District Number Thirty-nine bears the name "North Park", because its building is situated just north of the city of Abilene in a section that would make an ideal city park, since it has numerous and beautiful native live-oak trees. The district formerly extended as far, south, as the College Heights School; when the Abilene city limits were extended some thirteen years ago, an attempt was made by Abilene to take over the entire district, but the boundary line was finally placed at Ambler Avenue. Later the Simmons College section came under the jurisdiction of the city, and the size of the North Park District was again reduced. In 1919 a small addition was made from the Elmdale District. In 1909 bonds were voted to the amount of $10,000 and a fifty cent tax levied. The splendidly located and well arranged two story brick building, now in use, was erected at this time. Because of its nearness to Simmons College and to the Abilene High School, North Park did not attempt to maintain a high school of the first rank until this year, although some High School work has been done there for many years. Had the district received the State Aid needed- this shortage being due to the limited amount of money the State Department had for distribution and had the legislature not fixed the limit of tax in a common school district at one dollar, which maximum this district was among the first in the county to vote, the district would this year have been able to maintain a first-class high school, offering two years work. However, because of the shortage indicated, after six months work, this department was transferred to the Abilene School. To the credit of the district and all concerned it may be said that these pupils fell right in line in the Abilene School and did a high grade of work. The North Park School has the distinction of being the only school in the county that has a nine months term, having had terms of this length for the three years past (thanks to the liberality of the good patrons and the work of Mothers' Club). This length of term, together with the good equipment and strong teachers enables the school to be classed as an elementary school of the first class.

North Park has had the good fortune for four years of having had as its principal Mrs. A. H. Howell, who has spared no effort for advancing the good work of the school. Mrs. Howell is in charge of the primary work. She has had a strong corps of assistants during her stay and an interested and ambitious school board. This year the faculty consisted of Mrs. A. H. Howell, Mrs. Mamie Barnes, Miss May Collins, Mrs. J. D. Reeves and Miss Mamie Turner, with Miss Katherine Barnes in charge of the Expression Department and Miss Beuna May Howard, the Music. The Domestic Science Department was in charge of Miss Collins, who also was teacher of the seventh grade; most splendid piece of work was done here. All of the teachers of this school are members of the State Teachers' Association. The trustees of the school are Messrs. S. A. Cooper, N. H. Evans, and R. N. McGuire, who succeeds Mr. W. M. Nelson retiring.

The school has the following ambitious and excellent program outlined for 1922-1923:
1. To maintain the classification of the Grammar School.
2. To introduce first.year Home Economics into the Seventh Grade.
3. To introduce Experimental Agriculture and first-year Manual Training with Practical Business Methods for the boys of Seventh Grade.
4. To have Physical Training through all of the grades.
5. To have Hand-craft through all of the grades.
6. To offer first-class Kindergarten work for children from five to seven years.

Class Roll

SCHOOL COLORS-Green and Gold.
SCHOOL MOTTO -"Where there's a will, there's a way."

FIRST GRADE     	SECOND GRADE	     THIRD GRADE

Mary Lou Ashburn	Lilly May Bell		Foster Barrington
Ernest Ashley		J. E. Black		Marion Calfee
George Truett Ball	Lila Mae Calfee		Eula Cooper
Charlotte Benskin	Waumeta Simmons 	Ernest Curry
Lucile Coe		Malcolm Floyd		Crawford Davis
Nora Hall		Carrol Eastman		Worth Farrar
Mattie Vina Harrell	Kenneth Furgeson	Mildred Foster
Evelyn Hampton		Maxine Tucker		Hazel Highsmith
Cecil Holston		Lucile Grier		Lester Holston
Marcy Holston		Lloyd Griffith		J. M. Hatton
Joe Howell		Robert Gray		Linnie Harbin
Marjorie Hutto		Hester Harris		Brooks McKinney
Lilly Milam		Joe T. Yandell		Osta Lawrence
Frankie Musser		Blanch Harris		Albert Mansell
Clementine McDonald	Bruce Howell		Shirley McCoy
Fay Nelson		Robert Leslie		Newland Nichols
Hazel Newberry		T. A. Leslie		Lloyd Presswood
Ollie Lena Olsen	Leroy Lockhart		Mary Pauline Reeves
Arrene Patterson	Jim Mueller 		Mollie Sears
Robert Roscoe		Joe Musser		Claude Stovall
Naomi Scoggins		Vera Newberry		Clydie Strickland
Zena Shotwell		Celia Orr		Carroll Tatum
Chlois Stovall		Wayne Poteet		Audrey Tankersley
Marcellus Stovall	Ruth Pollock
Travis Tankersley	Bennie Scoggins	 
Odell Tatum		J. T. Simmons
Steadman Taylor		
Viola Young		
Mildred Young	

  FIFTH GRADE		  FIFTH GRADE     	 SIXTH GRADE
Robert Lane		David Reeves		B. S. Lawrence		SIXTH GRADE
May Mansell		Eloise Scivilly		Marie Anderson		Harry McHaney
Mattie Martin		Henry Lee Summers	Joe Bryant		Hallie May
Rupert Martin		C. B. Tankersley	Buna Dill		Travis McKinney
Eula Martin		Cecil Vick		Landon Davis		Houston Mansell
Frankie McKibbin	Isabella Vanbramer	Martin Eastman		John Mueller
Wayne Newman		Roger Vanbramer		Chris Floyd		Almeda McCready
Ray Nichols		Travis Veteto		Birdie Mae Holston	Alla May Phillips
Audrey Nichols		Henry White		Ethel Hurst		Jewell Strickland
Vera Newberry		Elton Wood		Barbara Harris		Garry Thomas
C. W. Presswood		William Young		Hazel Jones		Dorris Turner

SEVENTH GRADE

CLASS COLORS -Gold and White.
CLASS FLOWER -Daisy.
CLASS SLOGAN -"Not on the heights, but climbing."

CLASS OFFICERS -Texas Weaver, President; J.D. Ashburn, Secretary; Roger Bell, Treasurer;
Martha Belle Sumrall, Prophet; Alonzo Welborn, Historian.

J. D. Ashburn	 	Nina Hughes		C]eo McKibbin		Martha Belle Sumrall
Janie Adams	 	Opal Harrell		Elmer Newberry		Estol Strausel
Anna Mae Ball	 	Richard Lane		Clara May Newberry	Lillian Vick
Roger Bell	 	Willie Ruth Little	Ethel Nichols		Alonzo Weilborn
Allen Griffith	 	Rosalie Montgomery	Hazel Newman		Texas Weaver
Weldon Highsmith 	Fraser McGuire		Thelma Newman	

HIGH SCHOOL

EIGHTH GRADE	EIGHTH GRADE		NINTH GRADE
Viola Newman			Roy Jones	Ellis Harris	Royce Newberry
Cecil Bell	Billie Rutledge	Effie Mae Cowden Luther Lane	Foye Hildredth
Spurgeon Evans	Eunice Little	Ernest Evans	Ray Lynn	Carrie Tankersley
Ruth Floyd	Ellis Harris	Roy Griffith	Elsie Lawrence	Elmer Griffith	
Bertha Holston			Marvin Hutto	Bessie Mencell	Birney McCready				
Ross McDonald	NINTH GRADE	Viola Carpenter	Pernie Hagan	Lester Portwood
Bertie Nelson   Jessie Cooper	Lorena Carpenter Gussie Jones	Mary Bontke

NORTH PARK JUNIOR-SENIOR BASKET-BALL
BOYS TEAM: Lynn, Capt., Hutton, R. Griffith, E. Griffith, Evans, McHaney.
GIRLS TEAM: Nelson, Capt. Cowden, Floyd, Weaver, Sumrall, Bontke, Little.

FOURTH GRADE Romania Crawford Louise Coe Pauline Davis Ruby Eastman Willie Griffith Marie Hughes Vance Harris Evelyn Howell Vernon Kiser Archie Little Wilburn Mansell Naomi McGuire Lillian Scoggins Ettie Sharp Toll Sharp Marie Wood

FIFTH GRADE cont. Corine Bell Guy Benson Ferrel Benson Myrtle Cooper Dorothy Lee Calfee William Davis Morgan Evans Cathlene Ely Fielding Floyd Samnie Griffith George Ganaway Helen Hatton Maudie Highsmith Chester Hodge

Reference: The Buffalo Trail 1922