Story School, Montgomery County, Arkansas
1917. Seventy-five pupils. Teacher - Claude Vanderslice.
The children in the front row are seated on a ladder.
Front row left: unknown, John Hulsey, Frank Blakely, Raymond Stephens, Johnny Stephens, ? McKenzie, Thomas Tucker, Guilford Tucker, Raymond McKenzie?, Clyde Bonner, Earl Emery
Second row left: Roy Hulsey, Johnny Cooper, Floyd Phillips, Levy Skaggs, Allie Southard, Grover Stachey, Ervin Stephens, Darrell Emery, Leonard Reed, unknown
Third row left: unknown, Martha Willey Mobley, Delta Lamb Kendricks, Mamie Riddles. Jewell Qualls Rowland, Ruby Stachey Cooper, May Riddles, Etta Stephens, Wilma Stachey Smith, Elsie Qualls Scrimpshire, Goldie McKenzie, unknown, Dollie Reed Hillard, Lela Reed Partain, May Phillips, unknown.
Fourth Row left: Melzina Reed Phillips, Myrtle Curtis, Wilma Southard, Mamie Blakely, Arra Breashears, Qualls, Nellie Reed Qualls, Grady Qualls, Elbert Emery, Ida Stephens, Hattie Lamb McCarty, Herman Bonner, Lonnie Cooper, James Southard
Fifth Row left: Frania New Ayers, Lydia Lamb Taylor, Alvin Stephens, Ernest Bonner, Monroe Stachey, Dewey Qualls, Otis Curtis, Clara Bonner Bonds, Jewell Peters?, Etta Cooper HopkinsThe above photograph is courtesy of Beverly Reed. The photograph came from a box of pictures that once belonged to her grandmother, Sarah Ann Stroud Southard. Names of students can be found on page 1054 'Montgomery County: Our Heritage. Vol. 2. The Montgomery County News Aug. 19, 1999 ran an article on the Mount Ida and Story schools, included a photograph similar to the one above, an interview with Earl Emery and the Emery, Qualls, Reed family connections with Montgomery County.