History of View District Number 52
PRIMER SECOND GRADE FIFTH GRADE Inez Hardy Lois Rister Troy Stewart Nora Lee McKinney Jaunita Petree R. L. Davis Ray White Ruth Orr J. C. White Ladeene Walker Shirley Hardy Guy Orr Herman Landers Marion Herrington Bill Orr Cecil Davis Jesse L. Smith Edgar Hardy M. D. Richards, Jr. Rayhourn Landers EIGHTH GRADE Fred Dickerson Laverne Tyler Preston Whetsel R. T. Robinson Jim Landers Hazel Smith Ima Landingham Karl Walker Raymond Petree Donald RobertsonIn 1910, when the Santa Fe Railroad was built, View was organized by the Western Investment Company with Mr. Talley and Mr. Safford as managers. The school district was formed from the eastern part of the Hillside District, Number Forty-four, and was, at first, called Gaudalupe, for reasons apparently unknown at this time. Soon the name "View" was given because of the splendid location of the little town, which sits on a hill, overlooking a pretty farm country. The first school was taught in the Baptist Church by one teacher who had five grades.
In 1911, the citizens voted bonds and increased their taxes; a neat two-room building was finally completed, but, as unfavorable weather prevented the contractors from finishing the house by the beginning of the second term of school, the first few weeks work was done in private residence.
The school continued to -grow so fast that, in 1917, the. patrons sent a petition to the Legislature and secured eleven or twelve hundred acres of land from the Caps Independent District. Additional bonds were then voted and a fifty cent tax levied. Another room and a hall were added to the school building; that year the school had three teachers and offered the tenth grade work. For the two years following funds and general conditions aid not seem to justify more than two teachers and the district very reluctantly accepted this condition. Because of its great desire for three teachers and longer school terms, it seems that View was perhaps the most eager district in the county to increase its taxes, following the passage of the Better School Amendment whereby the tax rate was increased to one dollar. This tax was voted very promptly and the school his had again this year three teachers-Misses Minnie Graham, Lucile Cotman, and Ruby Trantham (who has been in the district for several years); except for the fact that the term was too short, the school was one of our best. A number of good improvements have been made this year in school-room equipment, in the construction of a good coal-house, and in the addition of a good bit of valuable play ground equipment.
View's motto is "Excelsior," and the district is certainly going forward.
FIRST GRADE Eugene McBride THIRD GRADE NINTH GRADE Birdie Dickerson Oscar B. Walker Ella Landingham FOURTH GRADE Alma Richards Vesta McBride SEVENTH GRADE Harley Davis Ethel Lanindgham Owen Bledsoe Grady Petree Verna Mae Morton Willie Guy Drummond Omar G. Orr J.D. Petree Ted McGehee Oma Morrison Sam Orr Earl Landers Vernon Morton Robert Morton TENTH GRADE Aubry Kirkpatrick SIXTH GRADE Pauline Rister Vera Stewart Aubrey Petree Alda Davis Nina Drummond Willis Richards Thelma Dickerson Ellis Stewart Gertie Landers Robie Lee Robinson Tressie White Melvin Robertson Reference: The Buffalo Trail 1922 TX Handbook