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BJMllry . . lam801.na:todo.matlsaldlwouldD'ldobutfm my nINII ___ QUfshteot HefrOm eouatr UtD t hld CQUlp1eted 1bem .. bat 11'8 • woman'l p-etqJative tochallp her mind. Mrs. Lda 'WliUlnltotl Straat. is "1:Ieu1:ng" Jeaft of .... Rnt iD.cme irdormatioD and ,God ~ of Pioceer SdJoci. I just c:8Iddn, reNt w i. tbem. After aU PioIe« ia )at a IiWe bit over tbt line bl Barry twaty 10. t feel sure aome of tile cbUdren who attended must have come from tIeR. Mrs. Stroud aakI tl:e old PlIDeI' School boule the bI& tall IlOl1h 0( die BIg Sprinc in Pioneer. She ItI!'Ied tolcbooJ at tbe. of he In 1902, Her teacher WI' Etta McCollum Maw. SIJe nw:alJed that it wasquiW adknbup tbe NlIlotbe ICboo)wtiDlateryursstepswerecll8GU1. "tNriDg!be nocm hOW' 1M bo)'S wOuld SO to the spft!lfl btaoch lbat was covered with water C!feS1 and kiD . . . and pjIe them up. then _beD IclwoI IUrD«I out ani the Uttle girls would start home across the briefse they wonld whirl tilt: IICIkes by their tails not cariqJ whera they landed," abe recalled. The amaJleir cli14nm wwld run ab4 IICl"HUl aru1oUler, woWdcry much to !be dtlIgbtof

MtMlnoa Slaepard. autb Feraenoct..~!!D fIQIDNI........rt: teiiri Hutclleo, Ted HutdB Georse flilteben..Effiellntebto E&IbIr8atchtD. Neva CarpeDter HaINllClDl'. 'IDa CUptdttr!...~ lkOWD, Bertba ~ J!laIbre7• .Rd.l A"YIIa, Opal Lewis Mc:PIwnm, Lewf&.lbde Major, Georgia MaJ« Stewart,. ¥at)' JIaJGr. Dol CrIder, Emory Driver, Edna Dlif_, Btr1ba GivID Caft, Ritchey Bivin. Lde WbUtfQltfa SIroucl. lJItal Wtt1D8ttm. Carl WIdt8Qrttm. ~ May AIhut' CrumbJe)t. ElWood

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li~d Ibere. Teaehen Mrs. Strotaf recalled were Arthur DmkerJOO, C. W. Ctfder, Sim Adair, Montie Brown, Tom O'Dwyer, George Swindle, Shennan Francis, Mammle Nmnile, Nora AlJenSta'rk, utue Davl$ Fra..:!s, Meci8h Tarvin Frenclt. Besse Steward Speaks: .ttl Gl4dys Keelfllg. Arthur D.mkenon aDd C. W. Crider also served u IclIOIi board presidents aDd SbermaD Francia, Frallk Steward, Cle Lewis am Jim Coatney 1n!l'e bom:I

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