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McCamey Junior High School

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112 E. 11th St., McCamey, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 7' 35.51170000008", -102° 13' 11.97579"
 
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     Site is Old High School, an outgrowth of 1920s oil boom. No school existed in McCamey prior to 1925, when 20 students were taught in a tin shack on 5th street. A year later school had 550 pupils in classes held in dance halls, skating rinks and 2 churches. Desks and seats were apple and orange crates. This building, erected in 1927, was community center-- setting for weddings, funerals, meetings of Draft Board, other activities. Used as high school until 1961. First superintendent, C. V. Compton, set high goals-- which since have guided the schools.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

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