Missouri School Directory 1948-1949
State Board of Education, Publication #15
Transcribed by Lisa K. Gendron (private collection)
In the following list, the number after the name of the school indicates the assessed valuation; the second number is the total tax levy in cents on the one-hundred dollar valuation. The number of high school teachers and elementary school teachers and the enrollment follow this.
H.S. means high school and Ele. means elementary school.
Wh. means white and Col. means colored. (neither means there were no colored pupils)
An asterisk before the name of the school means that it is a member of the North Central Association.
Following enrollment and above the name of the superintendent are given the name of the president and secretary of the school board.
The figures after the name of a teacher indicate the number of years in the present position, this year counting as one.
The following abbreviations are used to indicate the subjects taught by each teacher.
A – Aeronautics Ag - Agriculture
Alg – Algebra Art – Art
Bd – Band Bk – Bookkeeping
Bi – Biology, Botany, Zoology Chem – Chemistry
Cho – Chorus CS - Commercial Subjects
CC – Core Curriculum, General Ed Coun – Counsellor
DE – Distributive Education Dr – Dramatics
DT – Driver Education E – English
Ec – Economics Fr – French
GC – Glee Club Ger – German
Geo – Geometry Geog – Geography
GS – General Science Guid – Guidance
H – History HE – Home Economics
IA – Industrial Arts, Drawing, Shop Jour – Journalism
L – Latin Lib – Librarian
Lit – Literature M – Mathematics
Mu – Music Or – Orchestra
PE – Physical Education Ph – Physics
Psy – Psychology RR – Remedial Reading
ROTC – Reserve Office Training Corps Sc – Science
SSc – Senior Science SH – Study Hall
Shtd – Shorthand Soc – Sociology
Sp – Spanish Spch – Speech
SS – Social Studies T – Typing
Trig – Trigonometry TT – Teacher Training
VA – Vocational Agriculture VHE – Vocational Home Economics
Jefferson County, Missouri
Clyde S. Hamrick, County Superintendant, Hillsboro
Roy E. Taylor, President of County Board of Education, Herculaneum
*Crystal City $3,307,210 270
No. Teachers – Wh., H.S., 15; Ele., 16; Col., Ele., 2
Ele. Wh., Res., 415; Non-Res., 15; Tot., 430
Col., Res., 47 Tot. 47
H.S. – Res. 184; Non-Res., 126; Tot., 310
H. H. Hanna E. E. Blake
E. A. Sparling, Supt 17
E. J. Christy, Prin Geom 1
Gerald C. King PE 2
Mrs. Golah DeWitt VHE 3
Mrs. Clyde Hamrick CS 6
Ethel Holdinghaus SS 23
L. P. Thomure Mu 17
Richard Berry IA 4
Martha Vaughn Sp, E 3
Marjorie Jones E 3
Herbert Morice Sc, SS 1
Pauline Brown E, Spch 1
Edward W. Rapp SS 5
Elmer E. Smith Sc 2
Estella Bailey, Ele. Prin 33
Ralph Spencer, Col. Ele. Prin 13
Mary Lee Schulte, Sec. to Supt. 9
*DeSoto $2087,770 280
No. Teachers – Wh., H.S., 13; Ele., 17
Col., Ele., 1
Ele. – Wh., Res., 562; Non-Res., 42; Tot., 604
Col., Res., 28; Tot., 28
H.S. – Res., 230; Non-Res., 73; Tot., 303
Dr. J. P. Ingels June Jinkerson
Ralph Poole, Supt 26
J. C. Culwell, Prin Sc 15
O. N. Hunter PE 3
Byron Munson Mu 3
Clifford H. Bryan PE 1
Herbert Rice IA 2
Olive Fitch SS 25
Gladys Henriksen CS 5
Sally McKemy E, Jour 23
Ronald C. Evans M 1
Stephen C. Kyrias Sc 1
Mary Rose Clyde SS 31
Julia Lou DeMasters VHE 1
Minnie Browning E 2
Kenneth Kirk, Ele. Prin 2
Estelle Pierce, Ele. Prin 23
June Jinkerson, Sec. to Supt.
Festus $1863,420 230
No. Teachers – Wh., H.S. 13; Ele., 17
Col., H.S. 4; Ele., 3
Ele. – Wh., Res., 509; Non-Res., 85; Tot., 594
Col., Res., 61; Tot., 61
H.S. – Wh., Res., 206; Non-Res., 99; Tot., 305
Col., Res., 26; Non-Res., 56; Tot., 82
R. W. Johnson Harriet E. Vinyard
Ralph B. Tynes, Supt. Psy 10
James Brockman, Prin Geog 4
Lucile Holmes M, L 7
Raymond Hoggard Sc, M 3
Emma Lee Hoffman CS 4
Warren Elkins SS 2
Cora Dreyer Jour, SS, E 7
John Clippard IA 4
Roy Clemons Bd, Cho 4
Betty Joe Clyde VH 1
Sarah Manley Sp, E 5
Mrs. George Morris E 1
Murrell Godwin PE 1
(Festus) Colored High
Joseph H. Davis, Prin 3
A. J. Bowler 3
Callie Lentz 2
Curtis Anderson 1
Jesse L. Wood, Ele. Prin 3
Harriet E. Vinyard, Sec. to Supt. 3
*Herculaneum $1300,000 280
No. Teachers – Wh, H.S., 14: Ele., 7
Col., Ele., 1
Ele. – Wh., Res., 250; Tot., 250
Col., Res., 14: Tot., 14
H.S. – Res., 83; Non-Res., 226; Tot., 309
Dr. Emmett J. Senn Bernice Johnston
Roy E. Taylor, Supt SS 25
Noah E. Gray, Prin M 2
Ora E. Robinson E, Geog 25
Daphne Crawford M, E, Sp 12
Pauline Craft Lib, SH 6
Mary Noble SS 5
Mary Massey CS 5
Gordon O. Johnson IA 3
Howard E. Miller Mu 3
John H. Freeze PE 2
Helen Cunningham E 2
Wanda DeWitt VHE 1
Leon H. Bess Sc 1
Wallace K. Hollander Spch, Alg, SS 1
Jerry P. Ryan, Ele. Prin 1
Bernice Johnson, Sec. to Supt 13
Hillsboro $1574,640 150
No. Teachers – H.S., 7; Ele., 7
Ele – Res., 211; Non-Res., 11; Tot., 222
H.S. – Res., 65; Non-Res., 45; Tot., 110
Raymond Gasche Mrs. Clara Schubel
J. R. Vineyard, Supt. GS 2
Mrs. Rita Crenshaw, Prin M, L, PE 7
Mrs. Lucile B. Edmonds Mu 10
Charles Vreeland SS, PE 5
Mrs. Myrtle Wieman E, Lib 6
Betty Crose HE, SH 3
Vivian Woodward CS 1
Saidee B. Morse, Ele. Prin 1
Mrs. Fern Pigg, Sec. to Supt.