Salado School Alumni Association Meeting
March 18, 2008
(3rd Tuesday in March)
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Salado School Reunion
June 14, 2008 |
SSAA Officers
SSAA By-Laws
President, Nancy Shepperd Carter--'66
1st Vice-President, Tom Gidley--'64
2nd Vice-President, Delbert Buchanan--'55
3rd Vice-President, Alfred "Bud"Smith--'44
Secretary, Dr. Nolan Kinsey, Ph.d--'63
Treasurer, Patsy Guest Sanford--'50
Publicity Director, Stephanie Moore Hood--'87 |
Class of 1997 Reunion
SHS Class of 1997 Reunion. Well, the time has come. Ten years have passed since our graduation and we are getting together again. Plan on joining your fellow classmates on Oct. 12 & 13. Please email Salado97@yahoo.com with your contact information and for
more details.
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Eagle Pride Cookbook Project
Click here for more information
The SSAA is seeking submissions for our
Eagle Pride cookbook, which is now in
development. We are seeking submissions
from any former/current student or teacher
for possible publication in our new
cookbook. If you would like to share your
recipes/pictures/stories from any decade for
possible inclusion in the Eagle Pride
cookbook, please contact:
Stephanie Hood (Class of 1987)
PO Box 283
Salado, TX 76571;
e-mail: stephaniea_hood@yahoo.com |
The History of the “Old Red School”--now the Salado Civic Center. In 1924, after a third fire, the walls of the old Salado College had begun to crumble and it was decided not to rebuild. In order to fill the need for a school, the heirs of William K. Hamblen gave 4.611 acres of the Young Williams Survey on the condition that it would be used for educational purposes or the land would revert back to the Hamblen family. The 4.611 acres was the site of the Hamblen home at the corner of Main Street and Van Bibber Lane. The Hamblen family donated the land in memory of Mr. Hamblen. Construction was completed on a two-story brick building in 1924 and the cornerstone was laid on September 20 that same year. Trustees at the time were J.T. Douglas, president; Charles E. Johnson, secretary; Carl Aiken, Harry Allamon, Arthur W. Capps, B.B. Dunlap and W.J. Tyson. Unfortunately, the transfer of deed for the land to the Salado Public School was never recorded and when the building went unused for classrooms in the early 1980s, there were legal maneuverings to allow the school to retain title to the land. As a result, in February 1985, the transfer of deed was made from the heirs of William K. Hamblen to the Salado Independent School District. Rural schools known to have consolidated with Salado were Amity (1929 or 1930); Bell Plains (1938); Cedar Valley (1955); Gooseneck (unknown); Prairie Dell (1929); Union Grove (1949); and Willingham Springs (1929). According to longtime residents of Salado, the old Union Grove school building currently houses The Salado Art Center, which sits on Salado Civic Center property. The old Union Grove School building was moved to Salado and used for high school ag classes in the 1950s and 1960s and beyond. The old Willingham Springs school building is presently at the site of the Willingham Springs Baptist Church.
Story of Bell County, Texas, Vol. 1, Bell County Historical Commission, E.A. Limmer Jr., editor-in-chief, p. 181, 1988. History of Bell County Public Schools 1854-1976, Temple-Bell Retired Teachers Association Bicentennial project, 1976. |
