Pulaski County School Collection of Miss Margaret E. Holmes, Teacher - Contributed by Darrell Reynolds Kirtland Shomaker
Listed below are the names and ages of pupils who attended Green Hill Schoolhouse, Hiwassee District, Pulaski County, Virginia during school calendar month No. 1, ending November 4th, 1904. Miss Margaret E. Holmes of East Radford, VA was the school’s teacher.
NAME AGE DAYS ON ROLL DAYS PRESENT
Coffee, Benton 14 20 20
Cox, Ernest 11 20 12
Cox, Lee 9 20 12
Dobins, Louis 11 20 20
Haley, George 19 5 4
Haley, Warren 7 20 18
Kirkner, Harry 10 20 20
Turpin, Clayton 19 20 18
Turpin, Lee 16 20 18
Turpin, Clyde 14 20 18
Turpin, Ferd 10 20 10
Turpin, Bruce 7 20 18
Shelburne, Charlie 7 15 12
Viar, James 10 20 20
Cox, Nelia 14 9 9
Haley, Ada 12 20 20
Haley, Myrtle 10 20 20
Kirkner, Myrtle 14 19 19
Kirkner, Janie 12 19 19
Viar, Stella 12 20 20
Viar, Minnie 7 20 20
NOTE---Stella Viar, Minnie Viar, James Viar, and Louis Dobins were from the “Montg. Co.” district.
Here is a daily program Miss Holmes may have used at Green Hill:
Daily Program (Taken from Miss Holmes’s Private Notebook)
Time
A.M.
9:05 Opening Exercises
9:15 Primer Class
9:25 Second Reader
9:35 Third Reader
9:45 Fourth Reader
10:00 First Arithmetic
10:30 Second Arithmetic
10:35 Recess
10:45 Primer Class
10:55 First Speller
11:05 Second Speller
11:20 Dictionary
11:35 Virginia History
12:00 United States History
12:10 Noon Recess
P.M.
1:10 Primer Class
1:20 First Speller
1:30 Second Speller
1:50 First Grammar
2:10 First Geography
2:30 Writing
2:40 Recess
2:50 Primer Class
3:00 Second Reader
3:10 Third Reader
3:20 Fourth Reader
3:35 Second Geography
3:40 Second Grammar
4:00 Closing Exercises
Margaret E. Holmes changed schools and began teaching at White Oak Grove Schoolhouse around August 1905. Her pay remained $25.00 a month until September 1906 when her compensation increased to $30.00 a month, for a term of six months.
Names of Miss Holmes’s pupils at White Oak Grove Schoolhouse, Newbern District, Pulaski County, Virginia, school calendar month no.5, ending January 31, 1907:
NAME AGE DAYS ON ROLL DAYS PRESENT
Blair, Joseph 5 4 4
Clark, Charlie 10 23 23
Edwards, Johnnie 7 23 17
Friend, Moncie 11 22 22
Friend, Ray 12 22 22
Howlette, Charlie 8 19 18
Holston, Bruce 8 19 17
Jennings, Roy 6 22 20
King, Eddie 12 14 8
King, Garnett 9 14 7
Moore, Lester 7 18 16
Morris, Vivian 11 23 22
Morefield, Robert 10 19 17
Morefield, Edward 6 19 18
Quesenberry, Luther 12 4 4
Reynolds, Graham 9 22 22
Rigney, Ernest 10 14 8
Rigney, Shelby 7 3 3
Tipton, Jack 12 17 8