High Point 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="#CC6633" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="020c8c00ddvuzq.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#CC6633" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >High Point 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="id12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="High Point"><U><B>High Point School</B></U></A></div> <div> High Point is one of the old districts of Jasper County.  It first was part of the</div> <div> old Monitor district, formed not too many years after the ending of the Civil War.</div> <div> Because of the long distances pupils were forced to travel, it was decided to </div> <div> form a new school district and High Point was born.  It was organized in 1875.</div> <div> School was held there until 1945, when it was decided to transport pupils, some</div> <div> going to Carthage, Carterville and Mineral grade schools.  High Point students of </div> <div> the area selected their own school.  </div> <bR> <div> The High Point district adjoined Pleasant Valley district on the north, beginning a</div> <div> short distance north of the old Highway 66 and extending north and east to Spring</div> <div> River.  The west boundary was the Marion-Mineral township line.</div> <bR> <div> High Point school building was located on a 2-acre tract on Highway 96 about four</div> <div> miles west of Carthage.  </div> <bR> <div> High Point school district voted in 1958 to merge with the Pleasant Valley school </div> <div> district by a vote of 23 to 5.  The merged district would be known as Pleasant Valley.</div> <div> The new district built a modern school on a new site, one block south of Highway 66.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="051300e0.gif" border=0 width="560" height="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> High Point school, four miles northwest of Carthage, will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary</div> <div> of the erection of the present school building with an all day meeting and dinner at the school</div> <div> house on Sunday, May 3.  Erection of the present school house was begun on May 3, 1875.</div> <div> The two acres of ground on which it stood was purchased from J. F. Humickhorn for $25.00.</div> <div> Prior to that the High Point school had been conducted in a small log building.  Among the</div> <div> early directors who served High Point were J. F. Ellison, Jonathan Loveless, Judge J. M. Hickman,</div> <div> Judge Marion Brown, W. E. Smith and Perry Finn.  The first clerk of the district was G. B. Walker.</div> <div> Most of these men have now passed away.  Only three persons who were residents of the district</div> <div> fifty years ago still reside in the neighborhood.  There are: Mrs. G. B. Walker, Mrs. J. M. Hickman</div> <div> and James Herrell.</div> <bR> <div> The school has been served by some 55 or 56 teachers, there being at first spring and summer</div> <div> terms as well as those in winter.  Miss Elton Kirksey is the present teacher.  It is planned to have present</div> <div> on Sunday, May 3 as many of the old teachers, patrons and pupils of the school as possible, and</div> <div> those in charge of the arrangements ask that this news item be made an invititation to any and all </div> <div> such to be present.  The teacher who taught during the longest period at High Point is W. S. Brown,</div> <div> now residing at 421 Walnut street in this city.  He taught there four years.</div> <bR> <div> A program for the meeting and dinner on May 3 is being arranged and it is planned to have it include</div> <div> an address by Phil Callary, a former pupil, who is now a lawyer in Pittsburg.  There will also be short</div> <div> talks by other former pupils, teachers and patrons.  The Lyric male quartet, of Carthage, has promised</div> <div> to be present and sing.</div> <bR> <div> <I>The Carthage Evening Press, March 24, 1925</I></div> <bR> <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> </td> </tr></table></body>