Brushy School
Brushy School #91
Hunt County Line School
CR 655 and CR 699 east side of Brushy Creek
Farmersville, Texas
Brushy community was located on the east of Farmersville on the side of Brushy Creek near the Hunt County line and about a mile north of the Santa Fe railroad tracks.
On the 1880 list of Collin County schools, Brushy was said to be northeast from Farmersville, a good community with fine land and well improved. The teacher was C. M. Stedham. There were 55 students in 1890. Jim Pitcock, J. Mart Rollins and Mr. Belt were the trustees in 1902.
B. W. Fieldner (Fields) was teacher in 1901 and 1902. J. Harvey Jackson taught at Brushy in 1902 and 1903. He also taught 2 months at Brushy in the summer of 1903. C. Dycus was the teacher in 1905 and Miss Lucile Hughston in 1922.
Brushy school had 30 males and 26 females in 1909, 78 students in 1912 and 89 students in 1925. County Board of Education met in February of 1915 in County Superintendent Prof. W. E. Foster’s office. At this meeting of the board a part of the Hunt County Line school district was annexed to the Brushy district No. 91.
In 1918 the County Superintendent of Schools said this about the Brushy School:
“The Brushy school needs more room. The house so far as material goes is good, but it is too small and poorly arranged. This school has a good campus and has better equipment for the grounds than any other school in the county. Play is not all that they do at this school. They are doing some fine work. They have enrolled 70 and have two teachers. Mr. D. B. Pitts is principal and Miss Myrtle Poe Hess is assistant.”
In 1921 the Brushy school district began work on a three-room building to cost, including equipment, $4000. The girls played basketball, volleyball and softball. The coach was Miss Alfred Park. Other teachers were Liddie Mae Pharr, Mary Lou Stewart. Mrs. N. O. Wright (Grace), Elbert Gantt, Pile Lefever, Forrest Smith and Myrtle Hess.
By 1935 Brushy was a 4-teacher school. The school closed a very successful eight months session on May 10, 1935. The faculty was composed of Prof. F. M. Smith, principal; Miss Natalie Terry, A. B. LeFevre and Miss Alfred Parks.
The following students had the highest average in their classes at Brushy during the January term of 1936: first grade, Betty Sue Lytle; second grade, Bobby Louise Jones; third grade, Doris Taylor and Marjorie Baird; fifth grade, Mona David Foster, Allison Howard and Alma Jane Lytle; ninth grade, Pauline Holder.
In April of 1936 Prof. Forest Smith, Principal of the Brushy school, announced that an appropriate program and exercises were being planned for the closing of that school, May 15. On Thursday night, May 14, a program of readings and music and a negro minstrel, given by the younger pupils will be presented while on Friday night, a play will be given by the high school pupils. The play is entitled “Ready Made Family” and promises to be interesting and entertaining for all who see it. A stage will be built outside of the school, to accommodate a large crowd expected. Prof. Smith and Miss Alfred Parks, one of the teachers, are directing the program. The general public is extended a cordial invitation to attend these programs which are already being arranged. Brushy School had 91 students in 1940.
Hunt County Line School
CR 655 and CR 699 east side of Brushy Creek
Farmersville, Texas
Brushy community was located on the east of Farmersville on the side of Brushy Creek near the Hunt County line and about a mile north of the Santa Fe railroad tracks.
On the 1880 list of Collin County schools, Brushy was said to be northeast from Farmersville, a good community with fine land and well improved. The teacher was C. M. Stedham. There were 55 students in 1890. Jim Pitcock, J. Mart Rollins and Mr. Belt were the trustees in 1902.
B. W. Fieldner (Fields) was teacher in 1901 and 1902. J. Harvey Jackson taught at Brushy in 1902 and 1903. He also taught 2 months at Brushy in the summer of 1903. C. Dycus was the teacher in 1905 and Miss Lucile Hughston in 1922.
Brushy school had 30 males and 26 females in 1909, 78 students in 1912 and 89 students in 1925. County Board of Education met in February of 1915 in County Superintendent Prof. W. E. Foster’s office. At this meeting of the board a part of the Hunt County Line school district was annexed to the Brushy district No. 91.
In 1918 the County Superintendent of Schools said this about the Brushy School:
“The Brushy school needs more room. The house so far as material goes is good, but it is too small and poorly arranged. This school has a good campus and has better equipment for the grounds than any other school in the county. Play is not all that they do at this school. They are doing some fine work. They have enrolled 70 and have two teachers. Mr. D. B. Pitts is principal and Miss Myrtle Poe Hess is assistant.”
In 1921 the Brushy school district began work on a three-room building to cost, including equipment, $4000. The girls played basketball, volleyball and softball. The coach was Miss Alfred Park. Other teachers were Liddie Mae Pharr, Mary Lou Stewart. Mrs. N. O. Wright (Grace), Elbert Gantt, Pile Lefever, Forrest Smith and Myrtle Hess.
By 1935 Brushy was a 4-teacher school. The school closed a very successful eight months session on May 10, 1935. The faculty was composed of Prof. F. M. Smith, principal; Miss Natalie Terry, A. B. LeFevre and Miss Alfred Parks.
The following students had the highest average in their classes at Brushy during the January term of 1936: first grade, Betty Sue Lytle; second grade, Bobby Louise Jones; third grade, Doris Taylor and Marjorie Baird; fifth grade, Mona David Foster, Allison Howard and Alma Jane Lytle; ninth grade, Pauline Holder.
In April of 1936 Prof. Forest Smith, Principal of the Brushy school, announced that an appropriate program and exercises were being planned for the closing of that school, May 15. On Thursday night, May 14, a program of readings and music and a negro minstrel, given by the younger pupils will be presented while on Friday night, a play will be given by the high school pupils. The play is entitled “Ready Made Family” and promises to be interesting and entertaining for all who see it. A stage will be built outside of the school, to accommodate a large crowd expected. Prof. Smith and Miss Alfred Parks, one of the teachers, are directing the program. The general public is extended a cordial invitation to attend these programs which are already being arranged. Brushy School had 91 students in 1940.
