100 Years Ago in Bienville Parish – Parish High School Graduates of 1921

/ paigenash

Arcadia, Castor, Gibsland-Coleman, Saline and Ringgold recently held their high school graduation ceremonies in May as they have done for well over a century.  100 years ago this week, high schools throughout the parish held graduation ceremonies at their respective schools, some of which no longer exist.      

Through the years, with populations moving to other areas for one reason or another, some schools have had to close.  Included in the list of high schools which no longer exist are Bienville and Bryceland.  Bienville operates a Pre-K school.  For reasons unknown, Shady Grove’s graduates were not included in the list.

Do you recognize the names of any of the high school graduates from 1921?

Arcadia School

  • W.B. Allen
  • A. Price Aycock
  • U.G. Brunston, Jr.
  • Carrol Davis
  • H.C. Durrett
  • W.W. Jones
  • Bennett Jones
  • Ernest Murphy
  • Elton D. Murphy
  • T.B. Smart
  • Curtis Taylor
  • Lessie Allen
  • Zelma Austin
  • Cascille Calcotte
  • Lenoir Capers
  • Willie Daniel
  • LaVerna Fowler
  • Kathleen Harp
  • Lizzie Mae Jackson
  • Mary Madden
  • Esther Belle Mosely
  • Effie Lillian Ragan
  • Wenonah Sutton

Gibsland School

  • Gladys Brown
  • Ida Brown
  • Roy Berry
  • Morell Baker
  • Elaine Burleigh
  • Joe Mat Copeland
  • Mamie Cargill
  • Mary Cook
  • Hickson Carter
  • Holstun Fleming
  • Ruth Hart
  • Hazel Lazarus
  • Dwight Martin
  • Blanche Phillips
  • Herbert Phillips
  • Muarine Strong
  • Clovis Willis

Castor School

  • Opal Corley
  • Claire Matthews
  • Daisy McGuire
  • Irene Neal
  • Lory Williams
  • Azalee White

Bryceland School

  • Gertrude Bailey
  • Irene Coker
  • Arthur J. Emerson
  • Nellie H. Gilbert
  • Viola Shows
  • Guy M. Sutton

Bienville School

  • Mamie Brunston
  • Vernie Brown
  • Vera Mae Crawford
  • Hazel Horton
  • Agnes Lucky
  • Ola Shively
  • Era Snyder
  • Achsah Thrasher
  • Rubie Tilley
  • Otha White

Saline School

  • L.T. Frey, Jr.
  • Carr Hodges
  • Gladys Mixon
  • Marie Harper
  • Vera Readhimer
  • Mamie Rogers
  • Edna McKinney

Ringgold School

  • Homer T. Rogers
  • Blanche Williams
  • Audrey Martin
  • Ruth Alexander
  • Mattie Pope
  • Thelma Davis
  • Maggie L. Frye
  • Opal O. Osborne
  • Irma M. Hill
  • Willis Gladson
  • Sidney Burkhalter

To report an issue or typo with this article – CLICK HERE