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The building pictured above served all twelve grades during one period of time in Lexington. A high school building was completed on Pine Street in 1928 and the building was then used as a grammar school for the lower grades. The building was located where the Lexington Public Library now stands.<\/p>\r\n

TCHULA CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL<\/h4>\r\n

(brief History of Tchula School 1882-1966)<\/h5>\r\n
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Although a grant from the U. S. Government for the site of Tchula was given on November 11,1833 and presumably as settlers moved in, there were schools established of some sort. The history obtained for this information only records the first school in 1882, established in a house close to where the old Tchula Grocery Company stood. The schools were originally maintained by tuition. Next, just south of the old Tchula Depot about where the WWII Memorial now stands, was the second school which was moved in 1885 to the site of the present post office.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In 1892, the first public school was established and the trustees were able to get funds from the County\u2019s Board of Supervisors to build a school house and buy the desks. This small frame house was built near the location of the old Tom Sweet cotton gin. In the winter of 1893 the house was discovered to be in flames, the building and contents were a total loss. The next one-room school built was during the summer of 1894 and with several additions. It stood through 1919.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The school site as we all remember was secured in 1918 and a two story brick building was erected for the students of 1919-1920.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

In 1922 Tchula Consolidated School District was organized and the Howard, Mileston, and Shackleford schools joined Tchula. During the winter of 1923 on Christmas Eve, the building and contents burned-a total loss. For the rest of the year (1924) the school was held in the City and Masonic Building.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

A bond issue for $40,000 was almost unanimously approved and sold at a premium and a contract was given to construct a modern building. During later years, Coxburg and Cruger schools were consolidated with Tchula High School. It is the school that so many of us attended, some beginning 1924 and succeeding years and some ending in 1966.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Please note:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n

The brief excerpt was mostly \u201clifted\u201d from The History of Tchula 1830-1954 provided by Mr. Frank Gwin and complied by Maury Shurlds. The book was written for the Tchula Business Club and Professional women\u2019s Club by Margaret Grafton Peaster. Most of the information was obtained from various sources, newspapers, and the Archives of the St of MS and Holmes County Courthouse records. A quote in the October, 1954 book, (initialed only as S. E. B.) said that it was always said:<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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