Bartlett Yancey High School Class of 1929 (Yanceyville, NC)

Bartlett Yancey High School Class of 1929

Faculty on back row may include Sheffield Horace Abell (1899-1973) (third from left) (principal), and Norman Stroupe Upchurch (1904-1989) (fifth/last from left) (assistant principal).

Teacher to far left may be Ralph Holton Vance (science). Female teachers second from left and fourth from left (white sweater) may be Mrs. Giles Mebane (mathematics)* or Miss Laura Oliver (English).**

Location: Bartlett Yancey School (Yanceyville, NC). Click image to see a larger version.

Female Students: 16

Male Students: 5

Total: 21

At the time the school included only grades 1-11. Thus, the graduates could age 16-18, depending upon birth date (1911-1913). It appears that grades 8-11 were considered "high school."

And, while elementary school covered grades 1-7, there was an odd grade called "high first grade" in addition to the "regular" first grade.

_______________

* Possibly Edna Earl Watkins (1885-1988)

** Possibly Laura Esther Oliver (1881-1959)

_______________

Reverse (back) of above photograph. Click image to see a larger version.

Photographs courtesy J. C. Winstead III

Bartlett Yancey School Faculty Named: 1929

With S. H. Abell, as principal, the local committee of the Yanceyville high school, has announced the following faculty for the coming term: N. S. Upchurch, Yanceyville, assistant principal; Mrs. Giles Mebane, Caswell County, mathematics; Ralph Vance, High Point, science; Miss Laura Oliver, Caswell County, English; Miss Annie Newman, Caswell County, seventh grade; Miss Madeline Copeland, Durham, sixth grade; Miss Fannie Lea, Ringgold, Virginia, fifth grade; Miss Mabel Alcorn, Rockingham County, fourth grade; Mrs. Ermine Poteat, Yanceyville, third grade; Miss Myrtle Lea, Caswell County, second grade; Miss Bettie Swindell, Lake Landing, N.C., high first grade; and Miss Annie Carter, Caswell County, first grade.

The Bee (Danville, Virginia), 14 August 1929, Wednesday, Page 3.

Bartlett Yancey School Faculty 1929-1930 School Year

High School Faculty

S. H. Abell (principal)

N. S. Upchurch (assistant principal) (Yanceyville)

Mrs. Giles Mebane (mathematics) (Caswell County)

Ralph Vance (science) (High Point)

Miss Laura Oliver (English) (Caswell County)

Elementary School Faculty

Miss Annie Newman (seventh grade) (Caswell County)

Miss Madeline Copeland (sixth grade) (Durham)

Miss Fannie Lea (fifth grade) (Ringgold, VA)

Miss Mabel Alcorn (fourth grade) (Rockingham County)

Mrs. Ermine Poteat (third grade) (Yanceyville)

Miss Myrtle Lea (second grade) (Caswell County)

Miss Bettie Swindell (high first grade) (Lake Landing, NC)

Miss Annie Carter (first grade) (Caswell County)