Schools of Catahoula Parish

Early and Present Day
Am looking for other schools of Catahoula Parish - all time periods
pictures, year books, autograph books, graduation listings,
newspaper articles..........teachers etc.
If you have info please email the Parish Coordinator
 
Early Schools and Directors - From the 1885 "Catahoula News"
Little River Settlement School
Catahoula Academy
Enterprise - Sr Class 1939
Harrisonburg

Meyers Bend School

Magnolia School

Harrisonburg High School

Harrisonburg Elementary School

Block High School

Boggy Bayou - 1948 consolidated into Central Jr High, which became Central High School
Catahoula Paish Training School -

Central High School

Jonesville Elementary

Jonesville Jr High

Lake Lilly - built about 1910 near where the Lake Lilly church is now. Mrs Alpha Beasley Webb and Mr Bill Honeycutt

were teachers in 1912, in the next school session Mr Howard Wright took Mr Honeycutt's place. 1920-21 Myrtle Clark and Lessie Ford taught.

Larto - 1948 consolidated into Central Jr High, which became Central High School Parhams

Pritchard - Old Magnolia School

Glade

Serena

Swamp Lilly - Boggy Bayou in Sandy Lake area of Jonesville.

Unknown Name - Located on land owned by the Kirklands.

Unknown Name - on now Hwy 124, was also used as a church. Some 1903-1908 teachers were Evie Bennett, Ethel Ellis, Len Richey, Jim Garahan, Fulton O'Quinn and Harris Finley.

Utility School - Located at first on the Ernest Young property--- then was moved to several different locations:

• 1910-1913 Mrs Annie Richardson Allen - other teachers through the years were: Mrs Lottie Dosher Kirby Gibson, Mr Juan Gibson, Mrs Edna Dowdy Kelly, Dora Robinson, Clara Bradford, Bill Russell, Alice Alexander, Bernice Coon, Katie LaCroix, and Minnie Bradford. In 1919-20 Earl Bradford was Principal and Maude Randall teacher.
• In 1920-21, Ruby Davis was Principal and taught with Maude Randall. This was the last year of the school.

Wallace Ridge - Some early teachers (early 1900's), Sam McCree, Jack Sones, Albert Maxwell, Leonard Mackey, Benton Finley, Harris Finley, Mary Strickland, Era Dell Crawford, Myra Wright, Roy Mophett, Julia Lanier, Rufus Taylor and Annie Taylor. This school was close in the late 1920's.

Sicily Island
J P Knapp Academy

Martin Jr High School - photo

Sicily Island High School

Sicily Island Elementary School