The Academy & The First Graduating Class in 1911
The "Academy", which was abandoned in 1915 for the new brick structure, was significant because it heralded the first graduating class from Cherryville Schools: two girls and four boys.
Graduates of the Class of 1911 were: Webb Caldwell Howell, son of Dr. Alfred and Lucy Stroup Howell. As an adult Caldwell Howell was a retail merchant in downtown Cherryville. Lank Rex Eaker, son of Christie and Matilda Heavner Eaker. Rex attended Lenior-Rhyne College, obtained degree in education and taught school. Later he left the education profession and worked at and eventually managed the Farmer's Union Supply Company in Cherryville. Pantha Vashti Harrelson , daughter of William and Nancy Tlitha Cuemimoody Stroup Harrelson. Mrs. Houser became an educator/teacher and a published author of several papers based on her research in education and new methods of instruction: "The Effect of Knowledge of Results Upon Oral and Silent Reading" (1923, The Peabody Journal of Education, Volume I, Issue 2) and "The Comparative Ability of White and Negro Children as Measured by the Rational Learning Test" (1922). Elsie W. Roberts , daughter of Bishop Hoey and Margaret Thornburg Roberts. Mrs. McCorkle also became an educator/teacher. Lewis Irving Mauney, son of Philip and Huldah Jane McGinnas Mauney. Mr. Mauney had a lifelong career with First National Bank of LaFollette, Tennessee. William Wetmore Black, son of A.H. and Mary Helen Smith Black. As an adult, Mr. Black became a well-known homebuilder in North Carolina.
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