Pine Mountain Settlement School
Series 04: HISTORIES
Chronology II
1912-1942
TAGS: Chronology of PMSS history 1912-1942, buildings and physical plant, education, extension, personnel, health, special events
HISTORY Chronology II 1912-1942
HISTORY Chronology II 1912-1942 |
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Year | Buildings & Physical Plant |
Education | Extension | Personnel | Health | Special |
1912 | Letters to establish school | |||||
1913 | John Shell “Gray” Cottage ; Store Building and Masonic Lodge ; 3 Tents ; Sawmill ; May 15 – Big Log house begun |
Robin Hood Play | ||||
1914 | Old Log House ; “House in the Woods” ; Big Log house completed ; Farm House begun ; | |||||
1915 | Tool House | 40 children enrolled | ||||
1916 | Barn is built ; | |||||
1917 | Zande House | Cecil Sharp’s visit | ||||
1918 | Death of Uncle William; marriage of Ethel de Long and Luigi Zande in CT. | Shakespeare play | ||||
1919 | Pole House constructed ; Office constructed; Big Laurel Medical Center begun ; old Burkham School burns | Farm[?] Robbins cabin & school on L. Laurel; | Dental Clinic; Medical Settlement | Road started; Old fashioned …?; May Day; first issue of NOTES ; Community Fair Day began | ||
1920 | New Burkham School; Boy’s House; Line Fork Settlement begun | Pageant of PMSS history; S Canto | Miss [Angela] Melville in Extension C… | Aeroplane over PMSS; Peter Pan | ||
1921 | Infirmary | Weaving at Old Log; Pine [?] Lane around School | Regional schools | |||
1922 | Chapel; Line Fork Med. Settlement ; Boy’s Industrial Building (Workshop) | Eye, ear, nose, throat clinic | ||||
1923 | Planned Swimming Pool; Water at Med. Settlement ; Construction of Country Cottage [Practice House] | |||||
1924 | Dedication of the Chapel; School | Grades 1-4 ended; 1st High School graduates | Stapleton | Logging train | ||
1925 | Girl’s Industrial Building ; | Brooms in Bee Drad…? | Aunt Sal’s death | |||
1926 | Indian Cave remains discovered | |||||
1927 | Cabin for Mrs. [Martha] Burns | Mr. Pope, naturalists visits | Performance by school of Sun… | |||
1928 | Miss Melville takes charge of school | Mrs. Zande’s death; Mr. [Hubert] Hadley‘s death | Creech family [reunion?] | |||
1929 | Plan for electricity | Miss Kimano; Home Ec. Extension | Sun up in N.Y[?]; Performance of Robin Hood | |||
1930 | End of 5-6 grades; Testing | Line Fork fire; School on Isaacs Run. |
Miss [Katherine] Pettit retires |
Dr. W…? & Stapleton | Pageant on Aunt Sal’s Day; Book published [?] | |
1931 | Crayfish in reservoir | Agrit?? added; Co-op started? | Glyn Morris arrives | |||
1932 | Print shop | Boy shot on May Day | PMSS Health Assoc. | Forest fence [?] ; Mikado | ||
1933 | ||||||
1934 | Testing | |||||
1935 | Diesel Plant | Counselor Sinoanc ?? last for PMSS …? | ||||
1936 | Death of Miss Pettit | Girls’ Octet on tour; | ||||
1937 | Sundance Inst. ; Pack horse librarian | In N.Y. | ||||
1938 | Milk House; Reading Room f …; Swimming Pool resolved | Churnaw? Home Ec. Worker | 6 delics?? | Silver Jubilee; Singers at White House, D.C. | ||
1939 | Stage in Burkham built; | School gets “A” rating; Junior class; Community group | PMSS Institute | |||
1940 | Old Laurel House burns; New Laurel House begun; | School poultry discontinued | ||||
1941 | Sleeping porches on Boy’s House closed; West Wind begun; Jubilee [House] built | Home Ec. for boys and Mechanics for girls | Extension and guidance | |||
1942 | West Wind completed and dedicated; REA came | 5th Guidance Institute | Glyn Morris leaves; Mr. [William] Webb comes | Harmon Fdn. Motion Pict. produced ; Strep throat epidemic; Pur town co-op; Mid-summers Night Dream produced |
See Also:
HISTORY Chronology 1912-2000s