - ? ) son of Harvey Phillip Ross, married Lonnie Harrington.  Lvd in Houston, TX.

Class of 1918
Ann Spencer, Josephine Hambrick, Herman Keathley

Class of 1918 Notes:

• Herman West Keathley (1900 - 1993 ) son of Alva Mason & Frances Pearl (West) Keathley, married Nell Hathaway

Class of 1919
Helen Bonnett, Jewell Wilson, Willie Templeton, Ethel Dortch, Rod Bason, Horace Miller, Emmett Robinson

Class of 1919 Notes:

• Roderick Oliver Bason ( 1902-1971 ) son of George Jasper & Maranda Leona (Sheppard) Bason, married Gracie Irene Godwin

Class of 1920
Carrol Young, Runa Graves, Vernon Dortch, Ruby Dickson, Colemn Heusley, Ferman Willis, Clone Reed, Blanche Bryant, Maurice Keathley

Class of 1920 Notes:

• James Carol Young ( 1903-1992 ) son of Van Buren & Martha Adalaide (Green) Young, married Hattie Mae McKee. Bur Frost Cemetery

• Ferman George Willis ( 1903 - ? ) son of George Bunyan & Ella (Cook) Willis

• Morris Sheppard Keathley (1905 - 1959) son of John Hampton & Anne Clemmie (Moseley) Keathley, married to Margerite Stephenson - class of 1921)

• Runa N. Graves (Jan 26, 1903 - Oct 19, 1966). died in Plainview, Hale Co., TX

Class of 1921
Lillie Smith, Adolph Robertson, Allene English, Margerite Stephenson, Blanche Brown

Class of 1921Notes:

• Margerite Stephenson, married Morris Sheppard Keathley - class of 1920)

Class of 1922
Mary Mitchell, Loucille Sheppard, Honor Calhoun, Faith Benton, Raymond Jones, Charlie Slay

Class of 1922 Notes:

• Mary Jane Mitchell ( 1904 - 1986 ) married Elmer Earl Omberg.

• Honor Calhoun ( ? - ? ) dau of Harper & Georgia (Bryant) Calhoun, married Reuben Davis

• Charley C. Slay ( - ) married Mildred Keathley

 *c before the name means the person entered college

Class of 1923
Cecil Bruner, Josh Bason, Salutatorian, c Young Lloyd, Mildred Keathley, Valedcitorial. First Graduating after coming to Frost.

Class of 1923 Notes:

• Joshua Halbert Bason ( 1905 - 1974 ) son of George Jasper & Maranda Leona (Sheppard) Bason, married Kathryn Estelle
• Mildred Keathley ( abt 1907 - ? ) dau of Quilla Green & Carrie Bell (Moore) Keathley married Charley C. Slay & Frederic Cox

Class of 1924
c Fletcher Bonnett, c Velma Brown, c Julius Bruner, c Evelyn Dawson, c Sidney Johnson, deceased, c Bill Jones, c Frances Henderson, c Miriam Matlock, Valedictorian, c Holly Moore, Bert Morgan, c Cypert McCary, c Faye McCary, c Louise Risien, c Maudine Sharp, Salutatorian, c Ted Templeton, c Annie Lee Young, c Hubert Mitchell

Class of 1924 Notes:

• William Fletcher Bonnett ( 1906 - 1976 ), son of Thomas Fletcher & Pryce (Fleming) Bonnett married Elsie Hooser
• Holly Mae Moore ( ? - 1963 ) dau of William Edward & Maude Lillian (Goodman) Moore
• Annie Lee Young ( 1906 - 1995 ) dau of Van Buren &  Martha Adalaide (Green) Young, married Orval Mason Caskey, bur at Frost Cemetery

Class of 1925
c Lenner Fae Brown, c Adron Beene, Audrie Brinson, c Elsie Dortch, deceased, c Wallace Davis, c Annie Fay Ledrod, c Curtis Patterson, c Rufus Tekell,  c Earline Tullos,  c Grace Ellis, c Elsie Hooser, Verna Hunter

Class of 1925 Notes:

• Wallace Turpin Davis (1908 - ? ) married Norma Dean Ponder ( I think this is the same Wallace ...elw)
• Grace Ione Ellis (May 15, 1905 - May 22, 1994) married Olin Zee Porter on Dec 22, 1933 in Abilene, Taylor Co., TX
• Curtis Roy Patterson (1907 - 1984) son of Edward Agusta "Edd" & Emma Mabel "Belle" (Mitchell) Patterson, married Pauline Brown
• Earline Tullos ( abt 1906 - ? ) dau of James A. & Lula Bell (Culberson) Tullos, married Hubert Gardner & L. H. Stephenson
• Elise Hooser ( 1908 - 1985 ) dau of Samuel Smith & Louie Cordelia (Clonts) Hooser, married William Fletcher Bonnett.  Daughter of Wilson Owen Ellis & Margaret Ambrilla (House) Ellis, Wilson & Margaret are buried in Frost Cemetery
• Verna Louise Hunter ( 1906 - 1973 ) dau of W. W. & Fannie L. Hunter, married William Eris Doyle

Class of 1926
c Eloise Dawson, Valedictorian, Louise Summers, c Dick Scott,  c Herman Sharp, c Mack Shelton, Earl Hightower, c Louise Hobbs, c Mazie Lee Knott

Class of 1926 Notes:

• Robert Cole "Dick" Scott ( 1908 - 1971 ) son of John Morgan & Minda (Holmes) Scott, married Mellie Merle Matthews

Class of 1927
c Joe Allen, Salutatorian, c Enson Armstrong,  c Marie Bonnett, Harold Bruner, Thomas Downey, c Dixon Matlock, Valedictorian, c Lucille Mitchell, c Robert Mitchell, c Jack Shelton, c  Roy Lee Sheppard, Thomas Stevenson, Inez Jordan, Harold Keathley

Class of 1927 Notes:

• Lucille/Lucyle Mitchell married Byrel Scott

Class of 1928
c Oscar Allen, c Ralph Anderson, Joe Brown, c Miriam Blythe, Valedictorian, Elmer Baird, c Thelma Brown, c Maurine Calhoun, Eva Dortch, deceased, Opal Dickson, c Lawrence Ray Lattimore, Loren Lookingbill, Charles Weldon Mason, c Reuben Moore, c Rex Patterson, Lee Robinson, c Byrel Scott, c Johnie Scott, Hortense Edwards, c Geline English,  c Mary Ruth Henderson, c Mildred
Hightower, c Beatrice Jones

Class of 1928 Notes:

• Mariam Blythe ( abt 1916 - ? ) dau of John Henry & Vera (Rogers) Blythe
• Thelma Brown ( - ) this may be the same Thelma Brown that married Marion Dallas Chewning, II.  If it is then she was born in 1912 and died in 1979.
• Maureen Calhoun ( ? - ? ) dau of Harper &  Georgia (Bryant) Calhoun, married John Davis
• Lawrence Ray Lattimore ( 1911 - ? ) son of John Edward & Motie Eudora (Pool) Lattimore, married Lucille Shelton
• Lorene Lookingbill - (1911 - 2001) dau of Sam & Maude (Martin) Lookingbill, married Joe Bailey Brown, Sr.
• Charles Weldon Mason - (1910 - 1979) lvd in Brandon, Hill Co., TX.  No other info known at this time.
• Reuben J. Moore ( 1909 - 1969 ) son of Sam G. & Martha T. Moore, bur at Frost Cemetery
• Lee Andrew Robinson - (1910 - 1953) son of John Moses & Lillian Ethel (Howell) Robinson
• Byrel Scott ( abt 1909 - ? ) son of John Morgan & Minda (Holmes) Scott, married Lucyle Mitchell
• Johnie Georgie Scott ( abt 1910 - ? ) dau of John Morgan & Minda (Holmes) Scott, married Henry Howard Harris
• Geline English - Gillie Beatrice English, (1909-1964) dau of Levalcus Leander "Valkie" & Mary Frances "Fannie" (Williams) English, married Robert Leo Nichols
• Beatrice Jones ( 1910 - 1962 ) dau of Samuel Felix & Mary Elizabeth (Johnson) Jones, bur Frost Cemetery\

Class of 1929
c Elmer Allen, Archie Baird, Clydud Couch, c  Reuben Crosby, c Martin Dawson, c Maurine Dawson, c Clifford Matlock, Valedictorian, c Phyllis Matlock, Salutatorian, c Hamblin Owen, c Norene Ross, Clevie Short, deceased, c  Chester Strain, Ruel Young, Faye Ellis, Gillie English, Lila Faye Hightower, Nelline Ivy

Class of 1929 Notes:

• Elmer Glenn Allen (1911 - 1977) son of Allie Franklin & Annie Lee (Hightower) Allen, married to Betty Jean Swope
• Norene Ross ( 1914 - ? ) married John J. Paul, lvd in Mass.
• Chester Strain ( 1910 - 1985) son of Alexander Hunter & Almedia Thomas (Greer) Strain, married Orelle Geneva Brinson. [Frost Cemetery]
• Lonnie Ruel Young ( 1910 - 1974 ) son of Van Buren & Martha Adalaide (Green) Young, married Katherine Martin on Sept 10, 1941.  [Ft Sam Houston Cemetery]
• Loyce Faye Ellis (1910 - ?) dau of Wilson Owen & Margaret Ambrilla (House) Ellis, married Tom Griffis and also to Bill Stanley.
• Gillie Beatrice English ( 1909 - 1964 ) dau of  Levalcus Leander & Martha Frances (Williams) English, married Leo Nichols
• Lila Faye Hightower (1911 - 1990) dau of Everett James & Catherine "Kate" (Hooten) Hightower, married to James Madison Cecil Johnson (1903-1988).

Articles

• Matlock Sisters, Twins, Awarded Class Honors by Frost High School in 1929

Class of 1930
c Edna Earl Anderson,c Albert Baird, Dorothy Lookingbill, c John Matlock, c Richard Mitchell, c Walterine Morgan, Viola McClure, c Ralph Richeson, c Herbert Robinson, c Joe Sanders, Ruth Ellis, c Annie [Ann] Lee Hobbs, Lois Hooser, Edna Earl James, c Elsie Keathley

Class of 1930 Notes:

• Joe Vernon Sanders ( 1912 - ? ) son of Walter Freeman & Bessie Amazon (Jones) Sanders, married Lorene Palmer
• Lois Gwendolyn Hooser ( 1913 - ? ) dau of Willie Brown & Tillie (Scott) Hooser, married Philip Jones
• Elise Mae Keathley ( abt 1913 - ? ) dau of Quilla Green & Carrie Bell (Moore) Keathley, married Richard Price Lively

Class of 1931
c Mary Helen Sanders, c Agness Ballew, Edric Deason, c Nena Ruth Downey, c Motie Grace Lattimore, c Clara Mae Lewis, c Orvell Mahaley, c Exa Matlock, c Mary Moore, Floren Reynolds, deceased, c Rufus Shaw, Jr., c Goodman Stockard, c Dot Alice Tabb, Irvin Green, Avon Jarret, c Marie Keathley, Salutatorian

Class of 1931 Notes:

• Mary Helen Sanders ( 1914 - lvg ) daughter of Walter Freeman & Bessie Amazon (Jones) Sanders, married Prentice Irvin Green
• Lena Agness Ballew ( 1913 - lvg ), dau of Jacob Franklin & Mary Delusia (Lindsey) Ballew, married Ervie Erie Gill
• Nena Ruth Downey ( 1914 - ? ), dau of William Bronson & Ethel Lucy (Moore) Downey, married Robert Leonard Caudle
• Motie Grace Lattimore ( 1916 - ? ), dau of John Edward & Motie Eudora (Pool) Latimore, married Floyd Galavin
  Rufus French Shaw ( 1914 - ? ), son of Rufus French & Marie (Burton)Shaw, married Mary Mathews
• Printice Irvin Green ( 1910  - 1986 ), son of Benjamin William & Alice Elizabeth (Pevehouse) Green, married Mary Helen Sanders
  Doris Marie Keathley ( abt 1918 -  ? ), dau of  Quilla Green & Carrie Bell (Moore) Keathley married Harvey Aldine Moore

Class of 1932
c Garland Allen, c Wilma Allen, Valedictorian, c  Loretta Bennet, c Josie Mae Benton, James Brown, c Mamie Ruth Crosby, Mary Carroll, c Margaret Dickson, James Mitchell, c Raymond McClintock, Lena Jewell McClure, Salutatorian, c Iris Patterson, c Junus Putman, c Kyle Shelton, c Mary Hill Stevenson, c Merle Whorton, c Josephine Hyer, c Amon Scott, Jr.

Class of 1932 Notes:

• Mamie Ruth Crosby ( ? - ? ) married Earl Carrington Meador
• Iris Mabel Patterson ( 1915 - ? ) dau of Edward Agusta & Emma Mabel (Mitchel)Patterson, married David Butler Payne
• Kyle Shelton ( abt 1915 - ? ) son of James Elmer & Charles Etta (McAfee)Shelton
  Mary Hill Stevenson, dau of Thomas William & Lessie Byrne (Caldwell) Stevenson, married George Inman "Buster" Warren

Notes:

Class of 1914 lists Pork Bromby.  This is probably Thomas Park Bromley.  The Bromley name was often, I have found, spelled in various ways.  I would also suspect it might date the letter which was posted closer to 1914 or 1915 towards the beginning of World War I.
Dora Burke (June 12, 1000)