The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-24
Buckingham Public Schools Will
Open on The Day After Labor Day

Approximately 100 students from
The old Marshall district high school
win officially call themselves stu
dents of Buckingham Central High
School when public schools open
September 4
Preparing for larger enrolment
at Buckingham Central this year
and in years to come. Superinten-
dent Of Schools Irving S Driscoll
reported that construction is now
under way that will almost double
the present area of the high school
Included in the new addition will
be shower and locker rooms. class
rooms and multi-purpose rooms.
Superintendent Driscoll has l.
most led a double life in the last
ten years in Buckingham. Not con-
tent to be Superintendent of Schools
alone he has headed one of the
most active school building pro-
grams undertaken by any county in
The state And all this at no extra
expense to the taxpayers.
He keeps a group of about ten
maintenance men at work all year
round The end results Of his labOrS
will be and are being seen in better
school facilities throughout the en-
tire county
Next addition that the tall. ener-
getlc school superintendent plans is
about q $50 900 addition to the Buck
mpham elementary school TO start
this fan
One Of the unique features Of the
construction is the multi-purpoSe
rooms These rooms are designed
t. serve more than Just a single
purpose. They NAV be the cafeteria
one hour. a classroom the next. and
an auditorium the next BY keeping
all the available space utilized at
all times. Driscoll feels that he is
getting his moneys worth from the
building
Before the students come troop
inc on the DAY after Labor Day
the teachers viii have already com
pleted a three day workshop to be
held AUGUST 2729
The theme of the teachers work
shop will be Comparatively I'M
proving the Instructional Program.
There will be several outside speak
ers for the occasion. The white
teachers will meet at Dillwyn ele
n,entarv school and the
teachers viii meet at Carter U
Woodson high school
School Superintendent Driscoll al
90 announced the faculties for the
comine session They are as fol
lows
White Schools
niIi,yyn elementary school: Lewis
n Turner. Principal: rs K Ii b
NJ Dnnnavant. Mrs Mamie u
pits Lewis F. Cockerin. Mrs. Eli
zabeth r. Burroughs Mrs. Hazel 5
pare Mrs. Susie S. Gillian. MISS
Mary Glover. Miss Lily S. Babef
Mis-, Ethel Foulkes, Mrs Beatrice
q Ra}lowe. Mrs. Margaret P WOOD
AIRS AIuriel S. Hartley, Mrs. Ruth
4 Tones. Mrs. Ruby D. Walton
Mrs. salle S. Smith. and Mrs. Al
lfne p. Maxey
Marshall District elementary
school: J. R. Hodges, Prncipal'
Miss Sarah Hannah, Miss Evelyn
Harris. Mrs. Helen l.. Hughes MrS
Eleanor D. Roach. Mrs. jessie =
Nnckols; Mrs. Marie I. Anderson
Miss Nellie jeffrey Miss Mary +
Anderson. and Miss jamie Patter-
son
puck,ngham Contra! High Schooi'
Nicholas H Hurt. Principal, Hor-
don l. Baldwin. Emmett E. Ban
ton. Mrs. Minnie T. Bransioru :
Miss Judith Corson; Miss Ellapeth
Forbes Miss Frances Garnett' VIII
lam l. Hupp. Miss Harriet JOINS ;
Mrs Dorothy A. Morgan; M + s
Grace n. Rainey, Mrs. Emma u
Sadler Mss Vergilia P. Sadler F.;
. Pilcht, Sadler; Mrs. Lorna D
Scott Mrs Catharine Spencer, MISS
Margaret Sterrett; Kenneth E. New
ton. Z Bruce Knapp: Herbert =
Maxey. Mrs. Patricia B. Johnson
Mrs Eehecca H Bowling. and H.
R. Sholzberger
buckingham elementary school:
Miss Minnie Wood. Principal; MISS
Carrie Fltqerald. John c. Morgan.
Jf. Mrs Edith NJ Harris. Mrs.
Gladys c. Wood; Mrs Tina w. Gar
nett, Mrs Christine W Coleman;
MISS Estelle Wood. Mrs. Emma b.
Aompsou, and Mrs. Ruth H. Steg-
er.
toiored Schools
s'ephen J. Ellis elementary
Scnooi: Allen Gooden. Jr.. Princi-
pa, Mrs. Penelope p. Forbes; Mrs.
VIVA J HemnIings: Mrs. Virginia
= "''ief Mrs. Elizabeth H. Wash