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Grade School Teachers 1952. l to r, first row: Mrs. Clara Louise Jones, Miss Jenny Casebier, Miss Ruth Moore, Mrs. Clennie Sue Rector; Mrs. Nora Edwards. second row: Mrs. Louella Johnson, Mrs. Nell Beasley, Mrs. Myrtle Linton, Mrs. Lelia McKendree, Mrs. Emily Sosh, Mrs. Ruby Fuqua.
The Russellville Elementary School assigned two teachers to each grade 1 through 6, plus a Kindergarten teacher. Click below for links to website pages for these grades during the years listed. These web pages include teachers, subjects taught and some photos.
Kindergarten: (1945-46; Mrs. Myrtle Linton)
First Grade: (1946-47; Miss Ruth Moore, Mrs. Myrtle Linton)
Second Grade: (1947-48); Mrs. Kathleen Russell; Mrs. Louella Johnson
Third Grade: (1948-49); Miss Jenny Casebier; Miss Ruth Moore)
Fourth Grade: (1949-50); Mrs. Emily Sosh; Mrs. Nell Beasley
Fifth Grade: (1950-51); Mrs. Nora Edwards; Mrs. Lelia McKendree
Sixth Grade: (1951-52); Mrs. Clara Louise Jones; Mrs. Clennie Sue Rector
The elementary school teachers are also known for some of the others years, but are not included here.
Superintendents of the Russellville school system during this period were W. N. Shackleford (1908-1920), Charles T. Canon (1920 - 1944), Moss Walton (1944 - 1950), and Robert E. Stevenson (1950 - 1962).
The second floor of Lander Hall was used for teaching Manual Arts to high school students, from about 1940. The Manual Arts instructor through the 1940s and most of the mid-1950s was Mr. Bill Brown. He was succeeded by Mr. Chuck Lynch.