The
purpose of these
Eddy area school webpages is to present, through photographs, a visual
history
of the early schools that existed in both the Eddy and Bruceville
areas, from
the late 1800's thru the mid 1950's, and to provide the viewer with
photos of some
of the students, teachers, and faculty that made up the population of
these
schools. Also represented on these pages, are early photos of the
school
buildings and adjoining structures that were present at each of these
school
sites. All of these schools were actually located in McLennan County,
Texas,
but a large number of the students attending them lived in nearby Falls
County.
The effort to locate and document early photos
and details about these schools is an ongoing effort and the contents
of this
page represent a work-in-progress. As in any type of research, it is
critical
that the information presented is as accurate as possible. With that in
mind, I
would encourage anyone who has additional information about any or all
of the
schools identified here, to contact Falls County
Coordinator
at the Falls Co. website. This also applies to any errors that are
detected in
the material presented on this webpage.-rlh
BRUCEVILLE-EDDY
SCHOOL
ca1929 - 1957
Sometime
around
1928-29, the residents of Eddy and Bruceville decided there should be a
single
consolidated high school to serve both communities. Construction was
begun on a
new two-story stucco building, located about halfway between Eddy and
Bruceville, on property acquired from Mr. W. B. Appleby. This building
was
completed by the schoolyear 1929-30 and the Bruceville-Eddy Independent
School
District became the first rural consolidated school district in
McLennan
County, Texas.
When
this high
school was first built, it housed only the high school students,
(grades 8 thru
11), that were transferring there from Bruceville, Eddy & other
area
schools. At the beginning of the 1936-37 school year, the population of
the new
B-E school was increased with the addition of 7th grade students from
the
outlying schools. Within a short time, the remaining elementary
students at the
different rural schools in the area were relocated to the
Bruceville-Eddy
consolidated school. By 1949, the small rural school districts of
Blevins,
Hoolia, Shieldes and Woodlawn had become a part of the Bruceville-Eddy
ISD.
After
the
schools in both Eddy and Bruceville had ceased operation, both school
buildings
were torn down, with the bricks from the schools being used to build a
new
gymnasium on the campus of the Bruceville-Eddy school, just west of the
school
building. This school building remained in use until the summer of
1957, when
the structure was razed to make way for a new, single-level building
that would
become the new Bruceville-Eddy school.
(Note:
Clicking on a
title will open up a new window for viewing the selected entry. When
viewing a
picture, be sure and scroll thoroughly in all directions to ensure that
you
have seen all of the photo. Sometimes there are notes on the picture
that you
may miss otherwise.)
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Early photo
taken of Bruceville-Eddy High School, the first consolidated high
school in McLennan County, Texas, built in 1929-30. |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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Another early
photo taken of Bruceville-Eddy High School, located between the
communities of Eddy and Bruceville, in McLennan County, Texas, and
built in 1929-30. |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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A picture of
the Bruceville-Eddy High School, taken sometime in the early 1950's. |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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Photo of BEHS
gymnasium, built in 1939-40.This building used bricks from the old Eddy
High School and the old Bruceville High School in its construction. |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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Another early
photo of BEHS gymnasium. |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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A panoramic
view of the BEHS school grounds, showing both the school and the
gymnasium. |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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A recent
picture taken of the BEHS gymnasium, as seen from the parking lot in
front of the new high school building. The gym can be seen in the
background, top portion of photo. |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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A recent
picture taken of the interior of the BEHS gym, after the bleachers and
stage area were removed. In this photo, the back wall, of what had once
been the stage, can be seen with B-E Eagles and a basketball goal drawn
on it. |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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Early photo
taken of BEHS vocational agriculture building. |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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A picture of
the BEHS school buses, parked in front of school grounds, with bus
drivers standing nearby. |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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Two girls on
the Eddy School bus. All the kids called it "The Blue Goose" because of
its color. |
Ken Gates |
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BEHS |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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BEHS Photo of former
classmates of the Class of 1935, taken in Eddy, McLennan County, Texas,
in October of 1985, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of their
graduation from Bruceville-Eddy High School. (L to R) |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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BEHS Note: Richard
L. Stone was missing from this photo. |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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B-E This photo was
probably taken at a B-E football scrimmage game. The individual wearing
the lighter colored football uniform, sitting just to the left of the
man with two young boys on his lap, is Wayne Kincannon. |
Photo provided
by: |
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BEHS |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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BEHS Photo of
graduating class of 1940-41, taken at their high school commencement,
held in gymnasium of Bruceville-Eddy High School, in May of 1941. |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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BEHS List of
students, from Bruceville-Eddy High School, scheduled to graduate in
the spring of 1941. |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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Bruceville-Eddy
High School |
Commencement
Exercises |
Lena Stone
Criswell |
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Commencement
Exercises of Bruceville-Eddy High School |
Annual |
Lena Stone
Criswell |
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BEHS |
Ken Gates |
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BEHS |
Ken Gates |
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BEHS |
Ken Gates |
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BEHS |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L.
Haddock |
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B-E
TextbookCheck Out Card. |
Lena Stone
Criswell |
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B-E
Future Farmers of America Blue and Gold Banquet |
B-E Future
Farmers of America Blue and Gold Banquet
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Lena Stone
Criswell |
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El
Aguilia |
El Aguilia |
Lena Stone
Criswell |
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Young
People's Summer Assembly |
Young People's
Summer Assembly
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Lena Stone
Criswell |
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Bruceville-Eddy
Schools |
Bruceville-Eddy
Schools present |
Lena Stone
Criswell |
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Bruceville-Eddy
High School Sr. Play 1941 |
Bruceville-Eddy
High School Cover
Page |
Lena Stone
Criswell |
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