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Pittsboro One Room
School Class of 1911
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The Pittsboro One Room
School #3 was built in 1883. It was located on the farm currently
owned by Frank McClung. Prior to this, it was a frame building,
and was located on the Southwest corner of the Edgar Parker farm.
School #3 was also known as the Caledonia School.
The school was used until
1919-1920, and was then purchased by Frank Haynes to be used for
grain storage. The building was inherited by his wife, Magnetta
Haynes, and then by her two daughters, Edna McClung and Helen
Haynes Williams. Frank McClung inherited it from his mother and
aunt. Frank McClung sold the One Room School to North West
Hendricks School Corporation for $1.00 when the One Room School
Committee formed to renovate it.
Frank McClung recalls that many of
the teachers drove their buggys to the closest residence, Otis
Waters. Their horses were stabled there during the school day, and
several of the teachers boarded at the Waters home. Ruth Case was the school
marm in 1911-1912. She married Everett Sparks. Her books and
teacher bell have been donated to the One Room School #3 by Stella
Sparks.
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