Dr. H. L. Donovan to Deliver Main Address At Dedication.
FAMED FOR BASKETBALL
Special to The Courier-Journal, Cynthiana, Ky., Nov. 3.-The new addition to the Oddville High School, costing approximately $22,000, will be dedicated at 7:30 o’clock Wednesday night, the main address to be delivered by Dr. H. L. Donovan, president of Eastern State Teachers’ College. Miss Sudie Fowler, principal of the school, will preside.
W. C. Bell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, has promised to attend and is on the programme for a talk. Music will be furnished by the Harrison County High School Orchestra. The Oddville addition, which includes an auditorium and four class rooms, is the second to be completed in the scheme for consolidation of Harrison County schools. The Connersville addition was dedicated two weeks ago. The Oddville school consolidation took in more one-room schools than any of the six high schools of the county. Pupils from Mount Zion, Rees. Beaver Baptist. Beaver Valley, Curry, Two Lick, Taylor and Poindexter are attending.
The enrollment of the school is 255 pupils, eighty-seven in the high school and 168 in the grades. The faculty includes the principal, Miss Sudie Fowler; high school teachers, Ansel Arnold, Mrs. G. M. Botts and Miss Leah Whitaker; grade teachers, Miss Evelyn Shawhan, Miss Virgie Belle Judy and Miss Stella Rawlings. The trustee of the school is J. D. Marsh and the member of the board of education from the district is the chair- man, T. M. Hobday.
The Oddville High School was the first in the county. It was built in 1915 and was accredited a short time later. For many years it was the only accredited school in the county outside of Cynthiana. The first building of the school was a one-room log house built in 1808 by the Ione settler of Oddville, the late Josiah Whitaker, for the education of his large family. The settlement increased and a larger house was built. In 1915. largely through the efforts of J. J. Ross. the present brick building was constructed.
Fame was brought to the Oddville School by its girls’ basketball teams of 1928 and 1929. when they were declared Class B champions in the State. The girls practiced and played outdoors and played few indoor games until the tournaments. The auditorium of the new addition also will be used as a gymnasium.
Representatives from all civic organizations of Cynthiana and the county have been invited to attend the dedication and a large crowd is expected by County Superintendent J. A. Payne. Invitations have been extended State educators and principals, county and city superintendents from neighboring counties.
Both the old and new buildings at Oddville have electric light systems.
The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday, November 4, 1930