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The purpose of these
Eddy area school webpages is to present, through photographs, a visual history
of the early schools that existed in both the Eddy and Bruceville areas, from
the late 1800's thru the mid 1950's, and to provide the viewer with photos of some
of the students, teachers, and faculty that made up the population of these
schools. Also represented on these pages, are early photos of the school
buildings and adjoining structures that were present at each of these school
sites. All of these schools were actually located in McLennan County, Texas,
but a large number of the students attending them lived in nearby Falls County.
The effort to locate and document early photos
and details about these schools is an ongoing effort and the contents of this
page represent a work-in-progress. As in any type of research, it is critical
that the information presented is as accurate as possible. With that in mind, I
would encourage anyone who has additional information about any or all of the
schools identified here, to contact Kay
at the Falls Co. website. This also applies to any errors that are detected in
the material presented on this webpage.-rlh
BRUCEVILLE-EDDY SCHOOL
ca1929 - 1957
Sometime around
1928-29, the residents of Eddy and Bruceville decided there should be a single
consolidated high school to serve both communities. Construction was begun on a
new two-story stucco building, located about halfway between Eddy and
Bruceville, on property acquired from Mr. W. B. Appleby. This building was
completed by the schoolyear 1929-30 and the Bruceville-Eddy Independent School
District became the first rural consolidated school district in McLennan
County, Texas.
When this high
school was first built, it housed only the high school students, (grades 8 thru
11), that were transferring there from Bruceville, Eddy & other area
schools. At the beginning of the 1936-37 school year, the population of the new
B-E school was increased with the addition of 7th grade students from the
outlying schools. Within a short time, the remaining elementary students at the
different rural schools in the area were relocated to the Bruceville-Eddy
consolidated school. By 1949, the small rural school districts of Blevins,
Hoolia, Shieldes and Woodlawn had become a part of the Bruceville-Eddy ISD.
After the
schools in both Eddy and Bruceville had ceased operation, both school buildings
were torn down, with the bricks from the schools being used to build a new
gymnasium on the campus of the Bruceville-Eddy school, just west of the school
building. This school building remained in use until the summer of 1957, when
the structure was razed to make way for a new, single-level building that would
become the new Bruceville-Eddy school.
(Note: Clicking on a
title will open up a new window for viewing the selected entry. When viewing a
picture, be sure and scroll thoroughly in all directions to ensure that you
have seen all of the photo. Sometimes there are notes on the picture that you
may miss otherwise.)
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Early photo taken of Bruceville-Eddy High School, the
first consolidated high school in McLennan County, Texas, built in 1929-30. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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Another early photo taken of Bruceville-Eddy High
School, located between the communities of Eddy and Bruceville, in McLennan
County, Texas, and built in 1929-30. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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A picture of the Bruceville-Eddy High School, taken
sometime in the early 1950's. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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Photo of BEHS gymnasium, built in 1939-40.This
building used bricks from the old Eddy High School and the old Bruceville High
School in its construction. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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Another early photo of BEHS gymnasium. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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A panoramic view of the BEHS school grounds,
showing both the school and the gymnasium. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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A recent picture taken of the BEHS gymnasium, as
seen from the parking lot in front of the new high school building. The gym
can be seen in the background, top portion of photo. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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A recent picture taken of the interior of the BEHS
gym, after the bleachers and stage area were removed. In this photo, the back
wall, of what had once been the stage, can be seen with B-E Eagles and a
basketball goal drawn on it. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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Early photo taken of BEHS vocational agriculture
building. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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A picture of the BEHS school buses, parked in front
of school grounds, with bus drivers standing nearby. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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Two girls on the Eddy School bus. All the kids
called it "The Blue Goose" because of its color. |
Ken Gates |
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BEHS |
Robert L. Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L. Haddock |
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BEHS Photo of former classmates of the Class of 1935,
taken in Eddy, McLennan County, Texas, in October of 1985, on the occasion of
the 50th anniversary of their graduation from Bruceville-Eddy High School. (L to R) |
Robert L. Haddock |
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BEHS Note: Richard L. Stone was missing from this photo. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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B-E This photo was probably taken at a B-E football
scrimmage game. The individual wearing the lighter colored football uniform,
sitting just to the left of the man with two young boys on his lap, is Wayne
Kincannon. |
Photo provided by: |
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BEHS |
Robert L. Haddock |
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BEHS Photo of graduating class of 1940-41, taken at
their high school commencement, held in gymnasium of Bruceville-Eddy High School,
in May of 1941. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L. Haddock |
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BEHS List of students, from Bruceville-Eddy High School,
scheduled to graduate in the spring of 1941. |
Robert L. Haddock |
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Bruceville-Eddy High
School |
Commencement Exercises |
Lena Stone Criswell |
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Commencement Exercises
of Bruceville-Eddy High School |
Annual |
Lena Stone Criswell |
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BEHS |
Ken Gates |
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BEHS |
Ken Gates |
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BEHS |
Ken Gates |
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BEHS |
Robert L. Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L. Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L. Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L. Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L. Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L. Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L. Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L. Haddock |
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BEHS |
Robert L. Haddock |
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B-E TextbookCheck Out Card. |
Lena Stone Criswell |
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B-E Future Farmers of
America Blue and Gold Banquet |
B-E Future Farmers of America Blue
and Gold Banquet
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Lena Stone Criswell |
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El Aguilia |
El Aguilia |
Lena Stone Criswell |
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Young People's Summer
Assembly |
Young People's Summer Assembly
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Lena Stone Criswell |
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Bruceville-Eddy
Schools |
Bruceville-Eddy Schools present |
Lena Stone Criswell |
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Bruceville-Eddy High
School Sr. Play 1941 |
Bruceville-Eddy High School Cover Page |
Lena Stone Criswell |
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