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1933
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1933: This is from the '33 collage and
I call it the 1933 picture, but it could have been taken earlier.
The building was completed and first used for classes in the fall of 1929.
Picture was used again in the 1938 collage . In this picture and
more clearly in the full size print is a pair of bushes on either side of
the entry walk halfway toward the building.
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1935
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1935: This is from the 1935 collage
and a different view showing the gymnasium (Gym) with the advertisements.
On a good blow up of the Gym, the windows look to be damaged, and the
one can see a pole which supports wire to carry the 32 volt electrical
service to the Gym from the Bell House where the generator and battery stack
were located.
Here again at the right of the picture one of the two bushes along the
entry way walk can be seen.
This could have been taken earlier, but it is probably contemporary
with the class.
Enlarged view of the gym at 800 pixel width.
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1936
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1936: The Gym has been spruced up in this
one, but it is the same building. The 32 volt electric service pole shows
up better on the white background. Picture also used in collage
for 1937. The bush at extreme right of picture appears to be one
of the pair evident from 1933 onward. Trees along the road borders of
the yard are said to have been put out during the 1936-37 school year. They
are not in evidence here as that would have been done in the fall of 1936
or spring of 1937.
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Feb 1939
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Feb-39: This was used in the 1943
collage. However there is no evidence of the trees that are present
in the pictures from spring '39 on. Also, an REA service pole
would be visible at extreme right of picture after March 1939. Note
however a major change from the 1936 picture. The classroom on the
Southeast corner has now been added, blocking more of the Gym from
view. The brickwork was completed early Feb. 39, and trees planted a bit
later. I think this was a special picture taken to document completion of
the addition and before the trees were planted. Next picture a few months
later shows the trees.
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May 1939
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1939: This was included in the 1939
collage and I assume that it is a Spring of 1939 photograph. Note
that the picture shows the new Southeast addition and the additional walks
as did the Feb-39 picture. Two things are New.
First the trees planted about March '39 are visible. Second,
the REA service pole is just visible above right hand corner of building.
This was installed during April. The northeast side entrance drive way is
visible. This is the first picture in which one can see the gas pump in the
bus parking-loading area. It could have been there but out of view in the
previous picture. The picture was used again in the 1940 collage.
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1941
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1941: This was included in the 1941
collage and the e date is well defined, end of May 1941 by
the presence of the class of '41.. The trees seem to show two years
of growth from the previous picture.
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1942
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1942: This was included in the 1942
collage and again is closely dated as end of May 1942, by the graduates
standing in the foreground. The trees have another year of growth.
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1950
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1950: This picture is not from a collage
but from the 1949-50 Con. 8 year book called The Pirate, Eva Jean
Jackson Editor. I have seen this same picture with the caption
"Con. 8 in the Spring Time". The major change since 1942 is the
growth of the trees. This is also a unique angle for the pictures
in this collection. The railing shown in the 1953 picture has not been
added yet.
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1953
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1953: This was included in the 1953
collage and is assumed to be Spring, 1953. It was also used
in the 1954 and 1955 collages. A wooden railing has been added to
the front of the yard. The trees have about reached maturity.
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1959
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In this March 1959 photograph, the
Con. 8 Friends Community Church stands in silent witness to
the final stages in the demolition of the old school. In May
1957 , Con. 8 dismissed for the summer and for the last time. It
was several years before all the buildings were demolished or removed.
The church was completed in 1955 and continued until 1980 when the
diminishing population forced its closing as well.
A brief picture history of the church and its close association with
the school.
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July 2001
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In 2001, a monument commemorating the
school and the community was erected in plot of land on the "Con. 8 Corner".
This picture was taken from the intersection of the county road with State
Highway 19; which is about the point from which the 1950 picture
above was taken.
The memorial is located just about at the center of the old
brick building. The brick for the monument was selected to closely
match that in the original construction.
For larger picture and close-ups of the monument
click here.
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