High Hill School History

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="007c8f53.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFCC80" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >High Hill School History<B>   </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id5.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="High Hill"><U><B>High Hill School</B></U></A></div> <div> High Hill school southwest of Carthage was a subscription school in the 1840's, having three months term each </div> <div> year.  One of the teachers of record in this period is John Hornback, 21 years of age, who received $10 a month </div> <div> salary for his work.</div> <div> Source: <I>The Carthage Press </I>files.</div> <bR> <div> High Hill District—Four miles southwest of Carthage; H. Robinson, F. J. Hazelwood and John Hornback. directors; </div> <div> G. B. Lowery, teacher. Term began October 7th, and continues three months. District enumeration 103. enrollment </div> <div> over fifteen years of age 5. total 39. present 32. Building and furniture firstclass. Seating capacity 40. Mr. Lowery is </div> <div> teaching his first term and as far as I am informed is giving his patrons satisfaction. High Hill is one of the largest and </div> <div> oldest districts in the county, and although it has a school house much larger than the average, yet it can only seat less </div> <div> than half the pupils enumerated in the district.</div> <div> <I>1878 Jasper County School Report by S. A. Underwood</I></div> <div> <I>A History of Jasper County, Missouri and Its People, Volume 1, page 104, pub. 1912, by Joel Thomas Livingston.</I></div> <bR> <div> High Hill school, District No. 89, Louis H. Keepers, teacher. No. months in present position, 12. Salary paid, $50. </div> <div> Vols, in library, 180. Value of library, $60. Assessed valuation, $79,080. Estimated value of school property, $1,000.</div> <div> <I>1910 Missouri State Superintendents Report</I></div> <div> <I>A History of Jasper County, Missouri and Its People, Volume 1, page 440, pub. 1912, by Joel Thomas Livingston.</I></div> <bR> <div> A $9,000 Schoolhouse Will Replace Garage Classroom</div> <div> <IMG SRC="016bc140.png" border=0 width="700" height="532" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <IMG SRC="017bcb50.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="181" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <I>The Carthage Press</I>, November 3, 1951</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0189ebc0.png" border=0 width="670" height="700" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Articles from <I>The Carthage Press.</I></div> <div>  <script language="JavaScript1.2"> /* Disable right click script II (on images)- By Dynamicdrive.com For full source, Terms of service, and 100s DTHML scripts Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com */ var clickmessage="Please send an email if you would like a copy of this photo." function disableclick(e) { if (document.all) { if (event.button==2||event.button==3) { if (event.srcElement.tagName=="IMG"){ alert(clickmessage); return false; } } } else if (document.layers) { if (e.which == 3) { alert(clickmessage); return false; } } else if (document.getElementById){ if (e.which==3&&e.target.tagName=="IMG"){ alert(clickmessage) return false } } } function associateimages(){ for(i=0;i<document.images.length;i++) document.images[i].onmousedown=disableclick; } if (document.all) document.onmousedown=disableclick else if (document.getElementById) document.onmouseup=disableclick else if (document.layers) associateimages() </script>  </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>