"They were called Common School Districts because they operated under a different set of funding and operating rules aside from the municipalities. These Common Districts were either self funded or received a little subsidy from the state and received no local tax money from the county (other than some money for books). All the school districts, Common (Rural) and Municipal, can be found in the county library and can be put on a thumb drive for anyone to view all the schools from 1903 up to about 1955. Students are listed by name for all the schools for these dates also. The information is free from the library for you to get. The beginning of the end of rural schools was set in motion by the Gilmer-Aikin Act of 1949." ....Mark Cameron
COMMON WILSON COUNTY TEXAS SCHOOL DISTRICTS & TEACHERS 1938-1939 ...
Here is a list of some of the Common School Districts and their teachers for the 1938-39 school year. The list was provided by Professor J.E. Swift, the County Superintendent at the time.
No. 1.—FAIRVIEW—J. T. Ogletree, Mrs. Ellen B. Hayden, Mrs. Lois S. Davis, Miss Jack Youngblood, Sr. Mary Warden;
No. 2.—CANADA VERDE—Mrs. Patty Toman, Mrs. Josephine Ximenes;
No. 3.—CALAVERAS —Miss Bertha Tackitt, Miss Virginia Black;
No. 5.—SUNNYSIDE —Miss Cloma Luker, Miss Alberta Donaho;
No. 7.—KICASTER —Miss Stella Mae Bell, Miss Iris Steinle;
No. 10. —PULASKI —Walter Manka, Sr. Bartholomea Sikorska;
No. 16.—LILLY GROVE —Mrs. Orlena Luker, Mrs. Hazel Lane, Miss Louise Beaty;
No. 17. —UNION VALLEY—W. I. Marshall, Miss Doris Ridout;
No. 18. —PANDORA —Miss Effie Irvin, Mrs. Vada Clark, Mrs. Melva Mahan, Mrs. Aphne Pattillo;
No. 20.—LODI — Mrs. L. B. Wiseman, Mrs. E. C. Toscano, Mrs. Susie Trevino; Mrs. Bridget de la Zerda, Mrs. Maude Lee Fuller, Miss Stella de la Zerda, Waldo Ximenes;
No. 23.—KOSCIUSKO —Antone Zemanek, Miss Julia Ibrom, Sr. Anna Theresa Gibbons, Sr. Julia Lalor, Sr. Elizabeth Malloy, Sr. Mary Sweeney;
No. 24.—LABATT —Miss Georgie Keister;
No. 25.—PICOSA — Fausto Toscano, Mrs. Rosa Muniz Toscano;
No. 26.—CENTER POINT— Mrs. Signa Bundrick, Mis. Mabel Ewing;
No. 28.—CADDO—Mrs. Velda Sutherland;
No. 30.—WEHMANN—Mrs. Grace Archer, Mrs. Cleo Votaw;
No. 31.—PLEASANT VALLEY—R. J. Rose, Miss Dorothy Sikes;
No. 32. —WALLACE BRANCH—W. D. Bunker, Mrs. Pearl Smith Carr, Miss Sybil McGee; No. 33.— DILWORTH RANCH—Roy C. A. Butler, Miss Bernice Curry, Miss Opal Bush, Johnny Allbritton, Miss Jimmie B. Chaffin;
No. 36.—SWIFT— Mrs. Sallie Dorland, Miss Myrtle O'Neall;
No. 37.—ALUM —J. B. May, Miss Veda King, Miss Catherine Carroll;
No. 38.—EHLERS— Sydney Nieschwietz, Mrs. Sydney Nieschwietz;
No. 39.—THREE OAKS— Herman Engelking, Miss Ruby Linne, Miss Irene Linne;
No. 41.—RICHTER—Miss Crystal Hawk;
No. 42.—RIDOUT—Miss Ada Craighead, Miss Geraldine Lane;
No. 43.—DEWEES —Mrs. Ada Cale, Miss Rosemary Carnes, Miss Bessie Ferguson;
No. 44.—MIDWAY—Miss Nell Irvin, Miss Libbie McLane, Murray Finley;
No. 45.—DARILEK —V. A. Miculka, Miss Elsie Baumann;
No. 46.—WEBBVILLE —Mrs. Delilah Masters, Miss Edith Hayden;
No. 47.—TORDIA —Miss Evelyn Garner;
No. 48.—KASPER— Leissner Poth, Mrs. Alfreda Poth, Miss Johnnie Carnes;
No. 49.—HIERHOLZER —Victor Miculka, Mrs. Gwendolyn Hierholzer;
No. 50.—CAMP RANCH —R. E. Schlortt, Miss Laura Atkins;
No. 51.—JOHNSON —Mrs. Agnes Steinberg, Miss Lucille Bolf;
No. 52.—PLEASANT HILL—Mrs. Helen Greer;
No. 53.—MANCHACA—Frank Kasprzyk;
No. 54.—GRAYTOWN —Miss Annie Dial, Delbert Cox.
COURTESY/ Mark Cameron Community Schools of Wilson County Texas
