Hickory Point School Rhythm Band, 1935
Title
Hickory Point School Rhythm Band, 1935
Subject
one-room schoolhouses
Rural schools
Forsyth (Ill.)
Macon County (Ill.)
Hickory Point (Macon County, Ill. : Township)
Description
Hickory Point School rhythm band, 1935.
Front row (left to right): Eugene Vaughn, Loretta Newman, Bonnie Morton, Norma Hockaday, Donald Vaughn, Patricia Osborn, Betty Pope, Harry Tilly.
Second row: Virginia Blank, Billie D. Coffman, Dorothy Streight, Ewing Jr. Creason, Gwendolyn Ash, Jean Weaver, Betty Streight.
Third row: Marie Creason, Robert Osborn, Bernard Morton, Roscoe Streight, Beth Eileen Weaver, Billie Tilly, Donald Perkins.
Accompanist, Thelma May Coffman.
Instructor: Mrs. V. P. Eaton.
The Hickory Point School was formerly located on the southwest corner of US 51 North and Hickory Point Road in Forsyth, Illinois, and named for the hickory grove in which it stood. The first school building was constructed about 1858. A newer building was built in 1916, which taught grades 1-8. The school was part of the Mound-Hickory Point District #49.
During school district consolidations in 1948, Mound School was annexed into the Decatur School District, while Hickory Point became part of the Maroa School District. Hickory Point School closed after the 1952-1953 school year.
The building and land were purchased in 1954 and remodeled into a private residence. However, during the I-72 cloverleaf expansion in 1973, the school building was demolished.
Front row (left to right): Eugene Vaughn, Loretta Newman, Bonnie Morton, Norma Hockaday, Donald Vaughn, Patricia Osborn, Betty Pope, Harry Tilly.
Second row: Virginia Blank, Billie D. Coffman, Dorothy Streight, Ewing Jr. Creason, Gwendolyn Ash, Jean Weaver, Betty Streight.
Third row: Marie Creason, Robert Osborn, Bernard Morton, Roscoe Streight, Beth Eileen Weaver, Billie Tilly, Donald Perkins.
Accompanist, Thelma May Coffman.
Instructor: Mrs. V. P. Eaton.
The Hickory Point School was formerly located on the southwest corner of US 51 North and Hickory Point Road in Forsyth, Illinois, and named for the hickory grove in which it stood. The first school building was constructed about 1858. A newer building was built in 1916, which taught grades 1-8. The school was part of the Mound-Hickory Point District #49.
During school district consolidations in 1948, Mound School was annexed into the Decatur School District, while Hickory Point became part of the Maroa School District. Hickory Point School closed after the 1952-1953 school year.
The building and land were purchased in 1954 and remodeled into a private residence. However, during the I-72 cloverleaf expansion in 1973, the school building was demolished.
Source
Hickory Point Township Schools [binder]. Local history collection. Forsyth Public Library, Forsyth, Illinois.
Date
1935
Relation
Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (165).
Allen, L. M. (n.d.). The Last Recitation Bench. (C. C. McCartney, Ed.).
Format
JPG
Identifier
2023-1061
Original Format
black and white photo
Files
Collection
Citation
“Hickory Point School Rhythm Band, 1935,” MF School Archives, accessed April 30, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/54.
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